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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 9436216, member: 56&quot;]Cameo of Minerva and France Protecting Children, carved by Jacques Guay (1711-1793), 1751.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]437332[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Jacques Guay in his studio:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]437333[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I just came across this guy because he was a protege of Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764), the mistress of Louis XV (1710-1774).</p><p><br /></p><p>She apparently did some gem engraving herself, as well as engraving copper plates.&nbsp; Under the tutelage of Francoise Boucher (1703-1770), she produced a book of engravings of gems carved by Guay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Engraving by Pompadour after Boucher of a cameo by Guay:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]437339[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Cameo by Guay of Louis xv (1753):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]437344[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Madame de Pompadour by Francoise Boucher, 1758:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]437382[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Francoise Boucher by Gustav Lundberg, 1741:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]437383[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>In the 18th C, these guys were all heavy hitters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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