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Nothing to do with Menander: a rediscovered Roman cameo from the Caylus Collection
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 546–553
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Gradel, Ittai (Gradel, Ittai)
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1. Illustration of the cameo shown in Fig.2. Engraving. (From Comte de Caylus: Recueil d’antiquités, Paris 1752, I, plate 54).
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14. Plaster reconstruction by Klaus Fittschen of the Vatican Museum Posidippus. (Archäologisches Institut, Göttingen).
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10. Detail of Fig.2. showing the actors’ masks.
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11. Intaglio representing a pornoboskos. Roman. 1st century BCE. Hardstone (sard), 13 by 10 mm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
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12. Detail of Fig.2. showing the herm portrait.
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13. Three views of a plaster cast of the Geneva Posidippus. (Archäologisches Institut, Göttingen).
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15. Portrait of Menander. Roman, 1st century CE. Marble, height 34 cm. (Dumbarton Oaks Museum, Washington).
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2. Cameo. Roman. c.25–50 CE. Sardonyx agate, 3.2 by 2.44 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Impression of Fig.7 (British Museum, London).
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4. Impression of Fig.8 (British Museum, London).
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5. Impression of Fig.9 (British Museum, London).
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6. The cameo shown in Fig.2, 3.2 by 2.44 cm.
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7. Intaglio depicting comic actors. 1st century BCE or 18th century CE. Hardstone (sard), 2 by 1.6 cm. (British Museum, London).
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8. Intaglio depicting comic actors. Roman. 1st century BCE. Glass, 1.15 by 1.6 cm. (British Museum, London).
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9. Intaglio depicting comic actors. Roman. 1st century CE. Hardstone (carnelian), 1.1 by 1.4 cm. (British Museum, London).
Article
Rethinking ‘the oldest surviving amber in the West’
11/2013 | 1328 | 155
Pages: 756-762
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King, Rachel (King, Rachel)
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12. Der goldener Tafel, illustration in M.S. Hosmann: Fürtreffliches Denck-Mahl, Leipzig 1700
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11. Enthroned Virgin. Prussia, c.1400. Amber (Kestner Museum, Hannover)
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13. Nativity. Possibly Königsberg or Marienburg. c.1400. Amber (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sammlungen Schloss Ambras, Vienna/Innsbruck)
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14. Chandelier with St Catherine. Possibly Königsberg or Marienburg, c.1400 (Mestké Muzéum, Bratislava)
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15. Front and back of mounted Vera icon. Bruges or Königsberg, 1380-1400 (Bayerisches nationalmuseum, Munich)
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16. Mounted Vera icon. Bruges or Königsberg, 1380-1400 (Wallace Collection, London)
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17. Vera icon. Bruges or Königsberg, 1380-1400. Amber (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Book Review
Gold, Jasper and Carnelian. Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon Court
06/2013 | 1323 | 155
Pages: 420-421
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Schroder, Timothy (Schroder, Timothy)
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69. Rectangular gold snuffbox set with mineralogical specimens, attributed to Johann Christian Neuber (Private collection, New York)
Article
The Trivulzio candelabrum in the sixteenth century: documents and hypotheses
01/2011 | 1294 | 153
Pages: 4-12
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Leydi, Silvio (Leydi, Silvio)
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12. Breastplate, attributed to Giovan Paolo Negroli. c.1540–45. Steel, brass, leather and textile, 3.05 kg. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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1. The Trivulzio candelabrum. c.1200, with additions of the mid-sixteenth century. Bronze with inlaid gemstones, approx. 5 by 4 m. (Milan Cathedral).
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10. Detail of Fig.1 showing a plain border.
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11. Detail of Fig.1 showing the Sacrifice of Isaac with ornamented border.
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13. Detail of Fig.1 showing a probable self-portrait of Giovan Antonio Busca.
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2. Detail from a mural painting at Saint-Julien, Le Petit-Quevilly (near Rouen). 1183–90.
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing part of the base of the Trivulzio candelabrum with the Coronation of Esther, David and Goliath, Virtues and Vices and signs of the zodiac.
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4. Detail of Fig.1: Coronation of Esther.
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5. Detail of Fig.1: David and Goliath.
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6. Detail of Fig.1: Temptation of Adam and Eve.
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7. Detail of Fig.1: Expulsion from the Garden of Eden.
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8. Detail of Fig.1 showing a dragon attacked by griffons.
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9. Detail of Fig.1 showing a female caryatid attacked by snakes.
