Dancing Amorini with Bacchic symbols
The mild gray ground is a foil for delicate movement and ornament. Giovanni Santarelli’s original wax-on-slate model (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence) is oval. He expanded the compositional field onto a wider hexagon, from the outset sensing its suitability for a ring.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dancing Amorini with Bacchic symbols
- Artist: Giovanni Antonio Santarelli (Italian, Manopello 1758–1826 Florence)
- Date: late 18th–early 19th century
- Culture: Italian, Florence
- Medium: Onyx and gold
- Dimensions: Overall: 11/16 x 1 1/8in. (1.7 x 2.9cm); visible cameo (confirmed): 17.5 x 26.8 mm
- Classification: Lapidary Work-Gems
- Credit Line: The Milton Weil Collection, 1940
- Object Number: 40.20.3
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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