| Object Number | 29-128-1291 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1500-1599 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Amber |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Bacchus | Satyr | Signature |
| Description | Sommerville: Amber Cameo. The Education of the Infant Bacchus. This grand cameo of the sixteenth century is one of the most remarkable; in first, very few of its dimensions and quality exist. Ambers, Case BBBB. Vermeule: Amber colored composition with wax repairs. Cameo. (Unmounted) Education of infant Bacchus termed by Sommerville work of the 16th century. See p. 332 in large book. Initials C G appear under Satyr's foot. Composition is perhaps a model for a bronze plaque type of which it resembles in size and style. |
| Height | 13 cm |
| Width | 11.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1291 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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