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Book Review
Tommaso e Luigi Saulini. Incisori di cammei nella Roma dell’Ottocento
06/2007 | 1251 | 149
Pages: 419-421
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Reviewer:
Draper, James David (Draper, James David; Draper, James)
Subjects
artists:
Saulini, Luigi / Saulini, Tommaso
dates:
1800-1899
places:
Rome
print:
Saulini, Luigi
print:
Saulini, Tommaso
print:
Cameos
subjects:
Gem carvings / Cameo carving / Cameos
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Tommaso e Luigi Saulini. Incisori di cammei nella Roma dell’Ottocento | author: Barberini, Francesca , author: Dickmann de Petra, Micaela
Illustrations
Attributed works:
49. Bust of a bearded man wearing a cap, by Luigi Saulini. Mid-nineteenth century. Onyx, 4.5 by 3.4 cm, mounted in gold as a pin. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Article
An unknown cameo of James I and the Order of the Garter
06/2006 | 1239 | 148
Pages: 400-405
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Author:
Hein, Jørgen (Hein, Jørgen)
Subjects
dates:
1630-1639 / 1640-1649
museums and institutions:
Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark
print:
James I, King of England, 1566-1625
print:
Cameo carving
subjects:
James I, King of England, 1566-1625
subjects:
Cameos / Gem carvings / Collections, Public / Identification / Goblets / Cups / Enamels / Gold / Iconography / Order of the Garter
Illustrations
Attributed works:
33. Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Blackfriars in 1600, to attend the marriage of Lord and Lady Herbert, attributed to Robert Peake the Elder. 1600. Canvas, 132 by 188 cm. (Sherborne Castle; photograph by kind permission of J.K. Wingfield Digby).
Attributed works:
40. Christian IV of Denmark’s Great George, here ascribed to Corvinianus Saur. Copenhagen, 1606. Gold, enamel, pearls and diamonds, altered and mounted on a pedestal before 1696, 5.6 by 4.4 by 4.6 cm. (Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen).
Attributed works:
41. Detail of Fig.40.
Attributed works:
42. Detail of Fig.40.
Western art unattributed:
34. James I. Brown on white sardonyx cameo, oval, 3.8 by 2.7 cm. (Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen).
Western art unattributed:
35. Cup set with cameos. Northern European, 1635–50. Gold and enamel, 43.3 cm. high (overall). The moor with a dragon dates from c.1615 and originally formed an independent statuette. (Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen).
Western art unattributed:
36. Hind. Brown on white sardonyx cameo, circular, 3.3 by 3 cm. (Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen).
Western art unattributed:
37. Duke Ulrik, by an unknown painter. Copenhagen, 1605–10. Canvas, 104 by 83 cm. (Danish Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød).
Western art unattributed:
38. Detail of Fig.37.
Western art unattributed:
39. Duke Ulrik’s Lesser George. Sardonyx, gold and enamel set with fifty-four table-cut diamonds (one missing), 4.6 cm. diam. (cameo); 6.5 cm. diam. (overall). (Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen).
Article
Russian Themes in the Work of the English Gem Cutters William and Charles Brown
08/1965 | 749 | 107
Pages: 421-423+425
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Author:
Etkind, L. (Etkind, L.)
Author:
Slive, Zoya (Slive, Zoya)
Subjects
artists:
Brown, Charles, gem engraver, 1749-1795
artists:
Brown, William, gem engraver, 1748-1825
dates:
1750-1849
museums and institutions:
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
patrons:
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796
places:
England / Russia
subjects:
British sculpture / Gem carvings
subjects:
Cameo carving
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Stones Cut in Cameo and Intaglio Techniques, by William and Charles Brown (Fig.35 Signed by Charles Brown Alone). Photographs Reproduced Actual Size. (Hermitage, Leningrad). 34. Catherine Instructing Her Grandsons. Cameo, Sardonyx. 35. Allegorical Representation On the Destruction of the Turkish Fleet. Cameo, Sardonyx. 36. Monument of Peter I by Falconet. Intaglio, Mountain Crystal. 37. Catherine II with a Shield. Cameo, Agate. 38. Allegory The Conquest of Ochakov. Cameo, Sardonyx. 39. Allegory for the Wedding of Aleksandr Pavlovich and Elizabeta Alekseevna. 1793. Intaglio, Cornelian Stone. 40. Allegory On Catherine's Recovery from an Illness. Intaglio, Topaz. 41 Portrait of Catherine II. Cameo, Sardonyx. 42. Catherine Crowning the General. Cameo, Sardonyx. 43. Funerary urn. Cameo, Agate.
Article
Chinese Utilizations of Parti-Coloured Hardstones
08/1942 | 473 | 81
Pages: 186-192
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Author:
Hildburgh, W. L. (Hildburgh, W. L.)
Subjects
places:
China
subjects:
Chinese Art / Chinese / Sculpture / Jewellery / Gemstone / Stone
subjects:
Jades / Cameo carving / Carving (processes) / Techniques
subjects:
Animals / Gods / Iconography
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. Ornamental Pendants, Belt-Hooks, Mouth-Pieces for Pipes, Plaques, etc. Carved from Agates of Various Colours. Chinese Utilizations of Parti-Coloured Hardstones
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-K'uei Hsing and the Fish-Dragon; B-Shou Lao (God of Longevity) with a Boy; C-Kylin and Water-Buffalo; D-Peach-Tree with Ling Chih Fungi at Its Foot and a Crane; E-Five Dragons Crawling around a Vase. Chinese Utilizations of Parti-Coloured Hardstones
Short Notice
A Rock-Crystal Intaglio by Giovanni Bernardi
12/1937 | 417 | 71
Pages: 282+284-285
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Author:
Rushforth, G. McN. (Rushforth, G. McN.; Rushforth, Gordon McNeil; R., G. M'N.; R., G. McN.; Rushworth, G. McN.)
Subjects
artists:
Bernardi, Giovanni Desiderio
dates:
1500-1549
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Cameo carving / Italian sculpture / Crystals
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Gem carvings / Rock crystals
Illustrations
Attributed works:
The Adoration of the Shepherds, by Giovanni Bernardi. (Enlarged.) Rock-Crystal, 8.8 by 6.3 cm. (Mr. G. Mc. N. Rushforth). A Rock-Crystal Intaglio by Giovanni Bernardi
Book Review
Perlmutter
10/1937 | 415 | 71
Pages: 194
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Reviewer:
Longhurst, Margaret H. (Longhurst, Margaret H.; Longhurst, M. H.; Longhurst, M.; Longhurst, Margaret)
Subjects
subjects:
Cameo carving / Medallions / Techniques
subjects:
Mother of pearl
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Perlmutter | author: Pazaurek, Gustav E.
Article
Rock-Crystals by Giovanni Bernardi in the Hermitage Museum
01/1930 | 322 | 56
Pages: 36-38
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Author:
Krasnowa, Natalie (Krasnowa, Natalie)
Subjects
artists:
Bernardi, Giovanni Desiderio
dates:
1500-1549
patrons:
Farnese, Pier Luigi, Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro, 1503-1547
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Gem carvings / Italian
subjects:
Gemstone / Cameo carving / Italian sculpture
subjects:
Classical mythology / Deianira / Venus
subjects:
Rock crystals
subjects:
Sources / Documents
subjects:
Tolomei, Claudio, 1492-1555
Illustrations
Attributed works:
A-The Rape of Deianira; B-Venus and Adonis; C-Dedalus and Icarus. Rock-crystals by Giovanni Bernardi. (Hermitage Museum, Leningrad). Rock-Crystals by Giovanni Bernardi in the Hermitage Museum
Book Review
Meister und Meisterwerke der Steinschneidekunst in der Italienischen Renaissance
10/1929 | 319 | 55
Pages: 202-203
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Reviewer:
Hill, George Francis (Hill, George Francis; Hill, George Francis; H., G. F.; Hill, George F.; Hill, George; H., G.)
Subjects
dates:
1400-1599
places:
Italy
subjects:
Italian sculpture
subjects:
Gem carvings / Gemstone / Cameo carving / Renaissance
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Meister und Meisterwerke der Steinschneidekunst in der Italienischen Renaissance | author: Kris, Ernst