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DECORATIVE
ARTS
AN ILLUSTRATED SUMMARY C A T A L O G U E OF T H E C O L L E C T I O N S
OF T H E J . P A U L G E T T Y MUSEUM
Charissa B r e m e r - D a v i d
Department of Decorative Arts
W I T H
T H E J . P A U L G E T T Y M U S E U M M A L I B U , C A L I F O R N I A 1993
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J. Paul Getty Museum.
Decorative arts: an illustrated summary catalogue o f the Photographers
collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum / Charissa Bremer-David. Donald H u l l , Thomas M o o n ,
p. cm. Penelope Potter, Jack Ross, and
Rev. and expanded version of the 1986 ed. Charles Passela
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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PREFACE A N D
Furniture 226 Furniture 274
Metalwork 234
Scientific Instruments 93
Bohemian Decorative Arts Chinese, Japanese,
Metalwork 94
Persian, and Southeast Asian
Glass 254
Ceramics 119
Decorative Arts
M o u n t e d Oriental Porcelain 148
Chinese Ceramics 284
Austrian Decorative Arts
M o u n t e d Hardstones 159
Chinese Textiles 287
Ceramics 262
Textiles 161
Japanese Ceramics 287
Glass 262
Carpets and Screens 164
Persian Carpets 287
Tapestries 166
Southeast Asian Furniture 288
English Decorative Arts
Decorative Drawings 179
Furniture 268
Indexes
Architectural W o o d w o r k and Fixtures 270
Italian Decorative Arts Index o f Makers 290
Metalwork 270
Furniture 184 Index o f Previous Owners 296
M o u n t e d Oriental Porcelain 272
Metalwork 194
Ceramics 197
Glass 214
Hardstones 223
Mosaics 223
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FOREWORD
Anyone wanting a sample o f the Getty Although European sculpture is the main Γ owe Gillian W i l s o n and Peter Fusco,
Museums growth i n the past decade should focus o f this department, it is also charged w i t h whose taste can be detected everywhere i n
put this book next to its predecessor o f 1986 broadening the representation o f European this catalogue, m y admiration for what they
and t u r n the pages. furniture and decorative arts. Collections o f have brought about. T h e i r staffs, especially
Between editions there have been 115 Italian maiolica and European glass were Charissa Bremer-David, Peggy Fogelman,
additions to the collection o f French furniture among its first purchases. Since then Italian and Catherine Hess, have m y gratitude for the
and decorative arts, a collection that i n 1984 furniture, Kunstkammer objects, metalwork, collaboration that made the book possible.
was already the glory o f the Getty Museum. and works o f art i n many other categories
These acquisitions include material i n virtually have been added. Altogether, these total some John Walsh
every category, including objects o f a k i n d 141 acquisitions. Director
conspicuously lacking i n the earlier edition: As I write, the foundations are being
various individual types o f furniture not yet poured for a new museum that w i l l house
represented, a group o f especially beautiful these collections. For French furniture and
and rare French and German porcelain, and decorative arts there w i l l be some sixteen
a miscellany o f fine Neoclassical pieces. galleries en suite, including five complete pan
This astute purchasing has been the w o r k eled rooms—space enough, at last, to exhibit
o f Gillian W i l s o n , w h o came to the Getty the collection i n the style i t deserves. I n other
Museum i n 1971 to b u i l d up the collection and parts o f the building, galleries are being
apply a professional standard to its care and designed for sculpture, glass, maiolica, metal-
publication. work, and other works o f art outside France;
Just as striking i n this edition is the addi some o f this material w i l l be shown i n the
tion o f entire categories to the Getty Museum paintings galleries as well. Since we can exhibit
collection, accomplished since 1984 by a only a mere sampling i n M a l i b u , the opening
new curatorial department under Peter Fusco. o f the new museum w i l l be an unveiling and
celebration o f these remarkable collections.
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T h i s b o o k is a revised and expanded edition o f Two indexes are provided: the first lists Decorative Arts, contributed information
Decorative Arts: A Handbook of the Collections makers w i t h their dates; the second, the regarding marks, bibliography, and exhibition
of the J . Paul Getty Museum ( M a l i b u , 1986). previous owners. history. Brian Considine, Conservator o f
T h e original volume contained entries o n all I t is hoped that this new edition w i l l Decorative Arts and Sculpture, and Gordon
the objects acquired by the Department o f serve as an interim survey o f the Decorative H a n l o n , Assistant Conservator, aided i n the
Decorative Arts t h r o u g h the middle o f 1984. Arts collection, pending the publication o f identification o f materials. Jack Ross, Senior
T h e growth o f the Museum's decorative arts that department's catalogues, as well as an Photographer, was responsible for new photog
collection since that date and the formation o f introduction to a portion o f the collections i n raphy. Kathleen Ryczek, former Senior
the Department o f European Sculpture and the Department o f European Sculpture and Secretary i n the Department o f European
Works o f A r t i n 1984 have necessitated a new Works o f A r t . Objects which are not displayed Sculpture and Works o f A r t , assisted i n orga
edition. T h e larger part is devoted to objects i n i n the galleries may be viewed by students and nizing and typing portions o f the manuscript.
the Department o f Decorative Arts, which scholars by appointment. A number o f colleagues have generously
covers the area o f N o r t h e r n Europe from 1650 This summary catalogue is based o n given information over the years: Theodore
to 1815, while the remainder o f the entries files created by Gillian W i l s o n , Curator o f Dell, N e w York; Rosalind Savill, Director o f
represent the acquisitions o f the Department Decorative Arts, and Peter Fusco, Curator o f the Wallace Collection, London; Sir Geoffrey
o f European Sculpture and Works o f A r t : European Sculpture and Works o f A r t . T h e de Bellaigue, Surveyor o f the Queen's Works o f
European objects to 1650 and Southern Euro 1986 edition was compiled jointly by Adrian A r t , L o n d o n ; Patrick Leperlier, Paris; Bruno
pean objects (from Italy, Spain, and Portugal) Sassoon and Gillian Wilson. T h e present book Pons, Ecole Nationale d u Patrimoine, Paris;
to 1900. is largely the effort o f Charissa Bremer-David, Alexandre Pradére, Paris; Jean-Nérée Ronfort
T h e format remains the same: objects Department o f Decorative Arts, and Peggy and Jean-Dominique Augarde, Paris; Anna
are grouped by c o u n t r y o f origin and then Fogelman, Peter Fusco, and Catherine Hess, Maria Massinelli, Florence; Michael Bohor,
arranged chronologically by m e d i u m and Department o f European Sculpture and Works Florence; John Mallet, London; Kirsten
form. Each object is illustrated. Wliere appro of Art. Aschengreen-Piacenti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence;
priate and available, the following information M a n y others w i t h i n the Museum have Bertrand Jestaz, Sorbonne, Paris; Leonard
is given: place o f manufacture, date, artist contributed to the summary catalogue: the A m i c o , former Assistant Curator i n the
or maker, materials, description o f marks, late David Cohen, Associate Curator o f Department o f European Sculpture and Works
measurements, accession number, provenance, Decorative Arts, provided m u c h essential o f A r t , J. Paul Getty Museum; Rainer Zietz,
exhibition history, and selected bibliography. data and unfailing assistance. Jeffrey Weaver,
Assistant Curator o f Decorative Arts, and
Bernard Jazzar, Intern i n the Department o f
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London; R u t h Blumka, N e w York; and Sheri Gonzáles-Palacios, Rome; Burckhardt Göres, Surveyor o f the Queens Works o f A r t ,
Bernstein, A m y Lyford, Ken Wayne, Maria de the Kunstgewerbemuseum Schloß Köpenick, England. We are most grateful to Theodore
Peverelli, Francesca Bewer, A n n a Zagorsky, Berlin; Michael H a l l , London; John Hardy, D e l l , w h o k i n d l y reviewed and corrected the
and Anne Collopy, all former interns i n the London; Leslie Harris, Kedleston H a l l , manuscript, to T i m o t h y Husband, for permis
Department o f European Sculpture and Works Derbyshire; H e n r y Hawley, the Cleveland sion to use his manuscript for a forthcoming
o f A r t , J. Paul Getty Museum. Museum o f A r t ; Peter Hughes, the Wallace catalogue o f the Museum's glass collection; to
We also wish to acknowledge the Collection, London; Anne Ratzki-Kraatz, Leslie Thomas Fitch, for her fine design; and
contributions o f the following: A n t o i n e Paris; G u y Kurasewski, Chateau de Versailles; to our patient editor and indexer, M o l l i e
d'Albis, Manufacture Nationale de Sévres; U l r i c h Leben, Paris; Claire Le Corbeiller, the Holtman.
Daniel Alcouffe, the Musée d u Louvre, Metropolitan Museum o f A r t , N e w York;
Paris; Catherine A r m i n j o n , the Ministére Roland de L'Espée, Paris; Jessie M c N a b , the Gillian W i l s o n
de la Culture, France; Rotraud Bauer, the Metropolitan Museum o f A r t , N e w York; Curator
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Christian Bozenna Majewska-Maszkowska, the Royal Department o f Decorative Arts
Baulez, Chateau de Versailles; Leslie Bowman, Castle, Warsaw; the late Stanley Margolis, the
the Los Angeles C o u n t y Museum o f A r t ; University o f California, Davis; Sarah Medlam, Peter Fusco
Frances Buckland, L o n d o n ; M a r t i n Chapman, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Curator
the Los Angeles C o u n t y Museum o f A r t ; Daniel Meyer, Chateau de Versailles; Jeffrey Department o f European Sculpture
Andrew Ciechanowiecki, L o n d o n ; T i m o t h y Munger, the Museum o f Fine Arts, Boston; and Works o f A r t
Clarke, Kent; H o w a r d Coutts, the Bowes Maria Leonor d'Orey, Museu Nacional de Arte
Museum, C o u n t y D u r h a m ; Christian W i t t - Antiga, Lisbon; Bill Pallot, Paris; James Parker,
Döring, Österreichishes Museum für ange the Metropolitan Museum of A r t , N e w York;
wandte Kunst, Vienna; W i n t h r o p Edey, Tamara Préaud, Manufacture Nationale de
New York; Pierre Ennés, the Musée d u Louvre, Sévres; Peter Pröschel, M u n i c h ; Carolyn J.
Paris; Svend Eriksen, Copenhagen; Ronald Sargentson, the Victoria and Albert Museum,
Freyberger, N e w York; Peter Frieß, M u n i c h ; London; Beatrix Saule, Chateau de Versailles;
Carolyn Gay Nieda Gassmann, Paris; Alvar A n n a Somers-Cocks, London; E d i t h Standen,
the Metropolitan Museum of A r t , N e w York;
and the late Sir Francis Watson, formerly
Director o f the Wallace Collection and
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ABBREVIATIONS
employed i n referring to frequently cited The J . Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the B R O N Z E N
Arts i n 1982," The J . Paul Getty Museum H E S S , M A I O L I C A Bill G . B. Pallot, UArt du siege auXVIIF
Journal, vol. 11 ( M a l i b u , 1983), pp. 13-66. Catherine Hess, Italian Maiolica: Catalogue siede en France (Paris, 1987).
of the Collections, The J . Paul Getty Museum
" A C Q U I S I T I O N S 1983" (Malibu, 1988). S A S S O O N , V I N C E N N E S A N D S E V R E S
J. Paul Getty, The Joys of Collecting (New Hugo Morley-Fletcher and Roger Mcllroy, V E R L E T E T A L . , C H E F S D ' O E U V R E
York, 1965). Christies Pictorial History of European Pierre Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre de la
Pottery (Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1984). collection J . Paul Getty (Monaco, 1963).
G E T T Y M U S J
W I L S O N , " A C Q U I S I T I O N S 1977 T O M I D
W I L S O N E T A L . , M O U N T E D O R I E N T A L
1979" P O R C E L A I N
W I L S O N , S E L E C T I O N S
W I L S O N , " S E V R E S "
Furniture 2. Coffer
Second half o f the sixteenth century
BOXES, CHESTS, AND Oak and iron
5 ft. io 4 i n . (179.7
3 c m
) ; Depth: 2 ft. 5 /s i n .
5
(75.2 cm)
Accession number 7 8 . D A . 124
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
E X H I B I T I O N S
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
7
l6 F R E N C H C A B I N E T S
9. Armoire
Paris, circa 1720-1725
O a k veneered w i t h rosewood and olive;
modern fabric l i n i n g
Height: 5 ft. 9% i n . (176 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft. 2 /8 i n . (97.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 5% i n .
3
(43.5 cm)
Accession number 8 4 . D A . 8 52
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Rothschild, Paris, 1972; José and Vera Height: 3 ft. 9 /s i n . (115.8 cm); W i d t h :
5
12. Pair of Cabinets
Espirito Santo, Lausanne, Switzerland, 15 ft. 4% i n . (468.6 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 9% i n . Paris, circa 1745-1750
after 1972. (54.5 cm) By Bernard I I van Risenburgh
Accession number 77.DA.91 O a k veneered w i t h bois satiné, k i n g w o o d ,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
and cherry; gilt-bronze mounts
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 6, P R O V E N A N C E
Each cabinet is stamped ΒV.R. Β. o n back.
pp. 193-197, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983," Daval {marchand-mercier, died circa 1821),
Height: 4 ft. ιο /δ i n . (149 cm); W i d t h :
5
GettyMusJvi (1984), no. 8, pp. 263-264, Paris, before 1822; H e n r i , comte de Gref-
3 ft. 3 4 i n . (101 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 7 i n .
3
illus.; Handbook1986, p. 159, illus. p. 158; fulhe, Paris (sold by his widow, Sotheby's,
(48.3 cm)
Jean-Dominique Augarde, "1749 Joseph London, July 23,1937, lot 50, to both
Accession number 84. D A . 24.1-. 2
Baumhauer, ébéniste privilegié d u roí," [Arnold Seligmann] and [Trevor and C o . ] ,
L'Estampille 204 (June 1987), p. 25; Pradére, for £1,400); [David Drey, London, 1950s]; P R O V E N A N C E
Les Ebénistes, illus. p. 196, fig. 188; Hand- [Maurice Aveline, Paris, 1950s]; Antenor (?) Sir John H o b a r t Caradoc, 2nd Baron
book 1991, p. 175, illus. p. 174. Patino, Paris, circa 1957; [Aveline et Cíe, H o w d e n , G r i m s t o n Park, Tadcaster, York
Paris and Geneva]. shire, circa 1840; (?) A l b e r t Denison, ist
Baron Londesborough, Grimston Park,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
1850; (?) W i l l i a m H e n r y Forester, created
11. Cabinet Charles Guellette, "Les Cabinets d'amateurs
Earl o f Londesborough, Grimston Park
Paris, circa 1745-1750 ä Paris—La Collection de Μ . H e n r i de
(sold w i t h the contents o f Grimston Park
Attributed to Bernard I I van Risenburgh Greffulhe, Part 2: Ameublement," Gazette
i n 1872 to John Fielden); Captain John
Oak veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d , bois satiné, des beaux-arts 1$ (1877), p. 466; Gerald
Fielden (great-nephew o f John Fielden)
and cherry; gilt-bronze mounts; breche Reitlinger, The Economics of Taste (London,
(sold, H e n r y Spencer and Sons, at G r i m s t o n
d'Alep top 1963), vol. 2, p. 426; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions
Park, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, M a y 29-31,1962,
Inscribed DAVAL twice o n the back. 1977 to m i d 1979," no. 3, p. 37, illus.;
lot 372); [Etienne Levy and Rene Weiller,
Pradére, Les Ebénistes, p. 190, illus. p. 185,
fig. 168.
II
F R E N C H C A B I N E T S 19
One of a pair 1 2
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
13
20 F R E N C H C A B I N E T S
illus.; Jean-Dominique Augarde, "1749 Stamped RVLC and J ME inside the drawer
Joseph Baumhauer, ébéniste privilegié d u at top right-hand side. Paper label glued
roí," L'Estampille 204 (June 1987), pp. 15-45, underneath printed w i t h a ducal coronet
figs. 26, 28; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, no. 16, above the typed inscription CLUMBER.
p. 244; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 450; Height: 3 ft. 1 i n . (94 cm); W i d t h :
Handbook 1991, p. 187, illus. p. 186. ι ft. 11Y i n . (59.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 5% i n .
