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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 3233047, member: 5833&quot;]As the cities buried by the eruption of Vesuvius were excavated, the finds published &amp; eventually opened to the public, frescoes found at Pompeii &amp; Herculaneum became major influences on art of the day, including glyptics.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]297069[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]297070[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]297071[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]297076[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Two sculptures by Canova, inspired by the dancers of Pompeii &amp; Herculaneum, also found their way into the work of engravers such as Giovanni &amp; Luigi Pichler as well as lesser mortals.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/11/b0/e6698cd942bd9c13b1ea9ef3b074/198n10309-9zwn8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If I were going to turn La Citerista (the kithara player) into a Muse I would make her Terpsichore, as she is in a dancing posture.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see Bertolami put huge estimates on the glyptics in that auction.&nbsp; Few reached expectations.&nbsp; A couple of glass copies of Poniatowski gems exceeded them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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