Four Treasures Reference Database
Record No. 28871
Geschnittene Steine aus altbayerischem Besitz: Kameen und Intaglien des 15. bis 17. Jahrhunderts in der Staatlichen Münzsammlung München
Engraved Stones from Old Bavarian Possessions: Cameos and Intaglios of the 15th to 17th Centuries in the State Coin Collection Munich
Book
Weber, I.S. (2001) Geschnittene Steine aus altbayerischem Besitz: Kameen und Intaglien des 15. bis 17. Jahrhunderts in der Staatlichen Münzsammlung München. [Engraved Stones from Old Bavarian Possessions: Cameos and Intaglios of the 15th to 17th Centuries in the State Coin Collection Munich] Berlin, Deutscher Kunstverlag, 258 pp.
ISBN/ISSN: 9783420000000 | Sinkankas/Born No.: NIS/NIB | Language: in German | not seen
gems, glyptic, engraved gems, agate, cameo, intaglio
This illustrated catalog documents 299 cameos and 225 intaglios of historic Bavarian provenance in Munich’s State Coin Collection. Covering works from the Middle Ages to about 1700, it draws principally on the Wittelsbach collections and the collection of Regensburg prince-abbot Coelestin Steiglehner. Entries are organized chronologically and geographically. The cameos include carvings in agate, chalcedony, coral, and shell, providing a substantial reference for European glyptic art and the history of collecting.