Object details
Accession number
U18w46.1-2
Primary Creator
Italian
Full title
Intaglio Seal and Mold
Creation Date
late 18th century - early 19th century
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Marks
Inscribed: One set of ancient Greek characters
Display Media
Sard intaglio and molded plaster
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Little Salon
Bibliography
Adolf Furtwängler. "Gemmen mit Künstlerinschriften" Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, III (1888), p. 321.
Adolf Furtwängler. Die Antiken Gemmen, II, Beschreibung und Erklärun der Taflen (Leipzig, 1900), p. 237, pl. XLIX, no. 18. (as a replica of a gem in the Cabinet de Medailles, Paris; dated late 19th - early 20th century)
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