Gem
Ring
29-128-2103
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2103 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Creator | Hyllos |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Philosopher | Signature |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern Silver ring setting) Bust of a philosopher facing slightly to right. The features resemble the neo-classic concept of Diogines as known from the ancient statuette in the Villa Torlonia Albani and its counterpart in the Metropolitan Museum. The Stone is signed in Greek letters HYLLOS, a famous engraver of the Julio-Claudian period. Neo-Classic |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2103 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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