MEDAL CABINET WITH LIZARDS

Art Institute of Chicago
PARIS, SECOND EMPIRE PERIOD, CIRCA 1867.

Charles-Guillaume Diehl

(Steinbach, Hesse, Germany 1811 – Chessy, Seine-et-Marne, France 1885),

Designed by Jean-Eugène Brandely (Paris, active between 1867 and 1873),

Bronzes executed by Emmanuel Frémiet (Paris, 1824-1910)

Oak carcass, cedar and walnut veneer, patinated bronze, drawers with cane bottoms.

H170 cm. (67 in.); L. 95 cm. (37 ½ in.); W. 55 cm. (21 ¾ in.).

Comparative literature: Daniel Alcouffe, “Médaillier”, notice corresponding to n°. 55 in the catalogue of the exhibition Second Empire presented at the Grand Palais from 11th May to 13th August 1979, Paris, 1979, p. 134-135.



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