Jean-Joseph BILFELDT (Avignon, 1792 - Paris, 1869) Portrait of the jeweler François-Marie-Agricol GLORIA (Avignon, 1788 - Paris, 1849) Miniature on ivory*. Identified and annotated on the back " son of the husband / Urbain Gloria born (sic) in Poitier / Dptm of Vienne in 1742 / And / of Jeanne Catherine Bernoyer / Born in Avignon Dpt Vaucluse / in 1755 / painted by Mr Biffeld (sic) / in 1819 ", Diameter: 7 cm at sight Carved and gilded wooden frame diam. 9,8 cm Gross weight : 85.1 g F-A-M Gloria would have been born on April 13 (source Geneanet) and not on August 15, 1788 in Avignon where the miniaturist Bildfeldt was also born. He was installed as a jeweler in rue de la Paix n° 19 in Paris. D. Alcouffe in Un âge d'or des arts décoratifs 1814-1848, 1991, p. 136 reports a set of jewels in a case bearing his label around 1819. The Gloria house was bought by Charles Marret around 1834. From his marriage in 1825, he had two children and four granddaughters, from whom Olmer and Denÿs descended. According to the regulation that came into force on January 19, 2022, intra-European Union trade in ivory is subject to obtaining a CIC certificate. Re-exportation outside the European Union is prohibited.