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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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DANTE

DANTE

1792 Catalogue Description

Partly taken from a bust executed by Ghirlandaio the master of Michael Angelo in the Farnefina and from Dante painted by Raphael in his picture of the dispute of the sacrament in the Vatican

Material

Cornelian
Gem Type

Original Owner

Countess of ALBANY

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