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Jacques-Joseph DE GAULT (1738-1812), attribué à - Lot 414

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5000 - 8000 EUR
Jacques-Joseph DE GAULT (1738-1812), attribué à - Lot 414
Jacques-Joseph DE GAULT (1738-1812), attribué à Bacchanals Rare pair of rectangular miniatures painted in grisaille, not signed, representing two scenes of bacchanals animated by cherubs, bacchantes, a faun and a lion. In gilt bronze frames decorated with a frieze of palmettes. H. 6,6 x W. 10,5 cm. Frames : H. 7,1 x W. 11,2 cm. History Jacques-Joseph de Gault (1738-1812) was a miniaturist painter famous for his realizations of allegorical scenes in trompe-l'oeil that he created for the decoration of snuffboxes and furniture by being inspired by engraved precious stones. He perfected the imitation of antique carved bas-reliefs between 1758 and 1760 when he worked as a painter on porcelain for the Royal Manufacture of Sevres. His neoclassical works, very popular in the time of Louis XVI, were very successful, and in 1787 De Gault was commissioned to design the famous jewel box for Queen Marie-Antoinette by the cabinetmaker Jean-Ferdinand Schwerdfeger (1734-1818). Preserved today at the chateaux of Versailles and Trianon (inv. OA5515), these rectangular miniatures close to the present pair are decorated with cameo painted mythological figures.
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