The painting was given to Philip IV by Cardinal Francesco Barberini in 1656. It is unusual for being painted on a vitreous paste called aventurine, which acts as the background to the composition. It [+]
Este camafeo formó parte de un vaso robado en 1918. [+]
This vessel had a pair, now lost (I1416), which must have been very similar and by the same hand as O37, the work of the silversmith Pierre Ladoyreau or Ladoireau, who made part of the silver furnishi [+]
The thirteen cameos that have been preserved come from at least two different stolen vessels (nos. 52 and 58 in Arbeteta’s catalogue). Of various sizes and materials, they mostly depict busts of men, [+]