Gem
Stickpin
29-128-2416
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2416 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1600-1699 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Heracles | Lion Skin |
Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt stick-pin setting) Draped bust of Herakles facing to right, wearing the lionskin reversed, the head of the lion facing outwards on the back of his head. 17th century. |
Height | 1.6 cm |
Width | 2.1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2416 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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