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A Cameo on Agate depicting the profile of Omphale signed Filippo Rega 1761-1833

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A very fine large cameo depicting the profile of Omphale wearing the lion headdress carved in an oval shaped brown agate. The ring is mounted in gold in the antique style. Naples, c.1815-20 Signed: PEΓA Size 7 Top size is 26mm Filippo Rega was a student of Giovanni Pichler who won prizes at the Accademia di S. Luca in Rome, before moving to Naples where he went on to become engraver to Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples and Spain. Director of the Scuola di Incisone in Gemme, in 1808 he became director of the Laboratoria di Pietre Dure. Later in life he worked as Director of the royal mint under King Ferdinand II.

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