Notae Numismaticae - Zapiski Numizmatyczne (11.2016)

Tom XI

Kraków 201 ó


DOI: 11,12797/ZP. 11.2016.11.11

PAWEŁ GOŁYŹNIAK
Jagiellonian University, Kraków

MARCIN WOŹNIAK
Museuin of Ancient M.asovian Metallurgy, Pruszków
An Intaglio by Christoph Dorsch Found
in Kraśnicza Wola, near the District of Grodzisk
Mazowiecki, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

ABSTRACT: The article analyzes an intaglio madę of blue glass pastę and
set in a smali, bronze ring. Found during an archaeological survey in Kraśnicza
Wola, near the district of Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland,
the object is now kept at the Museum of Ancient Masovian Metallurgy in Pruszków.
It presents the bust of a woman to the lefit with long hair and dressed in a robę.
In front of her, the letters CA*VX* are visible. There are two morę letters behind
the head, but only one is clearly visible: R(?)*I. The intaglio used to be considered
an ancient work of art. However, after closer examination, it tums out that the gem
is the work of the famous German engraver (Johann) Christoph Dorsch (1676-
-1732). The paper includes a discussion on the dubious antiąuity of the object and
the Identification of the person portrayed. The ring may testify to an aristocratic
presence in Kraśnicza Wola much earlier than was previously thought. However,
it is morę probable that the ring was simply accidentally lost.
KEY WORDS: intaglio, (Johann) Christoph Dorsch, Kraśnicza Wola
ABS1 RAKI': Intaglio wykonane przez Christopha Dorscha, znalezione
w Kraśniczęj Woli, gmina Grodzisk Mazowiecki, województwo mazowieckie,
Polska
Artykuł przedstawia analizę intaglio wykonanego z niebieskiej pasty szklanej,
osadzonego w niewielkim brązowym pierścieniu, które zostało znalezione podczas
badań powierzchniowych w Kraśniczęj Woli nieopodal Grodziska Mazowieckiego

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