THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Glyptics
41. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Ring decorated with a cameo with a female profile.
Gold, sardonyx.
Imperial time.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
42. GLYPTICS. Rome.
The “Cameo of Augustus”.
Carver agate.
Beginning of the 1st cent. CE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
43. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Intaglio “Emperor Commodus hunting”.
Onyx nicolo. Rome, ca. 190 CE.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
44. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Intaglio “Goddess Roma holding Victory”.
Onyx nicolo. Rome, ca. 330 CE.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
45. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Cameo “Prince of the Ptolemaic dynasty presented as Hermes”.
Sardonyx.
3rd cent. BCE.
Golden frame, enamel — 18th century.
Inv. No. Camee. 111.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
46. 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.
47. GLYPTICS. Rome.
“Cameo of Tiberius” (“Big cameo of France”).
Sardonyx. 37 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”).
Five-layered sardonyx. Ca. 23 CE.
Inv. No. Camee. 264.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
49. 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.
50. 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.
51. 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.
52. 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.
53. 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.
54. 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.
55. 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.
56. 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.
57. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Head of Amor.
Bluish grey chalcedony. 1st century CE.
Inv. No. 13917.
Perm, Perm Regional Museum of Local Lore.
58. 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.
59. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Ariadne.
Cameo.
Blue and white glass.
Late 1st cent. BCE — early 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. ex MANN 153652.
Pompeii, Antiquarium.
60. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Head of Medusa.
Onyx.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Caffarelli-Clementino, Capitoline Coin Cabinet.