ID 770908
Lot 25 | ATTRIBUÉES À ROBERT LE LORRAIN (1666-1743), PREMIER QUART DU XVIIIE SIÈCLE
Estimate value
€ 300 000 – 500 000
VÉNUS MARINE ET AMPHITRITE
Paire de figures en bronze, chacune plusieurs fois marquée avec le poinçon au C couronné, on y joint des gaines modernes tendues de velours de soie vert
H.: 63 cm. et 55,5 cm. ; L.: 46 cm. et 42 cm. ; P.: 31 cm. et 30 cm.
Les gaines : H.: 120 cm. ; L.: 43 cm. ; P.: 28 cm.
Provenance
Acquis dans les années 1970 auprès de la galerie Rémy, boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris.
Literature
J.-L. Gaillemin, ‘Affinités électives chez Hubert de Givenchy’, in Maisons & Jardin. Vogue décoration, n°399, décembre 1993 - janvier 1994, p. 102 (ill.).
F. Mohrt, Le style Givenchy, Paris, 1998, p. 56 (ill.).
C. de Nicolay-Mazery, ‘Givenchy, gentilhomme de la Haute Couture’, in L’esprit des lieux : élégance française, Paris, 2008, pp. 138-139 (ill.).
La Galerie de Girardon. Évocation par Hubert de Givenchy, Christie’s, Paris, 2012, pp. 66-75.
Bibliographie comparative :
M. Beaulieu, ‘Un grand sculpteur méconnu : Robert Le Lorrain’, in Jardin des Arts, n°20, juin 1956, pp. 486-492.
M. Knoedler & Co (éd.), The French Bronze, 1500 to 1800, New York, 1968, n°47.
M. Beaulieu, ‘L’Andromède de Robert Le Lorrain’, in Revue du Louvre et des musées de France, n°1, 1979, pp. 291-293.
F. Souchal, French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th centuries. The reign of Louis XIV, Oxford, vol. 2, 1981, pp. 331-357.
M. Beaulieu, Robert Le Lorrain 1666-1743, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1982.
P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection. Catalogue of Furniture, vol. 1, Londres, 1996, pp. 354-359.
P. Fusco, Summary Catalogue of European Sculpture in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1997, p. 31.
G. Bresc-Bautier et G. Scherf (dir.), Bronzes français de la Renaissance au Siècle des Lumières, 2008, pp. 417-419, n°115.
J.-N. Ronfort (dir.), André Charles Boulle 1642-1732, un nouveau style pour l’Europe, Paris/Francfort, 2009, pp. 80-82, fig. 25.
J. Warren, Beauty and Power, Renaissance and Baroque bronzes from the Peter Marino Collection, Londres, 2010, pp. 184-193.
Exhibited
La Galerie de Girardon. Évocation par Hubert de Givenchy, Christie's, Paris, 11-26 septembre 2012.
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Post lot text
ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT LE LORRAIN (1666-1743), FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
VENUS MARINA AND AMPHITRITE
Pair of patinated bronze figures, each stamped several times with the poinçon au C couronné; together with modern green velvet upholstered pedestals
24 3⁄4 in. and 21 3⁄4 in. high; 18 in. and 16 1⁄2 in. wide; 12 1⁄4 in. and 11 3⁄4 in. deep
The pedestals: 47 1⁄4 in. high; 17 in. wide; 11 in. deep
Artist: | Robert Le Lorrain (1666 - 1743) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Bronze |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Statuettes |
Artist: | Robert Le Lorrain (1666 - 1743) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Bronze |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Statuettes |
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