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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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MINERVA

MINERVA

1792 Catalogue Description

From the head of a statue in the Giustiniani Palace. This statue was found upon the Esquiline Hill near the Porta Maggiore in the round Temple which is supposed to have been that of Minerva Medica.

Material

Sardonyx
Gem Type

Original Owner

CHARLES LONG, Esq.

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