Gem
Pendant
29-128-155
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-155 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Northern Europe |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1500-1599 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Heracles | Deianira | Children | Oak Tree |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx - Hercules and Deianira - the subject of this cameo remains in doubt to me for a long time on account of the child in the oak tree. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case J. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Gilt pendent mount; broken in three pieces and repaired.) Herakles confronting a seated female with a child beside her, two children in a tree in center. A subject identified by Sommerville as Herakles and Deiniara (?). The compositon, carved in a very high relief, is 16th century work perhaps carved in northern Europe. |
| Length | 4.8 cm |
| Width | 3.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 155 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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