Portrait of Luigi Sommariva

Giovanni Beltrami|Robert Jacques Louis Lefévre

citrine 1820, gold suspension loop probably contemporary with intaglio

Portrait of Luigi Sommariva by Giovanni Beltrami|Robert Jacques Louis Lefévre

Medium

Engraved citrine in a gold suspension loop

Dimensions

Overall (confirmed): 2 1/4 × 1 3/4 × 5/8 in. (5.7 × 4.5 × 1.5 cm)

Classification

Natural Substances

Culture

Italian

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, The Isaacson-Draper Foundation Gift, 2016

Accession Number

2016.488

About the Artist

Giovanni Beltrami|Robert Jacques Louis Lefévre (Italian|Italian) · 1770 |1791 1854 |1882

Italian, Cremona 1770 or 1777–1854 Cremona|Italian, Venice 1791–1882 Milan

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