The Gemma Augustea (Latin, Gem of Augustus) is an ancient Roman low-relief cameo engraved gem cut from a double-layered Arabian onyx stone. It is commonly...
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been exposed to a wider audience. These include the Gemma Augustea in Vienna (which also has the Gemma Claudia showing the Emperor Claudius and his brother...
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would not have been exposed to a wider audience. These include the Gemma Augustea in Vienna, the Great Cameo of France in Paris and the Blacas Cameo in...
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The most famous stone "state cameos" from this period are the Gemma Augustea, the Gemma Claudia made for the Emperor Claudius, and the largest flat engraved...
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The Gemma Augustea is a Roman cameo produced 9–12 AD and carved in a two-layered onyx gem (19 × 23 cm)...
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as sexual matters. The identity and interpretation of figures in the Gemma Augustea remains unclear. A number of gems from the same period contain scenes...
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Tropaeum Alpium (built for Emperor Caesar Augustus c. 6 BC) Spolia opima Gemma Augustea raising a tropaeum War memorial War trophy Thuc. 5.10.12 Thuc. 6.70...
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pontifex maximus. Several cameo portraits include the Blacas Cameo and Gemma Augustea. Augustan and Julio-Claudian art Augustan literature (ancient Rome)...
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featuring Augustus and his family with divine attributes, such as the Gemma Augustea, the Great Cameo of France and the Blacas Cameo (the last also in the...
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the silver Warren Cup, glass Lycurgus Cup, and large cameos like the Gemma Augustea, Gonzaga Cameo and the "Great Cameo of France". For a much wider section...
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