Article
Kunstkammer objects in the age of the World Fairs: Charles Duron in 1867
06/2007 | 1251 | 149
Pages: 393-399
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Gabet, Olivier (Gabet, Olivier)
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23. Ewer, by Charles Duron. 1867. Lapis lazuli and enamelled gold, 22.6 cm. high. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
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25. Small amphora, by Charles Duron. 1867. Onyx and enamelled gold, 15.5 cm. high. (Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin).
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26. Ewer, by Charles Duron. 1864. Agate and enamelled gold, 29.3 cm. high. (British Museum, London).
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27. Fruit bowl, by Charles Duron. 1867. Lapis lazuli, enamelled gold and rubies, 21 cm. high. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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29. Objects from the Exposition universelle of 1867, probably workshop of Charles Duron, c.1867. Watercolour, heightened in gouache and pencil, 45 by 39 cm. (Courtesy of Hill–Stone Inc., New York).
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30. Nef, probably workshop of Charles Duron. c.1868. Watercolour, heightened in gouache and pencil, 45 by 39 cm. (Courtesy of Hill–Stone Inc., New York).
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24. Works exhibited by Charles Duron, in F.A. Brockhaus: Illustrierter Katalog des Pariser Industrie-Austellung von 1867, Leipzig 1868, p.230. (Copyright Sophie Boegly, Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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28. Works exhibited by Alfred Beurdeley, in F.A. Brockhaus: Illustrierter Katalog des Pariser Industrie-Austellung von 1867, Leipzig 1868, p.208 (Copyright Sophie Boegly, Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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31. Nef. Lapis lazuli cut in Italy, sixteenth century; mount, Paris, c.1670. Lapis lazuli, silvergilt and enamelled gold, 41.5 by 37.5 by 18.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Piedras Duras. Madrid
11/2001 | 1184 | 143
Pages: 722-723
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Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
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67. Table of Don Rodrigo Calderón. Florentine, c.1615. Pietre Dure, 119 by 119 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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68. Table Top, Attributed to Giuseppe Canart. Naples, c.1760(?). Specimen Marbles within Mosaic Framing, 65 by 131 cm. (The National Trust, Florence Court, Co. Fermanagh).
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69. Console Table, Real Laboratorio de Piedras Duras de Buen Retiro. c.1774-78, Gilt Bronze Frames by Giovanni Battista Ferroni. Pietre Dure, 95 by 180 by 94 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Book Review
Splendori di Pietre Dure: L'Arte di Corte nella Firenze dei Granduchi
03/1991 | 1056 | 133
Pages: 202-203
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McCrory, Martha A. (McCrory, Martha A.; McCrory, Martha)
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Splendori di Pietre Dure: L'Arte di Corte nella Firenze dei Granduchi | author: Giusti, Anna Maria
Book Review
Die Gemmen aus Goethes Sammlung
06/1981 | 939 | 123
Pages: 370+373
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Seidmann, Gertrud (Seidmann, Gertrud; Seidman, Gertrud)
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Die Gemmen aus Goethes Sammlung | author: Femmel, Gerhard , author: Heres, Georg
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The Collection of Cardinal Mazarin's Gems
09/1974 | 858 | 116
Pages: 514+516-526
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Alcouffe, Daniel (Alcouffe, Daniel)
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19. Mazarin's Gems. (Musée du Louvre). Numbers beside Each Illustration Are Mazarin Inventory Numbers. No. 406 in Museo del Prado, Madrid.
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20. Mazarin's Gems. (Musée du Louvre). Numbers beside Each Illustration Are Mazarin Inventory Numbers. The Drawing 324 Is in Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. [Cups, tazzas and vases in silver and gems]
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21. Mazarin's Gems. (Musée du Louvre). Numbers beside Each Illustration are Mazarin Inventory Numbers.[Cups, tazzas and vases in silver and gems]]
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22. Mazarin's Gems. (Musée du Louvre). Numbers beside Each Illustration Are Mazarin Inventory Numbers. The Drawing 470 Is in Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, and Vase 454 Is in the Musée Guimet, Paris. Vase 470 Is in the Hermitage, Leningrad. [Cups, tazzas and vases in silver and gems]
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23. Mazarin's Gems. (Rock Crystal). (Musée du Louvre). Numbers beside Each Illustration Are Marazin Inventory Numbers. Nos. 493(?) and 488 in National Museum, Cracow. [Cups, tazzas and vases in silver and gems]
Article
Some Louis XVI Furniture Decorated with pietre dure Reliefs
12/1959 | 681 | 101
Pages: 425-435
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Setterwall, Åke (Setterwall, Åke)
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10. Monumental Cabinet Inset with Panels of pietre dure, etc., and Mounted with Gilt Bronze, Executed at the Gobelins Factory in 1684 by Domenico Cucci for Use in Louis XIV's Apartments at Versailles. Detail from Pair to It Is Illustrated in Fig. 9. Height, 242 cm., Width, 181 cm. (The Duke of Northumberland, Alnwick Castle.)
