Works of Art (19)
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Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland, ca. 1530–40,
Gian Giacomo Caraglio (Italian),
Kraków,
Sardonyx with inlaid gold and silver details; mounted as a pendant in gold with enamel, pearl, and ruby (17.190.869) |
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Cameo fragment with marine animals, first half of 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass (81.10.347) |
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Cameo of the Virgin and Child, ca. 1050–1100,
Byzantine (probably Constantinople); mounted in Paris ca. 1800 in a gold frame by Adrien Jean Maximillian Vachette, Agate (2007.445) |
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Cameo with Hercules, ca. 1220, Probably made in southern Italy, Sardonyx with modern gold frame (38.150.23) |
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Cameo, ca. 1835,
George W. Jamison (American), cameo cutter; William Rose (American), metalworker,
Helmet-conch shell, enamel, gold (2000.562) |
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Cameo: Silhouette portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna and Grand Duke Paul, dated 1791, Russian; Saint Petersburg, Cut glass (1999.525) |
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Christ Crucified between the Virgin and Saint John, 14th century,
Probably French,
Onyx; mounted, probably a pendant in gold with enamel and rock crystal (40.20.59) |
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Disk Brooch with Cameo and Cabochons, brooch ca. 600, cameo 100300, Langobardic (mount), Roman (cameo), Gold sheet; settings of onyx, cameo, glass (red and green cabochons); wire (95.15.101) |
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Education of the Infant Bacchus, first half of 19th century,
Niccolò Amastini (Italian),
Rome,
Onyx; framed in gold with four perforations for attachment (40.20.30) |
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Emperor Augustus above a Double Capricorn, late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.,
Roman,
Sardonyx; later mounted in gold for suspension (29.175.4) |
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Enkolpion: Cameo of an Archangel (Michael?), probably 14th century, Byzantine (Constantinople?), Sardonyx (40.20.58) |
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The Fall of Phaeton, third quarter of 19th century,
Adolphe David (French),
Onyx (40.20.12) |
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Head of Medusa, mid-19th century,
Benedetto Pistrucci (Italian),
England,
Red jasper cameo, mounted in gold with white enamel by Carlo Giuliano (2003.431) |
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Jugate Portraits of Emperor Charles V and King Philip II of Spain (obverse) and Empress Isabella (reverse), 1550,
Leone Leoni (Italian),
Milan,
Onyx (38.150.9) |
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Nessus Abducting Deianira, ca. 1815–25,
Giuseppe Girometti (Italian), after Bertel Thorvaldsen (Danish),
Rome,
Sardonyx; mounted in gold for display (2004.164) |
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Parure: Tiara, Brooch, and Necklace, mid-19th century,
Luigi Saulini (Italian),
Rome,
Onyx; all mounted in gold (40.20.55a–c) |
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Pendant Brooch with Cameo of Enthroned Virgin and Child, cameo 11th12th century; Rus' mount 12th14th century,
Byzantine (Constantinople),
Chalcedony cameo in gold mount with pearls, emeralds, garnets, sapphires, and sardonyx intaglio (2007.9) |
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Thalia, probably second quarter of 19th century,
Giuseppe Girometti (Italian),
Rome,
Onyx (40.20.38) |
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Young Woman with a Torch and a Vase, ca. 1770–90,
Giovanni Pichler,
Rome,
Sardonyx; mounted in gold as a ring (39.22.42) |
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Thematic Essays (8)
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