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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 574525, member: 5833&quot;]With Fig&#039;s help we got the inscription worked out &amp; were able to do some biographical research, because he was very prominent in his day.&nbsp; Then I leaned on a friend to see if he could provide a contact at the Hermitage.&nbsp; Woman he knew does not work in the field of modern engraved gems, but took great interest in this one, to my everlasting gratitude.&nbsp; She finally did something I did not have the nerve to do &amp; brought it to the attention of Julia Kagan, the <i>grande dame</i> in the field.&nbsp; Although the Russian court took up engraved gems with as much passion as their relatives in Europe, according to Dr. Kagan, their domestic production of gems is not well documented, so the emergence of this rather unprepossessing piece was exciting for her.&nbsp; This is from a brief entry on Dobrokhotov:</p><p><br /></p><p>He executed a large number of gems, including, Portrait of Alexander I (1815), Mercury Bringing the Golden Apple to Paris, portraits of A. V. Suvorov, A. N. Olenin, Nicholas I and many others.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Suvorov cameo is still known; the Olenin is/was lost.&nbsp; Who knew it had gone to Hawaii?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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