Head of a young man in Roman style
Giovanni Pichler
ca. 1775–80 · Sardonyx and gold · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Son of Johann Anton Pichler (1697–1779), a Tyrolean who settled in Naples then Rome, Giovanni was the most prolific and illustrious member of a dynasty of glyptic artists. Contemporaries admired the strength and purity of his pieces, mostly quite small.
- Artist
- Giovanni Pichler
- Date
- ca. 1775–80
- Medium
- Sardonyx and gold
- Culture
- Italian, Rome
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- The Milton Weil Collection, 1939
