Museum August Kestner Ancient Cultures Gemmen, Kameen und Glaspasten. Die Sammlung geschnittener Steine [K 1269]

Sakrale Idylle (Gemme) (Museum August Kestner CC BY-NC-SA) — Provenance/Rights: Museum August Kestner / Detlef Jürges (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Sacred Idyll (Gemstone)

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Events

Created

When	40 BC [About]
Where	Mediterranean Basin

Collected

Who	August Kestner (1777-1853)
Where	Rome

Keywords

Altar Engraved gem Goat Steinschnitt

Description

Head of a young man in profile (face damaged), below a lying goat, in front of both an ear of corn; behind them a round altar on which is an aedicula. The head has cap-like hair indicated in smooth thick strands. Baseline.

Former collection August Kestner, Rome

Material/Technique

Carnelian / carved

Measurements

Height: 1.08 cm, width: 0.98 cm

Part of

Geschnittene Steine (82)

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Literature

Schlüter, Margildis - Platz-Horster, Gertrud (1975): Antike Gemmen in deutschen Sammlungen IV. Hannover, Kestner Museum, Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe. Wiesbaden, 133 Nr. 609 Taf. 80

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