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 transparent glass impressions. Discobolos - Pietà from a canovian relief.
A lot of 2 neoclassical transparent glass impressions. Discobolos - Pietà from a canovian relief.
19th century
23 x 26 x 4 mm
11 x 15 x 1 mm
The seated female figure is inspired by a marble stele sculpted by Antonio Canova for the prince Guglielmo d'Orange Nassau (1806-1808) in Padova - Eremitani until 1896. The impression is taken from a carnelian intaglio engraved by Pichler. Wear marks. / Discobolus. The cast is drawn from a carnelian intaglio, British Museum, coll. Cracherode (1799), mentioned in the Paoletti repertoire as "Un giuocatore al Disco". The specimen, finely detailed, has been polished (the engraved figure) and mounted in a ring at that time; afterwards it was unmounted. Light wear marks.
Parallels: L.P. P. Stefanelli, La collezione Paoletti, vol. 2, p. 60 n. 388; p. 156 n. 564; Cades 43, IV F, 34.