Gem
Ring
29-128-1092
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1092 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Italy |
| Period | Baroque Period |
| Date Made | 1600-1699 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Hippocrates | Saint Paul? |
| Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Hippocrates. One of the finest cameos in my collection. Gold and Bronze Rings - Cameos, Case QQQ. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold (reset) ring mount) Head of man facing to left, elderly bearded and bald over forehead, The features resemble those of St. Paul as preserved on early Christian medallions. Italian, from the Baroque style, perhaps XVIIth Cent. |
| Height | 2.3 cm |
| Width | 1.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1092 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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