4
(43.8 cm)
Accession number 70.DA.81
P R O V E N A N C E 15
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Η
mounts; bhnco et new antico marble top pp. 156, 288; M a r v i n D . Schwartz, "Boulle
Height: 3 ft. 5% i n . (104.8 cm); W i d t h : Furniture," Art and Antiques 6 (April 1983),
14. Cabinet
5 ft. 4 /8 i n . (164.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 10% i n .
5
illus. p. 67; Alexandre Pradére, "Boulle de
Paris, circa 1765
(57.1cm) Louis X I V sous Louis X V I , " LEstampille-
By Roger Vandercruse Lacroix
Accession number 72. D A . 7 1 LObjet dart o (June 1987), pp. 56-57,118;
Oak veneered w i t h bois-de-rose, amaranth,
illus. p. 62.
and green stained wood; gilt-bronze mounts;
white marble interior shelf
F R E N C H C A B I N E T S 21
E X H I B I T I O N S
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R O V E N A N C E
E X H I B I T I O N S
17
Paris, Cabinet .1 circa 1785; Cabinet .2 7 6 . D A . 9 . 1 : M . M a r i n , Paris (sold, Paris,
circa 1810 M a r c h 22,1790, l o t 712, for 3,100 livres)',
17. Bonheur du Jour Pietre dure plaques: Italian and French, V i n c e n t Donjeux, Paris (sold, Paris, A p r i l 29
Paris, circa 178 5-1790 mid-seventeenth to late eighteenth century et seq., 1793, l o t 554, for 3,200 livres).
A t t r i b u t e d to A d a m Weisweiler; Wedgwood Both cabinets attributed to A d a m Weisweiler 7 6 . D A . 9 . 1 - . 2 : (?) W i l l i a m Beckford, Fonthill
jasperware plaques designed by Elizabeth, Oak, pine, and beech veneered w i t h ebony Abbey, Wiltshire; (?) Susan Beckford
Lady Templetown, and modeled by W i l l i a m and mahogany; pewter stringing; set w i t h (Duchess o f H a m i l t o n , wife o f Alexander
Hackwood pietre dure plaques and micromosaic roun Archibald Douglas, the 10th D u k e o f
Oak and mahogany veneered w i t h amboyna, dels; gilt-bronze mounts; portor d'ltalie tops H a m i l t o n and 7 t h D u k e o f Brandon,
ebony, green stained harewood, and syca married 1810, died 1859), H a m i l t o n Palace,
more; set w i t h five jasperware plaques w i t h Lanarkshire, Scotland; W i l l i a m , 12th D u k e
a green ground; gilt-bronze mounts; white o f H a m i l t o n and 9 t h D u k e o f Brandon,
marble top and shelf H a m i l t o n Palace, by descent (sold,
Height: 3 ft. 6 /s i n . (107.6 cm); W i d t h :
3
B I B L I O G R A P H Y P R O V E N A N C E 2 1 . Commode
Ronald Freyberger, " H a m i l t o n Palace," Marquis de Longueil, Chateau de Maisons; Paris, circa 1710-1715
Apollo 113, no. 238 (December 1981), comte d'Artois, Chateau de Maisons, after Attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle
pp. 401-409; Alvar González-Palacios, 1777; [(?) Leon Lacroix, Paris, 1938]; O a k and pine veneered w i t h tulipwood and
Mosaici e Pietre Dure ( M i l a n , 1982), illus. purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938. bois satiné; gilt-bronze mounts; brocatelle
p. 48; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p . 872; violette du Jura marble top
Alvar González-Palacios, "Capricci Gusto: T h e top o f the carcass is stamped CM.
Vecchio Barocco e N u o v o Classicismo," COCHO IS and printed i n black i n k w i t h
Casa vogue antiques 13 ( M a y 1991), p. 77, the number 55406. T h e bottom o f the mar
illus. p. 79 ( 7 6 . D A . 9 . 1 only). ble top is marked w i t h the number 55406/19
i n black wax pencil. M a n y mounts stamped
w i t h the crowned Cfor 1745-1749.
Height: 2 ft. 9% i n . (85.7 cm); W i d t h :
COMMODES 4 ft. 3 4 i n . (131.4 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 11 i n .
3
(58.4 cm)
1 9 . Commode Accession number 7 0 . D A . 8 0
Paris, circa 1710-1715
P R O V E N A N C E
Pine and walnut veneered w i t h bois satiné; 20
(?) H e n r y Peter, ist L o r d Brougham (1778-
gilt-bronze mounts
1868), Cannes, 1840s or 1850s; (?) W i l l i a m ,
Stamped o n the back w i t h a crowned M, 2 0 . Commode
2nd L o r d Brougham (died 1886), England,
probably for the Chateau de Maisons, and Paris, circa 1710-1715
after 1868; (?) H o n . Wilfred Brougham,
an interlaced A Τ over G.M for the garde- Pine, oak, and walnut veneered w i t h rose
England, after 1886; Maria Sophia Faunce
meuble o f the comte d'Artois. wood; gilt-bronze mounts; rouge griotte de
(Hon. M r s . Wilfred Brougham), England,
Height: 2 ft. 9/16 i n . (83.9 cm); W i d t h : Felines marble top
after 1904; [J. M . Botibol, London, 1938];
4 ft. 7% i n . (140.3 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 11 % i n . Height: 2 ft. 9 / 2 i n . (85.1 cm); W i d t h :
purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938.
(59.7 cm) 4 ft. (121.9 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. io /s i n .
3
P R O V E N A N C E
19
21
24 FRENCH COMMODES
B I B L I O G R A P H Y B I B L I O G R A P H Y P R O V E N A N C E
Paul Wescher, "French Furniture o f the Jean-Dominique Augarde, "Etienne Doirat, [Duveen Brothers, N e w York]; George J.
Eighteenth Century i n the J. Paul Getty Menuisier en Ebene," GettyMusJij, (1985), G o u l d , Georgian C o u r t , Lakewood, N e w
Museum," Art Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer pp. 33-52, illus. p. 45; Handbook 1986, p. 152, Jersey; (possibly sold Anderson Galleries,
1955), p. 117, illus. p. 120, fig. 4; Kjellberg, illus.; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, illus. p. 122, N e w York, M a y 1 0 - 1 4 , 9 7 > l
1 2 o t
1003);
Dictionnaire, p. 184. fig. 78; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 264; [ A r n o l d Seligmann, Rey and Co., N e w
Handbook 1991, p. 166, illus. York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(64.8 cm)
Accession number 7 0 . D A . 8 2
22
F R E N C H C O M M O D E S 2$
24 25
26 27
Paris, circa 1740 4 (1988), pp. 281-284, illus. p. 282; Kjellberg, Sir A n t h o n y de Rothschild, England; H o n .
By Bernard I I van Risenburgh Dictionnaire, p. 139; Daniel Alcouffe, "Ber M r s . Eliot Yorke (née A n n i e de Rothschild,
Oak set w i t h panels o f red Chinese lacquer nard Van Risen Burgh: Commode," Louvre: daughter o f Sir A n t h o n y de Rothschild),
and painted w i t h vernis Martin; gilt-bronze Nouvelles acquisitions du département des England, b y descent (sold, Christie's, L o n
mounts; breche d'Alep top objets dart ip8$-ip8p (Paris, 1990), p. 144. don, M a y 5,1927, l o t 138, for 980 guineas
Stamped B. V.R.B, once and J ME twice o n to S. Founés); M m e Duselschon, Chateau
top o f carcass. de Coudira, Prégny, Switzerland; M m e
Height: 2 ft. 9 i n . (83.8 cm); W i d t h : Rouviére, Lausanne, Switzerland; [Maurice
2 7 . Commode
3 ft. 9 i n . (114.3 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9 /s i n .
5
Segoura, Paris, 1983].
Paris, circa 1745-1749
(54.9 cm)
A t t r i b u t e d to Jean-Pierre Latz B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 4 6
Oak veneered w i t h bois satiné; gilt-bronze W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1983," pp. 196-199,
P R O V E N A N C E mounts; fleur de pecher marble top illus.; Accquisitions/1983," GettyMusJ 12
Private collection, Paris (sold, Palais Galliera, Stamped RESTAURE par P. SPOHN on top (1984), no. 9, p . 264, illus.; Handbook 1986,
Paris, M a r c h 2,1972, lot 109); purchased at o f carcass and one mount stamped w i t h the p. 159, illus.; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, fig. 136,
that sale by J. Paul Getty. crowned Cfor 1745-1749. p. 160; Handbook 1991, p. 177, illus.
Height: 2 ft. 10Κ i n . (87.7 cm); W i d t h :
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
4 ft. n / 8 i n . (151.5 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 2 /s i n .
5 5
Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse Pointe Farms, Edith and Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-
Michigan (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 24, 1968), L o n d o n ; purchased by J. Paul Getty,
1971, lot 102); purchased at that sale by 1955, through Sir Robert Abdy.
J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
3 0 . Commode Museum," Art Quarterly i%, no. 2 (Summer Height: 3 ft. A i n . (92 cm); W i d t h :
l
Paris, circa 1755 1955), p. 118, illus. p. 124, fig. 8; Andre 4 ft. 7 /δ i n . (140.6 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 6Vx i n .
3
By Adrien Faizelot Delorme Boutemy, "Joseph," Connaissance des arts (47 cm)
Oak veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d and king- 157 (March 1965), p. 85, illus. p. 84; Accession number 72.DA.54
wood; gilt-bronze mounts; lumachella Jean-Dominique Augarde, "1749 Joseph
P R O V E N A N C E
pavonazza marble top Baumhauer, ébéniste privilegié d u r o i , "
Private collection, Paris (possibly G o u p i l de
Stamped DELORME, J ME, and N. PETIT L'Estampille 204 (June 1987), p. 32; Kjell
Douilla); [Frank Partridge, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ;
on top o f carcass. berg, Dictionnaire, p. 246.
Guedes de Souza, Paris; [Etienne Levy,
Height: 2 ft. π Λ i n . (90.1 cm); W i d t h :
ι
30 31
FRENCH COMMODES 29
3 2 . Commode
Paris, 1769
By Gilles Joubert
Oak veneered w i t h k i n g w o o d , tulipwood,
holly or boxwood, and ebony; gilt-bronze
mounts; sarrancolin marble top
Painted i n black i n k o n the back w i t h the
inventory number du No 2556.2 o f the
Garde-Meuble de la Couronne.
Height: 3 ft. 4 i n . (93.5 cm); W i d t h :
3
(68.5 cm)
Accession number 55.DA.5
P R O V E N A N C E
CORNER CUPBOARDS B I B L I O G R A P H Y
By Bernard I I van Risenburgh 1919), pp. 128, 151-152; Jean Meuvret and
Oak set w i t h panels o f black Japanese Claude Frégnac, Les Ebénistes du XVIIIe
lacquer and painted w i t h vends Martin; Steele frangais (Paris, 1963), p. 46; W i l s o n ,
gilt-bronze mounts; sarrancolin marble tops "Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979," no. 15,
Each cupboard stamped B. V.R.B. twice on p. 52, illus. (one) p. 51; Pradére, Les Ebénistes,
(61.2 cm)
Accession number 72.DA.44.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Cupboard .1 33
J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R O V E N A N C E
times and bears one paper label inscribed Emile Molinier, Histoire genérale des arts
i n ink w i t h the Rothschild inventory n u m appliques a Vindustrie du V a la fin du
e
L o n d o n , T h e V i c t o r i a and Albert
Museum, o n loan, 1917-1920, from
38. Pair of Corner Cupboards
Laurence Currie, Esq.
Paris, circa 1755
B I B L I O G R A P H Y By Jacques Dubois
H e n r y Hawley, "Jean-Pierre Latz, Cabinet Oak painted w i t h vernis Martin; gilt-bronze
maker," Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum mounts; breche dAlep tops
of Art 57-7 (September-October 1970), Each stamped I.DUBOIS and J ME on top
no. 49, p. 254, illus. (one), fig. 49; Wilson, o f carcass.
Selections, no. 24, pp. 48-49, illus. Height: 3 ft. 2% i n . (97.1 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 7 V 2 i n . (80 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 11 V% i n .
(58.6 cm)
Accession number 78.DA.119.1-.2
Cupboard . 2 38
34 F R E N C H C O R N E R CUPBOARDS
P R O V E N A N C E
E X H I B I T I O N S
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Top 40
36 F R E N C H DESKS
4i 42
Paris, circa 1750 after his o w n death, March 17,1777 (sold, Paris, H o t e l de la Monnaie, Louis XV: Un
By Bernard I I van Risenburgh September 1,1777, Paris); purchased by his Moment de perfection de Van frangais, 1974,
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, kingwood, nephew and heir Louis-Balthazar Dange no. 430, pp. 327-328, illus.
and amaranth; gilt-bronze mounts de Bagneux {fermier general, IJ39-IJ94),
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Stamped J ME B. V.R.B. JME underneath recorded i n the inventory after his death
Paul Wescher, "French Furniture o f the
and o n interior o f carcass. Underside o f i n 1795; by inheritance to his wife Anne-
Eighteenth C e n t u r y i n the J. Paul Getty
carcass bears several red wax seals o f the Marie Samson and recorded i n her inven
M u s e u m , " Art Quarterly \%, no. 2 (Summer
Duke o f Argyll. tory after death; by descent to her daughter
1955), p. 121, illus. p. 78; Jean Meuvret and
Height: 3 ft. 6 / 2 i n . (107.8 cm); W i d t h : Marie-Emilie-Fran9oise Dange, married
Claude Frégnac, Les Ebénistes du XVIII e
tions: Scotland and the Arts of France (Edin Paul Wescher, "French Furniture o f the [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York];
burgh, 1985), p. 66, fig. 30; Handbook1986, Eighteenth Century i n the J. Paul Getty purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1951.
p. 160, illus.; Pierre Cabanne, L'Art du Museum," Art Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
XVTII e
siecle (Paris, 1987), p. 97, illus.; 1955), p. 125, illus. p. 133; Gerald Messadié,
Paul Wescher, "French Furniture o f the
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, pp. 135,139, illus. "J. Paul Getty, M a l i b u , California," Great
Eighteenth Century i n the J. Paul Getty
p. 130; Pierre Verlet, French Furniture of Private Collections, Douglas Cooper, ed.
Museum," Art Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer
the Eighteenth Century, Penelope Hunter- (Zurich, 1963), pp. 180-191, illus. p. 186;
1955), p. 122, illus. p. 130; Gerald Messadié,
Stiebel, transí. (Charlottesville, 1991), fig. 3 Verlet et al., Chefi d'oeuvre, p. 131, illus.;
"J. Paul Getty, M a l i b u , California," Great
opposite p. 16; Handbook 1991, p. 176, illus. Getty, Collecting, illus. p. 161; U l r i c h Leben,
Private Collections, Douglas Cooper, ed.
"Die Werkstatt Bernard Molitors," Kunst
(Zurich, 1963), pp. 180-191, illus. p. 189;
und Antiquitäten 4 (1987), pp. 52-60, detail
Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 121, illus.;
illus. p. 52, fig. 1; U l r i c h Leben, Bernard
4 2 . Rolltop Desk Getty, Collecting, p. 151, illus.; Kjellberg,
Molitor (i/tf-1833): Leben und Werk, eines
Paris, circa 1785-1788 Dictionnaire, p. 273; Stephane Boiron,
Pariser Kunsttischlers, P h . D . diss. (Bonn,
By Bernard M o l i t o r . Some mounts cast by "Jacques Dubois, maitre d u style Louis XV,"
1989), p. 108; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
the bronzier Fran9ois Rémond after designs LEstampille-LObjet d'am$6 (June 1990),
p. 582; U l r i c h Leben, Molitor: Ebéniste from
by Gambier pp. 42-59, illus. p. 56.
the Ancien Regime to the Bourbon Restoration
O a k veneered w i t h mahogany and lacquer;
(London, 1992), p. 153, no. 70, pp. 190-191,
gilt-bronze mounts; griotte de Flandre
figs. 8-9, 81-82,154.
marble top
Stamped B. MOLITOR o n l i p o f one
interior drawer.
Height: 4 ft. 6 i n . (137 cm); W i d t h :
SECRETAIRES
5 ft. n*4 i n . (181 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 10% i n .
