Neptune Driving over Waves
Nothing is known about the Pelchinger, presumably a German, who signed his name in Greek on the front of this cameo, which reproduces a Renaissance intaglio in the British Museum, London. In his catalogue of the Weil collection Ernst Kris said that the inscription could denote an owner rather than an artist, but an owner would have had less cause than an artist to Hellenize his name.
Artwork Details
- Title: Neptune Driving over Waves
- Maker: Pelchinger (active 18th century) (unrecorded carver, possibly act. Rome)
- Date: late 18th century
- Culture: possibly Italian, Rome
- Medium: Sardonyx
- Dimensions: Overall: 1 1/4 x 15/16 x 1/4 in. (3.2 x 2.5 x 0.7 cm); 31.5 x 24.5 x 6.5 mm
- Classification: Lapidary Work-Gems
- Credit Line: The Milton Weil Collection, 1939
- Object Number: 39.22.9
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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