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29-128-156

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Object Number 29-128-156
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Hebe | Heracles | Lion Skin
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Hebe pouring out the ambrosial draught to Hercules. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case J.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Hebe advancing to right, pouring a libation for Herakles who is seated to left on his lionskin. Neo-Classic, copying models of the school of Canova.

Length 2.8 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 156 - Sommerville Gem Number

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