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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU MINIATURE PORTRAIT PROFILE OF NAPOLEON

AFTER CLAUDE GALLE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU MINIATURE PORTRAIT PROFILE OF NAPOLEON
AFTER CLAUDE GALLE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Depicted facing to sinister, signed GALLE FECIT and headed by the inscription 'NAPOLEON EMPEREUR DES FRANçAIS ET ROI D'ITALIE', within a stiff-leaf and entrelac-decorated circular frame, with supsension hook
3½ in. (9 in.) diameter
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Lot Essay

Claude Galle was one of the pre-eminent bronziers of the Empire period. He received countless commisions from the Garde-Meuble and is known to have supplied aristocrats such as Louis-Alexandre Berthier and the Prince de Wagram for the Château de Grosbois.

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