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Agate cameo. Bust of Phocion

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Agate cameo. Bust of Phocion

Agate cameo. Bust of Phocion. Depicted in high relief, facing right. Phocion was an Athenian politician, military leader, famous for his moral integrity. His iconography spread during the 18th - 19th century and it was engraved by different artists, with the same pose, as Girometti and Santarelli (cameo in agate, signed Girometti – in Greek letters), on antique market n. LU1203427973, referred to an ancient chalcographic engraving, titled: PHOCION ATHENIENSIS Dux Summus, Summus Orator - Cingoli apud Anton Maria Castiglionum). References: Lucia Pirzio Biroli Stefanelli, La collezione Paoletti (vol.2), cast n. 355 Tome V, drawer 6 n. inv. MR 26989 (cameo in agate-chalcedony signed by Pichler, called Lisimaco, Farnese collection, Naples, National Archaeological Museum; cast n. 33 Tome VI drawer n. 1, inv. MR 27237). mm 36 x 27 x 9
18th - 19th century
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