Cameo: Head of Diana
Unknown Artist
25 BCE - 100 CE
Medium
glass
Dimensions
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Classification
Glass
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Klejman
Accession Number
1965.465
About this artwork
This cameo depicts the Roman Goddess of the Hunt, Diana, known as Artemis to the Greeks. She faces left with her hair bound at the back of her head, her signature quiver of arrows visible over her shoulder. Roman cameo glass was made by fusing layers of different colored glass on top of one another, then carving down to reveal each different color. There are at least four layers of glass in this cameo: a dark layer for the hair, a whitish layer for the skin, middle tone for the background, and a...