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Description: | signed in Greek "PICHLEP" CAST TASSIE, James; (Scottish; 1735-1799)? AFTER PICHLER, Giovanni (Johann Anton); (Italian; 1734-1791) This glass cast from an intaglio gem of a woman captive is probably part of the Hunterian collection, in which there were some hundreds of sulphur casts by Tassie of ancient and contemporary intaglios. Collectors like Hunter had a passionate interest in these minute works of art, both ancient examples and works by contemporary engravers like Pichler, Burch and Marchant who revived the glyptic art. This is a glass paste cast - probably made by James Tassie - of a gem signed by the 18th century Italian engraver Pichler. The gems were cut in semiprecious stones and used as seals to make impressions in wax. This gem was assumed to be part of the collection of jewellery associated with the estate of James McNeill Whistler. The exact ownership of this piece has not yet been established, but it came to be stored with jewelry owned by Beatrice Whistler. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | JEWELLERY : INTAGLIO : GLASS : NEOCLASSICISM : NEO-CLASSICISM : SLAVE : TRIUMPH : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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