Young woman with a torch and vase
Giovanni Pichler
ca. 1770–90 · Sardonyx and gold · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The vessel, improbably slung by one handle over the top of the maiden's arm, is superbly delineated in the tawny top stratum. This, one of Pichler's choicest assimilations of Hellenistic style, would alone justify the high repute he enjoyed among his contemporaries.
- Artist
- Giovanni Pichler
- Date
- ca. 1770–90
- Medium
- Sardonyx and gold
- Culture
- Italian, Rome
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- The Milton Weil Collection, 1939
