Charles-Guillaume Diehl | Emmanuel Frémiet

Gérard Depardieu collection, Paris

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Galerie Roxane Rodriguez, Paris

Inventing the modern world, Decorative Arts at the world's fairs 1851-1939, exhibition catalogue, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, 13 October 2012 - 24 February 2013, a similar model referenced under n°47, p. 86-87

Reinier Baarsen, Paris 1650-1900: decorative arts in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2013, the model referenced under n° 133, p. 544-547

Jenny Reynaerts et al., 1800-1900, Amsterdam, 2018, the model referenced under n° 54, p. 164-165

A leading figure in the revival of furniture design in the 19th century, particularly due to his remarkable participation in the Expositions Universelle of 1867 in Paris and 1873 in Vienna, Charles-Guillaume Diehl nevertheless remained for a long time in the shadow of the great names of the Second French Empire.

A collector and passionate advocate of his work, Jean-Marie Rossi played a major role in its rediscovery. His commitment was instrumental in securing the artist’s entry into major public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (inv. 1989.197) and the Musée d’Orsay in Paris (inv. OA 10440), where two cabinets on the theme of the Triumph of Merovius are preserved, thereby ensuring him full institutional recognition.

A same model of cigar box is in the collections of the Rijksmuseum (inv. BK-2011-6), Amsterdam.