| Object Number |
29-128-688 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Mediterranean |
| Period |
Neoclassical |
| Date Made |
1700-1850 |
| Section |
Mediterranean |
| Materials |
Onyx |
| Technique |
Cameo |
| Iconography |
Sanzio Raphael |
| Description |
Sommerville: Onyx. Raffaelle. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case PP. Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of the artist Raphael (1483-1520) left, facing left. |
| Height |
2.3 cm |
| Width |
1.8 cm |
| Credit Line |
Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number |
688 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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. 286, fig. 236, pl. 369 |
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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. 621 |
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| Sommerville, Maxwell. Engraved Gems: Their History and an Elaborate View of Their Place In Art. Maxwell Sommerville, 1889. See: p. 711, no. 688 |
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