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29-128-94

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-94
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Malachite
Technique Cameo
Iconography Nymph | Goat | Amalthea | Altar
Description

Sommerville: Malachite. A Cretan Nymph leading the goat Amalthea to the altar of Jupiter. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case F.

Vermeule: Malachite, Cameo (unmounted) "A Cretan nymph leading the goat Alamalthea to the altar of Zeus." A tree at left. 17th Century (?).

Length 2.3 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 94 - Sommerville Gem Number

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