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| Keywords: Jean Démosthène Dugourc - Model for a Royal Jewel Cabinet - Walters 6520.jpg Dugourc entered this model in a contest held in 1787 to choose a design for Queen Marie-Antoinette's new jewel cabinet at the palace of Versailles The jury selected another entry which was constructed the following year and is now in the Queen's bedroom in the palace Dugourc a multi-talented designer received commissions from the comte de Provence Louis XVI's brother and the future Louis XVIII and from both Paul I and Catherine the Great of Russia as well as from Gustavus III of Sweden The Walters piece an extremely rare model for a royal commission reflects the prevailing neoclassical style in the use of such motifs as caryatids pilasters in the form of human torsos Greek sphinxes delicate rinceaux scrollwork and lyres Encased in the roundels are the monograms of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette 1787 wood wax ink paper cm 79 5 68 5 accession number 65 20 33164 Marie Antoinette Versailles 1787 by commission Mme Lelong H W Harding Henry Walters Baltimore July 11 1911 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1999-2000 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license Furniture in the Walters Art Museum Jean Démosthène Dugourc Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Cabinets Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
