Cameo of a young lady

2nd half 16th cent.

North Italian

First recorded in the Royal Collection in 1872

Cameo of a bust of a young woman, in profile to the right. She wears an elaborate gown with a high turned-back collar and has a headband in her hair. A veil falls down her neck and back. A pendant hangs from a twisted ribbon or chain around the sitter’s neck. ...