Italian, 18th century | Cameo with a man holding a theatre mask

Chenel collection, Paris

Ancient cameos exist showing the subject holding a theatre mask. See, for example, the Roman 1st-century cameo with a sibyl and a satyr holding an older satyr mask at Alnwick Castle, published by D. Scarisbrick, C. Wagner and J. Boardman, The Beverley Collection of Gems at Alnwick Castle, London, 2017, p. 21, no. 16.