Hewetson in Rome (Part 19 )

 

The Marble Bust of Giovanni Pichler (1734 - 1791).

Gem Engraver.

Christopher Hewetson.

Marble bust.

1791?

Musei Capitolini, Rome.

Giovanni Pichler was buried at the Roman church of S. Teodoro; his marble bust, was placed in the Pantheon on 13 April 1797 and today is in the Protomoteca of the Capitoline Museums.

Image from Bridgman Library.

Image above from de Breffny.

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Portrait of Teresa Pichler (1769 - 1834).

by Carlo Labruzzi.

with the bust of her Father by Hewetson.

Pitti Palace, Florence.

Teresa Pichler married Vincenzo Monti in 1791.

https://catalogo.beniculturali.it/detail/HistoricOrArtisticProperty/0900648941

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of tangential interest a sketchbook of Labruzzi.

https://www.simondickinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Labruzzi-Catalogue-2012.pdf

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Giovanni Pichler.

Trade Card of 1787.

88 x 114 mm.

British Museum.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1983-U-2015

Literature.

G. G. de Rossi, 'Vita del Cavaliere Giovanni Pichler', Rome 1792, reprinted and translated into German with commentary by Christa and Gert Wilhelm Trube (eds), 'Der römische Edelsteinschneider Giovani Pichler (17634-1791). Eine Biographie', Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2005.

H. Rollett, 'Die Drei Meister der Gemmoglyptik: Antonio, Giovanni und Luigi Pichler', Vienna 1874.

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