19th and 20th Century Sculpture
19th and 20th Century Sculpture
Emile Gaulard
Droite de l'Homme: An Exceptionally large cameo with an Allegory of Human Rights
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December 9, 02:20 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Emile Gaulard
French
1842 - 1924
Droite de l'Homme: An Exceptionally large cameo with an Allegory of Human Rights
chalcedony, in a gilt metal mount, in a velvet lined box
together with an oval spelter relief depicting Orpheus
cameo: 16 by 12.5cm., 6¼ by 5in. overall
oval relief: 11.5cm.. 4½in.
box: 29 by 19 by 4cm., 11½ by 7½ by 1 5/8 in.
This exceptionally large and intricate cameo is by the French gem engraver Emile Emile Gaulard (1842-1924). Gaulard was one of the foremost gem engravers operating at the end of the 19th century. A pupil of Johan Georg Bissinger (1836-1912), Levasseur and C. Salvatelli, he was awarded a gold medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle. Several other beautiful cameos by Gaulard are in public collections, including his cameo with the Naissance de Minerve in the musée d'Orsay, Paris (1896, in. no. OAO221). The present cameo is rare and arguably one of Gaulard's most significant works.