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Source Description
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 (1785–95), who would have become Louis XVII, but for the French Revolution. Such a ring might have been worn by a courtier or, after the Revolution, by a royalist sympathizer. The cameo is surrounded by a border of diamond sparks in silver mounts. The forked shoulders each enclose a tulip originally set with a crystal.
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Document identity
localId
11096
label
Cameo Ring with Marie Antoinette and her Son, the Dauphin
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
11096
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Cameo Ring with Marie Antoinette and her Son, the Dauphin
description
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 (1785–95), who would have become Louis XVII, but for the French Revolution. Such a ring might have been worn by a courtier or, after the Revolution, by a royalist sympathizer. The cameo is surrounded by a border of diamond sparks in silver mounts. The forked shoulders each enclose a tulip originally set with a crystal.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore (?); given to Laura F. Delano, New York; given to Walters Art Museum, 1947.
date
late 18th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
finger rings
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
1.9
height
2
depth
2.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 3/4 × W: 13/16 × D: 13/16 in. (1.9 × 2 × 2.1 cm)
Source extras
med
sardonyx, gold, silver, diamonds
creator_ids
6229
collection_ids
EAN
JWL
exhibition_ids
1954
2054
2227
2513
2704
3390
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
2b73b1eb168bc463
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
30f7b660b0260cb9
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no