The “Cameo of Augustus”
Carver agate.Beginning of the 1st cent. CE.
H. 14 cm. Paris, Louvre MuseumPhoto by Ilya Shurygin
The “Cameo of Augustus”.
Carver agate.
Beginning of the 1st cent. CE.
H. 14 cm.
Beginning of the 1st cent. CE.
H. 14 cm.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
Origin:
Found in the catacomb of S. Priscilla, Rome. Formerly in the collection of Cardinal Gaspare Carpegna; purchased by the Vatican in 1741; seized by Napoleon (Treaty of Tolentino), 1797. Transferred to the Louvre in 1801.
Description:
In 1785 Luigi Valadier framed the cameo and used it as a center of a complex composition consists of bronze figures of slaves which includes a wreath, an eagle and fragments of antique cameos.
Credits:
© 2013. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
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