Master Sculpture from Four Millennia

Master Sculpture from Four Millennia

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The Property of a Distinguished European Family

Domenico Teoli

Cameo with Napoleon (recto) and the symbols of the Order of the Iron Crown (verso)

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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.

Please note that the provenance has been amended to state the present lot was probably gifted by Joachim Murat to the Emperor Napoleon in Paris on 30 November 1809. This theory has been presented by Professor Olivier Ihl and Dr Jean Hugo Ihl in an expertise based on documentary material found in the French National Archives; this expertise is available upon request.

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

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