Pair of gilt bronze frames finely chased with water-leaf fri - Lot 139

Pair of gilt bronze frames finely chased with water-leaf friezes in which are presented two collections composed respectively of nine and thirteen cast intaglios with mythological, historical subjects: Portrait en pied de Luigi Sommariva d'après Robert Le Fèvre et Giovanni Beltrami (cf. Metropolitan museum de New York inv. 2016.488), Venus carried by Zephyr, Venus and Adonis, The Holy Family, The Guardian Angel, etc. for one and for the other: Darius and Alexander's Wife (?) after Angelica Kaufman, Morphée after Boifremont and Beltrami, La Sainte Famille, portrait d'une princesse, Scène antique, La Charité, Buste d'homme à l'antique, Bacchus et Arianne, Portrait d'homme, Allégorie, Portrait d'un poète, Apollon, et Minerve. Gilt bronze and multicolored glass. Early 19th century. Some intaglios after Beltrami. Frame size: 20 x 20 cm