MICHELINI LUIGI (1798-1858, Rome) CAMEE on three-layered agate mounted on a modern yellow gold ring. Bust of a Bacchante. Depicted in profile to the right, her hair adorned with a crown of vine branches and her drapery embellished on the right shoulder with an animal skin depicting a ram's head and paws, all executed in the last stratum of the honey-coloured stone. The marked contrast between the black background, the immaculate whiteness of the figure and the honey-tone of its attributes attest to the high quality of the cameo's execution. Luigi Michelini, born in Rome, was a pupil of Girometti. Cameo 24 x 35 mm; TDD 51; gross weight 25 g. Signed Michelini on the reverse. Cameo: First half of the 19th century MICHELINI LUIGI (Rome, 1798-1858), A Early 19th Century three-layered agate cameo mounted on a modern massive gold ring. Bust of Bacchante. Figured in profile v. the right, the hair adorned with a crown of vine branches and its drapery decorated on the right shoulder with an animal skin representing a ram's head and legs, all executed in the last layer of the honey-colored stone . The marked contrast between the black background, the immaculate whiteness of the figure and the honey tone of its attributes attest to the high quality of execution of the cameo. Luigi Michelini, born in Rome, was a student of Girometti.