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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