THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Glyptics
61. 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.
62. 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.
63. 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.
64. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Athena Parthenos.
Intaglio. Red jasper.
1st century BCE.
Work by the carver Aspasius.
Inv. No. 52382.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
65. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Bather.
Sardonyx.
Roman, 1st century CE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
66. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Comic mask of Silenus.
Sardonyx.
1st century.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
67. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Eagle.
Sardonyx. Roman, 2nd century.
3.2 × 1.7 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
68. GLYPTICS. Asia.
Eos on her chariot.
Three-layered sardonyx. Asia Minor (?). 1st century BCE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
69. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Frog.
Amethyst. Roman, 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
2.4 × 2.0 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
70. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Hand, ear and inscription.
Sardonyx. Roman, 2nd century CE.
1.6 × 1.3 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
71. GLYPTICS. Black Sea Coast.
Head of a goddess.
Amethyst in the gold priestly wreath.
1st century. Panticapaeum (?).
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
72. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Julia.
Three-color glass. Rome. 1st century.
Height 2.2 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
73. GLYPTICS. Etruria.
Man with a sword.
Gemma.
Cornelian. 3rd century BCE.
1.5 × 1.1 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
74. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Minerva.
Three-layered sardonyx. 1st century.
3.3 × 2.3 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
75. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Penelope.
Two-colour glass.
Roman. 1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
76. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Prince as Eros.
Jacinth. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
1.2 × 1.1 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
77. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Queen as goddess.
Calaite. Alexandria. 3rd—2nd centuries BCE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
78. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Roma.
Glass. Rome. 1st century.
2.9 × 1.6 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
79. GLYPTICS. Greece.
Satyr.
Garnet in the gold medallion decorated with enamel and garnets. East Mediterranean. Late 4th century BCE.
Diameter 2.5 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
80. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Sphinx.
Two-layered onyx. Roman, 1st century CE.
1.6 × 2.2 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.