Gem

29-128-787

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-787
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Julia | Pseudo-Sappho
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Julia, daughter of Augustus (not by Livia), wife of Marcus Agrippa, grand admiral. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case VV.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of a female to right, hair and drapery recalling the 5th century B.C. Sommerville suggests "Julia" the daughter of Augustus, but the pseudo-Sappho type seems to provide the inspiration.

Height 2.1 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 787 - Sommerville Gem Number

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