Two-layered agate cameo, red and white, depicting Roman Charity on an amati background. Italy, 16th century H. 3.7 cm - L. 2.9 cm Gold setting, eagle's head hallmark, 19th century H. with setting 6 cm - W. 4.04 cm - Gross weight: 25.6 g The subject is taken from an engraving that has not been identified. It seems to have circulated in certain workshops, as shown by a painted enamel plate of the same composition by the Limoges enamel painter Jean II Pénicaud, circa 1545, in the Walter Art Gallery, Baltimore (inv. 44.60, fig.). Book consulted : - P. Verdier, Catalogue of the Painted Enamels of the Renaissance, The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1967, cat. 62, 64-66, p 100-103.