Lot Essay
These medallions depict Napoleon I, Joseph Bonaparte, Caroline Murat, Lucian Bonaparte, Louis Bonaparte and Maria Latitia Romolino.
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19TH CENTURY
Details
A SET OF SEVEN FRENCH CARVED IVORY PORTRAIT RELIEFS OF NAPOLEON I AND HIS FAMILY
19TH CENTURY
On a later rectangular velvet-covered ground and in a faux tortoiseshell-veneered frame, minor cracks to frame
8 x 9½ in. (20.3 x 24.2 cm.) overall (7)
19TH CENTURY
On a later rectangular velvet-covered ground and in a faux tortoiseshell-veneered frame, minor cracks to frame
8 x 9½ in. (20.3 x 24.2 cm.) overall (7)
Provenance
The Collection of Alberto Pinto, sold Sotheby's New York, 29 March 1999, lot 177.
Special notice
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