Lotto 326 | A fine onyx cameo set in a gold and black enamel stick pin. Crouched Venus. 18th century.

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A fine onyx cameo set in a gold and black enamel stick pin. Crouched Venus. 18th century.

A fine onyx cameo set in a gold and black enamel stick pin. Crouched Venus.

18th century.

The deity is depicted naked, crouching with one knee on the ground, coming out of the bathroom. The pose is inspired by a famous model from the hellenistic Greek era, also sculpted during the Roman empire. The cameo can be considered a 18th century french work, while the black enamel meander setting was made in the 19th century. Very similar to the type sculpted by Antoine Coysevox towards the end of the 17th century (marble in the Louvre, Paris).

Stone 11 x 18 mm; H. 83 mm; 6,16 gr.