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ATTRIBUÉ À FRANÇOIS GIRARDON (1628-1715), FRANCE, VERS 1700

Lot 15
14.06.2022 16:00UTC +01:00
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€ 1 962 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 770887
Lot 15 | ATTRIBUÉ À FRANÇOIS GIRARDON (1628-1715), FRANCE, VERS 1700
Estimate value
€ 1 500 000 – 2 500 000
ATTRIBUÉ À FRANÇOIS GIRARDON (1628-1715), FRANCE, VERS 1700

BACCHUS

Bronze à patine brune, debout en léger contrapposto contre un tronc écoté sur une base carrée, tenant de sa main droite une grappe de raisin et un vase de sa main gauche, ses mèches de cheveux descendant sur ses épaules et couronné de pampres, sur une base associée en partie d’époque Louis XIV en bronze ciselé et doré, placage d’ébène des Indes, marqueterie de laiton, écaille de tortue à décor de feuille d’acanthe et de masques d’Apollon, reposant sur des pieds en griffe de lion

H.: 81 cm. ; H. totale : 99 cm.





Provenance

Probablement J. B. Joel (1862-1940), Childwick Bury, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, puis par descendance à son fils,

H. J. Joel (1894-1992), Childwick Bury, St. Albans, Hertfordshire ; vente Christie’s house sale, 15 mai 1978, lot 7.

Vente Christie’s, Monaco, 19 juin 1988, lot 56.

Collection privée, France.

Acquis auprès de la galerie Kugel, Paris.



Literature

La Galerie de Girardon. Évocation par Hubert de Givenchy, Christie’s, Paris, 2012, pp. 24-31.



Bibliographie comparative

G. Brice, 'Notices sur François Girardon et sur Antoine Coysevox', in Nouvelles Archives de l'Art Français, Société de l'histoire de l'art Français, Paris, 1873, pp. 121-127.

S. Lami, Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs de l'Ecole Française sous le règne de Louis XIV, Paris, 1906, pp. 204-216.

F. Souchal, ‘La collection du sculpteur Girardon d'après son inventaire après décès’, in Gazette des Beaux-Arts, tome 82, Paris, 1973, pp. 1-112.

F. Souchal, French Sculpture of the 17th and 18th centuries - The reign of Louis XIV, vol. II, Oxford, 1981, pp. 14-83.

F. de La Moureyre, ‘Girardon et le bronze', in Bronzes français de la Renaissance au Siècle des Lumières, Paris, 2008, pp. 248-250.

J. D. Draper, ‘Two bronze busts after François Girardon’, in Metropolitan Museum Journal, n.46, 2011, pp. 177-182.

A. Maral (dir.), Girardon. Le sculpteur de Louis XIV, Paris, 2015.

F. de La Moureyre, ‘François Girardon collectionneur’, in Girardon. Le sculpteur de Louis XIV, Paris, 2015, pp. 415-461.



Exhibited

La Galerie de Girardon. Évocation par Hubert de Givenchy, Christie's, Paris, 11-26 septembre 2012.



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ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS GIRARDON (1628-1715), FRENCH, CIRCA 1700
BACCHUS
Bronze, standing in contrapposto against a tree trunk on a square base, holding a bunch of grapes in his proper right hand and a vase in his left hand, his hair flowing down over his shoulders and crowned with vines; on an associated East Indian ebony, brass and tortoiseshell marquetry mounted base incorporating Louis XIV elements
32 in. high; 39 in. high, overall
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£15 000
FRENCH, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY, AFTER A MODEL VARIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS GIRARDON (1628-1715) OR ANTOINE COYSEVOX (1640-1720)
FRENCH, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY, AFTER A MODEL VARIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS GIRARDON (1628-1715) OR ANTOINE COYSEVOX (1640-1720)
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