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Cameo: Head of Diana
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About this work
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 dark purple for the base.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCameo: Head of Diana, 25 BCE - 100 CE. Italy, Roman. Glass; overall: 3.7 x 3.3 cm (1 7/16 x 1 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Klejman, 1965.465
