Marcus Aurelius
Unknown
late 16th–early 17th century · Sardonyx or onyx · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
This admirable stone exhibits five layers. Sixteenth-century carvers often revealed the strata in concentric rings that have the effect of framing and reinforcing the images.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- late 16th–early 17th century
- Medium
- Sardonyx or onyx
- Culture
- Italian
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- The Milton Weil Collection, 1938
