Sujet

Cameo;Cameo with a Ptolemaic King and Zeus Ammon, 2nd century B.C. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Cameo;Cameo with a Ptolemaic King and Zeus Ammon, 2nd century B.C. Additional Info: Carved in cameo technique is a double portrait of two heads facing left. The foreground figure in dark stone is a beardless male wearing what resembles a radiate crown. It recalls the spiky crown worn by Roman emperors, but the head does not readily match any known portrait. Carved behind him in white is the head of a bearded male with rugged features resembling a typical depiction of Hercules. The gem has been drilled through lengthwise as though once suspended or mounted.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A02_293

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

79,6Mo (2,1Mo) / 44,6cm x 44,8cm / 5263 x 5289 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe close up people black head historical religious carving country religion shape round pride proud quartz white monarch color profile king royal contrast ancient Greek Greece handicraft handicrafts deity God carved location circular century antiquity image royalty crown studio shot concept mythology close-up closeup antiquities Colour agate Hercules Hellenistic Herakles Ancient Greece Greek mythology Amun Amon Ancient Greek cameo Ptolemaic history historic 2nd century BC Ptolemaic Period sovereign TGN sculpture white colour Unknown stone Heracles grey background black colour ammon Heritage Art Ptolemaic Dynasty jewellery Hand Carved Gem Banded agate