"Snuff Box, Wood And Painted Ivory, Jupiter With Semele And Juno, Italy, 1799 "
Wooden snuff box, dated and signed on the left : "1799 Bianconi pinxit"Its cover is lined with a painted ivory plaque, representing a mythological scene, Jupiter with Semele and Juno.
At the top of the stage, Juno, the wife of Jupiter, behind a cloud, discovers and observes them.
Next to Jupiter's red tunic, we see an eagle with the flaming lightning of Jupiter, in the beak.
Subsequently the ivory plate had been covered by a glass, to protect the paint. Now broken, unfortunately.
Bianconi Carlo (Bologna 1732 - Milan 1802), was a painter, sculptor, architect, ornanist and engraver, very well known in the 18th century.
Dimensions: diam. 8.5 x h. 2.5 cm
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