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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 9497022, member: 5833&quot;]Your late friend had excellent taste, and, if she bequeathed this piece to you, your relationship must have been a very special one.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the skimpy evidence I have seen so far, I do not believe Guyetant was himself a gem engraver.&nbsp; The picture I am getting is that Michelini&#039;s Paris shop was sufficiently successful that Guyetant thought it good strategy to hitch his name with Michelini&#039;s &amp; remind people perhaps that he had taken over Michelini&#039;s stock, maybe that he intended to continue handling similar.&nbsp; Although there is no other signature on the veiled lady, I think it can be ruled out that Guyetant was the author.</p><p><br /></p><p>I keep photo files of cameos with recognizable signatures.&nbsp; I have nearly 40 for Michelini, some of which live with me.&nbsp; The veiled lady does not look like any other piece of his I have seen.&nbsp; He became adept at using the layers of color in banded agate, but I have no example of his having pared down the white layer to gossamer.&nbsp; I am confident Michelini can also be ruled out as the author.</p><p><br /></p><p>The setting says to me that if this is indeed a commissioned portrait, it was delivered &amp; mounted with great love.&nbsp; Either way, there was once an owner who treasured this cameo.&nbsp; Sadly, the knowledge of the name of the sitter &amp; of the engraver probably passed away with him/her.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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