Gem

29-128-293

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-293
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man | Woman | Germanicus? | Agrippina? | Marc Antony? | Octavia
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Germanicus, newphew of Tiberius, and his wife Agrippina. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case R.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Jugate busts of a man and woman facing to left. Sommerville identifies them as Germanicus and Agrippian, but they resemble coin portraits of Marc Antony and Octavia. Probably 18th century.

Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 293 - Sommerville Gem Number

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