# @gettymuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CYRwe7Bv1qn
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34228691-gettymuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/9460366887.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-01-03T18:09:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty (@gettymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/gettymuseum

## Caption

Antiquities curator Kenneth Lapatin spent much of the pandemic doing detective work on a 200-year-old cold case—a beautiful carved "ancient" amethyst in the Getty collection that turned out to be a modern forgery.

Dive into the case of the Getty Gnaios at the #LinkInBio

📷 Amethyst intaglio depicting Mark Antony, 1817–24, Giovanni Calandrelli. Getty Museum
🏷️ #Getty #Antiquities #Gems #AncientArt

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getty, ancientart, gems, antiquities, linkinbio

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