| Object Number |
29-128-6 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Mediterranean |
| Period |
Neoclassical |
| Date Made |
1700-1850 |
| Section |
Mediterranean |
| Materials |
Agate | Onyx |
| Technique |
Cameo |
| Iconography |
Faustina the Elder |
| Description |
Exhibit: Neo-Classic. Agate-onyx. Cameo. [unmounted] Faustina the elder (died A.D. 140), wife of Antonius Pius (A.D. 138-161). Vermeule: Agate-onyx cameo: Faustina the elder died A.D. 40, wife of Antonio Pius (A.D. 138-161). |
| Length |
2.8 cm |
| Width |
2.1 cm |
| Credit Line |
Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number |
6 - 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. 282, fig. 225, pl. 356 |
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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. 607 |
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| Sommerville, Maxwell. Engraved Gems: Their History and an Elaborate View of Their Place In Art. Maxwell Sommerville, 1889. See: p. 663, no. 6, pl. 1 |
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