Cameo Ring with Marie Antoinette and her Son, the Dauphin

late 18th century

2 cm 1.9 cm 2.1 cm

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Jacques Guay carved cameo portraits of Queen Marie Antoinette, though it is not known whether he is the author of this one. The carver took advantage of the natural striations of color in the stone to differentiate between the two figures: the queen and her son, the dauphin (1...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore (?); given to Laura F. Delano, New York; given to Walters Art Museum, 1947.
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