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11. Side-Table (Console) Veneered with Ebony and Mounted with Gilt Bronze and Inset with Panels of pietre dure. Stamped by A. Weisweiler. Height 96 cm.; Width, 146 cm. (H.M. the Queen, Buckingham Palace.) Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H.M. The Queen.
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12. Cabinet (commode à vantaux) Veneered with Ebony, Brass, Pewter, etc., and Mounted with Gilt Bronze, the Doors Inset with Panels of pietre dure. Stamped by M. Carlin. Height, 105.5 cm.; Width, 146 cm.; Depth, 56 cm. (H.M. The Queen, Buckingham Palace.) Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H.M. The Queen.
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13. Inscription with Signature of Giachetti on the Back of the pietre dure Panel Inset into the Cabinet Illustrated in Fig. 8. [ in the Manner of A. Weisweiler, Veneered with Ebony, Inlaid with Filets of Brass, Pewter, Panels of Porphyry and a pietre dure Panel, by G. A. Giachetti. Height 102 cm., Width 143 cm., Depth 59 cm. (H.M. The King of Sweden, Royal Palace, Stockholm.)]
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14. Pietre dure Panel from Right-Hand Side of Side-Table Illustrated in Fig. 11. [Veneered with Ebony and Mounted with Gilt Bronze and Inset with Panels of pietre dure. Stamped by A. Weisweiler. Height 96 cm.; Width, 146 cm. (H.M. the Queen, Buckingham Palace.) Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H.M. The Queen.]
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15. Pietre dure Panel from Left-Hand Side (Top) of Cabinet Illustrated in Fig. 12. [eneered with Ebony, Brass, Pewter, etc., and Mounted with Gilt Bronze, the Doors Inset with Panels of pietre dure. Stamped by M. Carlin. Height, 105.5 cm.; Width, 146 cm.; Depth, 56 cm. (H.M. The Queen, Buckingham Palace.) Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H.M. The Queen.]
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16. Pietre dure Panel from Left-Hand Side (Centre) of Cabinet Illustrated in Fig. 12. [eneered with Ebony, Brass, Pewter, etc., and Mounted with Gilt Bronze, the Doors Inset with Panels of pietre dure. Stamped by M. Carlin. Height, 105.5 cm.; Width, 146 cm.; Depth, 56 cm. (H.M. The Queen, Buckingham Palace.) Reproduced by Gracious Permission of H.M. The Queen.]
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8. Cabinet (meuble à hauteur d'appui) in the Manner of A. Weisweiler, Veneered with Ebony, Inlaid with Filets of Brass, Pewter, Panels of Porphyry and a pietre dure Panel, by G. A. Giachetti. Height 102 cm., Width 143 cm., Depth 59 cm. (H.M. The King of Sweden, Royal Palace, Stockholm.)
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9. Detail of pietre dure Panel Set into the Central Door of Monumental Cabinet (One of a Pair; The Other Is Illustrated in Fig. 10). (The Duke of Northumberland, Alnwick Castle.)
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17. Pietre dure Panel from Companion Cabinet to That Illustrated in Fig. 18. [Veneered with Ebony, Inset with Brass and Pewter Filets, Panels of Black and Gold Lacquer, a Circular Plaque of Gilt Bronze and a Panel of pietre dure. In the Manner of A. Weisweiler. Height 96 cm., Width 104 cm., Depth 54 cm. (H.M. the King of Sweden, Royal Palace, Stockholm.)]
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18. Small Cabinet (meuble d'entre deux) Veneered with Ebony, Inset with Brass and Pewter Filets, Panels of Black and Gold Lacquer, a Circular Plaque of Gilt Bronze and a Panel of pietre dure. In the Manner of A. Weisweiler. Height 96 cm., Width 104 cm., Depth 54 cm. (H.M. the King of Sweden, Royal Palace, Stockholm.)
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7. Design for a Bas de Buffet (Sideboard) Inset with Panels of pietre dure, Dated 7th September 1784. Pen and Water-Colour, 25 by 58 cm. (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.)
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