(87 cm)
4 3 . Secretaire
Accession number 6 7 . D A . 9
Paris, circa 1755
P R O V E N A N C E By Jacques Dubois
(?) Louis X V I , listed i n the inventory o f the Oak veneered w i t h panels o f red Chinese
Chateau de Saint-Cloud, an I I (1793-1794); lacquer and painted w i t h vernis Martin;
[Vandyck, L o n d o n ] (offered for sale, gilt-bronze mounts; breche dAlep top
Christie's, L o n d o n , M a y 16, 1800, lot 101, Stamped I . DUB OIS and J ME at rear on
and again February 12,1801, l o t 70, bought right upright.
in); (?) Octavius E. Coope, London; Height: 3 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (102.8 cm); W i d t h :
M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w York (sold by 3 ft. 9 i n . (114.3 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 3/8 i n . 43
P R O V E N A N C E P R O V E N A N C E
Height: 3 ft. 11% i n . (120 cm); W i d t h : (February 1986), pp. 384-395; Savill, Sévres, [Frank Partridge and Sons, L t d . , L o n d o n ,
3 ft. ι i n . (94 cm); Depth: 1 ft. \% i n . (34 cm) vol. 2, pp. 612, 877, 879; η. 45, p. 613; 1972]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Accession number 65.DA.2 n n . 45-46, p. 901; Pradére, Les Ebénistes,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
no. 29, p. 356; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
P R O V E N A N C E Jean Nicolay, LArt et h Maniere des Maitres
p. 162; Daniel Alcouffe, "Secretaire ä
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna, Ebénistes frangais au XVIII eme
siecle (Paris,
abbattant," Louvre: Nouvelles acquisitions
by 1903; Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, 1956), p. 153, illus.; Ε J. B. Watson, Louis
du department des objets d'art, ip8$-ip8p
Vienna; confiscated by the T h i r d Reich XVI Furniture (London, i 9 6 0 ) , no. 89, illus.;
(Paris, 1990), no. 71, p. 154, illus.; Sassoon,
i n M a r c h 1938; restituted to the Baroness Jean Meuvret and Claude Frégnac, Les
Vincennes and Sevres Porcehin, no. 35,
Clarice de Rothschild, Vienna, i n 1947 and Ebénistes du XVIII e
siécle frangais (Paris,
pp. 174-176, illus. pp. 175-177.
sent to N e w York shortly afterward (sold 1963), p. 221, illus.; F. Lewis Hinckley,
privately, 1950); [Rosenberg and Stiebel, A Directory of Antique French Furniture
Inc., N e w York, 1950]; purchased by J. Paul 1735-1800 (New York, 1967), p. 69, illus.
Getty,1950. 48. Secretaire
Paris, circa 1775
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
By Rene Dubois
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, Notizen
Oak veneered w i t h kingwood, tulipwood,
über einige meiner Kunstgegenstände (1903),
and lemonwood; incised w i t h colored
no. 319, p. 128; Paul Wescher, "French Fur
mastics; set w i t h mother-of-pearl; gilt-
niture o f the Eighteenth Century i n the
bronze mounts; white marble top
J. Paul Getty Museum," Art Quarterly 18,
Stamped I.DUBOIS and JMEon back.
no. 2 (Summer 1955), p. 131, illus. p. 134;
Height: 5 ft. 3 i n . (160 cm); W i d t h :
Charles Packer, French Furniture by the
2 ft. 3 /8 i n . (70.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 1% i n .
5
Handwerk und höfische Kultur: Europäische Sir Richard Wallace, Paris; Lady Wallace,
Möbelkunst im 18. Jahrhundert ( M u n i c h , Paris, by inheritance, 1890; Sir John Murray
1982), p. 47, illus.; Adrian Sassoon, "Sevres Scott, L o n d o n , by inheritance, 1897 (sold
Plaques," Techniques of the Worlds Great after his death, Christie's, London, June 24,
Masters of Pottery and Ceramics, Hugo 1913, lot 54); Ε . M . Hodgkins; [Jacques
Morley-Fletcher, ed. (Oxford, 1984), Seligmann, Paris]; Henry Walters, N e w
pp. 62-63, illus.; Gisela Zick, "Die russische York (sold by his widow, Parke-Bernet,
Wahrsagerin, E i n Tisch für Marie Karoline N e w York, A p r i l 26,1941, lot 712); Baron
von Neapel," Kunst und Antiquitäten 4-5 and Baroness Cassel van D o o m , Paris (sold,
(1984), pp. 36-52, p l . 4, p. 39; Reinier J. Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris, March 9,
Baarsen, "Rond een Nederlandse Lodewijk 1954, lot 90); Guedes de Souza, Paris;
XVI secretaire op H e t Loo," Antiek 7
48
F R E N C H S E C R E T A I R E S 41
50. Secretaire
(42.2 cm)
Paris, circa 1777
Accession number 6 7 . D A . 7
By M a r t i n Carlin; the large Sevres plaques
49 P R O V E N A N C E painted by Edme-Fran9ois Bouillat and the
(?) Prince Narishkine, N e w York; H e n r y two smaller Sevres porcelain plaques i n the
49. Secretaire
Walters, N e w York (sold by his widow, fall front painted by Raux fils amé
Paris, circa 1776 w i t h early twentieth-
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, M a y 3, 1941, Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, satinwood,
century stand
lot 1399); purchased at that sale by J. Paul amaranth, and ebony; set w i t h five soft-paste
By Claude-Charles Saunier, replaced
Getty, through [Duveen]. porcelain plaques; enameled metal; gilt-
stand by F. D u r a n d fils; t w o o f the Sevres
bronze mounts; white marble top
porcelain plaques painted by Jean-Baptiste B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Stamped M. CARLIN and JME twice under
Tandart and t w o by Edmé-Fran$ois Paul Wescher, "French Furniture o f the
the drawer front. A l l porcelain plaques
Bouillat; all four plaques gilded by Fran9ois Eighteenth Century i n the J. Paul Getty
painted on their reverses w i t h the blue
Baudouin pere Museum," Art Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer
crossed L s o f the Sevres manufactory. O n
Oak veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d and ama 1955), p. 131; Charles Packer, Paris Furniture
the two large plaques the crossed Z's are
ranth; set w i t h four soft-paste porcelain by the Master Ebénistes (Newport, M o n
flanked by a F o n each side: one is the date
plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; white mouthshire, 1956), fig. 162; Savill, Sevres,
letter for 1776, the other is the painter's
marble top vol. 2, n . 45, p. 613; Sassoon, Vincennes and
mark; the two small plaques are each
Sevres Porcelain, no. 37, pp. 181-182, illus.
painted i n black w i t h the painter's mark
pp. 182-183.
42 F R E N C H SECRETAIRES
o f a circle o f dots; the long plaque i n the pp. 42-43, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 39,
frieze bears an unidentified painter's mark i n pp. 78-79; Handbook 1986, p. 175, illus.;
blue and the date letter Ζ for 1777 w i t h a Frederic Edelmann, "Musée Getty, Le Trust
paper price label printed w i t h crossed L s de Γ art," Beaux-arts magazine (September
and inked 3a[livres]; the small plaque on 1987), no. 49, illus. p. 75; Savill, Sevres,
the right bears the date letter Ζ for 1777 and vol. 2, p. 877; n . 45, p. 901; vol. 3, p. 1063;
the marks X a n d 10 i n gold. n . 3, p. 1064; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, no. 28,
Height: 3 ft. 6% i n . (107.9 c m
) ; Width: p. 356; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 160;
3 ft. 4 V 2 i n . (103 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 2 i n . Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres PorceUin,
(35.5 cm) no. 38, pp. 184-186, illus. pp. 184,186;
Accession number 8 I . D A . 8 O Handbook 1991, p. 192, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
52 Secretaire
(?) Paris, circa 1780
O a k veneered w i t h satinwood, fruitwoods,
53
t u l i p w o o d , and ebony; incised w i t h mastics
T h e back o f the secretaire bears six wax seals
w i t h the date 1830 and the w o r d CHARTE;
B I B L I O G R A P H Y Two paper labels inked Hamilton Pahce
the back is inscribed w i t h the number ιοόργ.
Jean Bedel, Les Antiquités et la brocante o n the back.
Height: 4 ft. 11% i n . (152 cm); W i d t h :
(Paris, 1981), illus. o n the front and back Height: 5 ft. 1 i n . (155 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft. 4 i n . (92.2 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9% i n .
x
114, no. 238 (December 1981), pp. 407-408, Sold by M . Lapeyriére, Receveur general A n n e Dion-Tenenbaum, "Alexandre-Louis
illus. p. 405, p i . 20; W i l s o n , Selections, des contributions du département de la Seine, Bellangé (Attribue ä): Secretaire en cabinet
no. 41, pp. 82-83, illus.; "The Great Collec A p r i l 19,1825, lot 97; reputedly purchased (d'une paire)," Un äge d'or des arts décoratifs
tions," French Connections: ScotUnd and the at that sale by Marie-Jean-Pierre-Hubert, 1814-1848 (Galeries nationales d u Grand-
Arts of France (Edinburgh, 1985), pp. 78, 81, due de Cambacérés, Paris; purchased from Palais, Paris, 1991), p. 151, illus. fig. 55c;
84, illus. p. 83, fig. 47; Kjellberg, Diction his heirs by Charles Michel, Paris, 1938; Denise Ledoux-Lebard, "Multiples Bei
naire, p. 712, illus. p. 707. [W. Ball, N e w York, 1938]; purchased by lange," Connaissance des arts (Decem
J. Paul Getty, 1938. ber 1991), pp. 80-89, Ülus. no. 10, p. 88.
F R E N C H TABLES 45
56
A6 F R E N C H T A B L E S
P R O V E N A N C E P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Louis, Grand D a u p h i n o f France; (?) (?) Le Despencer Family, Mereworth Castle,
H . Burgess (sold, Christies, L o n d o n , Kent (sold, circa 1831, to Levy, Maidstone,
M a y 30, 1899, lot 49, for £22 is.); H e n r y Kent, £35); L o n d o n art market, 1831;
James Laird, Ardmore House, Blackheath Richard, 2nd D u k e o f Buckingham and
Park, Middlesex (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , Chandos, Stowe House, Buckinghamshire
March 19,1936, lot 147); private collection, (sold, Christie's, Stowe House, August 15
Scotland (sold, Phillips, Glasgow, A p r i l 16, et seq., 1848, lot 256, to [Redfern] for £59);
1981, l o t 305); [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . , W i l l i a m H u m b l e , n t h Baron W a r d (created
57
L o n d o n , 1981]. ist Earl o f Dudley, i860, died 1885), 1848;
W i l l i a m H u m b l e , 2nd Earl o f Dudley (died
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
1932), D u d l e y House, Park Lane, L o n d o n ;
Wilson, "Acquisitions 1982," no. 2, pp. 18-23,
Sir Joseph C. Robinson, Bt., purchased w i t h
illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 5, pp. 10-11,
the contents o f D u d l e y House; D r . Joseph
illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 145, illus.; Jacques
Labia (son-in-law o f Sir Joseph C. Robin-
Charles et al., De Versailles ä Paris: Le Destín
son), L o n d o n (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
des collections royales (Paris, 1989), illus. p. 22,
M a y 17,1963, lot 137); [Ronald Lee, L o n d o n ,
fig. 13; Handbook 1991, p. 158, illus. Ι
97θ]ί [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1971]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
E X H I B I T I O N S
Top 57
FRENCH TABLES AJ
Top 58
58
(89.5 cm)
Accession number 6 7 . D A . 10
P R O V E N A N C E
6 0 . Table (bureau ρ fat) Digby, Esq. (sold, Sotheby's, London, Paris (sold privately after 1900); Ernest
Paris, circa 1710-1715 June 22,19 51, l o t 70); [Michel Meyer, Cronier, Paris (sold, Galerie Georges Petit,
Oak veneered w i t h tortoiseshell, ebony, and [Jacques Seligmann, Paris]); Fran$ois Coty,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
brass; gilt-bronze mounts; leather top Paris (sold, Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris,
"Le Meuble Boulle," Connaissance des arts 2 November 30-December 1,1936, lot 84,
Height: 2 ft. 7 % i n . (80.5 cm); W i d t h :
(April 1952), p. 20; Stephane Faniel et al., to [ B . Fab re et Fils, Paris]); confiscated by
3 ft. 2 4 i n . (98.5 cm); D e p t h : 6 ft. 4V16 i n .
3
Le XVIII e
siecle frangais (Collection Connais the T h i r d Reich, 1940-1945; [Cameron, L o n
(195.4 cm)
sance des arts, Paris, 1958), p. 60, fig. 6; don, 1949]; purchased b y J. Paul Getty, 1949.
Accession number 85.DA.23
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJiA (1986),
P R O V E N A N C E no. 193, p. 243, illus.; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, E X H I B I T I O N S
Alexandre de Flahaut, comte de la Billar- no. 82, p. 102, illus. p. 78, fig. 27. Paris, "Le M o b i l i e r ä travers les ages aux
derie, or Charles Claude de Flahaut, comte grand et Petit Palais," Exposition universelle
d'Angiviller, Paris; by descent to Auguste- de ιροο, no. 2904; Paris, Exposition retro
Charles-Joseph (178 5-1870), comte de spective de Van frangais des origines ä 1800,
62
61
Alfred de Champeaux, Portefeuille des arts pp. 168-169, illus.; Claude Frégnac, Les Jane, Countess o f Westmorland (wife o f the
décoratifs yeme année (Paris, 1884-1885), Styles frangais, vol. 1 (Paris, 1975), p. 179, 10th Earl, married 1800, died 1857), Cotter-
pi. 578; Emile Molinier, Histoire genérale des illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 10, pp. 20-21, stock H a l l , Northamptonshire, from the
arts appliques ä Tindustrie du XV e
a la fin du illus. late eighteenth century; Lieutenant Colonel
XVIII e
siecle, v o l . 3, Le Mobilier au XVII e
et H o n . H e n r y Fane (son o f Jane, Countess
au XVIII e
siecle (Paris, 1896), illus. p. 99; o f Westmorland; died 1857), Cotterstock
Frantz M a r c o u and Emile Moliner, Cata H a l l ; H e n r y Dundas, 5th Viscount Melville
6 2 . Writing and Card Table
logue officiel illustre de Texposition retro (cousin o f H o n . H e n r y Fane, died 1904),
Paris, circa 1725
spective de l'art frangais des origines ä 1800 Cotterstock H a l l ; Dundas family, Melville
Oak and pine veneered w i t h satiné rouge
(Paris, 1900), illus. pp. 113-114 and fol. 60; Castle, Scotland, u n t i l 1967; [Alexander and
and kingwood; walnut drawers; gilt-bronze
Marie-Juliette Ballot, Charles Cressent: Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; [French and Co.,
mounts; modern silk velvet
Sculpteur, ébéniste, collectionneur, Archives N e w York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Closed Height: 2 ft. 6Y i n . (76.8 cm);
de Vart frangais: Nouvellepériode 10 (Paris,
4
64
63
Paris, circa 1735 Alexandre Benois, "La collection de Μ . (?) Empress Elizabeth o f Russia, given to her
Attributed to the workshops o f Andre- Utheman ä St.-Petersbourg," Starye gody by Louis X V , 1745, or purchased by C o u n t
Charles Boulle (April 1908), p. 181, illus.; Getty, Collecting, Vorontsov, St. Petersburg, i n Paris, 1745;
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood; modern p. 143, illus. p. 142; Alexandre Pradére, "Le Empress Catherine I I o f Russia by descent,
leather top; gilt-bronze mounts Maítre aux Pagodes," LEstampille-LObjet 1762, or purchased w i t h the Vorontsov
Height: 2 ft. 7% i n . (81 cm); W i d t h : d'artz<)6 (March 1992), pp. 22-44, n m s
- Palace; Helen, Duchess o f Mecklenburg-
6 ft. 4% i n . (193.7 c m
) ; D e p t h : 3 ft. 1/2 i n . p. 35, fig. 17, p. 36, and no. 22, p. 43. Strelitz (Princess o f Saxe-Altenburg),
(95.2 cm) Cabinet de la Souveraine, Chinese Palace,
Accession number 55.DA.3 Oranienbaum (near St. Petersburg), by
1904; [Duveen Brothers, N e w York, 1935];
P R O V E N A N C E 64. Table (bureau plat)
A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose Terrace,
Ε Ε Uthemann, St. Petersburg, late nine Paris, circa 1745-1749
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, by 1935
teenth century; i n Helsinki by 19 21; E d i t h A t t r i b u t e d to Joseph Baumhauer
(sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 24,1971, l o t
and Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968), Oak veneered w i t h satiné rouge; modern
98); purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
London; purchased by J. Paul Getty. leather top; gilt-bronze mounts
A l l mounts stamped w i t h the crowned Cfor E X H I B I T I O N S
E X H I B I T I O N S
1745-1749· St. Petersburg, Exposition retrospective
Oslo, Norway, T h e Nasjonalgalleriet, o n
Height: 2 ft. γΥιβ i n . (78.9 cm); W i d t h : d'objets d'art ä Saint-Petersbourg, 1904,
loan, 1921-1923.
