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PLATEAU DE JEU D`ÉCHECS

Lot 51
12.03.2024 14:00UTC +01:00
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€ 63 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 1164502
Lot 51 | PLATEAU DE JEU D'ÉCHECS
Estimate value
€ 50 000 – 80 000
PLATEAU DE JEU D'ÉCHECS

PROBABLEMENT PAR LA FAMILLE MÉNARD, JEAN (1552-1582) ET ROBERT (MORT EN 1599), ROME, FIN DU XVIe SIÈCLE

En marqueterie polychrome de marbres et pierres dont Jaune de Sienne, Brocatelle d'Espagne, lumachelle, rouge antique, albâtre, noir et vert antiques, dans un encadrement à décor de trophées d'armes, boucliers et cartouche ; remplacements et restaurations

53,6 x 52,6 cm. (21 x 20 2⁄3 in.)





Literature

Bibliographie comparative :

A. González-Palacios, Pittura per l'eternità. Le collezioni reali spagnole di mosaici e pietre dure, Milan, 2003, pp. 56-58.

A. Giusti, La marqueterie de pierres dures, Paris, 2005, pp. 22-25 et 38-41.



Further details

A MARBLE AND PIETRA DURA MARQUETRY CHESS BOARD, PROBABLY BY THE MÉNARD FAMILY, JEAN (1552-1582) AND ROBERT (D.1599), ROME, LATE 16TH CENTURY

This chess board is part of the ancient Roman tradition developed by the eminent lapidary Jean Ménard (1552-1582), a marble mason known in Rome as "Giovanni francese". The Ménard family, renowned for their marble inlay work, ran one of the most important lapidaries in Rome. Members of the family also established themselves as the finest craftsmen in stone intarsia and mosaic decoration. Catherine de Medici was one of the family's patrons, as were a number of eminent Roman cardinals. Jean Ménard is also responsible for the famous "table top" of Cardinal Alexander Farnese in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. 58.57a-d). This chessboard can also be linked to a panel in the Museum of Decorative Arts in Madrid (inv. 5443) and another from the Carlo de Carlo collection in Florence.

A production of marble panels of various sizes with similar decorations developed in the Roman environment from the end of the 15th century and throughout the 16th century. Here, the uniqueness of the chess board is its frame, which is composed of an antique geometric decoration alternating cartouches, trophies of arms and shields surrounding the game. The treatment of the frame is not unlike that of the lot with a porphyry centre presented in the collection of Philip Hewat-Jaboor (Christie's, London, 8 February 2024, lot 100).
Medium:Stone
Place of origin:Italy, Europe
Auction house category:Sculptures, Sculptures, Statues & Figures
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