Engraved carnelian gem with Hercules and Omphale

An image of Engraved gems/sealstone/intaglio. A love-scene, with Hercules and Omphale on a bed covered with the lion-skin. Mount: silver swivel-ring, type 3. Intaglio cutting, sard, height 19 mm, width 15.5 mm, circa 1500- circa 1700.

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Engraved gems/sealstone/intaglio. A love-scene, with Hercules and Omphale on a bed covered with the lion-skin. Mount: silver swivel-ring, type 3. Intaglio cutting, sard, height 19 mm, width 15.5 mm, circa 1500- circa 1700.

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Accession Number: CG 720
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 801 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 462.85kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2015:07:07 14:14:20

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