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REGA FILIPPO (1761-1833) RARE INTAGLIO-CAMERA in a gold cornice, on agate depicting the bust of the goddess Athena helmeted in profile v. the left. On her helmet a sea horse. In the field to the right retrograde Greek signature "AΛLOY". On the other, a cameo on agate with two layers representing a mythological scene composed of four characters to bring closer to the bacchic sphere and the myth of Love and Psyche. In the field a tree. The intaglio is recorded with certainty in "Opere di Filippo Rega" with the apocryphal firm "AΛLOY". Inventory no. 775. In its original case. Dim cameo. 35 x 45 x 6 mm; 20 grs Work of the end of the 18th-beginning of the 19th century Provenance Private collection of Mr. F., constituted in the years 1960-1990 Published in La collezione Paoletti II, t.VII cassetto, n°13 REGA FILIPPO (1761-1833). in a gold frame, a double agate intaglio/cameo. The intaglioa depicting the bust of helmeted goddess Athena facing left. On his helmet a sea horse. In the field on the right retrograde Greek signature "AΛLOY". On the other, a cameo depicting a mythological scene composed of 4 characters to be compared to the Bacchic sphere and the myth of Cupid and Psyche. In the field a tree. The intaglio is recorded with certainty in "Opere di Filippo Rega" with the apocryphal firm "AΛLOY". Late18th-early19th century A.D.
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REGA FILIPPO (1761-1833) RARE INTAGLIO-CAMERA in a gold cornice, on agate depicting the bust of the goddess Athena helmeted in profile v. the left. On her helmet a sea horse. In the field to the right retrograde Greek signature "AΛLOY". On the other, a cameo on agate with two layers representing a mythological scene composed of four characters to bring closer to the bacchic sphere and the myth of Love and Psyche. In the field a tree. The intaglio is recorded with certainty in "Opere di Filippo Rega" with the apocryphal firm "AΛLOY". Inventory no. 775. In its original case. Dim cameo. 35 x 45 x 6 mm; 20 grs Work of the end of the 18th-beginning of the 19th century Provenance Private collection of Mr. F., constituted in the years 1960-1990 Published in La collezione Paoletti II, t.VII cassetto, n°13 REGA FILIPPO (1761-1833). in a gold frame, a double agate intaglio/cameo. The intaglioa depicting the bust of helmeted goddess Athena facing left. On his helmet a sea horse. In the field on the right retrograde Greek signature "AΛLOY". On the other, a cameo depicting a mythological scene composed of 4 characters to be compared to the Bacchic sphere and the myth of Cupid and Psyche. In the field a tree. The intaglio is recorded with certainty in "Opere di Filippo Rega" with the apocryphal firm "AΛLOY". Late18th-early19th century A.D.
