Cameo Glass Plaque Fragment with Draped Torso
Cameo Glass Plaque Fragment with Draped Torso
Place of OriginItaly, likely Rome or Bay of Naples
Dateabout 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)
DimensionsL: 2 in. (5.0 cm); W: 5/8 in. (1.3 cm)
MediumCameo glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1604
Not on View
DescriptionPlaque with draped torso
Opaque white glass on background of translucent cobalt blue glass.
When complete, must have been a figure subject, as part of drapery remains; cameo cut.
Label TextAcquired by Edward Drummond Libbey in 1919 from the family of Thomas Hulse Curtis. The Curtis collection was largely acquired in the 1890s from Charles Caryl Coleman, an American artist who resided first in Rome and later on the island of Capri. This collection history strongly suggests a findspot in or around Rome or the Bay of Naples.
about 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
1st-2nd century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
19th century?
1st century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
19th century
about 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
19th century?
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