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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 4492377, member: 5833"]The first set are plaster impressions of engraved gems. These were collected avidly by people who pretended to some culture but could not afford to collect the gems themselves. They had special cabinets made to hold them, with many shallow drawers.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most famous purveyor was James Tassie, who collected thousands of impressions from the gems in the collections of people who could afford them. See:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/carc/gems/James-Tassie" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/carc/gems/James-Tassie" rel="nofollow">https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/carc/gems/James-Tassie</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I recognize a number of the subjects in addition to Raphael's Madonna: Antinous; Paris; some of Giovanni Pichler's work, the Muses Urania & Polyhymnia, La Citerista (the kithara player); the Eros Centocelle; Thorvaldsen's Cupid showing Venus his bee-stung finger; Ariadne.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second set are a diverse lot & may be made in what used to be known as 'sulphur'. I see some of them tell you who they are. They are not subjects known to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 4492377, member: 5833"]The first set are plaster impressions of engraved gems. These were collected avidly by people who pretended to some culture but could not afford to collect the gems themselves. They had special cabinets made to hold them, with many shallow drawers. The most famous purveyor was James Tassie, who collected thousands of impressions from the gems in the collections of people who could afford them. See: [URL]https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/carc/gems/James-Tassie[/URL] I recognize a number of the subjects in addition to Raphael's Madonna: Antinous; Paris; some of Giovanni Pichler's work, the Muses Urania & Polyhymnia, La Citerista (the kithara player); the Eros Centocelle; Thorvaldsen's Cupid showing Venus his bee-stung finger; Ariadne. The second set are a diverse lot & may be made in what used to be known as 'sulphur'. I see some of them tell you who they are. They are not subjects known to me.[/QUOTE]
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