Daidalos (gem cutter)
Daidalos ( ancient Greek Δαίδαλος ) was a Greek gem cutter who worked in the 1st century BC. Was active.
Daidalos is only known from a signature on an intaglio in which the portrait of an unknown man was cut. The stone was in the Louis De Clercq collection and is now in the Cabinet des Médailles of the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris .
literature
- Otto Rossbach : Daidalos 6 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplement volume I, Stuttgart 1903, Col. 334.
- Rainer Vollkommer : Daidalos IV . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 1: A-K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-598-11413-3 , p. 154.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Inventory number 2854.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Daidalos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Δαίδαλος (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek gem cutter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |