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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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EURIPIDES

EURIPIDES

1792 Catalogue Description

From a Terme lately in the Farnesina now at Naples It has the name of Euripides inscribed on the breast in Greek characters This Terme was found near Porta Portese

Material

Cornelian
Gem Type

Original Owner

Count ROWZZAMOUSKI

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