Gem

29-128-2285

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2285
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Topaz
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Aeneas | Anchises | Ascanius
Description

Vermeule: Dark Topaz? Intaglio. Aeneas carrying Anchises from destruction of Troy. Ascanius precedes them at left carrying Penates in amphora.

Height 2.6 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2285 - Sommerville Gem Number

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