Lot 175 - E-Live Auction 48

Neoclassical cameo depicting Urania, after a design by Giovanni Pichler, agate, 20 x 14 mm. An almost identical cameo is in the Maxwell ... Read more
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280,00 GBP
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Neoclassical cameo depicting Urania, after a design by Giovanni Pichler, agate, 20 x 14 mm. An almost identical cameo is in the Maxwell Sommerville collection at the University of Pennsylvania (see Dietrich Berges, Höchste Schönheit und einfache Grazie, Rahden 2011, p. 200, no. 68). On the figure of the muse Urania, and its glyptic depictions, see: Gabriella Tassinari, Giovanni Pichler. Raccolta di impronte di intagli e di cammei del Gabinetto Numismatico e Medagliere delle Raccolte Artistiche del Castello Sforzesco di Milano (Dattilioteche 1), Milan 2012, pp. 307-309, no. II-48.
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