The Engraved Gems of Classical Times
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IV.] ON ROMAN GEMS.
49 One of the finest that now exists is the portrait of Julia, Titus' daughter, by the engraver Euodos ; see below, page 74.
Among the recently acquired Carlisle gems in the British Museum there is a magnificent intaglio on chalcedony with the portrait head of an elderly, close-shaven Roman, with closely cropped hair, somewhat similar in style to the so-called head of Sextus Pompey, signed by Agathopous, in the Florentine collection. This wonderful example of iconic art, tho...ugh noble and dignified in style, is treated with much minuteness of detail and vivid realism. Even a pimple on the chin is represented ; suggesting that the sturdy Roman, whose portrait the gem shows us, had similar views to those held by Oliver Cromwell with regard to the desirability of realistic truth in portraiture. The Carlisle gem, like all the finest Roman portraits, is thoroughly Greek in style, and is probably the work of a Greek engraver of the first century B.C.
It may however be earlier than that, as the work both in design and execution is quite equal to the finest portrait heads on the coins of the Seleucid and Attalid Kings struck between about 300 and 150 B.C.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
IV.] ON ROMAN GEMS.
49 One of the finest that now exists is the portrait of Julia, Titus' daughter, by the engraver Euodos ; see below, page 74.
Among the recently acquired Carlisle gems in the British Museum there is a magnificent intaglio on chalcedony with the portrait head of an elderly, close-shaven Roman, with closely cropped hair, somewhat similar in style to the so-called head of Sextus Pompey, signed by Agathopous, in the Florentine collection. This wonderful example of iconic art, tho...ugh noble and dignified in style, is treated with much minuteness of detail and vivid realism. Even a pimple on the chin is represented ; suggesting that the sturdy Roman, whose portrait the gem shows us, had similar views to those held by Oliver Cromwell with regard to the desirability of realistic truth in portraiture. The Carlisle gem, like all the finest Roman portraits, is thoroughly Greek in style, and is probably the work of a Greek engraver of the first century B.C.
It may however be earlier than that, as the work both in design and execution is quite equal to the finest portrait heads on the coins of the Seleucid and Attalid Kings struck between about 300 and 150 B.C.
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