Reber, Franz von, 1834-1919, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 148
the East, and particu-larly in Constantinople. Enamelling was most common, and those WORKS OF PRECIOUS METAL. 113 few branches of goldsmiths work which are to be considered underthe head of sculpture are but rarely of artistic importance. Thedie-cutting of Byzantium had at all times been inferior… … Fig. 65.—The Two Marys at the Sepulchre. Relief of Gold in the Louvre. treatment of the large empaistic works in gold and silver did noteven equal the intrinsic value of the metals themselves. A relief ofgold, now in the Louvre, representing the two Marys before theangel who guards the sepulchre,…
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