Gem
Ring
29-128-1066
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1066 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Chalcedony (uncertain) |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Marcus Agrippa |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Marcus Agrippa, grand admiral under Augustus. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case OOO. Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Bust of Roman facing to left. The features modeled freely from portraits of Marcus Agrippa on coins struck by his grandson Caligula (A.D. 37-41). Neo-classic. |
| Height | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 1.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1066 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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