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INTAGLI AND CAMEI. 
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No. 371, the celebrated carnelian on which is the portrait 
of Fra Girolamo Savonarola, by Giovanni, called delle Corniole, 
from his skill in gem-cutting. The wonderful life and finish of 
this work can only be appreciated by holding it up to the 
light. 
No. 372, the bust of Pope Paul III., which belonged to 
Lorenzo de’ Medici. 
No. 373, the bust of Leo X., by Pietro Maria da Pescia. 
No. 374, the Seal of Pope Leo X.; his own portrait with- 
out the tiara. 
No. 375, the portrait of Bartolommeo Alviano, the famous 
Venetian general ; this gem is believed to have been engraved 
by Matteo di Bassano. Alviano commanded in the war of the 
League of Cambrai, in 1508, and was made prisoner by Louis 
XII. of France, who only set him at liberty in 1513. 
No. 376, the portrait of Albert IV., Duke of Bavaria, prob¬ 
ably by Annibale Fontana, of Milan. This Albert, called the 
Wise, reigned in 1435, and married Cunegonda, daughter 
of the Emperor Frederick III. He died in 1508, and his 
widow entered a convent at Munich. 
No. 377, the portrait of the Saxon, Baron Philippe de Stosch, 
whose magnificent collection of gems laid the foundation of 
that belonging to the Berlin Museum. Baron Stosch died in 
1757. 
He was employed by Lord Carteret to watch the 
movements of the Pretender in Rome, and from the odium he 
thereby incurred, he had to retire to Florence. 
No. 378, a portrait of Sextus Pompeius, copied by Natter, 
from the celebrated gem in Berlin. Natter was a German, and 
one of the best gem-engravers of modern times ; he wrote a 
treatise on the subject, and died in 1763. 
No. 379, an unknown portrait, likewise by Natter. 
No. 383, the portrait of Lorenzo de’ Medici, when young. 
No. 384, the portrait of Francis I., Grand Duke of Tuscany. 
A cameo, No. 229, Case VIII., represents his Duchess, Bianca 
Cappello ; the delicate outline of her features in this gem gives 
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