Object Number | 29-128-1940 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Maenad | Satyr | Priapus |
Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony. Intaglio. (Chipped on corner to imitate an antique gem) Maenad holding thyrsus seen from back, in ecstasy before a terminal figure of Priapus, a Satyr blowing flutes crouches at right. Principal figures are paralleled by well-known statue group in the Tuileries Gardens in Paris which in turn are based on an ancient relief in the Louvre. |
Height | 1.8 cm |
Width | 1.5 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1940 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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