Portraits of William Constable

Giovanni Pichler (1734 - 1791)

Burton Constable Hall

1771

Cameo set in a gold brooch (6.25 cms across) and Cornelian intagio set in a gold seal (2.5 cms high) depicting portraits of William Constable. Pichler specialised in carving portrait cameos/intaglios for Grand Tourists in Rome.

• Medium: agate & gold (cameo); cornelian intagio & gold (seal)
• Art Fund Grant: £5400 ( Total: £11,400)
• ArtFunded in: 2001
• Vendor: S J Phillips

Provenance

Commissioned from Pichler by William Constable (1721-91); by descent to Raleigh Charles Joseph Chicester-Constable; probably sold circa 1950.

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