Rare First Phase Wax Relief Miniature of Gaspard Monge

Description:

Rare First Phase Wax Relief Miniature of Gaspard Monge, France, Jacques-Edouard Gatteaux, c. 1820, the painted relief bust of a man facing to the left on a flat disk, signed "E GATTEAUX" below the bust, on a leather background and black-painted molded frame, miniature dia. 1 1/2 in.

Provenance: Never Bird Antiques, 2015.

Note: The medal that this miniature was apparently the model for commemorated Gaspard Monge, Comte de Peluse (1746-1818),a French mathematician who invented descriptive and differential geometry. He was elected to the Academy of Sciences in 1780. The medal was struck in Paris in 1822.
The property of Brian and Pam Ehrlich
Estimate $400-600


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