A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU GROUP DEPICTING AN ALLEGORY OF LEARNING, KNOWLEDGE AND VIGILANCE

Lot 367
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Lot 367 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU GROUP DEPICTING AN ALLEGORY OF LEARNING, KNOWLEDGE AND VIGILANCE
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU GROUP DEPICTING AN ALLEGORY OF LEARNING, KNOWLEDGE AND VIGILANCE

BY FRANCOIS REMOND, AFTER A DESIGN BY LOUIS-SIMON BOIZOT, SUPPLIED TO DAVID ROENTGEN, CIRCA 1785-87

Modeled as an allegory of Learning, Knowledge and Vigilance on a rectangular plinth flanked by a winged figure behind a cockerel and a seated figure with a large book, all on an oval stepped plinth

19 ½ in. (50 cm.) high, 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) wide, 14 in. (36 cm.) deep





Provenance

The Collection of the Rothschild family.

By descent to the present owners.



Literature

Comparative Literature:

C. Baulez, "David Roentgen et François Rémond, une collaboration majeure dans l’histoire du mobilier européen", L’Objet d’Art, September 1996, p 112.
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