5 ft. II /S
3
i n . (181.3 cm); Depth: 3 ft. 3 /s i n .
5
pp. 229, 231, illus. p. 232.
(100.7 c m
)
Accession number 71. D A . 9 5
F R E N C H TABLES 51
fig. 3; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, no. 27, p. 245. Andre Boutemy, "B.V.R.B. et la morphologie
de son style," Gazette des beaux-arts 49
(March 1957), pp. 165-167; Barry Shifman,
"A Newly-Found Table by Edward Holmes
65. Table {bureaupfa)
Baldock," Apollo 119 (January 1984),
Paris, circa 1745-1749 66
pp. 38-42, illus.; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
By Bernard I I van Risenburgh
p. 139.
O a k veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d and ebony;
modern leather top; gilt-bronze mounts
Stamped B. V.R.B. underneath. Some o f the
mounts stamped w i t h the crowned Cfor 66. Mechanical Writing and Toilet Table
1745-1749· Paris, circa 1750
By Jean-Fran$ois Oeben
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, amaranth,
satiné rouge, kingwood, and various stained
woods; iron mechanism; gilt-bronze mounts Top 66
Stamped J.F.OEBEN zná JME underneath.
Height: 2 ft. 4V4 i n . (73 cm); W i d t h : B I B L I O G R A P H Y
2 ft. 5/8 i n . (73.9 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 2 % i n . Verlet et al., Chef d'oeuvre, p. 123, illus.;
(37.8 cm) Andre Boutemy, "Jean-Francois Oeben
Accession number 7 0 . D A . 8 4 Méconnu," Gazette des beaux-arts 63 (April
1964), pp. 207-224, illus. p. 215, fig. 23;
P R O V E N A N C E
Getty, Collecting, p. 153, illus.; Kjellberg,
[B. Fabre et Fils, Paris]; [Cameron, L o n d o n ] ;
65 Dictionnaire, p. 619.
purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1949.
52 F R E N C H T A B L E S
68
F R E N C H T A B L E S 53
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 64
P R O V E N A N C E
O a k veneered w i t h kingwood, t u l i p w o o d ,
ι ft. iVs i n . (34.6 cm); Depth: 11 Ys i n .
pear, satinwood, lemon, padouk, amaranth,
(28.3 cm)
sycamore, boxwood, and ebony; gilt-bronze
Accession number 7 0 . D A . 85
mounts
P R O V E N A N C E T h e number 499 cast into the reverse o f
Porcelain Plateau only: (?) Miss H . each m o u n t . Paper label inked B.F.A. C.
Cavendish-Bentinck (offered for sale, 1913 Meyer Sassoon Esq. inside drawer.
Christie's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 3, 1893, lot 123, 71 Paper label printed BURLINGTON FINE
bought i n ) ; (?) John Cockshut, Esq. ARTS CLUB EXHIBITION OF THE
(sold after his death, Christie's, L o n d o n , FRENCH SCHOOL OF THE XVIIITH
March 11,1913, lot 92, to Harding). CENT. 1913, and another label inked Mr. A.
Table mounted w i t h Plateau: Private Barker presenté parM. Chenue, 24 Rue....
English collection; [Rosenberg and Stiebel, despetits Champs underneath table.
Inc., N e w York, 1949]; purchased by J. Paul Height: 2 ft. 3V8 i n . (70.2 cm); W i d t h :
Getty, 1949. ι ft. i o / 8 i n . (56.9 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 3% i n .
3
(40.3 cm)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 4 9
Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 118, illus.;
Getty, Collecting, p. 148, illus.; Hans H u t h , P R O V E N A N C E
Lacquer of the West: The History ofa Craft [Alexander Barker, Esq.], probably acquired
andan Industry, 1550-1950 (Chicago and in Paris (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 11,
London, 1971), p. 93, caption p. 145, fig. 231; 1874, lot 693); (?) E d m u n d , ist L o r d
Top 71
Adrian Sassoon, "New Research o n a Table Grimsthorpe (1816-1905); Leopold George
Frederick, 5th Viscount Clifden (sold,
F R E N C H T A B L E S 55
E X H I B I T I O N S
73
Accession number 7 0 . D A . 7 4
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
75. Table
74
Table: Paris, circa 1773
A t t r i b u t e d to M a r t i n Carlin Micaud P R O V E N A N C E
Oak veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d , ebony, and O a k veneered w i t h tulipwood, holly, and Alfred de Rothschild, H a l t o n , Buckingham
holly; set w i t h four soft-paste porcelain ebony; set w i t h four soft-paste porcelain shire, after 1884; A l m i n a W o m b w e l l (daugh
plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; white marble plaques; gilt-bronze mounts ter o f Alfred de Rothschild; Countess o f
lower shelf Table stamped M. CARLIN ana J ME under Carnarvon, wife o f the 5th Earl, married
The circular porcelain plaque painted o n neath. Circular plaque painted w i t h the 1895, died 1969), 1918; [Henry Symons
the reverse w i t h the blue crossed L s o f the blue crossed Z's o f the Sevres manufactory, and Co., L o n d o n , 1920]; [French and Co.,
Sevres manufactory enclosing the date letter the date 1773, and the painter's mark X. N e w York, 1920]; M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w
L for 1764. Height: 2 ft. 5 i n . (73.5 cm); Diameter:
ι ft. 3 4 i n . (40 cm)
3
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Sir Robert Abdy, Bt., L o n d o n ; Edith and vol. ι, no. 2, pp. 16-32, illus.; Ε J. B. Accession number 71. D A . 102
Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968), Watson, Louis XVI Furniture (New York,
P R O V E N A N C E
London; purchased by J. Paul Getty. i960), no. 125, pp. 130-131, illus.; Verlet
Ordered by Marie-Antoinette for the cabinet
et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, pp. 125-126, illus.;
o f Louis X V I i n the Petit Trianon, Versailles,
Getty, Collecting, p. 156, illus.
and delivered o n August 6,1777 (sold, Ver
sailles, August 25,1793 to August 11,1794,
lot 828, for 600 livres to D u m o n t ) ; [Frank
Partridge and Sons, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1967-
1971]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
58 F R E N C H T A B L E S
lections royales, (Paris, 1989), illus. p. 191; 4 ft. 3 /8 i n . (131.2 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. Vs i n .
5
CARVED TABLES
80. Table
French, circa 1660-1670
Gessoed and gilded walnut; modern paint
Height: 2 ft. 8 / 2 i n . (77.5 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft. 3 / 2 i n . (100.3 c m
) ; Depth: 2 ft. 3 i n .
(68.5 cm)
Accession number 8 7 . D A . 7
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
79
and non-paginated entry, illus.; Duveen and 177, no. 711 (May 1971), pp. 34-36, illus.;
Co., A Catalogue of Works of Art in the Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 10, pp. 201,
Collection of Anna Thomson Dodge (Detroit, 204-207, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 174,
1939), v o l . ι, i n t r o d u c t i o n pp. x v - x v i and illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 2, p. 887; n n . 83, 87,
80
non-paginated entry, illus.; Carl Dauterman p. 901; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, no. 39, p. 358;
et al., Decorative Art from the S. Η Kress Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, pp. 160,162, illus.
Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art p. 157; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porce
(London, 1964), pp. 112, 114, 130; A n t h o n y lain, no. 39, pp. 188-192, illus. pp. 189-192.
Coleridge, "Works o f A r t w i t h a Royal
Provenance from the Collection o f the Late
M r s . A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge," Connoisseur
6θ F R E N C H C A R V E D T A B L E S
(59.1cm)
Accession number 72. D A . 68
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(115.8 cm)
Accession number 72.DA.58
P R O V E N A N C E
8 4
P R O V E N A N C E 86
Vicomtesse de Β . . . , Paris (sold, H o t e l
D r o u o t , Paris, A p r i l , 26, 1923, lot 21); 86. Console Table
[Fran$ois-Gérard Seligmann, Paris]. Paris, circa 1750-1755
Design closely related to the w o r k o f
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Contant d ' l v r y (1698-1777)
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980," 85
Gessoed and gilded oak; modern marble top
no. 3, pp. 5-6, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 154,
Height (without top): 3 ft.% i n . (92.1 cm);
illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 168, illus.
W i d t h : 5 ft. 8 4 i n . (174.6 cm); Depth:
3
E X H I B I T I O N S
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Both paper labels are partially covered by (1989), p. 264; Daniel Alcouffe, "Paire de
E X H I B I T I O N S
(48 cm)
Accession number 8 4 . D A . 970
90. Stool (tabouret)
Paris, circa 1710-1720 P R O V E N A N C E
Gessoed and gilded walnut; modern leather Pierre Crozat (1661-1740), trésorier de
upholstery France ä Paris i n 1704; by descent to his
Stamped GHC under each side rail. The niece Antoinette-Louise-Marie Crozat de
stool bears t w o paper labels, one glued to Thiers, comtesse de Béthune-Pologne (1731-
the inside o f each side rail, printed w i t h 1809); by descent to the families o f La Tour
From the David Zork Company I Exclusive du Pin and de Chabrillan; by descent to
Furniture and Decoration 1201-207 North le comtesse A r m a n d de Caumont La Force,
Michigan Boulevard I Chicago, Illinois. née Anne-Marie de Chabrillan (1894-1983)
and her son, le comte Robert-Henry de
Caumont La Force, at the Chateau de 90
6A F R E N C H S E A T F U R N I T U R E
P R O V E N A N C E
One of four 91
One of two 93
91. Four Armchairs (fauteuih a fa reiné)
Paris, circa 1735
93. Two Armchairs (fauteuih) and Two
Gessoed and gilded walnut, modern silk vel
Side Chairs (chaises)
vet upholstery
Paris, circa 173 5-1740
Height: 3 ft. 5% i n . (104.8 cm); W i d t h :
Gessoed and gilded beech; modern silk
2 ft. 1% i n . (64.1 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 10% i n .
upholstery
(57.8 cm)
Armchairs: Height: 3 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (no.5 cm);
Accession number 75.DA.8.1-.4
W i d t h : 2 ft. 6 / 8 i n . (76.6 cm); D e p t h :
P R O V E N A N C E 2 ft. SVs i n . (83.7 cm); Side Chairs: Height:
H u b e r t de Givenchy, Paris; [Jacques Kugel, 3 ft. ι i n . (94.1 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. /s i n .
3
3 ft. 6 i n . (106.7 c m
) ; W i d t h : 7 ft. Κ i n .
(214.5 cm); Depth: 3 ft. (91.4 cm)
Accession numbers: Chairs: 83.DA.230.1-.2;
Settee: 8 4 . D A . 7 0
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
One of a pair 94
66 F R E N C H SEAT F U R N I T U R E
P R O V E N A N C E
One of a pair 96
F R E N C H SEAT F U R N I T U R E 6j
P R O V E N A N C E P R O V E N A N C E
97
68 F R E N C H S E A T F U R N I T U R E
99. Four Armchairs (fauteuih a L· reiné) June 22,1938, lot 55); purchased at that sale
and One Settee by J. Paul Getty for Sutton Place, Surrey;
Paris, circa 1770-1775 distributed by the estate o f J. Paul Getty to
By Jacques-Jean-Baptiste Tilliard the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Gessoed and gilded beech; modern silk
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
velvet upholstery
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 46, pp. 92-93, illus.;
Each piece stamped TILLIARD under rear
Handbook1986, p . 174, illus. (one); Pallot,
seat rail.
L'Artdu siege, p. 218, illus., and p. 318;
Chairs: Height: 3 ft. 4 i n . (101.6 cm); W i d t h :
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 840; Handbook
2 ft. 5% i n . (75 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 5% i n .
1991, p. 190, illus. (one).
(74.9 cm); Settee: Height: 3 ft. n /s i n . 3
(120.3 c m
) ; W i d t h : 7 ft. 6 / 2 i n . (229.7 cm);
Depth: 3 ft. i*4 i n . (94.6 cm)
Accession number 78.DA.99.1—.5 1 0 0 . Four Side Chairs (chaises a L· reine)
Paris, 1780-1781
P R O V E N A N C E
By Fran$ois-Toussaint Foliot after designs
M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w York (sold by his
by Jacques G o n d o i n
heir John L . Schiff, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
Gessoed and gilded beech, modern silk
One of four 99 upholstery
One chair stenciled GARDE MEUBLE DE
LA REINE under seat rail. Another bears a
label inscribed Ex museo L.Double.
Height: 2 ft. 11 i n . (89 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 9% i n . (55 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 10% i n .
(56.5 cm)
Accession number 71.DA.93.1-.4
P R O V E N A N C E
99
F R E N C H SEAT F U R N I T U R E 69
Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse Pointe Farms, Tuileries, Paris, 1797-circa 1806; [Michel,
M i c h i g a n (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 24, Paris, 1933]; A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose
1971, lot 66); purchased at that sale by Terrace, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
J. Paul Getty. (sold, Christies, L o n d o n , June 24,1971, lot
69); purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
A n t h o n y Coleridge, "Works o f A r t w i t h a B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Royal Provenance f r o m the Collection o f Pierre Verlet, "Les meubles sculp tés d u
the Late M r s . A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge o f X V I I I siécle: Quelques identifications,"
e
Detroit," Connoisseur 177, no. 711 (May Bulletin de la Société de Vhistoire de Vart
1971), p . 34, illus.; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, frangais (1937), pp. 259-263; Pierre Verlet,
p. 426; Jean-Pierre Babelon, " U n magni French Royal Furniture (London, 1963),
fique enrichissement des collections pp. 35-36; A n t h o n y Coleridge, "Works o f
One of a pair ΙΟΙ
nationales-Musée national d u Chateau A r t w i t h a Royal Provenance from the
de Versailles," La Revue du Louvre et des Collection o f the Late M r s . Anna Thomson
1 0 1 . Pair of Folding Stools (pliants)
Musées de France 5 (1990), p. 350. Dodge o f Detroit," Connoisseur 177, no. 711
Paris, circa 1786
(May 1971), p. 34; Pierre Verlet, Les Meubles
By Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sene; carved b y
frangais du XVIII e
Steele (Paris, 1982), p. 227;
Nicolas Vallois
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 818.
Gessoed, painted, and gilded beech;
modern upholstery
Each stool branded w i t h three fleur-de-lys
beneath a crown and w i t h TH, the mark o f
the Palais des Tuileries.
Height (without cushion): 1 ft. 4% i n .
(42 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (72.5 cm);
Depth: 1 ft. 9 i n . (53 cm)
Accession number 71. D A . 94.1-. 2
P R O V E N A N C E
(60.5 cm)
Accession number 91.DA.15.1—.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Chair . 1 0 104
104
E X H I B I T I O N S
104. One Settee and Ten Armchairs P R O V E N A N C E
(two bergeres and eight fauteuils) Private collection, Paris, by 1908; [Jacques N e w York, T h e Cooper-Hewitt Museum,
Paris, circa 1810 Seligmann, Paris]; Grand D u k e Nicolai LArt de Vivre: Decorative Arts and Designs in
Frames attributed to Jacob Desmalter et Michailoff, Palais Michailoff, St. Petersburg, France ij8p~ip8p, February-September 1989,
Cíe; tapestry upholstery woven at the purchased December 4,1912; Museums illus. p. 19, fig. 10 {fauteuil67.DA.6.10 only).
Beauvais manufactory and Palaces Collections, Palais Michailoff,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Mahogany; gilt-bronze mounts; silk and St. Petersburg (sold, Lepke, Berlin, N o v e m
Decorations Interieurs et meubles des epoques
w o o l tapestry upholstery ber 7,1928, lot 73, w i t h a fire screen); Ives,
Louis XV, Louis XVI et Empire, Revue d'art
Settee: Height: 3 ft. 4% i n . (102.9 cm); comte de Cambacérés, Paris; Edouard
décoratif (lyoS-iyoy), illus. no. 17, p i . 7.
