Lot no. 26
14k (585 thousandths) yellow gold brooch presenting angels and plant motifs in gold around a large 19th century shell cameo signed EA. The cameo is a faithful representation of the fresco by Guido Reni in the Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi in Rome, painted around 1614. It depicts the goddess Aurora accompanied by allegorical figures leading the chariot of the sun through the clouds. Guido Reni, born in Bologna in 1575, was one of the great masters of the Italian Baroque.
Dimensions: 4.5 x 8 cm.
Gross weight: 23.9 g.
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