Cameo with a portrait of Bona Sforza d'Aragona 1494–1557, wife of Sigismund I the Old. Portrait of a young woman in 3/4 length with her head turned slightly to the right and her gaze directed at the viewer, wearing a veil covering her shoulders, a dress with a square neckline, flat bodice, belt, pleated skirt and narrow sleeves decorated at the top with a roller; right hand at belt height, left hand lowered, revealing the veil. Portrait of Bona Sforza d'Aragona, based on a miniature, dated 1518 subject, 2nd half of the 19th century. Italy, Torre del Greco. Gemma, bas-relief; height 5.1 cm, width 4 cm. Made by Gaetano Bianchini Florence; glyptic and merchant firm; fl. ca. 1850–1900., A carved relief of a woman set against an amber background, with the figure rendered in white and ivory tones; she has long hair draped over her shoulders and wears a detailed bodice and flowing sleeves with textured patterns, and a beaded necklace around her neck; her hands are visible, one resting near he...
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Cameo with a portrait of Bona Sforza d'Aragona 1494–1557, wife of Sigismund I the Old. Portrait of a young woman in 3/4 length with her head turned slightly to the right and her gaze directed at the viewer, wearing a veil covering her shoulders, a dress with a square neckline, flat bodice, belt, pleated skirt and narrow sleeves decorated at the top with a roller; right hand at belt height, left hand lowered, revealing the veil. Portrait of Bona Sforza d'Aragona, based on a miniature, dated 1518 subject, 2nd half of the 19th century. Italy, Torre del Greco. Gemma, bas-relief; height 5.1 cm, width 4 cm. Made by Gaetano Bianchini Florence; glyptic and merchant firm; fl. ca. 1850–1900., A carved relief of a woman set against an amber background, with the figure rendered in white and ivory tones; she has long hair draped over her shoulders and wears a detailed bodice and flowing sleeves with textured patterns, and a beaded necklace around her neck; her hands are visible, one resting near her waist and the other alongside her skirt; the piece is framed by a thin white border and the overall shape is slightly curved and irregular.

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Cameo portrait Bona Sforza d'Aragona 1494–1557 wife Sigismund I Old Portrait young woman 3 4 length head turned slightly right gaze directed viewer wearing veil covering shoulders dress square neckline flat bodice belt pleated skirt narrow sleeves decorated top roller right hand belt height left hand lowered revealing veil Bona Sforza d'Aragona based miniature dated 1518 subject 2nd half 19th century Italy Torre del Greco Gemma bas-relief height 5.1 cm width 4 cm Gaetano Bianchini Florence glyptic merchant firm fl ca 1850–1900 carved relief woman set amber background figure rendered white ivory tones long hair draped wears detailed bodice flowing sleeves textured patterns beaded necklace neck hands visible resting near waist alongside skirt piece framed thin white border shape slightly curved irregular.

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