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A north Italian fruitwood microcarving on ebony miniature

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Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo ( 1745 )

A north Italian fruitwood microcarving on ebony miniature


DEPICTING AN ALLEGORY OF DEATH, IN A CIRCULAR GILT BRASS AND EBONISED WOOD FRAME. INSCRIBET ON THE FRONT: PAOLAE CIMOSSA SACRUM M.B.A.C.M.P. VIG. MAII 1806. INSCRIBED ON THE REVERSE: “SCULTURA IN MINIATURA DEL MAESTRO SOMMO GIUSEPPE MARIA BONZANIGO. ASTI 1774 † 1820 ASTI” IN BLACK INK.

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Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo