Georges Tonnellier

ca. 1894

Not on view

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.

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Title: Georges Tonnellier
Maker: Georges Tonnellier (French, 1858–1937)
Date: ca. 1894
Culture: French
Medium: Sardonyx
Dimensions: Diameter (confirmed): 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm); 46.1 mm
Classification: Lapidary Work-Gems
Credit Line: Purchase, Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ignazio Peluso, Ada Peluso and Romano I. Peluso Gift, 2007
Object Number: 2007.367.2
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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Bust of a woman, Georges Tonnellier French, Sardonyx, French — Bust of a woman
Georges Tonnellier
1894

The Fall of Phaeton, Adolphe David, Sardonyx, French, Paris — The Fall of Phaeton
Adolphe David
third quarter 19th century

Angels Bearing the Body of Saint Catherine to Mount Sinai, Luigi Saulini Italian, Sardonyx, Italian, Rome — Angels Bearing the Body of Saint Catherine to Mount Sinai
Luigi Saulini
Heinrich Karl Anton Mücke
mid-19th century

Portrait of Benedetto Pistrucci, Maria Elisa Pistrucci British, Sardonyx, British, probably London — Portrait of Benedetto Pistrucci
Maria Elisa Pistrucci
ca. 1850

Woman from the French Colonies, Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier French, Algerian onyx-marble, bronze, and enamel; white marble socle, French, Paris — Woman from the French Colonies
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier
Charles-François Rossigneux
1861

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