Gem

29-128-727

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-727
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1500-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Cincinnatus | Cuirass | Oxen
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Cincinnatus called to the Dictatorship. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case RR.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Scene of Cincinnatus summoned from the plow to assume command of the Roman armies. Two figures are seen bringing him a cuirass. His team of oxen stand at left. 16th or 17th century.

Height 2.9 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 727 - Sommerville Gem Number

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