Object Number | 29-128-121 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Russian |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Russia |
Creator | Imperial Ekaterinburg Stone Cutting Factory (uncertain) |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1800-1899 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Onyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Nude Woman | Venus? |
Description | Sommerville: Onyx. An oriental female. A full length nude figure. Notice the natural flesh color of the stratum in which the figurine is cut. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case G. Vermeule: Cameo. Sardonyx. [unmounted] Aphrodite standing to right, leaning against a draped colum. She's seen from the back. 16th century - very much in the style of the followers of Michelangelo. |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 121 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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