Enameled gold opening oval pendant, decorated on one side with the Death of Cleopatra and on the other with the Suicide of Lucretia, after a painting by Simon Vouet (1590-1649) engraved by Claude Mellan (fig.); interior decorated with shepherds and their sheep in a landscape; floral scrolls around the rim and on the clasp. Entourate by Jean II Toutain (1619 - after 1660), mid 17th century H. 4.65 cm - Gross weight: 9.8 g

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