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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 11649631, member: 5833&quot;]Well, am now drifting down the Vergé rabbit hole.</p><p><br /></p><p>Somehow Sotheby&#039;s managed to take a photo of the back without capturing the least hint of what they say is inscribed on the back, but maybe sheds light on the engraved F. Vergé shown in the earlier post, which is also on a cameo of the Antinous Braschi.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2025/master-sculpture-works-of-art/antonio-verge-active-19th-century-italian-rome" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2025/master-sculpture-works-of-art/antonio-verge-active-19th-century-italian-rome" rel="nofollow">https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2025/master-sculpture-works-of-art/antonio-verge-active-19th-century-italian-rome</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;signed on reverse <i>F.</i> Vergé / <i>fece nel 1869 Roma&quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>I&#039;m willing to bet this is Filippo&#039;s work:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]546739[/ATTACH]</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>This Ariadne, sold on etsy as possibly &quot;Antonis&quot; was also represented as Antonio&#039;s work but definitely not:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]546740[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]546741[/ATTACH] </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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