Antique Jewels

Description:

Jules Jacquemart reproduced these jewels in Bijoux Antiques (Musée Campana), working directly from the objects. He started by making detailed drawings or watercolors of the objects, but sometimes he etched them directly on the plate. This print was considered a still life by Jacquemart’s contemporaries. One enthusiastic author even praised him as “the most marvellous etcher of still-life who ever existed in the world. In the power of imitating an object set before him he has distanced all past work and no living rival can approach him.” This etching originally appeared in 1863 in the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, which first published one of his etchings in 1859. Of the almost 400 prints Jacquemart made, about two-thirds reproduce objects.

The Museo Campana housed the art collection of the Marchese Giovanni Pietro Campana in Rome. When the collection was disbursed in 1861, France acquired a large part of the jewelry, which comprised mainly Etruscan, Greek, and Roman pieces, as well as some 19th-century work. The jewels were exhibited in Paris from 1862 and helped start a fashion for archeological jewelry. They can be viewed today in the Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Date Made: 1863

Graphic Artist: Jacquemart, JulesPrinter: DelâtrePublisher: Gazette des Beaux-Arts

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: France: Île-de-France, Département de Ville-de-Paris

Subject: Jewelry

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See more items in: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts, Clothing & Accessories, Ferris Collection, Communications, Art

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Credit Line: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.14602.01Catalog Number: 14602.01Accession Number: 94830

Object Name: Etching On Chine ColleprintObject Type: Etching

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: image: 13.9 cm x 21.4 cm; 5 1/2 in x 8 7/16 insheet: 20.7 cm x 27.4 cm; 8 1/8 in x 10 13/16 in

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Record Id: nmah_1002105

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