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Russian Themes in the Work of the English Gem Cutters William and Charles Brown
08/1965 | 749 | 107
Pages: 421-423+425
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Author:
Etkind, L. (Etkind, L.)
Author:
Slive, Zoya (Slive, Zoya)
Subjects
artists:
Brown, Charles, gem engraver, 1749-1795
artists:
Brown, William, gem engraver, 1748-1825
dates:
1750-1849
museums and institutions:
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
patrons:
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796
places:
England / Russia
subjects:
British sculpture / Gem carvings
subjects:
Cameo carving
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Stones Cut in Cameo and Intaglio Techniques, by William and Charles Brown (Fig.35 Signed by Charles Brown Alone). Photographs Reproduced Actual Size. (Hermitage, Leningrad). 34. Catherine Instructing Her Grandsons. Cameo, Sardonyx. 35. Allegorical Representation On the Destruction of the Turkish Fleet. Cameo, Sardonyx. 36. Monument of Peter I by Falconet. Intaglio, Mountain Crystal. 37. Catherine II with a Shield. Cameo, Agate. 38. Allegory The Conquest of Ochakov. Cameo, Sardonyx. 39. Allegory for the Wedding of Aleksandr Pavlovich and Elizabeta Alekseevna. 1793. Intaglio, Cornelian Stone. 40. Allegory On Catherine's Recovery from an Illness. Intaglio, Topaz. 41 Portrait of Catherine II. Cameo, Sardonyx. 42. Catherine Crowning the General. Cameo, Sardonyx. 43. Funerary urn. Cameo, Agate.