Gem

Ring

29-128-2110

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2110
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Creator Passaglia
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Heracles | Lion Skin | Signature
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Bearded bust of Herakles left, wearing lion skin. Signed in Greek letters "Pazaglias." Passaglia, XVIIIth century.

Height 2 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2110 - Sommerville Gem Number

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