Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 309
een purchased byRudolph II. for 1200 ducats. It is considered the finest work inrelief extant. It has but two layers. Its shape is elliptical, 9 by8 inches. The subject is the reception of Drusus (father of Ger-manicus) after his victory over the Rhseti and Vindelici, B.C. 17.Augustus as Jove, and… … TAZZA FARNESE. III. The Tazza Farnese, at Naples. It is composed of a singlepiece of sardonyx, and is nearly a foot in diameter. The subjectof the sculpture has given rise to much learned and elaboratedisquisition. It is generally supposed to represent the apothe-osis of the first Ptolemy.…
Art, Ancient · Archaeology
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