ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Intaglio with Portrait of Gaius Pescennius Niger Augustus

AAT Object Form/Functionrings (finger jewelry)

AAT Object Form/Functiongems (worked stones)

AAT Object Form/Functionportraits

AAT Object Techniqueintaglios (sculptural objects)

PeriodModern, Neo-Classical

Date18th Century

MediumMicrocrystalline Chalcedony var. cornelian, gold

Credit LineGift of the Estate of Michael J. Shubin

Dimensions1/2 x 3/8 in. (1.3 x 1 cm)

Object number2008.031.096

Exhibition HistoryExuberance of Meaning: The Art Patronage of Catherine the Great (1762-1796), Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia, September 21, 2013 - January 5, 2014
Passion of the Empress: Catherine the Great's Art Patronage, Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, Washington, DC, February 15 - June 8, 2014
Published ReferencesJames Tassie and Rudolf E. Raspe, A Descriptive Catalogue of a General Collection of Ancient and Modern Engraved Gems, Cameos as well as Intaglios, Taken from the Most Celebrated Cabinets in Europe; and Cast in Coloured Pastes, White Enamel, and Sulphur, Volume II (London, 1791), 657, number 11976.
John Boardman, Engraved Gems: The Ionides Collection (London: Thames and Hudson, 1968), 99 number 54.
G.M.A. Richter, "Review of Boardman, Engraved Gems, The Ionides Collection," American Journal of Archaeology 73 (1969): 488.
Marie-Louise Vollenweider, "Engraved Gems: The Ionides Collection by John Boardman," Art Bulletin 53 (1971): 241.
Asen Kirin, Exuberance of Meaning: The Art Patronage of Catherine the Great (1762-1796) (Georgia: Georgia Museum of Art, 2013), 190, number 47.

ProvenanceEx coll. Baron Philipp von Stosch (1691-1757), Italy. Ex coll. Constantine Alexander Ionides (1833-1900), England. Thence by descent to his son Alexander Constantine Ionides (1862-1931), London, England. Ex coll. Michael Shubin (1950-2008), Montebello, California, possibly purchased from Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas.

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