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Property from a private British Collection - Lots 1 – 15
Italian, circa 1800
Cameo with a Roman Patrician
Auction Closed
December 7, 11:28 AM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a private British Collection - Lots 1 – 15
Italian, circa 1800
Cameo with a Roman Patrician
chalcedony, within a mount
intaglio: 18mm., 5/8in.
22mm., 7/8 in. overall
By tradition, Joséphine Bonaparte, Empress of France (1763- 1814);
Possibly acquired from the Empress Joséphine (or her estate) by Lord Edward Lascelles, “ Beau Lascelles” (1764-1814);
Thence by descent to his grand-niece Catherine, Mrs Granville Edwin Lloyd-Baker (1841-1890);
Thence by family descent to the present owner
Possibly acquired from the Empress Joséphine (or her estate) by Lord Edward Lascelles, “ Beau Lascelles” (1764-1814);
Thence by descent to his grand-niece Catherine, Mrs Granville Edwin Lloyd-Baker (1841-1890);
Thence by family descent to the present owner
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, on long term loan (ref: LOAN:MET ANON.105&A-1968)
The model is close to that of an intaglio found in the Paoletti collection and catalogued as M. Tulliio Cicero which was thought in the Bessborough collection in the 18th century. The identification as Cicero does not accord with the Roman statesman's likeness as acknowledged today. See L. Pirzio Biroli Stefanelli, La collezione Paoletti, Stampi in vetro per impronte di intagli e cammei, vol. ii, Rome, 2013, pp. 317, tome IV, 7, no. 513.