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Gem

Object Number:29-128-621
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Italian
Provenience: Italy (uncertain)
Period: Renaissance
Date Made: 1400-1699
Early Date: 1400
Late Date: 1699
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Chalcedony
Onyx
Technique:Cameo
Iconography:Medici Family
Portrait
Credit Line:Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number:621 - Sommerville Gem Number

Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Portrait of one of the Medici. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case KK.

Vermeule: Chalcedony. 16th.

Bibliography:

[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. 708, no. 621, pl. 53View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1901. Engraved Gems.. Philadelphia. D. Biddle. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 81View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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