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

This cameo features Napoleon on the recto and the symbols of the Order of the Iron Crown on the verso. The double-sided composition makes it both a commemorative portrait and a symbol of imperial honors.

Medium
Shell or hardstone cameo (carved relief)

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Master Sculpture from Four Millennia

July 3, 2024

Estimate: $12,000$18,000

Lot 53

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

This cameo features Napoleon on the recto and the symbols of the Order of the Iron Crown on the verso. The double-sided composition makes it both a commemorative portrait and a symbol of imperial honors.

Medium
Shell or hardstone cameo (carved relief)
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

French, Imperial symbolism, Heraldry, Napoleon Bonaparte, Portrait, Neoclassicism, Early 19th Century, Cameo

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Collected by

Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art