Lotto 336 | An unusual agate cameo set in a gold ring. Historical portrait. Late18th century.

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An unusual agate cameo set in a gold ring. Historical portrait. Late18th century.

An unusual agate cameo set in a gold ring. Historical portrait.

Late18th century.

The character is facing right, and is characterized by a large fur headdress and a dress equally fitted with fur in front. The engraver has sculpted the three layers of the stone with great skill, sculpting the fur in the brown part (as in reality). The stone is damaged in front of the profile and repaired (crack on the field and nose repaired). Due to the close iconography and physiognomy resemblance it could be the portrait of the french writer Jean Jacques Rousseau.

Stone 19 x 26 mm; ring size 18 x 20 mm;15,30 gr.