W i d t h : 6 ft. 2 % i n . (190.2 cm); Depth: Mortier, 5th due de Trévise, Paris (sold,
2 ft. V% i n . (61.3 c m ) ; Chairs: Height: Galerie Charpentier, Paris, M a y 19, 1938, l o t
3 ft. 3 /8 i n . (100.6 c m ) ; W i d t h : 2 ft. 1 i n .
5
47); purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
(63.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 7 i n . (48.2 cm)
Accession number 67.DA.6.1—.11
72 F R E N C H BEDS
P R O V E N A N C E
B E D S S U P P O R T S
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(55.5 cm)
Accession number 88.DA.75.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E P R O V E N A N C E
no
F R E N C H D E C O R A T I V E RELIEFS 75
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
III
113
D E C O R A T I V E R E L I E F S
Height: 1 ft. 11 Ms i n . (58.7 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 3 /8 i n . (39.7 cm); Depth: 2% i n .
5
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
115. Frame
Paris, circa 1775-1780
(?) By Paul Georges
Gessoed and gilded oak
Overall Height: 6 ft. 10 in. (208.3 c m
)?
W i d t h : 5 ft. % i n . (152.4 cm); Interior Height:
4 ft. 8% i n . (144 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. yV% i n .
(109.8 cm) 115
Stamped P. GEORGES on. back and inked 61
across the top.
114
Accession number 88.DA.49
ιι6
F R E N C H PANELING 77
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P A N E L I N G A N D
M A N T E L P I E C E S
118
118. Mantelpiece
(?) Paris, circa 1690-1700
Sarrancolin des Pyrenees marble (also k n o w n
as marbre d'Antin) and breche violette
Height: 5 ft. 10Vz i n . (179.1 cm); W i d t h :
7 ft. 10% i n . (240 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. ι λ i n .
ι
(34.3 cm)
Accession number 8 9 . D H . 3 0
P R O V E N A N C E
Accession number 8 4 . D H . 3 4
P R O V E N A N C E
Height: 14 ft. 4 i n . (436.9 cm); W i d t h : in); [R. and M . Carlhian, Paris]; purchased
5 ft. 4 i n . (167 cm)
3
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
125
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ ij (1989),
125 Wall Light no. 66, p. 140, illus.; Handbook 1991,
Lorraine (Nancy), circa 1700 p. 160, illus.
Bois de Sainte-Lucie (cerasus mahaleB)
Height: 2 /i6 i n . (6.5 cm); W i d t h :
9
E X H I B I T I O N S
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
129
128
I2 7
84 F R E N C H C L O C K S
P R O V E N A N C E (sold, Christie s, L o n d o n , M a r c h n - 1 2 ,
Charles W i l l i a m , 2nd L o r d H i l l i n g d o n , 1829, l o t 103, to [Samuel Fogg, L o n d o n ] ) ;
Vernon House, L o n d o n ; Charles, 4 t h L o r d H e n r y George Brownlow, 4th Marquess o f
H i l l i n g d o n , by descent (sold, Christie's, Exeter (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 7-8,
London, June 29,1972, lot 56); [French 1888, lot 261, to [Charles Davis, L o n d o n ] ) ;
and Co., N e w York, 1972]; purchased by Cornelius Vanderbilt I I (1843-1899), T h e
J. Paul Getty. Breakers, N e w p o r t , Rhode Island, by (?) the
1890s; Alice Vanderbilt (1846-1934, wife o f
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Cornelius Vanderbilt I I ) , The Breakers,
W i l s o n , Chcks, no. 3, pp. 18-21, illus.
N e w p o r t , Rhode Island; Gladys M o o r e
Vanderbilt (Countess Laszlo Széchényi,
1886-1965), by descent (sold by her heirs i n
130. Long-case Musical Clock 1971 to [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w
Paris, circa 1712 York]); [French and Co., N e w York, 1971];
Movement by Jean-Francois Dominicé; purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1971.
musical movement by M i c h e l Stollenwerck;
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
movement repaired and dial and hands
W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 5, pp. 26-33, illus.;
replaced by Pierre-Bazile Lepaute; case and
Jean-Nérée Ronfort, "André-Charles Boulle:
stand attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle;
D i e Bronzearbeiten u n d seine Werkstatt i m
grill under dial and some mounts after
Louvre," Vergoldete Bronzen: Die Bronzear
drawings by Gilles-Marie Oppenordt
beiten des Spätbarock und Klassizismus,
Oak veneered w i t h brass and red painted
Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, eds.
tortoiseshell; enameled metal; bronze
( M u n i c h , 1986), v o l . 2, p. 491.
mounts; glass
Movement engraved J.F. Dominicé JParis
and Fait par Stollenwerck dans I'abbaye St.
German ä Paris; dial engraved LEPAUTE. 131. Pedestal Clock
Height: 8 ft. 7 i n . (261.6 cm); W i d t h : Paris, circa 1715-1720
3 ft. Vx i n . (92.7 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 3 i n . Case attributed to André-Charles Boulle;
(38.1 cm) movement by Julien I I Le Roy
Accession number 7 2 . D B . 4 0 O a k veneered w i t h tortoiseshell, ebony, and
brass; enameled metal plaques; gilt-bronze
P R O V E N A N C E
mounts; glass
(?) Vincent Donjeux, Paris (sold, Paris,
Movement engraved Karel Solle 1846and
A p r i l 29,1793, lot 562); Peter Burreil, ist
486p as well as Julien Leroy on backplate;
L o r d G w y d i r (1754-1820); by descent to
enamel plaque painted JULIEN LE ROY.
Peter Burrell, 2nd L o r d G w y d i r (1782-1865) 130
F R E N C H C L O C K S 85
(33 cm)
Accession number 7 4 . D B . 1
P R O V E N A N C E
E X H I B I T I O N S
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
131
86 F R E N C H C L O C K S AND B A R O M E T E R S
E X H I B I T I O N S
134. Barometer on Bracket
Paris, H o t e l George V, Haute Joaillerie de
Paris, circa 1740
France, June 1971; N e w York, The Frick
Clock case attributed to Charles Cressent;
Collection, French Clocks in North American
bracket attributed to Jean-Joseph de
Collections, November 1982-January 1983,
Saint-Germain; movement by Digue
no. 38, p. 45, illus. p. 46.
G i l t bronze; enameled metal; w o o d carcass;
B I B L I O G R A P H Y glass
W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 4, pp. 22-25, illus.; The D i a l painted DIGUE A PARIS.
Country Life International Dictionary of Height: 4 ft. 2 i n . (127 cm); W i d t h :
Clocks, A l a n Smith, ed. ( N e w York, 1979), ι ft. 5 / 2 i n . (44.3 cm); Depth: 7% i n .
p. 90, fig. 6; Ottomeyer and Pröschel, (18.4 cm)
Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 40, fig. 1.2.5. Accession number 71.DB.116
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
135
(18.4 cm)
Accession number 71.DB.115
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Case attributed to Robert Osmond; move Ebeniter and a second spring is engraved
(28.6 cm)
glass
D i a l painted Etienne Le NoirJParis and Accession number 7 5 . D B . 7
No. 3p6; springs are inscribed Masson 1763. Private collection, Cornwall; [Alexander and
Height: 1 ft. 9 /s i n . (54.3 cm); W i d t h :
3
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1974].
ι ft. 5 4 i n . (45.1 cm); D e p t h : 9 / 8 i n .
3
(23.2 cm) B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R O V E N A N C E P R O V E N A N C E
Louis XV, Chambre du Rot, Marly; furnished Marquis da Foz, probably removed from
by the valet de chambre-horloger du Rot, Lisbon to L o n d o n (sold, Christie s, London,
Alexandre Lefaucheur, i n M a y 1769 for the June 10, 1892, lot 65); M r s . Orme Wilson
Menus Plaisirs; later i n the Salle du Conseil (sold, Parke-Bernet, N e w York, March 25-26,
o f the Palais des Tuileries, 1790; stored 1949, lot 386); M m e Lucienne Fribourg
i n the H o t e l de Coigny, Paris, between (sold, Parke-Bernet, N e w York, A p r i l 19,
August 10,1792, and 24 prairial, an I I 1969, lot 189); [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . ,
(June 2,1794); Palais Petit Luxembourg, L o n d o n ] ; Frau Quandt, Bad H o m b u r g ,
Paris, from 29 frimaire, an I V (December 20, Germany; [ B . Fabre et Fils, Paris], owned
1795); (?) the marquis de Saint-Cloud (sold, j o i n t l y w i t h [Jeremy, L t d . , London, 1986].
H o t e l D r o u o t , February 25-26,1861, lot 1);
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris]; [French and Co.,
"Acquisitions/1986," no. 108, p. 214, illus.
New York, 1973].
E X H I B I T I O N S
Movement by workshop o f Charles Le Roy; Wilson, Clocks, no. 13, pp. 64-76, illus.;
case attributed to Etienne M a r t i n c o u r t Wilson, Selections, no. 32, pp. 64-65, illus.;
G i l t bronze, enameled metal Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete
Painted CHARLES LE ROYA PARIS on dial;
Bronzen, p. 181, fig. 3.7.10; Handbook 1986,
movement engraved Ch^ s
Le RoyA*aris
p. 169, illus.; HandbookT991, p. 186, illus.
and stamped 2417 o n backplate; two move
ment springs are signed and dated Richard
Fevrier 1772.
Height: 2 ft. 4 i n . (66 cm); W i d t h : 143. Barometer
ι ft. 11 A i n . (59.7 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. iV% i n .
l Paris, circa 1770-1775
(33.3 cm) Oak veneered w i t h ebony; gilt-bronze
Accession number 7 3 . D B . 7 8 mounts; enameled metal; ivory; glass
barometrical tube
Height: 4 ft. Vz i n . (123.2 cm); W i d t h : 9 Κ i n .
(24.1 cm); Depth: ι λ i n . (4.8 cm)
7
143
92 FRENCH CLOCKS
Accession number 7 2 . D B . 5 7
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
144
Scientific Instruments
1 4 6 . Pair of Globes
Paris, terrestrial globe, circa 1728
Celestial globe, circa 1730
Globes made b y the Abbe Jean-Antoine
Nollet; terrestrial map engraved by Louis
Borde and celestial map engraved by
Nicolas Bailleul, called Bailleul le jeune;
camomille and capucin lacquered decoration
attributed to the M a r t i n family
Printed paper; papier maché; w o o d painted
w i t h vernis Martin-, bronze; glass
T h e terrestrial globe is inscribed Dedie
et presenté a S.A. S. MADAME LA
DUCHESSE DU MAINE par [son] tres hum
ble et tres obéissant [serviteur] Nollet. Lic. en
Theologie. [1728], Borde exe, and GLOBE
TERRESTRE DRESSÉ sur les observations les
plus nouvelles et le plus exactes approuvées par
Mrs. de TAcademie Roíale des sciences J^aris
avec privilege du Roi. 1728 Monté par Tauteur.
T h e celestial globe is inscribed DEDIÉ et
presenté ä S.A.S. Monseigneur le Comte de
[Clejrmont [par son tres] humble [et] tres
[obéissent] serv[iteur] [Nollet de U So]c[iété
146
des Arts 173]0. and Globe celeste [c]alculépour
Tannée [17^0 sur les observations] les plus
P R O V E N A N C E B I B L I O G R A P H Y
nouvelles [et le]s plus exactes. [APaJris avec
Guillaume de Gontaut-Biron, 12th marquis W l a l d i m i r d'Ormesson, Merveilles des
privilege] du Roy. Baillieul leje[une sculpsit.
de Biron, Paris; le due de Talleyrand and Chateaux de Vile de France: Collection
Monté par Tauteur.] Each stand painted
by descent to le due de Diño A n d i a y realties (Vans, 1965), p. 131, illus.; "Acquisi-
underneath i n yellow N. 32 and i n blue, per
Talleyrand-Périgord, Chateau de Saint-Brice- tions/1986," GettyMusJ 15 (1987), no. 101,
haps stenciled, (?) 3323.
sous-Forét, Pavillon Colombe, Val d'Oise; p. 211, illus.; Jean-Nérée Ronfort, "Science
Height: 3 ft. 7% i n . ( n o cm); W i d t h :
[Maurice Segoura, Paris]. and Luxury: Two Acquisitions by the J. Paul
ι ft. $Yz i n . (45 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. Yz i n .
Getty Museum," GettyMusJ 17 (1989),
(32 cm)
pp. 47-82, figs. 13-17; Handbook 1991, p. 176,
Accession number 8 6 . D H . 7 0 5 . 1 - . 2 illus.
94 F R E N C H S C I E N T I F I C I N S T R U M E N T S
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
G I L T B R O N Z E : C A N D E L A B R A
147
A N D C A N D L E S T I C K S
10 /8 i n . (27 cm)
5 B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
Baron M a x i m i l i a n v o n Goldschmidt-
Rothschild, Frankfurt am M a i n ; [Rosenberg
and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York, 1975]; pur
chased by J. Paul Getty.
One of a pair 153
F R E N C H GILT BRONZE: CANDELABRA 97
(26.7 cm)
Accession number 71.DF.99.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
E X H I B I T I O N S
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
G I L T B R O N Z E : C H A N D E L I E R S
158. Chandelier
Paris, circa 1710
156. Chandelier A t t r i b u t e d to Andre-Charles Boulle
Paris, circa 1700 G i l t bronze
Lead glass and rock crystal; gilt bronze Each element is stamped w i t h the crowned
Height: 3 ft. 6Ys i n . (107 cm); Diameter: Cfori745-i749.
2 ft. 5/8 i n . (74 cm) Height: 2 ft. 6Vz i n . (77.5 cm); Diameter:
Accession number 88.DH.17 2 ft. 8 i n . (81.3 cm)
Accession number 76. DF.13
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
E X H I B I T I O N S
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
156
158
F R E N C H GILT BRONZE: WALL LIGHTS 99
ι 60. Chandelier
Paris, circa 1818-1819
By André Galle
Glass; enameled metal; gilt bronze
Height: 4 ft. 3 i n . (129.5 cm); Diameter:
3 ft. 2 i n . (96.5 cm)
Accession number 7 3 . D H . 7 6
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
160
IOO F R E N C H G I L T B R O N Z E : W A L L L I G H T S
P R O V E N A N C E
E X H I B I T I O N S
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
162
P R O V E N A N C E
Height: 1 ft. 8/16 i n . (51 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 2 in. J. Paul Getty, 1950.
(35.5 cm); D e p t h : 9 / i 6 i n . (25 cm)
I3
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Accession number 83.DF.195.1-.2
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
P R O V E N A N C E p. 109, illus.
Pierre de Faucigny-Lucinge, Vaux-le-Penil
(near M e l u n ) ; [Fran£ois-Gerard Seligmann,
Paris]; Samuel K a h n , Verbere (Oise) and
165. Wall Bracket
Nice; [Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris, 1982].
Paris, circa 1730-173 5
B I B L I O G R A P H Y Gilt bronze, brass, w i t h oak core
Jean-Nérée Ronfort, "Le Fondeur Jean- Height: 1 ft. 4 i n . (32.5 cm); W i d t h :
3
P R O V E N A N C E P R O V E N A N C E
(34 cm)
Accession number 84.DF.41.1—.4
P R O V E N A N C E
One of four 166
M m e Louise-Elisabeth o f France (Duchess
o f Parma), Palazzo d i Colorno (near Parma),
circa 1753; ducal collection o f Parma; private
collection, France (sold, Ader, Picard et
F R E N C H GILT BRONZE: WALL LIGHTS IO3
Tajan, Paris, December 12,1978, lot 48); 169. Four Wall Lights
[Partridge (Fine Arts) L t d . , L o n d o n , 1978]; (See entry no. 303.)
private collection, L o n d o n ; [Partridge (Fine Paris, 1756
Arts) L t d . , L o n d o n , 1983]. By Fran£ois-Thomas Germain
Gilt bronze
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Two wall lights engraved FAIT PAR
Bremer-David, "Acquisitions 1984," no. 3,
F. T. GERMAIN. SCULP. O RED U ROI AUX
pp. 76-79, illus.; "Acquisitions/1984,"
GALLERIES DU LOUVRE. 1756at lower
GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 57, p. 180, illus.;
right and left. Two stamped w i t h Palais d u
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
Luxembourg inventory number 1051 LUX
pp. 100,140, illus.; Alvar González-Palacios,
1 and two w i t h 1051 LUX2.,All punched
II Tempio del Gusto: Le arti decorative in
w i t h Chateau de Compiégne inventory
Italia fra Chssicismi e barocco ( M i l a n , 1986),
marks CP under a crown and N° 28, at
vol. i , p. 206; v o l . 2, pp. 230-231, fig. 453;
lower rear. Various numbers stamped o n
Handbook 1986, p. 161, illus. (one).
bobeches and drip pans.
