Title: Portrait of Benedetto Pistrucci
Object type: Cameo
Date: ca. 1850
Artist:  Maria Elisa Pistrucci 
Artist bio: British, 1824–1881, active London and Rome
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Sardonyx
Dimensions: Overall: 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 1/4 in. (3.9 x 3.3 x 0.7 cm); 38.7 x 32.5 x 6.8 mm
Classification: Lapidary Work-Gems
Credit line: Purchase, Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso Gift, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2003
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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