Drawing of a magical gem: Bust of Helios
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2836
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex Chifletius–Macarius_XX 79
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
Chifletius–Macarius_XX 79
References:
Chifletius–Macarius, no. XX 79; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 372
Former Collections:
Goorle, Abraham van (Abraham Gorlaeus, Anversa ca. 1549 – Delft 1608)
Material:
sard (brown)
Iconography:
rays (12); stars (3); moon, crescent; Helios; bust
A: The bust of Helios with twelve rays. Three eight-pointed stars around the head and a crescent below it. The symbol of Mars to the right, the symbol of Venus to the left.
B: Insufficient information.
Bibliography
Chifetius–Macarius, Abraxas, XIX 79
SGG I, no. 372 (with earlier literature)
B: Insufficient information.
Bibliography
Chifetius–Macarius, Abraxas, XIX 79
SGG I, no. 372 (with earlier literature)
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CBd-2836. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
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