I couldn't find any evidence of one either. I don't think it's Civilotti's hand. Yours looks upward; the other looks out more directly. Same...
Those lips!
Compare how the quilting on the outside pocket & main body of the bag compares on this one & the Sotheby's one.
This is a virtual tutorial on styles of crosses (including many from Dessert58): It is becoming a growing new collection... Cross pendant! The...
When I was following the listings religiously it seemed like that: something you hadn't seen before would turn up, then so would one or two more,...
Gawgeous. First Civilotti I've seen too.
Unusual, more likely French or English, I would think, rather than seller's description as Italian. Really good example of Schreger lines.
Tried to find ED & EVM/EVH in the big directory of medalists by Leonard Forrer with no luck. Tried it both ways, but assume the surname of the...
I would say that is an allegorical figure of Victory at the top rather than Liberty.
They have moved her from the main section of European Sculpture & Decorative Arts across the main hall to the English rooms, where she is with the...
A patented mechanical boot jack? You put the grips around the boot heel with pusher down & handles open, then close handles to move pusher...
Fear of suffragettes using them on lawmakers at rallies.
Gives a kinder, gentler meaning to 'school shooting.'
And of course Medusa when in profile: [ATTACH] (Alas, not mine.)
Have added them to my records, but will pass on all three. That is the most butch Psyche I have ever seen!
The other figure who generally has lowered lids is Cleopatra, as the venom is overcoming her. I could see the Tignani Ceres as having downcast...
Worse than that. The top one, undoubtedly his hand, is misspelled, Tigani. Very strange rendering of Ceres/Demeter. A bit experimental.
That type of early safety clasp, which I always characterize as 'fiddly' for the way they operate & the way some of them won't stay closed, puts...
They could easily be thin slices of chalcedony in the cornelian color range. Chalcedony is translucent; transparent if thin enough. Not to say...
Excellent. Closing in. Here are the initials on the other one: [ATTACH]
Separate names with a comma.
