Gratefully built with ACNLPatternTool
Luigi Saulini Italian
Luigi Saulini first drew his subjects’ portraits, sometimes after sending them to a photographer around the corner. In this bust of an unknown gentleman (it has been mistakenly taken for a self-portrait), he extracted powerful contrast and a sense of volume from the two strata.
Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.
Use your arrow keys to navigate the tabs below, and your tab key to choose an item
Title: Bust of a bearded man in a cap
Artist:
Luigi Saulini (Italian, 1819–1883)
Date: mid-19th century
Culture: Italian, Rome
Medium: Onyx, gold mount
Dimensions:
Visible cameo: 44.6 x 34.2 mm
Overall (in setting): 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 in. (5.9 x 4.8 cm)
Classification: Lapidary Work-Gems
Credit Line: Gift of Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2004
Accession Number: 2004.519
The Met's Libraries and Research Centers provide unparalleled resources for research and welcome an international community of students and scholars.
The Met Collection API is where all makers, creators, researchers, and dreamers can connect to the most up-to-date data and public domain images for The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.
We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.
![Cameo Appearances [adapted from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 65, no. 4 (Spring, 2008)]](/-/media/images/art/metpublication/cover/2008/cameo_appearances.jpg)
