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Historical Archive: Gonzaga Cameo layered agate cameo in later silver and copper mount Alexandria, third century BCE, or first century BCE to first century CE 15.7 x 11.8 cm (6.18 x 4.65 inches) background layer of stone largely restoration, figures original; broken through necks Ptolemy II and Arsinoë II, or two other rulers Both this work and the one in Vienna have been nicknamed "Gonzaga cameo" after the collector Isabella d'Este (d. 1539), wife of Duke Francesco Gonzaga of Mantua. Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum ГP-19076 full full, slightly oblique from below full, oblique from right lower part, oblique from left, showing neck repairs with agate strips and snail aegis: Medusa aegis: Fear (Phobos) related: Vienna Gonzaga cameo: Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoë II, agate, 278-69 BCE, setting with enamel 1575-1600, KHM IXa 81