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Medusa Rondanini (Kameo)
This cameo is one of the masterpieces of the Roman gem cutter Giuseppe Cerbara, whom he himself marked with his name in widely spaced capitals. Cerbara chose the motif of the so-called 'Medusa Rondanini', an ancient type of Medusa head, for this gemstone. The eponymous and best-preserved high relief of this type was originally in the Palazzo Rondanini in Rome (now the Glyptothek in Munich) and was…
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Contributors
- Giuseppe Cerbara
Subject
- Achat
- Kamee
- Steinschneidekunst
- Medusa
- Bertel Thorvaldsen
- Johann Martin von Wagner
- Agate
- Bertel Thorvaldsen
Type of item
- Kamee
Date
- 1810 (Herstellung)
- 1810
Contributors
- Giuseppe Cerbara
Subject
- Achat
- Kamee
- Steinschneidekunst
- Medusa
- Bertel Thorvaldsen
- Johann Martin von Wagner
- Agate
- Bertel Thorvaldsen
Type of item
- Kamee
Date
- 1810 (Herstellung)
- 1810
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Museum August Kestner
Current location
- Hannover
Identifier
- 1989.83 (Inventarnummer)
- http://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/Y62REKMRQUJZO5D5EKT7OJUYWPKDPXAT
Extent
- Height: 5.5 cm, width: 7 cm
Providing country
- Germany
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2022-08-02T10:06:37.709Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-03-26T12:48:55.699Z