Seated female figure

Giovanni Pichler

18th century · 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

18th century

Medium

Sardonyx and gold

Culture

Italian

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

The Milton Weil Collection, 1939