Catalogue of the Gallery of Art and Archaeology in the University of Michigan

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1892 Excerpt: ... Part IV. GEMS AND MEDALLIONS. A. (1-1694) The Horace White Collection of Gems and Medallions. This valuable collection was the gift of the Hon. Andrew D. White, ex-president of Cornell University, and named after his father, the late Hon. Horace White of Syracuse, N.Y. It consists of 1694 copies in plaster, made with great care and artistic skill by G. Eichler of Berlin, --those of gems, from the Baron von Stosch collection in the Berlin Museum, and those of portrait medallions, from the most authentic originals to be found in Europe. The gems, which are all from the antique, are embraced in Section I. (1-450), and only described by classes. Section II. comprises portrait and artistic medallions, mostly mediaeval and modern, and medallion copies of many of the works of Canova, Thorwaldsen, Gibson, and others, and also of works of art, ancient and modern, in the great European museums. Of the portrait medallions a full description has been furnished by Eichler, as far as No. 722, with the names of the artists as far as 709. The present catalogue will give no detailed description of the remainder, but, in general, only the names and titles of the personages represented, so far as they can be deciphered. A few names will be found chronologically misplaced, owing to an occasional error in arranging and numbering the medallions in the cases. I. Copies Of Antique Gems. Class First.--Egyptian Gems illustrating the Egyptian Religion. 1-15 Gems bearing hieroglyphics. 16-24 Gems illustrating the worship of Isis and Osiris. 25-27 Harpocrates. 28-36 Anubis and Canopus. 55 Class Second.--Gems illustrating the Classical Mythology, Religion, and Sacred Ceremonial. 37-39 Saturn. 40-43 Cybele. 44-47 Symbolic representations of Africa, Sicily, Antioch, and Alexandria. 48-62 J..