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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

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ALEXANDER

ALEXANDER

1792 Catalogue Description

From a head rather colossal in the Museum Capitolinum Fra le teste d’Alessandro tuttora esistenti tre sono le piu ragguardevoli La piu grande e nel museo Fiorentino la seconda nel Capitolino e la terza che era in quello della regina di Svezia e ora a S Ildefonso in Spagna Winkelmann Storia delle Arti del Disegno Italian edition by Carlo Fea Tomo ii libro x p 251

Material

Sardonyx
Gem Type

Original Owner

MAHAGAN Esq

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