ID 780188
Lot 37 | PENDULE DITE DE « L’ENLEVEMENT D’EUROPE » D'EPOQUE LOUIS XV
Estimate value
€ 50 000 – 80 000
SIGNATURE D'ETIENNE LENOIR, MILIEU DU XVIIIe SIECLE
En bronze ciselé et doré, bronze patiné, et noyer mouluré, le cadran émaillé signé ETIENNE LE NOIR / A PARIS surmonté d'Europe tenant une guirlande de fleurs et supportée par Zeus métamorphosé en taureau, sur une terrasse rocaille, la base en bois mouvementée associée
H.: 62 cm. (24 1⁄2 in.) ; L.: 56 cm. (22 in.) ; P.: 28 cm. (11 in.)
Etienne II Lenoir (reçu maître en 1717) et son fils Pierre-Etienne (reçu maître en 1743) ont travaillé ensemble de 1750 à 1771 et leurs productions respectives sont difficilement différenciables.
Provenance
Peut-être Collection du Duc de Richelieu ; sa vente, Paris, 18-30 décembre 1788, lot 692.
Vente Couturier Nicolay, Paris, 26 avril 1989 ;
Vente Couturier Nicolay, Paris, 6 decembre 1991, lot 43 ;
Galerie Etienne Levy, Paris ;
Galerie Aveline, Paris, 1993.
Literature
Bibliographie comparative:
H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. I, Munich, 1986, p. 125, fig. 2.8.7.
Tardy, La pendule française dans le monde, vol. I, Paris, 1981, pp. 288-289.
P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la Pendule Française, Paris, 1997, p. 134, fig. B.
Special notice
This item will be transferred to an offsite warehouse after the sale. Please refer to department for information about storage charges and collection
details.
Post lot text
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND PATINATED-BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK SIGNED BY ETIENNE LENOIR, MID-18TH CENTURY
Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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Medium: | Bronze, Wood, Walnut |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Clocks - Furnishings |
Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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Medium: | Bronze, Wood, Walnut |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Clocks - Furnishings |
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