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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 9436358, member: 5833&quot;]Thanks for this little intro to Guay &amp; the world he moved in.&nbsp; His pieces come up at auction from time to time &amp;&nbsp; do very well</p><p><br /></p><p>The Walter&#039;s has the book of her engravings:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://art.thewalters.org/detail/87358/suite-destampes-graveaaes-par-madame-la-marquise-de-pompadour-dapreaas-les-pierres-graveaaes-de-guay-graveur-du-roy/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://art.thewalters.org/detail/87358/suite-destampes-graveaaes-par-madame-la-marquise-de-pompadour-dapreaas-les-pierres-graveaaes-de-guay-graveur-du-roy/" rel="nofollow">https://art.thewalters.org/detail/87358/suite-destampes-graveaaes-par-madame-la-marquise-de-pompadour-dapreaas-les-pierres-graveaaes-de-guay-graveur-du-roy/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Love that in the scene of the goddess &amp; the king protecting the child, all 3 have a shield.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at the 2 examples here, Guay was not really in the very top tier of gem engravers.&nbsp; His faces are rather flat, not contoured in the way the best would do.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bet Boucher was the devil with the ladies.&nbsp; (Or with the lads, as may be.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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