A collection of casts from gems depicting famous men in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Author

Seidmann, Gertrud

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Jewellery studies/Classical gold jewellery and the classical tradition : papers in honour of R.A. Higgins. 1991, Vol. 5, 123-126, 4 ill.

ISSN

0268-2087

Abstract (en)

Casts in the form of cameos, including those of Roman artist Tommaso Cades, ca.1830, mainly from modern gems, reflect 19th c. taste for the Antique, and for souvenirs of the Grand Tour.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Decorative arts -- Other media and forms -- Italy
• Cades, Tommaso, 1772-1840
• Italy
• 1800-1900
• Cameos
• Portraits
• Famous men
• Oxford University, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology||Oxford (GBR)
• Souvenirs
• Grand tour
• Roma (ITA)
• Collections
• Neo-classicism

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Arts décoratifs -- Autres formes d'art -- Italie
• Cades, Tommaso, 1772-1840
• Italie
• 1800-1900
• Camée
• Portrait
• Hommes illustres
• Oxford University, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology||Oxford (GBR)
• Souvenir
• Grand Tour
• Roma (ITA)
• Collections
• Néoclassicisme

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19930401-00368804

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