Cameo Agate: The Death Of Cleopatra, 19th Century

a superb two-layered agate cameo representing Cleopatra's suicide.
it is a very beautiful cameo where the Cleopatra Queen appears in her bust, her face marked by pain while a snake, the aspic resting on her shoulder gives her death by biting her bare chest.
the relief of this cameo of great quality appears carved in shades of beige agate, on a translucent white background of crystal agate.
the stone is very beautiful and the sculpture of high quality, it recalls the works of Girolamo and Ottavio Miseroni, great glypticiens of the 17th century.
the quality of the sculpture, the treatment of the drapery, the face, the hair, the snake recall the works of these Milanese artists.
It is therefore a cameo of great finesse of execution, beautiful whether worn or simply seen by transparency.
it was mounted in a brooch in a very simple gold mount in the 19 th century.
a remarkable jewel.
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