gems, glyptic, engraved gems, agate, cameo, intaglio, collection, comparanda, catalog

A descriptive notice of the royal collection of medals and engraved gems belonging to King William I of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. De Jonge discusses the formation, organization, and principal holdings of the cabinet, including ancient coins, medals, intaglios, cameos, and other engraved stones. Of particular gemological and art-historical interest is its documentation of the royal glyptic collection and the subjects, materials, workmanship, and historical significance of its engraved gems. The work provides a useful record of nineteenth-century European collecting and connoisseurship and of an important royal collection of ancient precious and ornamental stones.