Egyptian Priest, from Madame de Pompadour's ""Suite of Prints""
The intaglio depicted here was carved by Guay during a visit to Rome. The priestly figure comes from a relief at the Vatican, but the Greek inscription, which is actually meaningless, was invented by Guay to make the gem look like an antique. The re-imagination of the carved s...
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Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, ca. 1755. Purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1895; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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