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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sunny G., post: 11117332, member: 93010&quot;]Thanks! Currently, researching potential sources/references for cameos is one of my favorite pastimes when I have just a few minutes here and there. It&#039;s interesting to see what key features are used to communicate the subject and how the cameo artist adapted a work within the limits of their medium and skill level. It mostly entails scrolling through artwork, which has led to me seeing some amazing pieces I don&#039;t think I&#039;d have come across otherwise!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/annunciationfront-jpg.529275/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://live-save-venice.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Titian-Annunciation-San-Rocco-After-768x482.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>For example, the cameo of the Annunciation of Mary with the obscure signature that I posted about is very similar to Titian&#039;s <i>Annunciation</i>, which was new to me. I find it absolutely captivating; she looks like she is glowing. I also previously mentioned a cameo I own after the Bacchus/Ariadne bust in the Capitoline Museums (in the Sala del Gladiatore, apparently) which has become one of my favorite pieces - if only because I spent so much time looking into how many copies of the bust exist and how many are still identified as Ariadne. I have a whole fringe theory about that one.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]536796[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Presently, I am looking into what the subject of this cameo might be, and if it might be referencing a particular work of art. I don&#039;t have it in hand yet and won&#039;t until December. In the meantime, I&#039;m exploring the idea that it might depict Diana&#039;s followers bathing. I&#039;m still uncertain if that&#039;s the subject (no moon for Diana, leftmost figure looks masculine to me but no horns to indicate Actaeon, no pregnant Callisto...), but I&#039;m enjoying searching and have found a few works that have similar enough compositions to keep me looking on the off chance I may come across something definitive.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]536814[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Actaeon stumbling across Diana &amp; her nymphs bathing from a 16th century piece by <a href="https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/object-wpc-wid-bjpj" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/object-wpc-wid-bjpj" rel="nofollow">Parma</a>)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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