Friday, October 4, 2019

Modern Italian Cameos (in Vienna) by Known Artists

Benedetto Pistrucci
River God - The Nile
ca. 1838
onyx cameo with gold mount
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Benedetto Pistrucci
Phaedra and Hippolytus
before 1855
chalcedony cameo with gold mount
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Giovanni Battista Cerbara or Giuseppe Cerbara
Hercules
ca. 1800
onyx cameo with gold mount
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Giovanni Battista Cerbara or Giuseppe Cerbara
Alexander the Great
ca. 1800
agate cameo with gold mount
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Giovanni Antonio Santarelli
Death of Eurydice
ca. 1790-1800
onyx cameo with gold mount
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

On Chloris Walking in the Snow

I saw fair Chloris walk alone,
Whilst feathered rain came softly down,
And Jove descended from his tower
To court her in a silver shower.
The wanton snow flew on her breast
Like little birds unto their nest;
But overcome with whiteness there,
For grief it thawed into a tear;
Thence falling on her garment's hem,
To deck her, froze into a gem.

– William Strode (1632)

Gaspare Capparoni
Zeus as Eagle drinking from Cup held by Hebe
ca. 1775-1800
onyx cameo with gold mount
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Antonio Pazzaglia
Alexander the Great
ca. 1790-1800
onyx cameo mounted on gold finger-ring
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Alessandro Masnago
The Burning of Troy
ca. 1600-1620
jasper cameo with silver-gilt mount
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Alessandro Masnago
Lucretia
ca. 1590-1600
agate cameo with enameled-gold mount
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Alessandro Masnago
Steer attacked by Lions
ca. 1590-1600
agate cameo with silver-gilt mount
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Alessandro Masnago
Atalanta and Hippomenes
ca. 1600-1605
jasper cameo with enameled-gold mount
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Francesco Tortorino
Marcus Curtius leaping into the Chasm
ca. 1560
chalcedony cameo with enameled-gold mount
set with rubies and diamonds
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Giovanni Bernardi
Mars and Venus with Cupid
ca. 1550
onyx cameo with enameled-gold mount
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Giovanni Bernardi
Bull Baiting
ca. 1540
chalcedony cameo with enameled-gold mount
set with diamonds
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna