Gem

29-128-2100

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2100
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Creator Luigi Pichler
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1773-1854
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Heracles | Hesperides Apples | Signature
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. Herakles standing left, holding club and apples of Hesperides in outstretched right hand. Signed in Greek letters "L. Pichler" (1773-1854).

Height 3.3 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Depth 0.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2100 - Sommerville Gem Number

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