Camee antice

La glyptique (du grec ancien γλυπτός / glyptós, « objet gravé ») est l'art de la gravure des pierres fines, comprenant la taille, et de la sculpture en creux (intaille) ou en relief (camée). Elle exprime le plus souvent des sujets tirés de la mythologie, des religions ou de thèmes culturels ou symboliques.

Tasse Farnèse, face avant. Artiste: Inconnu. Date:fin du iie siècle av. J.-C.Type: Sardonyx.Technique:Camée.Dimensions: (Diam × H) 20× 8 cm

 Face arrière

Roman Cameo, 1st-3rd century AD. Caesar Claudius (41-54 CE) with scepter

Le Camée des Gonzague, au Musée de l'Ermitage, Saint-Pétersbourg. Il mesure 15,7 × 11,8 cm.Date:IIIe siècle av. J.-C.Matériau: onyx. Dimensions: (H × L) 15,7 × 11,8 cm

Collection:Musée de l'Ermitage

Gemma Augustea, (Latin: “Gem of Augustus”) sardonyx cameo depicting the apotheosis of Augustus. He is seated next to the goddess Roma, and both are trampling the armour of defeated enemies. 15-37 CE, Kunsthistorischen Museums Wien

 La Tychē de Constantinople tenant une couronne de laurier sur la tête de Constantin (camée du ive siècle

 Sardonyx cameo; portrait of the Emperor Augustus.

Period: Early Imperial, Claudian

Date: ca. A.D. 41–54

Culture: Roman

Medium: Sardonyx

 Attribué à Pyrgotèle. Poséidon et Athéna luttant pour la domination de l'Attique, milieu du Ier siècle avant JC. Camée en onyx et sardonyx, 52,1 x 43 cm. Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale. 

Cameo “Two Agrippinae represented as Minervae”. Sardonyx.Rome, 1st cent. CE.

Inv. No. Camee. 226.Paris, National Library, Cabinet des Médailles

Zeus. Sardonyx.3rd century BCE.Diameter 6.1 cm. Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum

Cammeo di Augusto (cd. cammeo Blacas); età tiberiana. Londra, The British Museum© Londra,The British Museum

camée"Buste d’Auguste"

Création / Exécution :

Italie, Latium, Rome (lieu de création)

4e quart 1er siècle av JC

Matières et techniques :

calcédoine (grise, taille en camée)

Warrior supporting dying comrade. 1st century BC or AD.

Gemma Augustea, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

Three-layered sardonyx cameo engraved with a portrait of Augustus wearing the aegis of Minerva and a sword-belt, Roman, 14-20. British Museum. ©…

Buste de Claude, sardonyx, or (monture d'or du XVIe siècle). Auteur: Atelier de Rome. Ce camée a appartenu au Trésor de Saint-Denis. Acquisition en 1791. Chab. 220

 

Kameo: Kaiser Caligula und Roma. Römisch, Frühe Kaiserzeit. 37 - 41 n. Chr. Sardonyx, zweischichtig. Fassung: Gold, emailliert, 17. Jh. H. 11 cm. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien,

Glass cameo of Herophilos, 20 AD. Held in Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM), Germany.

Cat. 138 Cameo Portraying Emperor Claudius as Jupiter, A.D. 41/54.

The Gemma Claudia, Roman, 49 C.E.(?). Five-layered onyx, height: 12 cm. Setting: gold rim. Inv.#. IX A 63. In the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Depicts on the left side the Emperor Claudius and his fourth wife Empress Agrippina minor. Opposite the couple are the parents of Agrippina, Germanicus and Agrippina maior.

Head of Olympian Zeus Ancient Rome, 1st century BC - 1st century

Le Grand Camée de France est un camée aux dimensions exceptionnelles en sardonyx à cinq couches. Il mesure 31 cm de hauteur et 26,5 cm de largeur. C’est le plus grand camée antique connu.

Il est conservé au Cabinet des médailles de la Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Augustus als Triumphator

(Kamee, Lotharkreuz)

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Ancient Cameos

A cameo is a small scene or figure carved in relief. This modern Italian word, meaning "to engrave, " is though to have come from the ancient Hebrew/Arabic word "kamea", meaning "charm" or "amulet." Folklore relates cameos' mystic capacity to attract health and good fortune. The enduring popularity of the cameo attests to its delicate power to beguile generations of wearers and viewers alike.

The word cameo specifically describes a relief image raised higher than its background and carved from one material. In contrast, if the artist carves down into the stone to hollow out a recessed image, the resulting work is called an "intaglio". Intaglios and cameos can be made in any material, but the most popular are of stone, coral, shell, glass and fine metals. Originally intaglios had a practical as well as decorative purpose. When brushed with ink or wax, the intaglio can be used as a seal or identifying stamp to mark a letter or document.

Camée, Auguste Camée représentant Auguste couronné de chêne et de laurier. Sardonyx, perle, saphir, verre. Monture d'argent doré, perles, saphirs et verre rouge des XIVe et XVIIe siècles). Ce camée a appartenu au Trésor de Saint-Denis. Acquisition en 1791