UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian
(active in 1490s in Florence)

Bust of a Bacchante Crowned with Ivy

1490s
Chalcedony cameo, 5,8 x 5,1 cm
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence

This lovely stone has five different layers of colours from which the cameo has been carved. While the style is Hellenistic Greek, the workmanship seems to indicate that the gem was made at the end of the 15th century.