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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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JUNO

JUNO

1792 Catalogue Description

From a colossal head in the Villa Ludovisi esteemed for its dignified beauty and style of sculpture superior to the other representations of Juno at Rome. The height from the crown of the head to the clavicle is about three feet five inches and a half from the tip of the ear to the end of the nose near seventeen inches.

Material

Sardonyx
Gem Type

Original Owner

WILLIAM BURN, Esq.

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