| Object Number |
29-128-304 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Mediterranean |
| Period |
Neoclassical |
| Date Made |
1700-1850 |
| Section |
Mediterranean |
| Materials |
Agate | Onyx |
| Technique |
Cameo |
| Iconography |
Ajax |
| Description |
Sommeville: Agate-onyx. Ajax, one of the League who made war on the Trojans. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case R. Vermeule: Neoclassical 1700-1850. Agate. Cameo. Bust of "Ajax" right. |
| Height |
2.5 cm |
| Width |
1.6 cm |
| Credit Line |
Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number |
304 - 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. 178, fig. 23, pl. 64 |
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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. 479 |
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| Sommerville, Maxwell. Engraved Gems: Their History and an Elaborate View of Their Place In Art. Maxwell Sommerville, 1889. See: p. 686, no. 304, pl. 16 |
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