Napoleon III Boulle Style Double Perfume Casket with Enamel Bottles French, Paris, circa 1860–1875 • Printed on laid paper

• Printed on laid paper

hair held profound symbolic meaning

all executed with the precision and storytelling mastery for which Luyken is known

this intimate portrait blends the romanticism of Old Master influence with the refined technique of the Belgian academic tradition

from the cascading water in the foreground to the open sky beyond

Napoleon III Boulle Style Double Perfume Casket with Enamel Bottles French, Paris, circa 1860–1875 • Printed on laid paperNapoleon III Boulle Style Double Perfume Casket with Enamel Bottles French, Paris, circa 18601875 An exceptional Napoleon III period luxury perfume casket, richly decorated in the celebrated Boulle style with intricate gilt brass arabesque inlay set against deep red tortoiseshell effect panels. This type of elaborate marquetry, inspired by the work of Andr Charles Boulle at the court of Louis XIV, saw a dramatic revival in France during the mid