Wall Light .i.a: Height: 3 ft. 3% i n .
(99.6 cm); W i d t h : 2 ñ. A i n . (63.2 cm);
7
Argentina and Switzerland (offered for sale, Kronika Zamkowayvy (1988), pp. 18-30; Sotheby's, Los Angeles, October 21, 1980,
Sotheby's, Monaco, June 14-15,1981, lot Jacques Charles et al., De Versailles ä Paris: lot 787A); [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . ,
148a—b, bought i n ) . Le Destín des collections royales (Paris, 1989), L o n d o n , 1980].
illus. p. 143, fig. 2; Jonathan Bourne and
B I B L I O G R A P H Y B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the Domestic
Denis Diderot and Jean d'Alembert, W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979,"
Interior: Renaissance to ArtNouveau (London,
Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire raisonné des no. 7, pp. 42-43, illus. (one); Sassoon,
1991), illus. p. 75, fig. 237; Handbook 1991,
sciences, planches (Paris, 1762), vol. 1, s.v. "Acquisitions 1982," no. 10, pp. 52-53, illus.;
p. 180, illus. (one).
"architecture," pis. 32-33; Axelle de Broglie W i l s o n , Selections, no. 35, pp. 7 0 - 7 1 , illus.
de Gaigneron, "Le 3 e m e
Témoin de l'art de (one); Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete
F - T h . Germain, bronzier," Connaissance des Bronzen, pp. 190-191, illus.; Handbook 1986,
arts 199 (September 1968), pp. 76-77, illus.; 1 Six Wall Lights p. 173, illus. (one); Verlet, Les Bronzes, p. 293,
M a x Terrier, "L'Appliqué: Sa Provenance," Paris, circa 1765-1770 illus. p. 199, fig. 228, and p. 253, fig. 267;
Connaissance des arts 201 (November By Philippe Caffieri Handbook 1991, p. 189, illus. (one).
1968), pp. 32-33; Svend Eriksen, Early G i l t bronze
Neo-Classicism in France (London, 1974), Lights 78.DF.263.ι and 82.DF.35.1 stenciled
p. 349, p i . 202; Pierre Verlet, "Bronzes No 151 on back. Light 82.DF.35.1 engraved
d'ameublement fran$ais d u X V I I I siécle: e
fait par Caffiery on one drip pan and
Notes et documents," Bulletin de la stamped w i t h the numbers 2 and 5 on
Société de l'histoire de l'art frangais (1980), back. 82.DF.35.2 stamped w i t h the number
pp. 200-201, illus. p. 203; M i c h e l Beurdeley, 4 on back.
La France ä Vencan iy8p-iypp (Fribourg, Height: 2 ft. 1/2 i n . (64.8 cm); W i d t h :
1981), p. 167, pis. 177-178; W i l s o n , "Acqui ι ft. 4 V 2 i n . (41.9 cm); Depth: 1 ft. % i n .
sitions 1981," no. 4, pp. 73-78 (with a note (31.ι cm)
on conservation by Barbara Roberts); Accession numbers 78.DF.263.1-.4 and
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 25, pp. 50-51, illus.; 82.DF.35.1-.2
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
P R O V E N A N C E
p. 145, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 164, illus.
78.DF.263.1-.4: (?) Sold, Hotel Drouot, Paris,
(one); Jean-Louis Baritou and D o m i n i q u e
M a y 26-27,1921, lot 99, to de Friedel; p r i
Foussand, Chevolet-Contant-Chaussard: Un
vate collection, Paris (sold, Etude Couturier
Cabinet d'architectes au siecle des lumieres
Nicolay, Paris, A p r i l 6,1978, lot 52); [Alex
(Lyon, 1987), pp. 135-140, illus. p. 182;
ander and Berendt, L t d . , London, 1978].
Verlet, Les Bronzes, pp. 296-299, illus.
82.DA.35.1-.2: H e n r i Smulders, Amsterdam
p. 30, fig. 18; p. 171, fig. 209; p. 256, fig. 275;
(sold, two from a set o f four, Frederik O n e o f six 170
p. 297, figs. 327-329; Ρ- 298, figs. 330-331;
M u l l e r and Co. [Mensing et Fils], Amster
Pallot, L'Art du siege, p. 160, illus.; A n n a
dam, June 26-27,1934, lot 98); private col
Saratowicz, "Apliki do Sali Rycerskiej,"
lection, Los Angeles, probably purchased i n
Paris; M r . Lee Greenway, Los Angeles (sold,
F R E N C H G I L T B R O N Z E : W A L L L I G H T S IO5
Paris, circa 1765-1770 Paris, circa 1775 Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
A t t r i b u t e d to Philippe Caffieri After a design attributed to Richard de p. 173, illus. p. 172, fig. 3.5.4 (here attributed
G i l t bronze Lalonde to Jean-Louis Prieur); Jonathan Bourne and
Height: 1 ft. 10% i n . (56.5 cm); W i d t h : Gilt bronze Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the Domestic
ι ft. 3% i n . (40 cm); D e p t h : 10% i n . (26 cm) Height: 2 ft. 3 i n . (68.6 cm); W i d t h : Interior: Renaissance toArtNouveau (London,
Accession number 92.DF.18.1-.4 ι ft. 1% i n . (33.7 cm); Depth: 1 0 Η i n . 1991), n . 84, p. 110.
(26.7 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Accession numbers 74.DF.3.1—.2 and
Sold, Palais Galliera, Paris, M a r c h 29,1966,
77.DF.29.1-.4
lot 45, to [ B . Fabre et Fils, Paris, circa 1977]; 1 7 3 . Pair of Wall Lights
private collection, Paris, circa 1977; [Maurice P R O V E N A N C E Paris, circa 1781
Segoura, Paris]. 74.DF.3.1-.2: [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . , A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre Gouthiére, after a
London, 1974]; purchased by J. Paul Getty. design by Fran9ois-Joseph Bélanger
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
77.DF.29.1—.4: Sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , G i l t bronze
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJzi (1993),
December 2,1976, lot 3; [Alexander and Height: 1 ft. 8/4 i n . (52.1 cm); W i d t h :
i n press, illus.
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1976]. IO I 5
/I6 i n . (27.8 cm); Depth: 7 i n . (17.8 cm)
Accession number 74.DF.5.1—.2
Ιθ6 F R E N C H G I L T B R O N Z E : W A L L L I G H T S
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(30.1 cm)
Accession number 83.DF.23.1—.2
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
G I L T B R O N Z E : F I R E D O G S
177. Pair of Firedogs
Paris, circa 1735
Left: Height: 1 ft. 2V8 i n . (35.9 cm); W i d t h : ι ft. 2 /8 i n . (36.4 cm); Depth: $Vs i n .
3
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
1972]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
P R O V E N A N C E
180
F R E N C H GILT B R O N Z E : FIGURAL BRONZES IO9
182. Inkstand
(?) Paris, late nineteenth century
Oak veneered w i t h rosewood; set w i t h hard-
paste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts
One plaque bears an unidentified mark i n
script. Base pasted w i t h paper label printed
Palace ofPavlovsk i n Russian, inked w i t h the
181
inventory number 1004, and overstamped
w i t h a French customs stamp. Another
181. Inkstand
paper label inked w i t h the Duveen inven
Paris, circa 1810
tory number 29652 and another stenciled
W h i t e marble; gilt bronze; velvet
w i t h a French customs stamp. Base painted L'Etude 183
Height: 3% i n . (8.9 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 6 / 2 i n .
1044 i n white and Uh.6$22 i n blue.
(47 cm); D e p t h : 9 V 2 i n . (24.1 cm)
Height: 3% i n . (9.8 cm); W i d t h : 11% i n .
Accession number 73.DJ.67 G I L T B R O N Z E :
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
182
La Philosophie 183
HO F R E N C H P A I N T E D B R O N Z E : F I G U R A L B R O N Z E S
Marquise de Pompadour, Paris, before 1752; 1695, 1758, and circa 1762
Eaubonne (sold, Sotheby's, Monaco,
Jean I V Le Roy, probably altered i n L o n d o n
February 5,1978, lot 20); purchased at that [Kraemer et Cie, Paris]; private collection,
Paris, purchased circa 1910; [Jean-Luc i n 1695 by Ralph Leeke, i n 1758 by Phillips
sale by T h e British Rail Pension Fund.
Garden, and again later i n the eighteenth
Chalmin, Paris, 1988].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
century
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ 17 (1989), B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Silver
no. 78, p. 144, illus. Livre-Journal de Lazare Duvaux, Marchand- M a r k e d o n body w i t h the maker's stamp
Bijoutier ordinaire du Roy, 1/48-1758, Louis o f J.L.R. flanking a scepter and the device
Courajod, ed. (Paris, 1873), vol. 2, p. 135, o f a laurel wreath and two grains below a
no. 1213; "Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJij fleur-de-lys; a crowned R (the warden's
PAINTED BRONZE! (1989), no. 72, p. 142, illus.; Handbook 1991, mark used between December 30,1661,
FIGURAL BRONZES p. 172, illus. (one). and January 26,1663). Scratched w i t h the
weights 34814 (partially obliterated) and
184. Pair of Decorative Bronzes 363 13 under base. Engraved w i t h the arms
Paris; silver, 1738-1750; bronzes, 1745-1749 o f Curzon and Colyear o n central cartouche.
The lacquer painting o f the figures is Height: 2 ft. i /s i n . (65.2 cm); W i d t h :
5
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
L o n d o n , November 7,1945, bought i n ) ; mier Charles Cordier); a crowned A o n its ι ft. 6Yz i n . (47 cm); Depth: 10 i n . (25.4 cm);
[Jacques Helft, Paris, 1940s]; A r t u r o Lopez- side (the charge mark used between Stands: Height: i Ae i n . (3.7 cm); W i d t h :
7
Willshaw, Paris, late 1940s; Patricia Lopez- September 3,1727, and December 22,1732, ι ft. 10V16 i n . (57 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 4 i n .
Willshaw (widow o f A r t u r o Lopez-Willshaw), under the fermier Jacques Cottin); (?) a (40.6 cm)
Paris (offered for sale, Sotheby's, Monaco, chancellor's mace (the discharge mark used Accession number 82.DG.12.1-.2
June 23, 1976, l o t 48, bought i n ) . between September 3,1727, and December P R O V E N A N C E
from 1760-1761 (temporarily residing i n the pp. 126-153; Leonor d'Orey, The Silver used i n Paris exclusively from M a y 10, 1838).
hotel Jacques-Samuel Bernard i n the rue d u Service of the Portuguese Crown (Lisbon, Bowl engraved w i t h the coat o f arms o f the
Bac), and later Secretary o f State to K i n g 1991), pp. 24-25, illus. p. 25. M o u l i n e t family, probably i n the nineteenth
Jose I and subsequently to Queen Maria I , century.
listed i n the September 14, 1796, inventory Height: 4% i n . (10.8 cm); W i d t h : 11 4 i n .
3
o f his possessions (taken after his death) w i t h (29.9 cm); D e p t h : yVs i n . (18.7 cm)
their lids decorated w i t h artichokes, cauli Accession number 7 i . D G . 7 7 . a - . b
flowers, birds, shells, and shrimp (these lids
PROVENANCE
were probably lost at the beginning o f the
M o u l i n e t family, Ile-de-France; M . Marquis,
nineteenth century); Mello e Castro de V i l -
Paris (sold, H o t e l D r o u o t , Paris, February
hena family, Portugal and Paris, by descent;
10-18, 1890, lot n o [?]); D a v i d David-Weill,
(sold, Christies, Geneva, November 11, 1975,
Paris (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris, Novem
lot 230); Jean Rossignol, Geneva, 1975.
ber 24, 1971, lot 17); purchased at that sale
EXHIBITIONS by J. Paul Getty.
Lisbon, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Exposicao de arte francesa, May-June 1934,
187 Emile Dacier, LArt au XVIII eme
siecle en
nos. 230-231; Paris, Musee des Arts Decora-
France (Paris, 1951), no. 192, p. n o , illus.
tifs, Les Tresors de I'orfevrerie du Portugal,
187. Lidded Ecuelle
November 1954-January 1955, no. 453.
Paris, 1727
BIBLIOGRAPHY By Claude-Gabriel Dardet
188. Lidded Bowl and Stand
Daniel Alcouffe, Louis XV: Un Moment de Silver-gilt
Lacquer: Japanese, early eighteenth century
perfection de Vanfrancais" H o t e l de la Marked on bowl w i t h the maker's stamp
Mounts: Paris, circa 1727-1738
Monnaie, Paris, 1974, no. 484, p. 358; o f C.G.D., a dart, and two grains below a
W o o d lacquered w i t h red and brown
Thomas Milnes-Gaskell, "Thomas Ger crowned fleur-de-lys; a crowned L (the war
pigments; gold powder; silver-gilt mounts
main," Christies Review of the Season den's mark used between August 13,1727,
L i d , bowl, and stand mounts variously
(London and N e w York, 1976), pp. 219-221, and August 12, 1728); a crowned A (the
marked w i t h the unidentified maker's stamp
illus.; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1982," no. 3, charge mark used between September 3,
P.L.R. w i t h a crescent, two grains, and a
pp. 24-28, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 11, 1727, and December 22,1732, under the
fleur-de-lys; a crowned bell (the Paris
pp. 22-23, illus.; A r m i n B. Allen, An fermier Jacques C o t t i n ) ; a fleur-de-lys
countermark used between September 3,
Exhibition of Ornamental Drawings (New w i t h i n a pomegranate (the discharge mark
1727, and December 22, 1732, under the
York, 1982), no. 53, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. used on large silver objects between Septem
fermier Jacques C o t t i n ) ; a crowned S (the
157, illus. (one); Bruno Pons, " H o t e l ber 3,1727, and December 22, 1732); an
warden's mark used between September 18,
Jacques-Samuel Bernard," Le Faubourg unidentified flower, possibly a lily o f the
1734, and September 23, 1735); and an
Saint-Germain: la rue du Bac, Etudes offertes valley (a discharge mark used to indicate a
unidentified mark.
a Colette Lamy-Lassalle (Paris, 1990), m i n i m u m standard o f silver between 1727
and 1732); and a boar's head (the "restricted
warranty" o f .800 m i n i m u m silver standard
FRENCH SILVER 113
E X H I B I T I O N S
discharge mark used o n large silver objects W i d t h : ι ft. 6V16 i n . (46.2 cm); Depth:
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Les Tresors
between October 10, 1750, and October 13, ι ft. 6V16 in. (47.2 cm)
1756); and a laurel leaf (the countermark de Torfevrerie du Portugal, November 1954-
Accession number 82.DG.13.1-.2
used between October 13, 1756, and January 1955, no. 455, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
November 22,1762, under the firmier Eloy B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(?) Archbishop D o m Gaspar de Bragan$a
Brichard); and several obliterated marks. Thomas Milnes-Gaskell, "Thomas Ger
One tureen, liner, l i d , and stand engraved (1716-1789, archbishop o f Braga 1757),
m a i n , " Christies Review of the Season 197$
w i t h DUN 0
3; the other w i t h DUN0
4. Braga, Portugal; Robert John Smith, 2nd
( L o n d o n and N e w York, 1976), pp. 219-221,
Stands scratched w i t h various dealers' L o r d Carrington (succeeded to the title i n
illus.; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1982," no. 7,
marks o f twentieth-century date. Originally 1838), England; [S.J. Phillips, L o n d o n ,
pp. 39-45, illus.; Storia degli Argenti,
engraved w i t h an archbishop's coat o f arms 1920s or 1930s]; M r . and Mrs. Meyer
Kirsten Aschengreen-Piacenti, ed. (Novara,
surrounded by the collar and cross o f the Sassoon, Pope's Manor, Berkshire, by the
1987), p. 129, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 173,
Order o f Christ, now partly erased and 1930s; [S.J. Phillips, London]; [Jacques
illus. (one).
replaced w i t h the arms o f Robert John Helft, Paris]; José and Vera Espirito Santo,
P R O V E N A N C E
E X H I B I T I O N S
192
London, 25 Park Lane, Three French Reigns,
191. Tray February-April 1933, no. 388; N e w York, leaves (the charge mark used between
Paris, 1750 The Metropolitan Museum o f A r t , French November 22,1762, and December 23,1768,
By Frari9ois-Thomas Germain Domestic Silver, May-September 1938, under the firmier Jean-Jacques Prévost);
Silver no. 149, p i . 85. crossed laurel branches (the charge mark
M a r k e d underneath w i t h the maker's stamp used on small silver objects between Novem
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
o f F.T.G., a lamb's fleece, two grains, and a ber 22,1762, and December 23,1768, under
S. Brauk and Y. Bottineau, L'Orfevrerie
crowned fleur-de-lys; a crowned A^(the war the firmier Jean-Jacques Prévost); a pointer's
frangaise du XVIII e
Steele (Paris, 1959), p. 186,
den's mark used between July 15,1750, and head (the discharge mark used on small sil
pi. 17; Faith Dennis, Three Centuries of
January 22,1751); a crowned A w i t h palm ver objects between November 22,1762, and
French Domestic Silver: Its Makers and Its
and laurel branches (the charge mark used December 23, 1768); a hunting horn (the
Marks (New York, i 9 6 0 ) , v o l . 1, p. 116,
between October 10, 1750, and October 13, countermark used between December 23,
fig. 149; H e n r y N o c q , Le Poingon de Paris
1756, under the firmier Julien Berthe); a 1768, and September 1,1775, under the
(Paris, 1968), v o l . 2, p. 243, illus. opposite
boar's head (the "restricted warranty" o f firmier Julien Alaterre); a man's slipper (the
p. 244.
