Box cover / miniature

Description

Circular ivory and tortoise-shell bonbonniere cover with a copy of a painting of the Cumaean or Samian Sybil by Domenichino in the Borghese Collection, Rome: Italian, Rome, late 18th or early 19th century

Museum reference

A.1887.148 A

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Box cover / miniature

Production information

Unknown
Rome, Lazio, Italy, Southern Europe

Date

Late 18th - early 19th century

Materials

Ivory, Tortoiseshell

Physical description

Ivory and tortoise-shell; with copy of painting

Associations

Depicted: Cumaean Sybil
Depicted: Samian Sybil
Domenichino, 1681 - 1641
Rome (Borghese Palace), Italy, Southern Europe

Exhibitions

• Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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