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| Object Number: | 29-128-2101 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Maker: | Antonio Berini |
| Period: | Neoclassical |
| Date Made: | 1700-1850 AD |
| Early Date: | 1700 |
| Late Date: | 1850 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Metal Carnelian |
| Technique: | Intaglio |
| Iconography: | Goddess Head Signature Lady Hamilton |
| Height: | 2.6 cm |
| Width: | 2.4 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | 2101 - Sommerville Gem Number 474 - Vermeule Number (Sommerville Gems) |
Description
Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. Head of a Goddess right. Intaglio signed "BERINI m".
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Cameo and Intaglio: Engraved Gems from the Sommerville Collection (30 Nov 1956 - 31 Mar 1957) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Berges, Dietrich K. 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.. Rahden. Verlag Marie Leidorf GMbH. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 246, fig. 153, pl. 260, 262 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1956. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 474 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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