A CARVED IVORY PLAQUE DEPICTING DIANA, GODDESS OF THE HUNT France, late 19th century

affixed to a beige fabric background and in a modern carved gilt wood frame.

Henry Harvard, Dictionnaire de l'Ameublement et de la Décoration 'Depuis le XVIIIe siècle jusqu'a nos jours, vol. XI, Paris, p. 387, for a line engraving of this model

Overall in very good condition. Finely carved with almost no discoloration from environmental effects. Age crack in proper upper right and lower left corner. Mounted on off white silk. The back of frame with a rubbing, transcription and translation of a French poem indicating that the back of the plaque has such an inscription.
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This Renaissance model is probably drawn from the Crystal mirror presented to François 1er in 1538, mentioned in the Dépenses secrètes de François 1er.  It is interesting to note Giovanni Battista Gatti exhibited two Renaissance style mirrors at the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle, both purchased by the pioneering Victoria & Albert Museum (nos. 670-1878 and 695-1870).