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 lot of 2 neoclassical glass impressions. The dialogue of Coriolanus - Male portrait.
A lot of 2 neoclassical glass impressions. The dialogue of Coriolanus - Male portrait.
19th century
27 x 35 x 4 mm
12 x 14 x 4 mm
The dialogue of Coriolanus. Roman history episode composed of: twelve male characters, most of them in military uniforms, holding arms and trophies; a female figure. Eros riding a biga (chariot) under the groundline. The subject is described in to the Paoletti repertoire, titled “The dialogue of Coriolanus, General of Volsci, with his mother, sent by Romans”.
Cast from an onyx intaglio realised by Antonio Pazzaglia (1736 ca-1815)/ Male portrait bust, facing left. Slight wear marks
Parallels: L.P. B. Stefanelli, La collezione Paoletti, vol.1, cast n. 59, Tome III, drawer 1, n. inv. MR 25546. Furtwängler 1900, plate LXVII, 19. Cast in Cades 6, 327 mentioned as the “Abstinence of Scipio"", rather the restitution of the Porus wife by Scipio, modern painting. Onyx.