THE GONZAGA CAMEO
Short description:
The fascinating story of a rarity from Classical Antiquity, one of the most celebrated masterpieces and rarest examples of ancient glyptic art – the Gonzaga Cameo. The text was written by Oleg Yakovlevich Neverov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, art historian, leading researcher in the State Hermitage’s Department of Classical Antiquity, keeper of the collection of ancient carved stones.
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Edition:
1000 copies
Additional information
Details of the creation of this masterpiece
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Year of publication:2009
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Number of pages:72
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Dimensions:295 × 195 mm
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Paper:Corolla Book (Italy), 200 g/m²
Language:
Russian
Oleg Neverov’s gifts as a storyteller turn scholarly research into a fascinating historical detective story that makes this book an enjoyable and engaging read. The Gonzaga Cameo (also known as the Malmaison Cameo) is a famous cameo carved from a three-layer piece of sardonyx, one of the most celebrated masterpieces and rarest examples of ancient glyptic art (miniature carving in coloured minerals). According to the generally accepted version, the cameo has been one of the Hermitage’s best-known exhibits since 1814, when it entered the museum from the collection of former French Empress Josephine Beauharnais.
The cameo is a double portrait of the deified Hellenistic rulers of Egypt, a married couple who were also brother and sister – Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoë II. It was made by an unknown craftsman in the Egyptian city of Alexandria in the 3rd century BC and is named in honour of its first known owner, Marchese Francesco II Gonzaga, a Renaissance patron of the arts and ruler of the Italian city of Mantua.
The cameo is a double portrait of the deified Hellenistic rulers of Egypt, a married couple who were also brother and sister – Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoë II. It was made by an unknown craftsman in the Egyptian city of Alexandria in the 3rd century BC and is named in honour of its first known owner, Marchese Francesco II Gonzaga, a Renaissance patron of the arts and ruler of the Italian city of Mantua.
This book is an exquisite work of art with a high-quality paper, printing and binding.
The text is set in the Garamond font. The book contains 25 photographs.
The cover is decorated with gold embossing and an inset depicting the cameo. It comes with a hand-made fabric case.
Participants in the work on this publication:
Author of the text — Oleg Neverov
Layout, design of the book — Yevgeny Bolshakov
Photographs — Leonid Kheifets, Vladimir Terebenin
Printing of the text and illustrations — MDM-print publishing house (St Petersburg, Russia)
Binding work — Multiprint Severo-Zapad publishing house (St Petersburg, Russia)
The text is set in the Garamond font. The book contains 25 photographs.
The cover is decorated with gold embossing and an inset depicting the cameo. It comes with a hand-made fabric case.
Participants in the work on this publication:
Author of the text — Oleg Neverov
Layout, design of the book — Yevgeny Bolshakov
Photographs — Leonid Kheifets, Vladimir Terebenin
Printing of the text and illustrations — MDM-print publishing house (St Petersburg, Russia)
Binding work — Multiprint Severo-Zapad publishing house (St Petersburg, Russia)
Additional information
Details of the creation of this masterpiece
About this edition
About this edition:
-
Year of publication:2009
-
Number of pages:72
-
Dimensions:295 × 195 mm
-
Paper:Corolla Book (Italy), 200 g/m²
Language:
Russian
Oleg Neverov’s gifts as a storyteller turn scholarly research into a fascinating historical detective story that makes this book an enjoyable and engaging read. The Gonzaga Cameo (also known as the Malmaison Cameo) is a famous cameo carved from a three-layer piece of sardonyx, one of the most celebrated masterpieces and rarest examples of ancient glyptic art (miniature carving in coloured minerals). According to the generally accepted version, the cameo has been one of the Hermitage’s best-known exhibits since 1814, when it entered the museum from the collection of former French Empress Josephine Beauharnais.
The cameo is a double portrait of the deified Hellenistic rulers of Egypt, a married couple who were also brother and sister – Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoë II. It was made by an unknown craftsman in the Egyptian city of Alexandria in the 3rd century BC and is named in honour of its first known owner, Marchese Francesco II Gonzaga, a Renaissance patron of the arts and ruler of the Italian city of Mantua.
The cameo is a double portrait of the deified Hellenistic rulers of Egypt, a married couple who were also brother and sister – Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoë II. It was made by an unknown craftsman in the Egyptian city of Alexandria in the 3rd century BC and is named in honour of its first known owner, Marchese Francesco II Gonzaga, a Renaissance patron of the arts and ruler of the Italian city of Mantua.
This book is an exquisite work of art with a high-quality paper, printing and binding.
The text is set in the Garamond font. The book contains 25 photographs.
The cover is decorated with gold embossing and an inset depicting the cameo. It comes with a hand-made fabric case.
Participants in the work on this publication:
Author of the text — Oleg Neverov
Layout, design of the book — Yevgeny Bolshakov
Photographs — Leonid Kheifets, Vladimir Terebenin
Printing of the text and illustrations — MDM-print publishing house (St Petersburg, Russia)
Binding work — Multiprint Severo-Zapad publishing house (St Petersburg, Russia)
The text is set in the Garamond font. The book contains 25 photographs.
The cover is decorated with gold embossing and an inset depicting the cameo. It comes with a hand-made fabric case.
Participants in the work on this publication:
Author of the text — Oleg Neverov
Layout, design of the book — Yevgeny Bolshakov
Photographs — Leonid Kheifets, Vladimir Terebenin
Printing of the text and illustrations — MDM-print publishing house (St Petersburg, Russia)
Binding work — Multiprint Severo-Zapad publishing house (St Petersburg, Russia)
Oleg Neverov
THE GONZAGA CAMEO
The fascinating story of a rarity from Classical Antiquity, one of the most celebrated masterpieces and rarest examples of ancient glyptic art