ECL-Bn.14:25-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.14:25-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Eight portraits on gems
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
Eight portraits on oval gems, beneath each gem is a panel with a scale and the description of the gem, each of which is from the Medici Collection:
a. Man wearing laurel wreath, in profile to left. 'Inscalptum Sardae ex Museo Mediceo'
b. Man in profile to left. 'Inscalptum Sardae Ex Mus. Med'
c. Youth in profile to left. 'Inscalptum Sardae ex M. M.'
d. Man wearing laurel leaf in profile to left. 'Inscalptum Sardae ex M.M'
e. Very similar to d. 'Inscalptum Inychi ex M.M'
f. Head of Vespasian in three-quarter view. 'Excalp. Iaspidi Chalcedonio ex M.M'
g. Man wearing laurel wreath in profile to left. 'Excalp. Chalcedonio ex. M.M'
h. Woman in profile to right. 'Inscalp. Iaspidi Cyaneo ex M.M'
Inscribed lower left: Io. Dom. Campiglia del
Inscribed top right: VI
a. Man wearing laurel wreath, in profile to left. 'Inscalptum Sardae ex Museo Mediceo'
b. Man in profile to left. 'Inscalptum Sardae Ex Mus. Med'
c. Youth in profile to left. 'Inscalptum Sardae ex M. M.'
d. Man wearing laurel leaf in profile to left. 'Inscalptum Sardae ex M.M'
e. Very similar to d. 'Inscalptum Inychi ex M.M'
f. Head of Vespasian in three-quarter view. 'Excalp. Iaspidi Chalcedonio ex M.M'
g. Man wearing laurel wreath in profile to left. 'Excalp. Chalcedonio ex. M.M'
h. Woman in profile to right. 'Inscalp. Iaspidi Cyaneo ex M.M'
Inscribed lower left: Io. Dom. Campiglia del
Inscribed top right: VI
Content (object)
gem
Dimensions
height (actual size): 449mm
width (actual size): 315mm
width (actual size): 315mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730