Sealing Wax Impression of a Cameo or Intaglio
Roman
Greek
Near East
cast about 18th or 19th century
Red wax (possibly with sulphur) mounted in gold colored cardboard; molded or cast (impressions)
Overall: 11/16 × 7/8 × 3/8 in. (1.8 × 2.2 × 1 cm)
Mount: 13/16 in. (2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Florence and Louis Rose Goodman, Class of 1939P
164.53.1307
Geography
Place Made: Europe
Object Name
Sealing
Research Area
Classical World
Not on view
Inscriptions
Numbered, in black ink, on cardboard edge (old style script); numbered, in red ink, on cardboard edge (newer script).
Course History
CLST 06, Introduction to Classical Archaeology, Julie Hruby, Fall 2019
CLST 06, Introduction to Classical Archaeology, Julie Hruby, Fall 2021
Classical Studies 6.01, Introduction to Classical Archaeology, Julie Hruby, Winter 2023
Provenance
Collected by Florence Wolf Goodman (1890-1980) and Louis Rose Goodman (1885-1964), New York, New York, in Italy, about 1910-1939 [parent's of William Wolf Goodman (1917-2010), Class of 1939]; given to the Art Department, Dartmouth College, May 1939; transferred to the present collection, 1964.
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