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Museum August Kestner Ancient Cultures Gemmen, Kameen und Glaspasten. Die Sammlung geschnittener Steine [2008.136]
"Gemme Egizie Museo Kestner" (Museum August Kestner CC BY-NC-SA)
Provenance/Rights: Museum August Kestner / Christian Tepper (CC BY-NC-SA)
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"Gemme Egizie Museo Kestner"

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Dactyliotheque consisting of two boxes. Contains 65 casts of Egyptian scarabs from the Kestner collection, which was already called "Museo Kestner" or "Museum Kestnerianum" in August Kestner's time. - In the lid label with reference to Tommaso Cades (in French). (AVS)

Former August Kestner Collection, Rome

Inscription

Text des Aufklebers im Deckel:

Chez Thomas Cades Graveur en pierres fines
Rue du Cours No 456 au Second etage à Rome

On trouve une Collection de 5000 Empreintes en
Stuc, tirées et choisies parmi le plus célébres pierres
gravées Anciennes et Moderne, qui existent dans les
principeaux Cabinets de l'Europe; le tout arrangé
par ordre chronologique, commercent par l'Ecole
Egyptienne jusqu' aux Graveurs des nos temps.
Ce même Artiste fabrique des Pâtes imitant
le pierres fines; il fait des Portraits en Cire U. C.

Material/Technique

Holz, Papier, Gips

Measurements

Length: 25.2 cm, height: 6.5 cm, width: 15.5 cm

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Museum August Kestner

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The Museum August Kestner is named after August Kestner (1777-1853). The oldest municipal museum in the state capital Hanover is enclosed by a listed...

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