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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 9599367, member: 5833&quot;]I see as soon as I introduce her here, Psyche needs to go in for a bit of a bath.&nbsp; This is the piece that interested both [USER=17332]@PepperAnna[/USER] &amp; me, not because it is such&nbsp; fabulous carving but because it is signed by Filippo Vergé.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]465485[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]465486[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s that little butterfly tucked in under her headband that identifies her.&nbsp; This depiction with downcast eyes was a popular one.&nbsp; The Met Museum has a lovely one, with full diaphanous wings, by Luigi Rosi.&nbsp; (Funny now that at the time it was written up, theirs was the only example of Rosi&#039;s work they could find.)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/198632" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/198632" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/198632</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Before there was Filippo, there was Antonio, an even more accomplished engraver who was one of the suppliers to Castellani.&nbsp; They worked out of the same address on the Piazza di Spagna.&nbsp; Somewhere along the line I picked up the notion that they are uncle &amp; nephew, but could be father/son.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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