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Glyptics | Rome
41. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Intaglio “Emperor Commodus hunting”.
Onyx nicolo. Rome, ca. 190 CE.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
42. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Intaglio “Goddess Roma holding Victory”.
Onyx nicolo. Rome, ca. 330 CE.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
43. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Cameo “Two Agrippinae represented as Minervae”.
Sardonyx.
Rome, 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. Camee. 226.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
44. GLYPTICS. Rome.
“Cameo of Tiberius” (“Big cameo of France”).
Sardonyx. 37 CE.
Inv. No. Camee. 264.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
45. GLYPTICS. Rome.
“Cameo of Tiberius” (so-called “Great Cameo of France”).
Five-layered sardonyx. Ca. 23 CE.
Inv. No. Camee. 264.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
46. GLYPTICS. Rome.
“Cameo of Tiberius” (so-called “Great Cameo of France”). The upper register.
Five-layered sardonyx.
Ca. 23 CE.
Inv. No. Camee. 264.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
47. GLYPTICS. Rome.
“Cameo of Tiberius” (so-called “Great Cameo of France”). The middle register.
Five-layered sardonyx.
Ca. 23 CE.
Inv. No. Camee. 264.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
48. GLYPTICS. Rome.
“Cameo of Tiberius” (so-called “Great Cameo of France”). The lower register.
Five-layered sardonyx.
Ca. 23 CE.
Inv. No. Camee. 264.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
49. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Cameo “Apotheosis of Claudius”.
Attributed to Skylax.
Sardonyx. Mid-1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. Camee. 265.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
50. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Cameo “Claudius”.
Sardonyx. Rome, 41—42 CE.
Golden frame 16th century.
Inv. No. Camee. 269.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
51. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Cameo “Claudius and Messalina on a chariot”.
Sardonyx. Rome, Mid-1st cent. CE.
Frame made by Josias Belle in 17th cent.
Inv. No. Camee. 276.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
52. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Cameo “Messalina with her children”.
Sardonyx. 40—42 CE.
Frame made in the 17th cent.
Inv. No. Camee. 277.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
53. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Cameo “Trajan”.
Sardonyx. Rome, ca. 110 CE.
Golden frame, enamel, ruby — Paris, 17th century.
Inv. No. Camee. 289.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
54. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Head of Amor.
Bluish grey chalcedony. 1st century CE.
Inv. No. 13917.
Perm, Perm Regional Museum of Local Lore.
55. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Bacchus and Ariadne.
Cameo.
Blue and white glass.
Late 1st cent. BCE — early 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. ex MANN 153651.
Pompeii, Antiquarium.
56. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Ariadne.
Cameo.
Blue and white glass.
Late 1st cent. BCE — early 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. ex MANN 153652.
Pompeii, Antiquarium.
57. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Head of Medusa.
Onyx.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Caffarelli-Clementino, Capitoline Coin Cabinet.
58. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Sacrifice by priestess near statuette of Apollo.
Intaglio.
Second half of the 1st cent. BCE.
Inv. No. Med 6763.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Caffarelli-Clementino, Capitoline Coin Cabinet.
59. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Portrait of a noble lady. (Agrippina the Elder or Antonia the Younger?).
Intaglio.
Age of the early empire.
Inv. No. Med 6764.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Caffarelli-Clementino, Capitoline Coin Cabinet.
60. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Athena Parthenos.
Red jasper.
Age of Augustus.
Work by the carver Aspasius.
Inv. No. 52382.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.