Cameo with a portrait of a beardless man
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueOnyx
DimensionsOverall: 1.6 x 2 cm (5/8 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number27.753
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to MFA archival card: found at Arezzo with 27.752 and a coin of Claudius); October 28, 1925: loaned to MFA by Edward Perry Warren (as 557.25); November 17, 1927: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 161,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 27.647-27.761)
1st century B.C.
1st century A.D.
1st century A.D.
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
mid to late 1st century B.C.
2nd–3rd century A.D.
5th century B.C.
