20-10-2016, 15:21
Cameo August
Cameo portrait of Augustus carved from a three-layered sardonyx, Roman about AD14-20 via The British Museum
Blacas Cameo 14-20 AD okres rzymski
sardonyx trzywarstwowy, na przemian biały, brąz
He originally wore a laurel wreath; this was replaced, probably in the medieval period, with the current setting of jewels.
Provenance is unknown; the first recorded mention appears to be AF Gori, Gemmae antiquae ex thesauro Mediceo et privatorum Dactyliothecis Florentiae, I (Florence, 1731), 47-48, who describes it as being in the Strozzi cabinet in Florence.
Cf. unpublished thesis by Lara Schwarz, Van de rug af gezien.
De Duc de Blacas camee in het British Museum (Amsterdam 1993)
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