Object Number | 29-128-423 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Renaissance |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Red Jasper |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Satyr? | Pan? | Nymph |
Description | Sommerville: Red Jasper-Onyx. Satyr and Nymph. Superb cameo. Few museums posses a finer specimen of the glyptic art. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Y. Vermeule: Red Jasper-Onyx. Cameo. Satyr and Nymph. Since the so-called satyr has horns, the God Pan is intended. |
Height | 8.5 cm |
Width | 6 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 423 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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