Explore the 1792 Gem Collection

Currently, the working pages on this site can be found on the “EXPLORE” AND “Catalogues” pages.

  • EXPLORE – Search by text and image match the “Catalgoue of Impressions of One Hundred Gems” by Marchant, 1792
    • Master Index – A comparative spreadsheet comparing the entries about Marchant’s 100 gems as found in his 1792 Catalogue, in the Raspe-Tassie Catalogue of 1791, and The Gertrude Seidmann article in the Walpole Journal, 1987.
  • Catalogues – PDF copies of two Catalogues

GEM DETAIL

A YOUNG BRIDE with the PRONUBA

1792 Catalogue Description

From part of an antique painting which is commonly called the Aldrobrandini marriage from its being placed in the Villa Aldrobrandini This painting was found about two hundred years ago on the Esquiline Hill near the arch of Gallienus See the Admiranda Plate 60

Material

Sardonyx

Gem Type

Original Owner

Hon JOHN TREVOR

To view a copy of the entry for this imprssion in the original catalogue CLICK HERE.