cameo

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Object Type: cameo
Museum number: 1867,0507.760
Description: Cameo; onyx; Cupid seated on stone to which his right leg is chained; his hands are raised to his head in an attitude of despair; ground stratum is brown; signed.
Producer name: Engraved by: Giovanni Pichler
Production date: 18thC
Production place: Made in: Rome (city) (engraved in)
Materials: onyx
Technique: engraved
Dimensions: Length: 0.74 inches
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Text from Dalton 1915, Catalogue of Engraved Gems: The ground stratum is brown. By Giovanni Pichler. (H. Rollett, Die drei Meister der Gemmoglyptik, p. 24, no. 12). Cf. nos. 70, 187, 193, 314, 371.
Bibliographic references: Dalton 1915 / Catalogue of the Engraved Gems of the Post-Classical Periods in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography in the British Museum. (96)
Location: On display (G47/dc4)
Subjects: myth/legend; classical deity
Associated names: Representation of: Eros/Cupid
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Louis, Duc de Blacas d'Aulps
Acquisition date: 1866
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1867,0507.760
Conservation: Treatment: 31 Jan 1994

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