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ECL-Bn.14:97-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bn.14:97-2013

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Identification

Title

Two gems

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Content (description)

a. On ovoid ground a nude warrior with shield and helmet stands with one foot on the torso of his beheaded enemy. He holds the head before him and gazes at it.
b. An ovoid gem hangs from fillets in front of the letter N in a square panel. On the gem is the head of a bald man to right. Down the left side is the inscription (in reverse) CO NOC.
Beneath the first gem is the inscrription: Appresso l'Autore

Content (object)

gem

Dimensions

height (actual size): 135mm
width (actual size): 222mm

Inscription

See Description:
Beneath the first gem is the inscrription: Appresso l'Autore

Inscription description

On the back of the engraving is the number 101 written in ink, this seems to have been amended from 109

Materials & techniques note

copper engraving on paper

Production

Person

Unknown (Engraver)

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Object history note


Previous ownership

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