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

TWO CUPIDS or GENII HOLDING A BUTTERFLY OVER TWO LIGHTED TORCHES WHICH ARE PLACED UPON AN ALTAR

1792 Catalogue Description

From a bas relief upon a sepulchral altar in the Museum Pio Clementinum This marble was found upon the Esquiline Hill in the Villa Negroni

Material

Sardonyx

Gem Type

Original Owner

JOHN CAMPBELL, Esq.

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