Jugate portrait of a couple in Roman style
Giovanni Pichler
ca. 1775–80 · Sardonyx and gold · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The pair are represented in a chaste manner all’antica. His two brown strata, presumably by virtue of his masculinity, overlie her pure white. The white layer was also engaged to accent the back of his head as if it were lit from behind.
- 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
