| Object Number |
29-128-30 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Mediterranean |
| Period |
Neoclassical |
| Date Made |
1700-1850 |
| Section |
Mediterranean |
| Materials |
Chalcedony | Onyx |
| Technique |
Cameo |
| Iconography |
Nero Drusus |
| Description |
Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx - Drusus, brother of Tiberius and father of Germanicus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case B. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. Bust said to represent Nero Drusus, brother of Tiberius and father of Germanicus. |
| Length |
3 cm |
| Width |
2 cm |
| Credit Line |
Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number |
30 - Sommerville Gem Number | 590 |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Berges, Dietrich K. Höchste Schönheit und einfache Grazie. Klassizistische Gemmen und Kameen der Sammlung Maxwell Sommerville im University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia PA.. Rahden: Verlag Marie Leidorf GMbH, 2011. See: p. 274, fig. 210, pl. 336 |
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| Vermeule, Cornelius C. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The University Museum, 1956. See: no. 590 |
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| Sommerville, Maxwell. Engraved Gems: Their History and an Elaborate View of Their Place In Art. Maxwell Sommerville, 1889. See: p. 668, no. 30 |
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