Gem
Ring
29-128-2483
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2483 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Italy |
| Creator | After Pichler |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Athlete? | Butterfly | Prometheus? | Psyche? |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring mount) A male athletic figure seated to left with a torch ? over his shoulder. A butterfield appears in field at left. Perhaps Prometheus with the soul of man (Psyche). Italian, XVIIIth or early XIXth in style of Pichler. |
| Height | 3.1 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2483 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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