ECL-Bn.14:85-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.14:85-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Three cameos
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
At top left on a circular field is the head of a male in profile to right. He wears a laurel wreath over his helmet, which has a lion on the crown. At top right, again on a circular field, is the head of Alexander the Great with the horns of Ammon in profile to left.
Beneath is an oval cameo. The bust of a female in profile to right is set over two cornucopiae. She has a laurel wreath on her hair, which is drawn back into a queue on her neck. The cornucopiae are decorated with vine tendrils and from their mouths appear two female busts.
Beneath is an oval cameo. The bust of a female in profile to right is set over two cornucopiae. She has a laurel wreath on her hair, which is drawn back into a queue on her neck. The cornucopiae are decorated with vine tendrils and from their mouths appear two female busts.
Content (object)
cameo
Dimensions
height (actual size): 425mm
width (actual size): 332mm
width (actual size): 332mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Engraver)