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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PepperAnna, post: 3091628, member: 17332&quot;]How were you so lucky to find the GG Adams cameo? How long have you had it? AND you met/know Judy Rudoe!!?!!! Wow! I am hoping she will respond to my email once she returns to the British Museum.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are pics of my Ronca cameo. It is very large with the frame- roughly 4&quot; x&quot;6 total. At the top, the bale is almost a full circle with a diameter of 1/2 inch. I think it would have been held on a ribbon, not a chain, with this large type of bale.&nbsp; The silver filigree is almost completely intact, but it is a bit squashed. The carving is very crisp and clear, as is the signature. I need help with the inscription. Latin is not my forte. What I can make out is &quot;iconic image victorious pillars Michelangelo retouched&nbsp; dominico campanari produced by 1850&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /> But that doesn&#039;t make much sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>The subject is Maria Salviati, as painted by Angolo Bronzino. Here is some info about her from Wikipedia:</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Maria Salviati</b> (17 July 1499 – 29 December 1543) was an Italian noblewoman, the daughter of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucrezia_di_Lorenzo_de%27_Medici" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucrezia_di_Lorenzo_de%27_Medici" rel="nofollow">Lucrezia di Lorenzo de&#039; Medici</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacopo_Salviati" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacopo_Salviati" rel="nofollow">Jacopo Salviati</a>. She married <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_delle_Bande_Nere" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_delle_Bande_Nere" rel="nofollow">Giovanni delle Bande Nere</a> and was the mother of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosimo_I_de_Medici" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosimo_I_de_Medici" rel="nofollow">Cosimo I de Medici</a>. Her husband died 30 November 1526, leaving her a widow at the age of 27. Salviati never remarried; after her husband&#039;s death she adopted the somber garb of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novice" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novice" rel="nofollow">novice</a>, which is how she is remembered today as numerous late portraits show her attired in black and white.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]293191[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]293187[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293188[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293189[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293190[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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