File:Head of Medusa MET 271628.jpg

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Head of Medusa - cameo by Benedetto Pistrucci, mount by Carlo Giuliano (MET, )

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Head of Medusa   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Benedetto Pistrucci  (1783–1855)  wikidata:Q327504
 
Benedetto Pistrucci
Alternative names
Pistrucci
Description Italian engraver
Date of birth/death 29 May 1783 Edit this at Wikidata 16 September 1855 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Rome Englefield Green Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Italy, United Kingdom
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q327504
Carlo Giuliano  (1831–1895)  wikidata:Q3659440
 
Description Italian goldsmith, jewelry designer, enameler and entrepreneur
Date of birth/death 1831 Edit this at Wikidata 1895 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Naples Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
London Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q3659440
Title
Head of Medusa
Description
Italian, executed in England (London); Cameo; Lapidary Work-Gems
Date cameo 1840–50, mount ca. 1860
Medium Red jasper mounted in gold with white enamel
Dimensions

Overall (isible cameo): 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm), 53.2 mm;

Overall (in setting): 2 11/16 x 2 11/16 in. (6.8 x 6.8 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Accession number
2003.431
Credit line Purchase, Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso Gift, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2003
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/230969

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