Gem
Ring
| Object Number: | 29-128-2106 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Maker: | Marchant |
| Period: | Neoclassical |
| Date Made: | 1700-1850 |
| Early Date: | 1700 |
| Late Date: | 1850 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Sard Gold |
| Technique: | Intaglio |
| Iconography: | Maenad Signature |
| Height: | 1.4 cm |
| Width: | 2 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | 2106 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Vermeule: Dark Sard. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Maenad reclining to right, a flower in her left hand and a wreath and thyrsus at her right side. Signed, Marchant. Neo-Classic.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Berges, Dietrich K. 2011. Höchste Schönheit und einfache Grazie. Klassizistische Gemmen und Kameen der Sammlung Maxwell Sommerville im University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia PA.. Rahden. Verlag Marie Leidorf GMbH. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 190, fig. 46, pl. 95, 98 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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