brooch;
cameo
- Museum number
- 1978,1002.1099
- Description
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Modern plain gold brooch set with an onyx cameo profile of Alexander with an engraved signature.
- Production date
- 1790 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.15 centimetres (cameo with setting)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Text revised from catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift (Gere et al 1984) no 880:
Hecker was born in Tyrol. One of his patrons was the writer Goethe, whose portrait he cut; it is now in the Goethe Museum in Weimar with other works by Hecker. An account of Goethe's collecting activities in this field is given in Femmel & Heres 1981. (Charlotte Gere)
Originally described in the catalogue as Apollo Belvedere
See Marchant, cat. LX1, after Capitoline head. - J. Rudoe.
- Location
- On display (G47/dc4)
- Acquisition date
- 1978-1981
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1978,1002.1099
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: HG.1099 (masterlist number)