Collection of 114 Plaster Casts in a wooden box

Artists

Description

Wooden box with three trays, containing a set of 114 plaster casts of carved gems. Printed label inside lid of box: GIOVANNI LIBEROTTI / Incisore di Camei / Collezione d'Impronte / cavate da Gemme antiche e moderne / esistenti nei Gabinetti d"Europa / In detta Collezione si trova / il Museo Vaticano, Campidoglio, Firenze, Napoli, Parigi, Sommariva / e le Opere piú celebri delle Gallerie. / ROMA Via del Babuino No. 105. A booklet listing the original work for each cast accompanies the set The first page begins: COLLEZIONE / d'Impronti / in Scajola, e Smalto / che si vende in / Roma / nelle Studio di / Giovanni Liberotti / Via del Babbuino / No. 105

Dimensions

8.8 x 20.3 x 33.4 cm (3 7/16 x 8 x 13 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Dr. George E. Ellis, Boston, MA; [1] to the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1910. [1] Ellis was the president of the Mass. Historical Society from 1885-1894.