FLORENTINE, CIRCA 1600

Lot 7
05.02.2026 10:00UTC -05:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
ID 1539521
Lot 7 | FLORENTINE, CIRCA 1600
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
FLORENTINE, CIRCA 1600
A BRONZE MODEL OF A PACING HORSE
on an associated rectangular ebonized base; inscribed 'No. 278' to the horse's rear
7 ½ in. (19.3 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) high on base




Provenance

Charles Errard (1606-1689). King Louis XIV (1683-1715), by 1689,
and by descent in the French Royal Collections until 1796.
Jacques de Chapeaurouge.
Private collection, Europe.
With Salander O'Reilly, New York, where acquired on 2 February 2005.



Literature

Inventaire général du mobilier de la Couronne sous Louis XIV, 1689, p. 265 and in the Inventaire générale du mobilier de la Couronne for the years 1707, 1722, 1733, 1775, 1788 and 1791.
Les bronzes de la couronne, exh. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris, 12 April-12 July 1999, p. 161, no. 278.
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