Jewelry casket, Pietro Giusti (Italian, 1822–1878), 1857, Italian, Siena, Carved walnut, ebony, lined with red velvet, 11 x 15 x 10-1/4 in. (27.9 x 38.1 x 26.0 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, Pietro Giusti (Italian, 1822–1878), Pietro Giusti, one of the most successful nineteenth-century designers and sculptors in Tuscany, was known for his elaborately carved frames and furniture in sixteenth-century styles. Here, Giusti may have been inspired by the work of the Renaissance artist Antonio Barili (1453–1516); Guisti was probably familiar with Barili’s cassone surmounted by the she-wolf with Romulus and Remus and with fabled monsters at the four corners in the Museo Civico, Siena
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Jewelry casket, Pietro Giusti, Italian, 1822–1878, 1857, Siena, Carved walnut, ebony, lined, red velvet, 11 x 15 10-1/4, 27.9 38.1 26.0 cm, Woodwork-Furniture, successful nineteenth-century, designers, sculptors, Tuscany, elaborately carved, frames, furniture, sixteenth-century styles, Giusti, inspired, work, Renaissance artist, Antonio, Barili, 1453–1516, Guisti, familiar, cassone, surmounted, -wolf, Romulus, Remus, fabled monsters, four corners, Museo Civico
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