Notable historic cameos Cameo (carving)

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gonzaga cameo


gemma augustea cameo – roman, after 10 ad. two-layered onyx.


tazza farnese ancient hellenistic bowl made of large cameo , purchased lorenzo de medici during italian renaissance.


cup of ptolemies large roman or hellenistic vessel.


portland vase, best known piece of cameo glass.


great cameo of france – roman, c. 23 ad. sardonyx.


gemma claudia cameo – roman, 49 ad. five-layered onyx.


herophiloska cameo – roman, 14 37 ad. portrait of man laurel wreath of emperor tiberius. work signed herophilos dioskourid[ou] ( herophilus, son of dioscorides ). colour of glass intended artist imitate turquoise.


gonzaga cameo ptolemy ii , arsinoë ii. sardonyx. 3rd century bc.


agrippina elder cameo-carved in italy in period of 37–41 ad. carving 3 layer agate.


ptolemaic double cameo-hellenistic, 278–270/269 bc. eleven-layered onyx.


blacas cameo -roman, 20–50 ad. head of augustus carved four-layered sardonyx. fragment of larger portrait of roman emperor-augustus.


head of flora cameo – benedetto pistrucci. 1812 ad. in cameo top red-brown layer has been carved roses. face carved white layer. collector richard payne knight purchased flora cameo italian dealer, believing roman. italian carver pistrucci claimed have carved himself. payne challenged pistrucci carve copy prove claim. ensuing publicity earned pistrucci several commissions.








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