Menophilus (gem cutter)
Menophilos ( Greek Μμνόφιλος ) was a Greek gem cutter who worked in the late Hellenism . It is believed that he worked at the Ptolemaic court.
Only one garnet from Syria is preserved from Menophilus , which is set in a gold ring. The stone shows the portrait of a man who is interpreted as Mark Antony . The ring is located in the Oriental Institute in Chicago .
literature
- Britta Lang: Menophilus (III) . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 507.
- Marie-Louise Vollenweider: The stone cutting art and its artists in the late Republican and Augustan times . Grimm, 1966. p. 38.
Web links
- Representation of a portrait of a man on a gem ring in the Arachne database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Zazoff : The ancient gems . CH Beck, 1983. ISBN 3406088961 , p. 289.
- ↑ Inventory number A 29789
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Menophilus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek stone cutter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |