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29-128-253

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-253
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Italy
Manufacture Location Italy
Creator Santarelli
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1759-1826
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Leander
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Leander. Cut by Santarelli. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case O.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Head of Leander emerging from the Hellespont, according to Sommerville cut by Santarelli. Late 18th?

Length 2.6 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 253 - Sommerville Number

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