A gold holbeinesque brooch, set with a carved... - Lot 101 - Marie-Saint Germain

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A gold holbeinesque brooch, set with a carved... - Lot 101 - Marie-Saint Germain
A gold holbeinesque brooch, set with a carved glass imitating carnelian with a finely head of a putto finely realized and tared of three quarters. The gold frame is set with 21 emeralds and a glass imitating, in an assembly alternating 8 crosses and 8 balls, all engraved with arabesques on both sides. Bears twice the ET hallmark for foreign low gold. England, around 1865. Height : 4 cm - Width : 3,5 cm - Depth : 1,7 cm - Weight : 19gr Point of the brooch twisted, tiny scratches on the back of the glass. This brooch holds its origin from the paintings of the painter Hans Holbein the young. Indeed, in the movement of the years 1860, the artists turn to a Neo-Renaissance that it is in painting, with the movement préraphaélite, or the objects of arts. These so-called "Holbeinesque" jewels were inspired by the representations that the 16th century painter gave in his paintings. According to Geoffrey Munn in his book Castellani and Guiliano, Revivalist Jewellers of the 19th century (1983, p.165 sq). It appears that pendants of this type appeared in London around 1865 and were offered to wealthy customers by such prestigious jewellers as Hancock, Robert Phillips, John Brogden and Carlo Guiliano. This style is obviously related to the Pre-Raphaelite aesthetic that spread in England after 1850. (ref : Fabian de Montjoye). Fritz Falk, Jewellery 1840 - 1940, Arnoldsche , Stuttgart 2004 Geoffroy Munn, Castellani and Giuliano, Trefoil Books, 1984 Cailles & Salit Le Prix du bijou, Ed Acr, Page 317 for a similar model, from a Christie's London sale, 1988 A similar inspired lot sold at Tajan on April 7, 2021 at lot 31.
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