Beautiful filigree brooch/pendant, 800 silver, turquoise glass, hand-painted Renaissance portrait, Cleopatra, miniature restored order

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Lovely vintage brooch and pendant with a hand-painted miniature that is a very successful copy of a famous Renaissance painting: Simonetta Vespucci posing as Cleopatra, painted by Piero di Cosimo. She is really beautiful with a regal expression and wonderful detail. I have seen a few of these portraits sold online and none is as successful a painting as this one. Unfortunately, it seems that at some point the upper part of the painting was damaged, so it has been restored by the addition of grey brushstrokes to order imitate a dark cloud (above the woman's head). Due to the small dimensions of the piece and the exquisite painting quality, this restoration is not really noticeable when the piece is worn and does not detract from the beauty of the item, as your eyes get drawn to the lady and not the background above her head. In fact, I had not noticed the restoration until I took close-up photos for this listing. The painting is set under glass. The filigree setting (800 silver stamped) has a scroll and leaves design and is decorated with turquoise glass cabochon stones. Very beautiful quality piece, hard to find.

1.75 x 1 3/8 inches. 8.9 grams

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