Gem

29-128-2300

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2300
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Florence (uncertain) | Naples (uncertain)
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1782-1838
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Athena | Minerva
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. Bust of Athena right, wearing elaborate crested helmet, a necklace and the aegis. cf 2494 for similar composition. (Florence or Naples). Signature on the edge, IA. ST (Jacob Steinschneider)

Height 4.4 cm
Width 2.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2300 - Sommerville Gem Number

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