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Filippo Rega Italian
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Filippo Rega, son of an antiques dealer in Naples who sent him to Rome to study with the Pichlers (see 39.22.42, .45, .46) returned to Naples and settled there. This monumental, rounded head emerges from subtly graduated, cloudlike mauve hues.
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Title: Head of Jupiter
Artist:
Filippo Rega (Italian, active Rome and Naples, born Chieti, Italy 1761–after 1842)
Date: early 19th century
Culture: Italian, Naples
Medium: Onyx
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 2 1/16 x 1 3/4 in. (5.3 x 4.4 cm); 52.9 x 44.3 x 15 mm
Classification: Lapidary Work-Gems
Credit Line: The Milton Weil Collection, 1940
Accession Number: 40.20.2
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