Gem
Ring
29-128-2382
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2382 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Italy |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1500-1599 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Man | Prince? | Heracles? |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) Bust of a young man facing to right; wearing an animal skin knotted about his neck. The design has no parallel among young Herakles types and perhaps one may rather see a Renaissance prince represented under the guise of Herakles. Intaglio border in three bands. Italian, probably 16th century. |
| Height | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 2.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2382 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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