Explore the 1792 Gem Collection

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

GEM DETAIL

Portrait of the REIGNING POPE PIUS VI FROM LIFE

1792 Catalogue Description

ORIGINAL

Material

Cornelian

Gem Type

Original Owner

CABINET VATICAN LIBRARY

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