Lotto 301 | A neoclassical two-layers agate cameo mounted on a gold pendant. Bust of Psyche. Signed Girometti.

Bertolami Fine Art - Riversdell Close 27, KT16 9JW Chertsey
Auction 86 - Glyptics and Ancient Jewelry sessione unica
mercoledì 9 dicembre 2020 ore 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)