.800 m i n i m u m silver standard used i n Paris countermark used between September 1,
exclusively f r o m M a y 10,1838); and a swan 1775, and A p r i l 7,1781, under the firmier
i n an oval (the standard mark for silver o f Jean-Bap tiste Fouache); a boar's head (the
u n k n o w n o r i g i n that is sold at auction as 192. Sauceboat on Stand "restricted warranty" o f .800 m i n i m u m sil
used by contracting countries between July 1, Paris, 1762 ver standard used i n Paris exclusively from
1893, and 1970). Engraved i n the center w i t h By Jean-Baptiste-Francois Cheret M a y 10,1838); and a swan i n an oval (the
the arms o f the marquis de Menars. Silver; silver-gilt standard mark for silver o f u n k n o w n origin
Height: iVs i n . (3.8 c m ) ; W i d t h : SVs i n . Sauceboat and stand marked w i t h maker's that is sold at auction as used by contracting
(21.9 cm); D e p t h : y /s i n . (20 cm)
7
stamp o f J . B.C.-, a key and two grains below countries between July 1,1893, and 1970).
Accession number 71.DG.78 a crowned fleur-de-lys; a crowned Γ (the A coat o f arms has probably been burnished
warden's mark used between July 21,1762, off the cartouche o n the sauceboat.
and July 13,1763); a crowned A w i t h laurel
Il6 F R E N C H SILVER
E N A M E L S
P R O V E N A N C E
E X H I B I T I O N S
Loyola University o f Chicago, The Art of
G O L D : J E W E L R Y
Jewelry, 1450-1600,1975, no. 9; T h e Fine Arts
New York, A La Vieille Russie, The Art of
Museums o f San Francisco, The Triumph
194. Hercules Pendant the Goldsmith and the Jeweller, Novem
of Humanism: Three Phases of Renaissance
Paris, circa 1540 ber 6-23,1968, no. 8, p. 15.
Decorative Arts 1450-1600, October 1977-
Gold; white, blue, and black enamel; and
B I B L I O G R A P H Y January 1978, no. 99.
a baroque pearl
Yvonne Hackenbroch, "Bijoux de FEcole
Height: 2 /s i n . (6 cm); W i d t h : 2V8 i n .
3
195
Il8 F R E N C H E N A M E L S
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Mante collection, Paris, 1884; by descent to Hippolyte Mireur, Dictionnaire des ventes
Robert Mante, Paris, u n t i l 1986; [Same A r t , d'art faites en France et ä Vétranger. . . (Paris,
Ltd., Zurich]. 1901-1912; rpr. Hildesheim, 1971), p. 522;
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJYj (1989),
no. 89, pp. 148-150, illus.; Peggy Fogelman,
F R E N C H C E R A M I C S II9
Ceramics
P R O V E N A N C E
Limoges, 1573 6th Earl o f Rosebery, Mentmore Towers, Katalog der Kunst-Sammlung, Consul Carl
Leonard L i m o s i n Buckinghamshire (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , Becker, J. Μ . Heberle (Η. Lempertz Söhne),
Polychrome enamel o n copper and silver M a y 20, 1977 [hors catalogue]); L o r d Astor, Versteigerung zu Köln (Cologne, 1898),
w i t h painted gold highlights; modern Hever Castle (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , M a y no. 12, p. 2; A l a n G i b b o n , Céramiques de
frames 6,1983, lot 296); [Cyril H u m p h r i s , Bernard Palissy (Paris, 1986), book jacket;
Signed LL o n sword o f Mars, dated 1573 i n London]. "Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJvj (1989),
center o f cloud at left o f Mars. Signed LL at no. 84, p. 146, illus.
b o t t o m o f cloud i n b o t t o m center o f Juno. B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Inscribed o n backs at a later date C DE Joseph Laborde, Description des objets d'art
MEDICIS a n d CHARLES IX. qui composent la collection Debruge
Height: 6Vs i n . (17.5 cm); W i d t h : 9 i n . Dumenil (Paris, 1847), nos. 704-705;
(23 cm), each plaque, w i t h o u t frames Joseph Laborde, Notice des émaux, bijoux,
Accession numbers: 86.SE.536.1 (Mars); et objets divers exposes dans les galeries du
86.SE.536.2 (Juno) Musée du Louvre (Paris, 1853), pp. 186-187;
Louis Dimier, Histoire de la peinture de
portrait en France au XVI e
siecle, vol. 3
(Paris and Brussels, 1926), no. 33, p. 250;
Philippe Verdier, The Frick Collection, vol.
8 (New York, 1977), no. 13, pp. 124,126;
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJis (1987),
no. 199, pp. 218-219, illus. 198
I20 F R E N C H CERAMICS
P R O V E N A N C E
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ'17 (1989),
d A u t u n , recorded as item 6 i n M o n c r i f s
cabinet de curiosités i n the inventory taken 2 0 1 . Lidded Ewer and Basin
after his death o n September 25,1771 [infor Porcelain: Saint-Cloud manufactory, early
mation: B. Pons]; D a v i d David-Weill, Paris; eighteenth century
[Didier Aaron, Paris, 1981]. M o u n t s : Paris, 1717-1722
Soft-paste porcelain, underglaze blue deco
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
ration; silver mounts
Wilson, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 5, pp. 187, T h e base o f the ewer bears a paper label 5.L.
189-192,194, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983," 4338.8 and Charles E. Dunlap. Each silver
GettyMusJ12 (1984), no. 7, p. 263, illus. m o u n t has a fleur-de-lys w i t h o u t a crown
(the Paris discharge mark for small silver
works used between October 23,1717, and
M a y 5,1722) and an indistinct mark.
Ewer: Height: 6 /s i n . (17 cm); W i d t h : 5 i n .
5
200
(12.8 cm); D e p t h : 4 i n . (10.2 cm); Basin:
Height: 3 /i6 i n . (8.1 cm); Diameter: 8*4 i n .
3
(20.8 cm)
Accession number 88.DI.112.1-.2
F R E N C H CERAMICS: MOUSTIERS 121
M O U S T I E R S
2 0 2 . Lidded Jar
Moustiers, (?) Clérissy manufactory,
circa 1723-1725
Tin-glazed earthenware
Painted w i t h the arms o f Jean d'Arlatan,
marquis de la Roche and baron de Lauris,
on the jar and l i d . T h e base is painted i n
blue (?) FA.
Height: 10% i n . (26 cm); Diameter: 8 4 i n .3
201
(22.5 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Accession number 84.DE.917.a-.b
Bernet, N e w York, A p r i l 3,1948, lot 358); Jean d'Arlatan, marquis de la Roche, circa
estate o f M r s . Charles E. Dunlap, N e w York 1723; [Nicolier, Paris]. 2 0 3 . Plate
(sold, Sotheby, Parke, Bernet, N e w York, Moustiers, Olerys manufactory, circa
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
December 3, 1975, lot 231); purchased at 1740-1760
that sale by T h e British Rail Pension Fund. "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
Earthenware; polychrome enamel
no. 51, p. 177, illus. decoration
E X H I B I T I O N S
Height: i /i6 i n . (3.7 cm); Diameter:
7
N e w York, T h e M e t r o p o l i t a n Museum o f
ι ft. 5 /8 i n . (44.8 cm)
5
202
122 F R E N C H C E R A M I C S : C H A N T I L L Y
E X H I B I T I O N S
N e w York, T h e C o o p e r - H e w i t t Museum,
Design in the Service of Tea, A u g u s t -
October 1984.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Accession number 8 2 . D E . 9
LUNEVILLE
P R O V E N A N C E
206
Height: 1 ft. 8 /s i n . (53 cm); W i d t h : 67s i n .
7
P R O V E N A N C E P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R O V E N A N C E
208
F R E N C H C E R A M I C S : V I N C E N N E S I25
S C E A U X
2 1 0 . Vase (pot-pourri)
Sceaux manufactory, circa 1755
A t t r i b u t e d to Jacques Chapelle
Glazed earthenware; polychrome enamel
decoration
Height: 1 ft. 1 i n . (33 c m ) ; W i d t h : 9% i n .
(24.1 c m ) ; D e p t h : 6 i n . (15.2 cm)
Accession number 85.DE.347
211
P R O V E N A N C E 212
210
126 F R E N C H C E R A M I C S : V I N C E N N E S
Scott) (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , June 12, Painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed
1984, lot 172); [Winifred Williams, L t d . , Z's o f the Vincennes manufactory enclosing
London, 1984]. the date letter A for 1753, and w i t h the
painter's mark o f a crescent.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
lain, no. ι, pp. 4 - 7 , illus. pp. 5, 7. (?) Sold by the Vincennes manufactory
between January! and August 20,1756, to
the marchand-mercier Lazare Duvaux, Paris,
for 840 livres; (?) sold by Lazare Duvaux on
M a r c h 1,1756, to C o u n t Joachim Godske
M o l t k e o f Copenhagen, Denmark, as part One of a pair 214
o f a garniture o f five vases (sold by his
descendants i n Paris i n the nineteenth
214. Pair of Pot-pourriVases (pots-pourris
century); [(?) Gilbert Levy, Paris, early
Pompadour, troisieme grandeur)
twentieth century]; private collection, Paris;
Vincennes manufactory, 1755
[Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York,
M o d e l design by Jean-Claude Duplessis;
early 1970s]; purchased by J. Paul Getty..
painted by Jean-Louis M o r i n after engraved
B I B L I O G R A P H Y designs by Francois Boucher
Le Livre-Journal de Lazare Duvaux, Soft-paste porcelain, bleu lapis ground color,
marchand-bijoutier ordinaire du roy, carmine red decoration; gilding
213 1/48-1758, Louis Courajod, ed. (Paris, Each vase painted under the base w i t h blue
1873), vol. 2, no. 2420, p. 274; Savill, Sevres, crossed L s o f the Vincennes manufactory
213. Vase (cuvette ä tombeau, premiere
vol. ι, p. 33; n . 2a, p. 40; Tamara Préaud and enclosing the date letter C f o r 1755, also w i t h
grandeur)
Antoine d'Albis, La Porcekine de Vincennes Morin's mark Mm blue and two blue dots.
Vincennes manufactory, 1754-1755
(Paris, 1991), p. 67, illus., and no. 195, p. 180, Each vase incised 2 under the base.
Painted by the crescent mark painter
illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porce
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu celeste ground
lain, no. 2, pp. 8-10, illus. pp. 9,11.
color; polychrome enamel decoration;
gilding
F R E N C H C E R A M I C S : S E V R E S 1TJ
August 20, 1756, and September 1756 to the Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1982," no. 8,
marchand-mercier Lazare Duvaux, Paris, for pp. 45-47, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 26,
180 livres each; (?) sold by Lazare Duvaux i n pp. 52-53, illus.; A d r i a n Sassoon, "Sevres:
September 1756 to Frederick, 3rd Viscount Luxury for the Court," Techniques of the
St. John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke, Lydiard Worlds Great Masters of Pottery and Ceramics,
Park, Wiltshire; anonymous collection (sold, H u g o Morley-Fletcher, ed. (Oxford, 1984),
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 5, 1957, lot 96); pp. 52-57, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 165,
[The A n t i q u e Porcelain Co., L o n d o n , 1957]; illus.; Antoine d'Albis, "Le Marchand Mer-
private collection; [The A n t i q u e Porcelain cier Lazare Duvaux et la Porcelaine de V i n
Co., L o n d o n , 1983]. cennes," Les Decors des boutiques parisiennes,
La Delegation ä l'Action Artistique de la
B I B L I O G R A P H Y 215
Ville de Paris, eds. (Paris, 1987), pp. 76-88;
A d r i a n Sassoon, "Vincennes and Sevres Savill, Sevres, vol. 2, p. 752; n . 3d, p. 756;
Porcelain Acquired by the J. Paul Getty S E V R E S
Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porcehin,
M u s e u m i n 1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985), no. 4, pp. 20-22, illus. pp. 21-22; Handbook
pp. 91-94, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983," 215. Basket (panier^ deuxieme grandeur)
1991, p. 181, illus.
GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no. 60, p. 181, illus.; Sevres manufactory, 1756
Savill, Sevres, v o l . 1, p. 129; n . 3k, p. 132; Soft-paste porcelain, green ground color;
nn. 26, 32, p. 134; vol. 2, p. 851; n. 59, p. 857; gilding
Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain, Painted under the base w i t h the blue
no. 3, pp. 12-18, illus. pp. 13-15,18. crossed Z's o f the Sevres manufactory
enclosing the date letter D for 1756, and
w i t h three dots. Incised w i t h répareurs mark
PZ under the base.
Accession number 8 2 . D E . 9 2
128 F R E N C H C E R A M I C S : S E V R E S
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
incised .T.m; basin incised C.N. Lesson (Le Fluteur) and The Grape
Eaters (Les Mangeurs de Raisins)
Sévres manufactory, circa 1757-1766
After designs by Francois Boucher
The Grape Eaters 217
Soft-paste biscuit porcelain, traces o f red
Ewer: Height: y Ä6 i n . (19.2 cm); W i d t h :
9
pigment
5 /8 i n . (14.1 cm); D e p t h : 3 % i n . (8.1 cm);
5
Accession number 7 0 . D E . 9 8 . 1 - . 2
The Flute Lesson incised Fon back.
