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Gem
| Object Number: | 29-224-730 |
| Current Location: | Collections storage |
| Provenience: | Italy |
| Maker: | Giovanni Antonio Santarelli |
| Period: | Neoclassical |
| Date Made: | 1759-1826 |
| Early Date: | 1758 |
| Late Date: | 1826 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Carnelian |
| Technique: | Intaglio |
| Iconography: | Aphrodite Jug |
| Height: | 2.3cm |
| Width: | 1.6cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2299? - Sommerville Gem Number 444 - Vermeule Number (Sommerville Gems) |
Description
Aphrodite kneeling next to a vessel and placing a garmet over her head. Signature on edge SANTARELLI (Giovanni Antonio Santarelli).
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Year of Color: Stone and Marble from Antiquity to the Present (19 Aug 2014 - Aug 2015) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Berges, Dietrich. 2011. Höchste Schönheit und einfache Grazie. Klassizistische Gemmen und Kameen der Sammlung Maxwell Sommerville im University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia PA. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 208, fig. 82, pl. 144, 147 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1956. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 444 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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