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PROBABLY ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY
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AN ONYX CAMEO PORTRAIT OF THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS
PROBABLY ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY
in a later enameled gold mount attributed to Maison André
3 ½ in. (8.8 cm.) long, overall
PROBABLY ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY
in a later enameled gold mount attributed to Maison André
3 ½ in. (8.8 cm.) long, overall
Provenance
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild (1827-1905).
Baron Édouard de Rothschild (1868-1949), in the Fumoir sur la cour, hôtel Saint-Florentin, Paris.Confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg following the Nazi occupation in Paris after May 1940 (ERR no. R 2359) and transferred to Germany.
Recovered by the Monuments Fine Arts and Archives Section and transferred to the Munich Central Collecting Point (MCCP no. 1371/45).
Returned to France on 11 July 1946 and restituted to the family; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.
Baron Édouard de Rothschild (1868-1949), in the Fumoir sur la cour, hôtel Saint-Florentin, Paris.Confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg following the Nazi occupation in Paris after May 1940 (ERR no. R 2359) and transferred to Germany.
Recovered by the Monuments Fine Arts and Archives Section and transferred to the Munich Central Collecting Point (MCCP no. 1371/45).
Returned to France on 11 July 1946 and restituted to the family; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.