Watch a video to find out.
Stay logged in
Go to Navigation Go to Content Go to Search
Search the collections
Fullscreen
David Roentgen: Long-Case Clock (00:00:52)
The Roentgens' Berlin Secretary Cabinet (00:02:20) 10632 views
Rolltop Desk by David Roentgen: Demonstration (00:02:17) 16720 views
Rolltop Desk by David Roentgen: Animation (00:01:00) 3016 views
Pair of cameos
Georges Tonnellier
Napoleon III of France
Browse current and upcoming exhibitions and events.
Exhibitions:
Events:
This artwork is not on display
These twin cameos are said to be of Georges Tonnellier and his wife, but her endearingly homely profile and unmanageable hair do not match the image in a more glamorously sedate cameo inscribed as representing Mme Blanche Tonnellier (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore). The vaporous colorism, with bluish intonations, characterizes French fin-de-siècle cameos in general and Tonnellier’s in particular.
Signature: signed on left edge: G + TONNELLIER + 1894
Close