Giovanni Liberotti Grand Tour Intaglio

Giovanni Liberotti Grand Tour Intaglio

Rome, Italy — early to mid-19th century

These 19th-century Grand Tour intaglios are attributed to Giovanni Liberotti, a Roman gem engraver celebrated for translating the great masterpieces of antiquity and the Renaissance into miniature, collectible form. During the height of Grand Tour travel—especially in the late 18th and early 19th centuries—visitors to Italy sought refined, portable souvenirs that captured the art and archaeology they had come to study