The Beverley Collection of Gems at Alnwick Castle
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The Beverley Gem Collection at Alnwick Castle is one of the most distinguished in Great Britain still in private hands.Alnwick Castle, ancestral seat of the Earls of Northumberland - and the House of Percy - was built as a border fortress against the...
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The Beverley Gem Collection at Alnwick Castle is one of the most distinguished in Great Britain still in private hands.Alnwick Castle, ancestral seat of the Earls of Northumberland - and the House of Percy - was built as a border fortress against the Scots in the twelfth century, if not earlier. Substantially enlarged in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and remaining in Percy family hands to this day, it stands now as a prime example of robust stone defensive architecture. Much visited and admired for its impressive exterior, this dramatic stronghold and stately home is the setting for this collection.The Beverley Collection reflects the longstanding interest of the English nobility in both accumulating and commissioning gemstones. The Collection was begun by the First Duchess of Northumberland in the early eighteenth century; but the greater part of it was made later in the century by Algernon Percy, First Earl of Beverley, during a tour of Europe while in the company of his mentor, Louis Dutens. Their success in France and Italy was such that it incited the jealousy of the Empress Catherine of Russia, herself a passionate collector.The range of objects - cameos, intaglios and finger rings of the highest quality - is considerable: Greek, Roman and Etruscan, as well as a notable assemblage of neoclassical signed gems by British artists. One jewel clearly provided inspiration for Michelangelo's painting of Adam on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The Collection has been little known, except by connoisseurs, but this volume brings to the attention of a broader audience many of the finest products of one of the oldest arts of the western world.
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PrefaceAbbreviationsThe Beverley GemsThe 1st Duchess' CollectionRecords of Beverley Gems, Casts, Etc.Catalogue of the Gems at Alnwick CastleCameosWith Artists' Names (Ancient and Modern)Groups and Figures Cameo GlassSingle FiguresHeads Animals and ObjectsIntagliosSignatures with Ancient Names Signatures with Modern Names Etruscan, Etruscanising and ItalicMultifigure Groups Single FiguresHeads and Busts, MaleHeads and Busts, Female Animals and Monsters Masks and Objects Other The Emperor's NecklaceGlass Portraits Tassie and Catherine the Great Indexes Index to Previous Collections Index to Artists Index to Subjects List of Inscriptions Pictorial Index
Autoren-Porträt von Diana Scarisbrick, Claudia Wagner, John Boardman
Diana Scarisbrick is a an art historian specialising in jewelery. Claudia Wagner is Chief Researcher into Gems at the Classical Art Research Center and Beazley Archive at the University of Oxford, UK. Sir John Boardman, FBA, is Emeritus Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at the University of Oxford, UK.
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- Autoren: Diana Scarisbrick , Claudia Wagner , John Boardman
- 2016, 352 Seiten, 532 farbige Abbildungen, Masse: 20,3 x 25,3 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Philip Wilson Publishers
- ISBN-10: 1781300445
- ISBN-13: 9781781300442
- Erscheinungsdatum: 06.12.2016
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Englisch
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