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29-128-449

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-449
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Hippolytus | Phaedra | Theseus | Eros
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Hippolytus, son of Thesus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Z.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Hippolytus before Phaedra and Theseus. Eros stands between, beside Phaedra.

Height 5 cm
Width 3.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 449 - Sommerville Gem Number

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