Images of Medieval Art and Architecture

The Treasure of Saint Denis

Cameo of Augustus

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Images

Félibien engraving	Extant cameo
Adapted from Félibien, Plate IV, Item O	Front View	Side View

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Texts

Description

An Augustus Caesar in agate, very skillfully made.

Félibien, pages 543. Translated by Jane Vadnal.

History

• Taken to the Cabinet des Antiques on September 30, 1793.
• Currently in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris,

Notes

• Made of gray chalcedony.
• Height: 9.1 cm.
• Roman,end of the first century A.D. (or beginning of the Second Century AD).

Bibliography

Félibien, page 543.

Louvre,no. 62, page 285-7.

Montesquiou-Fezensac I and II, no. 81 ,III p. 64-5, pl 49.

FÉLIBIEN PLATE IV	SAINT-DENIS TREASURES	SAINT-DENIS MAIN PAGE	FRANCE	INTRODUCTION

Last updated by:JV Date: November 29, 2006