Sleeping shepherdess in a moonlit landscape
Object type: Cameo
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Italian, Milan
Artist: Alessandro Masnago
Artist bio: Italian, active ca. 1560, died 1620
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: probably late 16th century
Medium: Agate
Dimensions: Overall: 3 1/16 x 2 9/16 x 3/8 in. (7.8 x 6.5 x 0.9 cm); 78 x 65.1 x 9.3 mm
Classification: Lapidary Work-Gems
Credit line: The Milton Weil Collection, 1938
Accession year: 1938
Tags: Sleeping|Women|Shepherds|Dogs|Sheep