Glyptics

The Santarelli glyptic collection contains almost six hundred works including cameos, carvings, seals and small chalcedony sculptures, spanning five millennia. This minute art has been identified as an iconographic compendium to the great art of sculpture. The collection was exhibited for ten years in the same rooms of the Capitoline Museums where the coloured marbles of imperial Rome are now displayed. Below a selection of some of the most important works in the collection

Mythology scene
Scarab with the pre-name of Sesostri I
Scarab of the lion hunt of Amenhotep III
Scarab with the pre-name of Thutmosi III
Scarab with the pre-name of Thutmosi III
Scarab with the pre-name of Ramesses II
Scarab with protective invocation
Scarab with Apocrate Isis and Nephthys
Sistrum handle
Lion crouching
Capricorn
Capricorns
Bust of Apollo
Lupa Capitolina
Gorgonèion
Portrait of Germanicus
Victory on chariot
Victory
Hippalektryon
Eagle with spread wings
Rome
Head of a child
The Sun
Portrait of Commodus as Hercules
Altar with torch
Mummy of Osiris between Isis and Nephtys
Moon crescent and stars
Votive inscription
Passing lion
Portrait of Frederick II
Eagle with spread wings
Bust of Costanza d'Altavilla
Hawk
Dog
Female bust
Bearded head
Head of a young man as Zeus-Ammon
Bust of Helios
Adoration of the Magi
Female bust
Bust of Benedict XIV
Three busts jugged
Abundance and Amor
Bacchante and lion
Pudicitia
Female dancer
Erote on horseback
Bust of Hadrian
Masks
Bust of Eros
The Rape of Europa
Bust of Apollo
Hercules and the lion
Female bust
Male bust
Head of Medusa
Bust of Ulysses
Head of Serapis
Head of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
The Moon
Head of Young Hercules
Bust of Marcus Aurelius

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September 21, 2023 3:03 PM