Bertolami Fine Art - Riversdell Close 27, KT16 9JW Chertsey
Auction 86 - Glyptics and Ancient Jewelry sessione unica
Wednesday 9 December 2020 hours 14:00 (UTC +01:00)
A neoclassical two-layers agate cameo mounted on a gold pendant. Bust of Psyche. Signed Girometti.
A neoclassical two-layers agate cameo mounted on a gold pendant. Bust of Psyche. Signed Girometti.
19th century
Cameo : 17 x 23 mm
8,76 gr
Bust of Psyche, facing right, signed GIROMETTI (Giuseppe Girometti, 1780-1851). The stone is mounted on an elegant gold pendant with openable back, fitted with a glass (cracked). Delicate work inspired by the canovian marbles.
Published: Michel Duschamp, "Nouveaux inédits de G. Girometti et de L. Michelini (XV)". Bulletin de la Société Francaise de Numismatique 52.5, May 1997, pp. 83-88, fig. 2.
From the collection of Michel Duchamp (1922-2011)