Master Sculpture from Four Millennia
Master Sculpture from Four Millennia
The Property of a Distinguished European Family
Cameo with Napoleon (recto) and the symbols of the Order of the Iron Crown (verso)
Auction Closed
July 3, 02:32 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Distinguished European Family
Domenico Teoli
b. circa 1765
Rome, 1809
Cameo with Napoleon (recto) and the symbols of the Order of the Iron Crown (verso)
signed: TEOLI (recto) and inscribed: DIO ME LA DIEDE (God gave it to me) (verso)
German agate
4.8cm., 1 7/8 in.
Joachim Murat, King of Naples (1808-1815), acquired directly from the engraver in Rome, 18 November 1809;
by whom probably gifted to Napoleon, Emperor of the French (1769-1821), in Paris on 30 November 1809;
European Private Collection
Giornale italiano, 26 November 1809