Gem
| Object Number: | 29-128-1363 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Period: | Renaissance |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Metal Sardonyx |
| Technique: | Cameo |
| Iconography: | Pluto Persephone Abduction of Persephone Hermes Quadriga |
| Height: | 8.7 cm |
| Width: | 5.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | 1363 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Sommerville: Sard. The rape of Proserpine by Pluto. Miscellaneous Cameos, Case OOOO.
Vermeule: Sard. Cameo. (In oval gilt pendant setting) The abduction of (Persephone) by Pluto, Hermes leads the quadriga. The composition is an abbreviation of that found on Roman sarcophagi of the 2nd century A.D. Renaissance.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Cameo and Intaglio: Engraved Gems from the Sommerville Collection (30 Nov 1956 - 31 Mar 1957) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1956. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 364 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1889. Engraved Gems: Their History and an Elaborate View of Their Place In Art.. Maxwell Sommerville. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 755, no. 1363, pl. 100 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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