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DUTCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1650

Lot 25
11.10.2023 18:00UTC -05:00
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Starting price
$ 1 000 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1027485
Lot 25 | DUTCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1650
Estimate value
$ 1 000 000 – 2 000 000
DUTCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1650

The Triumph of David

painted and embossed leather panels, laid down on canvas

133 7/8 x 665 1/3 in. (340 x 1690 cm.), overall

(11)a set of eleven





Provenance

Schönborn collection, Schloss Weissenstein, Pommersfelden, in the dining room (according to the 1732 inventory, see H. Kreisel, 1953, op. cit.), until 1855 where acquired by,

Baron James de Rothschild for the salon des Familles or salon des Cuirs of the château de Ferrières, Seine-et-Marne, then moved to the castle's dining room from 1960 to 1975.

By descent to the present owners.



Literature

Schloss Pommersfelden inventory, 1732.

(Possibly) J.G.T. Schaup et al., 'Inventarium über das Hochgräfflich Schönbornische Schloß Weissenstein ob Pommersfelden, denen darin befindlichen praetiösen Meüblen, Hausgeräthschafften, an Silber, Zihn und Kupfergeschirr ', MS, 1732, Pommersfelden Schlossbibliothek.

Anonymous, Beschreibung Des Fürtreflichen Gemähld- Und Bilder-Schatzes, Welcher in denen Hochgräflichen Schlössern und Gebäuen Deren Reichs-Grafen von Schönborn, Bucheim, Wolfsthal, [et]c. Sowohl In dem Heil. Röm. Reich, als in dem Ertz-Hertzogthum Oesterreich zu ersehen und zu finden, Würzburg, 1746, n.p., 'In dem Tafel-Zimmer, n°2', as 'Unbekant'.

(Possibily) G. Pögl et al., 'Inventarium über das hochgräffl: Schönbornische Schloß Weissenstein ob Pommersfelden, deren darin befindlichen pretiosen Mobilien, Hausgeräthschaft, incl: deren mit angemerckten vornehmen Mahlereyen: obwohlen selbe besonders inventiret an Silber, Zinn, Kupfer ', MS, completed on 16 December 1752, Pommersfelden Schlossbibliothek.

(Possibly) 'Inventar wie nach dem Ableden Sr. Eminenz am 28. November 1771 die Zimmer und Mobilien befunden wurden', Pommersfelden, 1771.

(Possibly) J. S. C. J. F. Haller von Hallerstein, Beschreibung des Schlosses im Tagebuch, around 1786, Heilig-Geist-Spital, Nuremberg.

(Possibly) Inventar über das Schloß Pommersfelden für das Jahr 1808, 1808.

M. Betham-Edwards, Holidays in Eastern France., London, 1879, pp. 33-34.

R. Peyre, 'Les galeries célèbres et les grandes collections privées. II. Ferrières', Le Correspondant, 168 (collection), 132 (new serie), 1892, p. 440 and pp. 447-448, as 'peinture [...] faite dans les Pays-Bas'.

P. Leroi, 'Le Baron Alphonse', L'Art. Revue mensuelle illustrée, Paris, 1905, 25th year, LXIV (V of the 3rd series), pp. 286-287, illustrated in situ, p. 289, as 'Govaert Flick'.

H. Kreisel, Das Schloss zu Pommersfelden, Munich, 1953, p. 34.

H. Demoriane, 'Le plus spectaculaire des châteaux bâtis en France au XIXe siècle, Ferrières', Connaissance des Arts, July 1963, 2, pp. 81 and 87, illustrated in situ pp. 86-87, as 'attribué à Ferdinand Bol'.

R. Teufel, 'Schloss Weissenstein ob Pommersfelden', Grosse Baudenkmäler, 1974, heft 65, p. 12.

W. Wegner, 'Das Problem einer Zeichnung der Rembrandtschule', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek (NKJ) / Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art, 23, 1972, pp. 127-128 (as 'Govert Flinck'), illustrated p. 128.

C. Frégnac and W. Andrews, The Great Houses of Paris, London, 1979, p. 79, illustrated in situ, p. 80.

G. de Rothschild, Contre bonne fortune, Paris, 1983, pp. 15-16, 40, 325 and 329, illustrated in situ, n.p.

P. Prévost-Marcilhacy, 'James de Rothschild à Ferrières: les projets de Paxton et de Lami', Revue de l'Art, C, 1993, p. 59, 66 and 72, under note 9.

P. Prévost-Marcilhacy, Les Rothschild bâtisseurs et mécènes, Paris, 1995, pp. 131 and p. 291, under notes 205-206. as 'attribué à Ferdinand Bol',

C. de Nicolay-Mazery, Hôtels particuliers de Paris. Visite privée, Paris, 1999, p. 24, illustrated in situ pp. 20-22.

J.-P. Fournet, Les cuirs dorés anciens en France, Paris, École du Louvre, 2004, unpublished thesis, IV, pp. 603, 605, 625, 646-670, illustrated in situ p. 651, 653, 656, 658 and 660, illustrated in situ pp. 652, 654-655, 657, 659, 661-663, 666-669, X, p. 1520.

J.-P. Fournet, 'Tentures et décors en cuir doré du XVIe au XVIIIe', L'Estampille L'objet d'art, May 2006, 413, pp. 62 and 74, as 'originaire des Pays-Bas du Nord et certainement peinte par un habile artiste de la suite de Rembrandt', illustrated p. 63.

J.-P. Fournet, 'Une exceptionnelle tenture de cuir doré conservée à Paris: Le triomphe de David victorieux', L'Estampille L'objet d'art, May 2006, 413, pp. 76, 78, as 'oeuvre du XVIIIe siècle, vraisemblablement originaire des Pays-Bas', illustrated in situ pp. 76-79.

C. Bonnot-Diconne, Dépose d'une tenture en cuir doré polychrome, July 2007, unpublished.

M. Hall, 'Bric-a-brac - A Rothchild's memoir of collecting (Ferdinand Rothschild)', Apollo Magazine, 165, 545, July-August 2007, p. 58.

Anonymous, 'La bataille de Gelboë', 2015 [online], Musée National de la Renaissance, https://musee-renaissance.fr/collection/objet/la-bataille-de-gelboe.

M. Barbier, 'La bataille de Gelboé, pièce rescapée d'une tenture en cuir des Rois d'Israël', La Revue des musées de France. Revue du Louvre, 2018, I, p. 102.

J.-P. Fournet, Cuirs dorés, "cuirs de Cordoue". Un art européen, Saint-Rémy-en-l'Eau, 2019, pp. 183, as 'Pays-Bas, milieu du XVIIe siècle', illustrated in situ p. 184, figs. 269a and 269b, pp. 310-312, figs. 429a, 430a, 430b and 433.

J.-P. Fournet, 'Comme cuirs dorés', La Gazette Drouot, 17 December 2020 [online], https://www.gazette-drouot.com/article/c-comme-cuirs-dores/16642.

J.-P. Fournet, 'Les cuirs dorés des collections Rothschild dans les institutions publiques françaises', in P. Prévost-Marcilhacy, L. de Fuccia and J. Trey (ed.), De la sphère privée à la sphère publique. Actualité du programme de recherches "Les collections Rothschild dans les institutions publiques françaises", symposium, Paris, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, 4-6 December 2018, published on 21 September 2021, pp. 186 and 188, under note 23.
Art style:Old Masters
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