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Nymph and Swan

Medium

Agate cameo; gold mount with black enamel

Dimensions

Overall: 1 11/16 x 1 3/8 in. (4.3 x 3.4 cm); visible cameo: 26.9 x 18.6 mm

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso Gift, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2007

Classification

Lapidary Work-Gems

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

Italian, Rome

Rights

Public Domain

About Benedetto Pistrucci

1784–1855

Italian, 1783–1855, active England