Dionysian scene
Cameo. Sardonyx-agate.
4.6 × 3.4 cm.
Inv. No. 25836.Naples, National Archaeological Museum

Dionysian scene.

Cameo. Sardonyx-agate.
4.6 × 3.4 cm.
Inv. No. 25836.

Naples, National Archaeological Museum
(Napoli, Museo archeologico nazionale).

Private collection, Farnese.
Origin:
From the Farnese collection. Formerly in the collection of Fulvio Orsini (inv. no. 204), bought this cameo from brothers Gabrielli.
Literature:
T. Cades, Collezione di impronte in stucco cavate dalle più celebri gemme incise conosciute, etc., I—LXXVIII, Roma 1836, vol. 9c, II A 86.
Credits:
© 2006 Photo, text: Gasparri C. Le gemme Farnese. Electa Napoli, Napoli, 2006, p. 116, fig. 164, cat. no. 76.
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