Christ In Carved Ivory, Italy, 18th Century

Antonietta De Marchi was born and lives in Rome. She studied at the Academy of Goldsmith Arts in Rome and then at RUFA (Rome University of Fine Arts) where she specialized in sculpture and installation. and installation. Since 2012 she has chosen to make her work available at the Vatican Liturgical Office. Among the many works, she has created the ring "Piscatorio" for Pope Francis now preserved in the "Treasure of the Sistine Chapel". His production also includes the creation of the three monumental amphorae for the Vatican Basilica of St. Peter and used by the Pope during the Easter rite. He also restored the most important jewel preserved in the Vatican: the Tiara of Pope Pius IX donated by Queen Isabella of Spain in 1854. "AdTe jewels" is her innovative brand of jewelry and fine art with a strong and unmistakable identity. Wearing these jewels is like taking medicine, an antidote to mediocrity, indifference, addiction, and alienation. The ingredients of our medicine to heal are brazen beauty, the story that remind us that we are never alone and the courage to be ourselves here and now aiming for infinity. The creative work has always combined with his inexhaustible passion for ancient art buying, collecting and selling objects of art and antiques, especially of Italian manufacture.