# Bust of a Bacchante Crowned with Ivy [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Chalcedony cameo, 5,8 x 5,1 cm ## Commentary This lovely stone has five different layers of colours from which the cameo has been carved. While the style is Hellenistic Greek, the workmanship seems to indicate that the gem was made at the end of the 15th century. ## Related artworks - [A Bishop Saint]() - [A Curious Scene]() - [Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel]() - [Adoration of St Mark]() - [Allegorical Portrait of Dante]() - [Altar frontal]() - [Altarpiece \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare]() - [Altarpiece of the Magi]() - [Altarpiece]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()