Kointos
Kointos ( ancient Greek Κοίντος ) was a Greek gem cutter who worked in the early Roman Empire . His father was the gem cutter Alexas , who was probably born in the first century BC. Was active and passed his art on to his sons Kointos and Aulos .
A signature of the cointos is only preserved on the fragment of a sardonyx on which the leg of a figure equipped with the weapons of Mars is shown. The stone is in the National Archaeological Museum in Florence .
literature
- Britta Gerring: Kointos . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 421.
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| SURNAME | Kointos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Κοίντος (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek gem cutter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |