PIERRET Lot n° 4

INTAGLIO" PENDANT Intaglio on agate representing a hoplite 18k (750) gold Signed H. : 7.8 cm approx. - Pb. : 40.8 g An agate and gold pendant Ernesto Pierret (1824 - 1870) was considered one of "the first artists in Rome, immediately after Castellani, whose copies of antique jewelry are of the highest quality", according to a guide to Rome published by John Murray in 1869; Geoffrey C. Munn, Les bijoutiers Castellani et Giuliano, Retour à l'antique au XIXe siècle, Office du Livre, Fribourg, Éditions Vilo, Paris 1983, p.160.