Description

Lady Casket with the Unicorn. Golden box with 23 k pure gold leaf and engraved with a burin. Original "gouache" gilding. Painting depicting a Lady embracing a Unicorn symbol of the Leocorno district of Siena. The landscape in the background recalls the Sienese Crete in winter. The Sienese landscape with castles, clay and cypresses frame the entire composition. On the front of the box stands a bas-relief diadem with a Unicorn head. The lateral decorations have been executed in a "scratch" on a pure gold background. The painting was made according to the oldest pictorial techniques of the Sienese school of the 14th century. Contrada del Leocorno, Siena. Painting made by Silvia Salvadori.