Antique Jewels

Antique Jewels

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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.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
Etching On Chine Colle
print
Object Type
Etching
Date made
1863
graphic artist
Jacquemart, Jules
printer
Delâtre
publisher
Gazette des Beaux-Arts
place made
France: Île-de-France, Département de Ville-de-Paris
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 in
sheet: 20.7 cm x 27.4 cm; 8 1/8 in x 10 13/16 in
ID Number
GA.14602.01
catalog number
14602.01
accession number
94830
Credit Line
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
subject
Jewelry
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Clothing & Accessories
Ferris Collection
Communications
Art
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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