| Object Number | 29-128-789 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Calcite |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Diogenes |
| Description | Sommerville: Yellow Calcite. Diogenes, the Greek philosopher. Broken and repaired. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case VV. Vermeule: Yellow Calcite. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of Diogenes facing to left. Neo-Classic, the features copied from the marble statuettes of Diogenes in the Villa Torlonia - Albani in Rome and the Metropolitan Museum in New York. |
| Height | 2 cm |
| Width | 2.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 789 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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