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Freely adapting antique compositions, Niccolò Amastini described with elegant linearity the contours of the baby god and his wild attendants under a vine-wrapped tree.
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Title: Education of the Infant Bacchus
Artist:
Niccolò Amastini (born Rome 1780–1851)
Date: first half 19th century
Culture: Italian, Rome
Medium: Onyx, gold frame
Dimensions: Overall (in setting): 2 9/16 x 1 7/8 in. (6.5 x 4.8 cm); visible cameo, overall: 2 1/16 x 1 7/16 in. (5.2 x 3.6 cm), 52.3 x 36.3 mm
Classification: Lapidary Work-Gems
Credit Line: The Milton Weil Collection, 1940
Accession Number: 40.20.30
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