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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
A tale of two fragments: a Sostratos cameo reconstructed
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 181-187
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Gennaioli, Riccardo (Gennaioli, Riccardo)
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Gradel, Ittai (Gradel, Ittai)
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1. Fragment of a cameo, by Sostratos. Hellenistic, mid- to late 1st century BC. Sardonyx, 3.1 by 2.1 cm. excluding the later setting. (Private collection, London).
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10. Dionysus (or Ariadne?) in a chariot pulled by two centaurs. Roman cameo in later, eighteenth-century setting. Sardonyx, 3.1 by 2.3 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
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2. Fragment of a cameo, by Sostratos. Hellenistic, mid- to late 1st century BC. Sardonyx, width 5.5 cm maximum, excluding the later restoration. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence).
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3. The cameo shown in Fig.2, photographed with transmitted light.
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4. Reverse of the cameo shown in Fig.2.
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5. Reverse of the cameo shown in Fig.1.
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6. Scans of the fragments shown in Figs.1 and 2 combined, showing the outline of the original cameo, presuming an oval shape. The resulting original size would have been approx. 6.4 by 4.6 cm.
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11. Dionysus and Ariadne in a chariot pulled by two centaurs. Roman cameo in later setting. Sardonyx, 3 by 2.5 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence).
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7. Fragment of a cameo, with the roughly original outline of the complete cameo restored, presuming a regular oval shape. Hellenistic, mid- to late 1st century BC. Sardonyx, 2.6 by 2 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples).
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8. Triumph of Dionysus and Ariadne. Roman cameo in later setting. Sardonyx, 6 by 5.5 cm. (Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris).
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9. Dionysus (or Ariadne?) in a chariot pulled by two centaurs. Roman cameo in later, eighteenth-century setting. Sardonyx, 4.2 by 2.7 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
Exhibition Review
A Rothschild Treasury. Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 952-954
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Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
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13. Snuff box, by Louis Roucel. 1772–73. Sèvres porcelain plaques with paintings attributed to Louis-Denis Armand l’aîné after Jean-Jacques Bachelier, c.1760. Gold and softpaste porcelain, 35 by 72 by 58 cm. (Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire; photograph Waddesdon Image Library / Mike Fear).
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15. Installation view of the Treasury, Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, 2019. (Photograph Mike Fear).
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14. Gaius Caesar. Roman, c.1 BC–AD 4 (cameo), AD 100– 200 (mount). Onyx, gold and bronze, 4.9 by 3.9 cm. (Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire; photograph Waddesdon Image Library / Mike Fear).
Book Review
The Complete Content Cameos. By Martin Henig and Helen Molesworth
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 968-969
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Wagner, Claudia (Wagner, Claudia)
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The Complete Content Cameos By Martin Henig and Helen Molesworth. 407 pp. incl. 583 col. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2018), £127.50. ISBN 978–2–503–57896–5. | :
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2. Cameo showing drunken Silenos with Erotes and Psyche, end of first century BC. Sardonyx, 2.21 by 1.81 by 0.42 cm. (Derek J. Content collection).
Book Review
Tommaso e Luigi Saulini. Incisori di cammei nella Roma dell’Ottocento
06/2007 | 1251 | 149
Pages: 419-421
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Draper, James David (Draper, James David; Draper, James)
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Tommaso e Luigi Saulini. Incisori di cammei nella Roma dell’Ottocento | author: Barberini, Francesca , author: Dickmann de Petra, Micaela
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49. Bust of a bearded man wearing a cap, by Luigi Saulini. Mid-nineteenth century. Onyx, 4.5 by 3.4 cm, mounted in gold as a pin. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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An unknown cameo of James I and the Order of the Garter
06/2006 | 1239 | 148
Pages: 400-405
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Hein, Jørgen (Hein, Jørgen)
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33. Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Blackfriars in 1600, to attend the marriage of Lord and Lady Herbert, attributed to Robert Peake the Elder. 1600. Canvas, 132 by 188 cm. (Sherborne Castle; photograph by kind permission of J.K. Wingfield Digby).
