Gem
Ring
29-128-2388
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2388 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Heracles | Lion Skin |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Gold Watch Fob Setting) Bust of the elderly bearded Herakles clad in the lionskin facing to left, the features are copied from a representation of the period Michelangelo, rather than from an ancient design. Neo-Classic |
| Height | 1.9 cm |
| Width | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2388 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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