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Design for an engraved antique gem in an ornamental setting Design for an engraved antique gem in an ornamental setting

Design for an engraved antique gem in an ornamental setting

Girolamo Odam

Art Funded
2014
Dimensions
51.7 x 36.9 cm
Vendor
Stephen Ongpin
Depicting the Greek hero Diomedes in a heavily ornamented Baroque setting, this celebratory design based on an antique gem is the first drawing by Girolamo Odam to enter the Ashmolean collection.

Provenance

G. Norman; Ralph Holland c.1958; Sold Sotheby's, July 2013. An ARt Loss Register search has been carried out.

Pen, brown ink, grey wash

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