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40. Christian IV of Denmark’s Great George, here ascribed to Corvinianus Saur. Copenhagen, 1606. Gold, enamel, pearls and diamonds, altered and mounted on a pedestal before 1696, 5.6 by 4.4 by 4.6 cm. (Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen).
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41. Detail of Fig.40.
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42. Detail of Fig.40.
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34. James I. Brown on white sardonyx cameo, oval, 3.8 by 2.7 cm. (Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen).
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35. Cup set with cameos. Northern European, 1635–50. Gold and enamel, 43.3 cm. high (overall). The moor with a dragon dates from c.1615 and originally formed an independent statuette. (Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen).
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36. Hind. Brown on white sardonyx cameo, circular, 3.3 by 3 cm. (Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen).
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37. Duke Ulrik, by an unknown painter. Copenhagen, 1605–10. Canvas, 104 by 83 cm. (Danish Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød).
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38. Detail of Fig.37.
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39. Duke Ulrik’s Lesser George. Sardonyx, gold and enamel set with fifty-four table-cut diamonds (one missing), 4.6 cm. diam. (cameo); 6.5 cm. diam. (overall). (Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen).
Book Review
Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewelry
06/2005 | 1227 | 147
Pages: 412-413
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Gere, Charlotte (Gere, Charlotte)
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Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewelry | editor: Walker, Stefanie , editor: Weber Soros, Susan
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63. Micromosaic brooch with owl, by Castellani, mosaic by Luigi Podio. c.1866-88. Gold with glass tesserae, 3.9 cm. diam. (Private collection).
Book Review
Die Gemmen und Kameen des Dreikonigenschreines
08/2000 | 1169 | 142
Pages: 505
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Seidmann, Gertrud (Seidmann, Gertrud; Seidman, Gertrud)
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Die Gemmen und Kameen des Dreikonigenschreines | author: Zwierlein-Diehl, Erika
Book Review
Classical Gems: Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
12/1995 | 1113 | 137
Pages: 851
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Seidmann, Gertrud (Seidmann, Gertrud; Seidman, Gertrud)
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Classical Gems: Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge | author: Henig, Martin , author: Scarisbrick, Diana , author: Whiting, Mary
Article
Aspects of Gem Collecting in the Early Seventeenth Century, Nicolas-Claude Peiresc and Lelio Pasqualini
02/1993 | 1079 | 135
Pages: 103-120
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Jaffé, David (Jaffé, David)
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40. Page from Rascas de Bagarris's Copy of Alphonse Chacon's MS Compilation of Antiquities, Including Signed Gems of Diana and Mercury from the Orsini Collection. Pen and Brown Ink. (Bibliothèque Nationale, NAL, Vol.4232, p.75, Paris).
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42. Seventeenth-Century Engraving after Red Jasper Intaglio, Triumph of Silenus, by Valerio Belli, in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. (From J. J. Scaliger: Opuscula varia antehac non edita, Paris [1610], p.580; in Peiresc's MS, Bibliothèque Nationale, Manuscrits Fonds français, Vol.9530, fol.1, Paris).
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44. Eighteenth-Century Engraving after Cornelian Intaglio, Jupiter, Mercury and Mars, in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. (From P. J. Mariette: Traité des Pierres gravées, Paris [1750], I, no. 1).
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46. Seventeenth-Century Engraving after Sard Intaglio, 'Barberini Bees' Pulling a Plough (Fig.45). 1.3 by 1.6 cm. (From G. P. Bellori: Notae in numismata tum Ephesia, tum aliarum urbium Apibus insignata, Rome [1657], p.81).
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48. Seventeenth-Century Woodcut after Cornelian Intaglio, Supposed Cassandra. (From V. Cartari: Le Vere e nove Imagini, Padua [1615], p.560).
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49. Seventeenth-Century Woodcut after Cornelian Intaglio, Cassandra, Once in Augustin's Collection. (From V. Cartari: Le Vere e nove Imagini, Padua [1615], p.520).
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50. Cornelian Intaglio, Achilles, by Dioskourides. 2.3 by 1.6 cm. (Museo Archeologico, Naples).
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51. Amethyst Intaglio, Diana, by Apollonius. 2.7 by 1.4 cm. (Museo Archeologico, Naples).
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52. Amethyst Intaglio, Demosthenes, by Dioskourides. 2.5 by 2 cm. (Whereabouts Unknown).
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53. Copy by Peiresc of the Signature on Pasqualini's Dioskurides (Fig.52). (Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, Vol.10C, fol.161 (Detail), The Hague).
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55. Aquamarine Intaglio, Hercules and Bull, by Anteros. 2.3 by 1.5 cm. (Duke of Devonshire collection, Chatsworth).
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57. Water-Colour by Jean Saillant? after Cornelian Intaglio, 'Aetion', Portrait of a satrap (Fig.56). (Bibliothèque Nationale, Department des Manuscripts, Paris).
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58. Eighteenth-Century Engraving after Cornelian Intaglio, 'Aetion', Portrait of a satrap (Fig.56). (From B. Picart, P. Stosch: Gemmae celatae, Amsterdam [1724], pl.III).
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60. Eighteenth-Century Engraving after Cornelian Intaglio, Hercules, in the Museo Archeologico, Florence. (From B. Picart, P. Stosch: Gemmae celatae, Amsterdam [1724], pl.XLVI).
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62. Eighteenth-Century Engraving after Cornelian Intaglio of Cato, in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Cabinet des Médailles, Paris. (From Mariette: Traité des Pierres gravées, Paris [1750], II, no.44).
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63. Eighteenth-Century Engraving after Amethyst Intaglio, Hercules and Iole by Teucer, in the Museo Archeologico, Florence. (From B. Picart, P. Stosch: Gemmae celatae, Amsterdam [1724], pl.LXVIII).
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65. Amethyst Intaglio and Plaster Cast of 'Solon', Inscribed 'Dioscurides'. 2 by 1.5 cm. (Bibliothèque Nationale Cabinet des Médailles, Paris).
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68. Page from Rascas de Bagarris's Copy of Alphonse Chacon's MS Compilation of Antiquities, Showing Magic and Early Christian Gems. (Bibliothèque Nationale, NAL, Vol.4232, Paris).
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69. Cast from Hyacinth Garnet Intaglio, Apollo by Aulos, Present Whereabouts Unknown.
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41. Twentieth-Century Cast from Red Jasper Intaglio, Triumph of Silenus, by Valerio Belli, in the Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. 3.3 by 3.9 cm.
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43. Red Wax Impression after Plasma Intaglio, Mother Holding a Child and a Dove. 1.4 by 1.1 cm. (Bibliothèque Nationale, Manuscrits Fonds français, Vol.9530, fol.223r, Paris). 45. Sard Intaglio, Flies Pulling a Plough. 1.3 by 1.6 cm. (British Museum, Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities no.2548, London).
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47. Twentieth-Century Cast from the Cornelian Intaglio, Supposed Cassandra, 2.6 by 2 cm., in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
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54. Nineteenth-Century Plaster Cast after Aquamarine Intaglio, Hercules and Bull, by Anteros (Fig.55). 2.3 by 1.5 cm.
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56. Cornelian Intaglio, 'Aetion', Portrait of a Satrap. 2.5 by 1.8 cm. (Duke of Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth).
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59. Nineteenth-Century Plaster Cast after Cornelian Intaglio, Hercules, by Onesas, in the Museo Archeologico, Florence. 2.3 by 1.7 cm.
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61. Eighteenth-Century Plaster Cast of Marius, in the Vatican Medagliere, Chigi, Vol.a III 67, Rome.
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64. Plaster Cast of Sard Intaglio, Scylla, Whereabouts Unknown. 1.8 by 1.5 cm.
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66. Twentieth-Century Cast from Cornelian intaglio, Miltiades, in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. 2.1 by 1.6 cm.
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67. Plaster Casts of Boncompagni Gems. (Vatican Medagliere, Chigi, Vol.a III 67, Rome).
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