Portrait of Luigi Sommariva
Giovanni Beltrami|Robert Jacques Louis Lefévre
citrine 1820, gold suspension loop probably contemporary with intaglio
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