ECL-Bn.14:23-2013
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Object number
ECL-Bn.14:23-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Twelve portraits on gems
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
Twelve portraits on oval gems, beneath each gem is a panel with a scale and the identification of the portrait which has been added later (in pencil??)
a. Bearded man, in profile to left. 'Pergamo Re'
b. Youth in profile to left. 'Tolomeo Apione Re'
c. Man in profile to left. 'Rumetalcie Re'
d. Bearded man in profile to left. 'Giuba Re'
e. Woman with draped head in profile to left. 'Filotide Reina'
f. Woman in profile to left. 'Sconosciuta'
g. Woman with hair coiled in plaits round head, in profile to left. 'Sconosciuta'
h. Woman with draped head, facing viewer. 'Sconosciuta'
i. Woman with plaits round head and drape at the back of her head, in profile to left. 'Sconosciuta'
j. Woman wearing broad fillets and wreath on her hair, which falls in long ringlets, in profile to left. 'Sconosciuta'
k. Youth (?) with fillet on hair, in profile to left. 'Sconosciuta'
l. Female wearing diadem and a drape at the back of her head, in profile to right. 'Sconosciuta'
Bottom left is inscribed: Ioun Dom Campiglia del.
Bottom right is inscribed: Cosmus Megalli sculp.
a. Bearded man, in profile to left. 'Pergamo Re'
b. Youth in profile to left. 'Tolomeo Apione Re'
c. Man in profile to left. 'Rumetalcie Re'
d. Bearded man in profile to left. 'Giuba Re'
e. Woman with draped head in profile to left. 'Filotide Reina'
f. Woman in profile to left. 'Sconosciuta'
g. Woman with hair coiled in plaits round head, in profile to left. 'Sconosciuta'
h. Woman with draped head, facing viewer. 'Sconosciuta'
i. Woman with plaits round head and drape at the back of her head, in profile to left. 'Sconosciuta'
j. Woman wearing broad fillets and wreath on her hair, which falls in long ringlets, in profile to left. 'Sconosciuta'
k. Youth (?) with fillet on hair, in profile to left. 'Sconosciuta'
l. Female wearing diadem and a drape at the back of her head, in profile to right. 'Sconosciuta'
Bottom left is inscribed: Ioun Dom Campiglia del.
Bottom right is inscribed: Cosmus Megalli sculp.
Content (object)
gem
Dimensions
height (actual size): 425mm
width (actual size): 299mm
width (actual size): 299mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper