This catalogue accompanies an exhibition of the same name, shown from March 21–September 6, 1981 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Many of the great names of European sculpture—Algardi, Soldani, Clod
The engraving of hardstones is a time-honored practice that goes back several millennia. The Greeks refined the art, and they introduced in about the fifth century b.c. what we now call cameos: precio