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Italian workshop
Pair of portraits and frame
Alabaster
Dimensions: H. 13; W. 10 (cm.)
Probably Italy, second half of the 19th century
Pair of relief portraits, in profile, of Torquato Tasso and Dante Alighieri, each from an engraving
engraving, and in full regalia. Framed in engraved alabaster.
A souvenir of the Grand Tour
Iconography linked to the great men of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance is a theme
by 19th-century Italian artists. For the English and French,
portraits in cameo imitation were intended to be taken to neighbouring countries
in neighboring countries, as a testimony to their travels in Italy. There is a whole production
such as small mosaics, marble busts and so on.
Condition report: minor wear
Ref: 6478CKCAD7