Basin: Height: 2 4 i n . (7.1 cm); W i d t h :
3
P R O V E N A N C E
11/4 i n . (29.1 cm); D e p t h : 8%s i n . (22.1 cm)
Accession number: 8 4 . D E . 8 8 . a - . b G o u r y de Rosland, Paris (sold, Galerie
Georges Petit, Paris, M a y 29-30,1905,
P R O V E N A N C E The Flute Lesson: Height: 8 4 i n . (22.3 cm);
3
P R O V E N A N C E
219
I30 F R E N C H C E R A M I C S : S E V R E S
(15.7 cm)
Accession number 7 2 . D E . 7 4 . 1 - . 2
P R O V E N A N C E
O t t o and Magdalena B l o h m , H a m b u r g
(sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , July 5, i 9 6 0 ,
lots 126-127); Anne and Deane Johnson,
Los Angeles (sold, Sotheby's, N e w York,
December 9,1972, l o t 21); purchased at that
sale by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
220. Pair of Vases (pot-pourri ä bobeches) Nacional de A r t e Decorativo, El Arte de 221. Lidded Pot-pourri Vase (vase or
Sevres manufactory, 1759 vivir en francia del siglo XVIII, September- pot-pourri vaisseau a mat, deuxieme
Painted by Charles-Nicolas D o d i n after November 1968, no. 427, p l . 221. grandeur)
engraved designs by D a v i d Teniers lejeune Sevres manufactory, circa 1760
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k and green Painting attributed to Charles-Nicolas
P. G. Konody, " D i e Kunsthistorische
ground colors; polychrome enamel decora Dodin
Sammlung Pierpont Morgans," Kunst und
tion; gilding
Kunsthandwerk (Vienna, 1903), no. 6, p. 158;
One painted underneath w i t h the blue
comte Xavier de Chavagnac, Catalogue
crossed Z's o f the Sevres manufactory
des porcelaines frangaises de M. J . Pierpont
enclosing the date letter G for 1759, and
Morgan (Paris, 1910), no. 107, p l . 32; Gillian
w i t h Dodin's mark k. Various paper collec
Wilson, "Sevres Porcelain at the J. Paul
tors' labels pasted under the bases. One
Getty Museum," GettyMusJ4 (1977),
vase unmarked.
pp. 5-24, illus.; A d r i a n Sassoon, "Sevres
Vases," Techniques of the Worlds Great
Masters of Pottery and Ceramics, H u g o
Morley-Fletcher, ed. (Oxford, 1984),
pp. 64-67, illus. p. 31; Pierre Ennés,
Height: 9Ψ16 i n . (24.9 cm); W i d t h : 5V16 i n .
"Essai de réconstitution d'une garniture
(14.4 cm); D e p t h : 3 % i n . (9.4 cm)
de Madame de Pompadour," Journal of
Accession number 75.DE.65.1-.2
the Walters Art Gallery 42-43 (1984-1985),
P R O V E N A N C E pp. 70-82; / . Pierpont Morgan, Collector:
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York]; J. Pierpont European Decorative Arts from the Wads- 221
M o r g a n , L o n d o n and N e w York; J. Pier worth Atheneum, Linda H o r v i t z Roth, ed.
pont M o r g a n , Jr., N e w York (sold, Parke- (Hartford, 1987), p. 203; Barry Shifman,
Bernet, N e w York, M a r c h 25, 1944, lot 647); "Eighteenth-Century Sevres Porcelain i n
Paula de Koenigsberg, Buenos Aires, 1945; America," Madame de Pompadour et la
Claus de Koenigsberg, Buenos Aires; Jhraison des arts (Montreal, 1988), pp. 118-123;
[Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York, Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres PorceUin,
1975]; purchased by J. Paul Getty. no. 9, pp. 42-48, illus. pp. 42-45.
E X H I B I T I O N S
N e w York, T h e M e t r o p o l i t a n Museum o f
A r t , o n loan 1914-1915 from J. Pierpont
M o r g a n ; Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de
Bellas Artes, Exposición de obras maestras:
Colección Paula de Koenigsberg, October
1945, no. 206, illus.; Buenos Aires, Museo
York]; J. Pierpont M o r g a n , N e w York, ( M a l i b u , 1977), pp. 5-24, illus. pp. 6-7; (16.5 cm); D e p t h : 5 4 i n . (14.6 cm)
3
1908-1910 (purchased for £15,500); J. Pier- W i l s o n , Selections, no. 29, pp. 58-59, illus.; Accession number 78.DE.358.1—.2
pont M o r g a n , Jr., N e w York, 1913 (sold, Pierre Ennés, Nouvelles acquisitions du
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, January 8, 1944, department des objets d'art, 1980-1984 (Musée P R O V E N A N C E
lot 486); Paula de Koenigsberg, Buenos d u Louvre, Paris, 1985), p. 135; Handbook Marquise de Pompadour, H o t e l Pompa
Aires, 1945; Claus de Koenigsberg, Buenos 1986, p. 167, illus.; Sir John Plumb, "The dour, Paris, 1760-1764; M m e Legere, Paris
Aires; [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w Intrigues o f Sevres," House and Garden 158, (sold, Paris, December 15-17, 1784, part o f
York, 1975]; purchased by J. Paul Getty. no. i (U.S.A., January 1986), pp. 44-45; lot 152); (?) Grace Caroline, Duchess o f
/. Pierpont Morgan, Collector: European Deco Cleveland (married the 6th D u k e 1815,
rative Arts from the Wadsworth Atheneum, died 1883); W i l l i a m Goding, before 1862
p. 34, illus. fig. 8, p. 162, and p. 203; Barry lot 100, to [E. Rutter, Paris] [for the Earl o f
E X H I B I T I O N S
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
pp. 64-67, illus.; Pierre Ennés, "Essai de (29.2 cm); D e p t h : 5 /s i n . (14.3 cm)
5
Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, p. 192; n . 29, p. 68; and w i t h FR for the répareur.
Savill, Sevres, v o l . 1, n . 18, p. 191; v o l . 2,
n n . 24, 33, p. 197; Sassoon, Vincennes and p. 838; n . 11, p . 841; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Sevres PorceUin, no. 11, pp. 57-63, illus. Sevres PorceUin, no. 13, pp. 69-70, illus.
pp. 58-62. pp. 69, 71.
Bowl .1: Height: $% i n . (13.4 cm); W i d t h :
io%s i n . (27 cm); Depth: 8 /i6 i n . (21.1 cm);
5
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
V% i n . (15.6 cm)
Gillian W i l s o n , "Sevres Porcelain at the
Accession number 7 9 . D E . 6 2 . a - . b
J. Paul Getty Museum," GettyMusJ 4 (1977),
pp. 19-24, illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, pp. 38, P R O V E N A N C E
93; n n . 40, 43, p. 42; n . 44, p. 55; n n . 15, 22, [Olivier Levy, Paris]; [French and Co., N e w
225 p. 97; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porce- York, early 1970s]; M r s . John W . Christner,
kin, no. 14, pp. 72-76, illus. p. 73. Dallas (sold, Christie's, N e w York, June 9,
225. Vase (cuvette Mahon, troisieme 1979, lot 241).
grandeur)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Sevres manufactory, 1761
Painted b y Jean-Louis M o r i n W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k ground color p. 19, illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 2, p. 675;
overlaid w i t h blue enamel; polychrome n n . 21, 26, p. 685; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Sevres Pörcehin, no. 15, pp. 78-80, illus.
enamel decoration; gilding
pp. 79-80.
Painted under one foot w i t h the blue
crossed L's o f the Sevres manufactory
enclosing the date letter / f o r 1761, and
w i t h Morin's mark M.
4 Η 226
Height: $Vs i n . (15 cm); W i d t h : 9/16 i n . 226. Cup and Saucer (gobelet et soucoupe
(23 cm); D e p t h : 4 / i 6 i n . (11.9 cm)
n
P R O V E N A N C E
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k ground color
Sold, M a r c h 30, 1763, by the Sevres manu overlaid w i t h blue enamel; polychrome
w i t h another cuvette Mahon, for 264 livres Saucer painted underneath w i t h the blue
each, and w i t h a cuvette ä masques; de crossed Z's o f the Sevres manufactory
Bargigli collection (offered for sale, Christie's, enclosing the date letter / for 1761, and
w i t h a dot. Saucer incised 00 underneath.
Cup incised DU underneath i n two places.
I36 F R E N C H C E R A M I C S : S E V R E S
P R O V E N A N C E
Sevres manufactory, 1764 Century Sevres Porcelain i n America," 5 / 2 i n . (14 cm); D e p t h : 3 /i6 i n . (9.7 cm);
I3
Painted by Pierre-Antoine Méreaud l'amé Madame de Pompadour et la floraison des Saucer: Height: 1 % i n . (4.3 cm); Diameter:
Soft-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel arts (Montreal, 1988), pp. 118-123; Savill, 7 /8
5
i n . (19.3 cm)
decoration; gilding Sevres, vol. 2, pp. 648, 800; n. 33d, p. 663; Accession number 8 7 . D E . 1 3 4 . a - x
n. 99c, p. 665; n . 36, p. 804; Sassoon, Vin-
P R O V E N A N C E
cennes and Sevres Porcelain, no. 16, pp. 81-82,
illus. pp. 82-83; Handbook1991, p. 185, illus. (?) Isabella A n n e Ingram-Shepherd, 2nd
Marchioness o f Hertford, H e r t f o r d House,
F R E N C H CERAMICS: SEVRES 137
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Height: 1 ft. 5% i n . (45.1 cm); W i d t h : Hampshire, 1942 (sold w i t h a mounted vase James Sassoon, " T h e A r t Market/Sevres and
9 / 2 i n . (24.1 cm); D e p t h : 7 / 2 i n . (19.1 cm) Hebert, Christie's, London, July 4,1946, Vincennes," Apollo 125, no. 304 (June 1987),
Accession number 86.DE.520.1-.2 lot 90); [Frank Partridge, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; pp. 440-441, illus.; "Acquisitions/1986,"
Seymour Egerton, 7th Earl o f W i l t o n , GettyMusJ 15 (1987), no. 107, p. 214, illus.;
P R O V E N A N C E
L o n d o n , 1947 (this pair o f vases only, w i t h Savill, Sevres, v o l . 1, pp. 184, 377; n . 2J,
Purchased by Sir H a r r y Fetherstonhaugh,
out the vase Héberí)-, Sir Charles Clore, p. 190; n . 16, p. 191; n . 9, p. 383; Sassoon,
Uppark, Sussex, from the marchand-mercier
L o n d o n and M o n t e Carlo (sold after his Vincennes and Sevres Porcehin, no. 19,
Rocheux, Paris, September 22,1819; Alfred
death, Christie's, Monaco, December 6, pp. 94-101, illus. pp. 95-96, 99-101; Hand
de Rothschild, i n the South D r a w i n g Room,
1945, lot 6). book 1991, p. 188, illus.
H a l t o n , Buckinghamshire, 1884; Leopold
de Rothschild, Ascott, Buckinghamshire,
before 1918; by descent to Lionel de Roth
schild, Exbury, Hampshire; by descent to
F R E N C H C E R A M I C S : S E V R E S I39
P R O V E N A N C E
232
I40 F R E N C H C E R A M I C S : S E V R E S
gilder's mark for Le Guay, LG, i n gold; one Exbury, Southampton, Hampshire, 1918; by
saucer incised w i t h a cross and two dots and descent t o E d m u n d de Rothschild, Exbury,
the other w i t h an Xwithin a square. Hampshire, 1942 (sold, Christie s, L o n d o n ,
Tray: Height: i /s i n . (4.8 cm); W i d t h :
7
July 4,1946, l o t 87, t o [Frank Partridge,
ι ft. 3% i n . (38.8 cm); D e p t h : 10% i n . L t d . , L o n d o n ] ) ; C o l . N o r m a n Colville,
(26 cm); Teapot: Height: 4 % i n . (12.4 cm); England; private collection, California
W i d t h : 6 / 2 i n . (16.5 cm); D e p t h : 3 4 i n .
3
(sold, Christie's, N e w York, January 30,
(7.6 cm); L i d d e d Sugar Bowl: Height: 1985, l o t 137); [The A n t i q u e Porcelain Co.,
2 /i6
7
i n . (6.2 cm); Diameter: 3 i n . (7.6 cm); N e w York].
Cup: Height: 2 /i6 i n . (8.8 cm); W i d t h :
5
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
3 Λ i n . (9.2 cm); D e p t h : 2 4 i n . (7 cm);
5 3
Accession number 7 9 . D E . 6 5 . a - . b
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
235. Cup and Saucer {gobeht litron et Cup: Height: 2 /s i n . (6.7 cm); W i d t h :
5
236. Pair of Vases (vases bouc du Barry B) B I B L I O G R A P H Y 237. Garniture of Three Vases (vases des
Sevres manufactory, 1778 Rosalind Savill, "A Pair o f Sevres Vases: ages: vase des ages a tetes de vieillards^
Painted by Fallot; gilded by Jean Chauveaux From the Collection o f Sir Richard Wallace premiere grandeurs vases des äges a
lejeune to the J. Paul Getty Museum," GettyMusJ 14 tetes de jeunes femmes, deuxieme
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel (1986), pp. 135-142, figs. ia~c; Savill, Sevres, grandeur)
decoration; gilding vol. ι, p. 442; n . 45, p. 446; vol. 3, n. 2, Sevres manufactory, 1781
Each vase painted underneath w i t h the p. 1022; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porce After designs by Jacques Francois Deparis,
gold crossed Z's o f the Sevres manufactory lain, no. 23, pp. 115-118, illus. pp. 116-117. at least one vase modeled by Etienne-Henry
flanked by the date letters AA i n gold for Bono, painted by A n t o i n e Caton after
1778, all under a crown for hard paste; engravings by Jean-Baptiste Tilliard; enamel
each vase also painted underneath w i t h jeweling by Philippe Parpette and gilding by
Chauveaux s mark IN'm gold and w i t h an Etienne-Henri Le Guay pere
abraded (?) F for Fallot. Soft-paste porcelain, bleu nouveau ground
color; polychrome enamel decoration;
opaque and translucent enamel "jewels";
gilding and gold foils
P R O V E N A N C E
237
Z's o f the Sévres manufactory and w i t h LG; Louis X V I , i n the bibliothéque at the
it is incised age 2e g (for deuxiéme grandeur) Chateau de Versailles, November 2,1781;
on the base and Bono over Β o n the neck. Lionel de Rothschild, Exbury, Hampshire;
Vase .1: Height: 1 ft. 6V1 i n . (49.6 cm); by descent to E d m u n d de Rothschild,
W i d t h : io /% i n . (27.7 cm); D e p t h : yVs i n .
7
Exbury, Hampshire, 1942 (sold, Christie's,
(19.3 cm); Vase .2: Height: 1 ft. 4 i n . London, July 4,1946, lot 89, for £1,575 t o
(40.8 cm); W i d t h : 9% i n . (24.8 cm); Depth: "FP" [Frank Partridge?]); [The Antique
7% i n . (18.4 cm); Vase .3: Height: 1 ft. 3 /i6 I5
Porcelain Co., L o n d o n , by 1951].
in. (40.5 cm); W i d t h : 10 i n . (25.4 cm);
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
D e p t h : 7V16 i n . (18 cm)
Pierre Verlet, "Orders for Sévres from the
Accession number 84.DE.718.1—.3
French Court," Burlington Magazine 96
(July 1954), pp. 202-206; Adrian Sassoon,
"Vincennes and Sévres Porcelain Acquired
by the J. Paul Getty Museum i n
144 F R E N C H C E R A M I C S : S E V R E S
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
2 4 1 . Pair of Vases {vases hollandois pp. 139,141. M r s . H . Dupuy, N e w York (sold, Parke-
nouveaux, [?] deuxieme grandeur) Bernet, N e w York, A p r i l 3,1948, l o t 404);
Sevres manufactory, 1785 private collection, South America; [P. Cei
Painted by Jacques-Fran9ois-Louis de and E. L u g l i , Florence]; [French and Co.,
Laroche; gilded by Antoine-Toussaint 2 4 2 . Pair of Lidded Bowls {vases cassolettes
N e w York, 1973]; purchased by J. Paul
Cornaille a monter) Getty.
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu celeste ground Paris and Sevres manufactory, circa 1785
color; polychrome enamel decoration; M o u n t s attributed to Pierre-Philippe B I B L I O G R A P H Y
246. Ewer
Height: 6 Ä6 i n . (16.3 cm); W i d t h : 9 /i6 i n .
7 3 Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722),
(23.4 cm); D e p t h : y Á6 i n . (18.6 cm)
5 circa 1660
Accession number 72.DE.53.1-.2 M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1700-1710
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
P R O V E N A N C E
decoration; gilt-bronze mounts
[Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w York, 1972]; Height: 1 ft. 6Ys i n . (46.1 cm); W i d t h :
purchased by J. Paul Getty. ι ft. ι λ i n . (35.2 cm); D e p t h : 5 /s i n .
7 3
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(13.8 cm)
245 Accession number 82.D1.3
Wilson, Selections, no. 49, pp. 98-99, illus.;
The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Wine: Cele 245- Teapot (théiere litron) P R O V E N A N C E
bration and Ceremony (New York, 1985), Edward R. Bacon, N e w York, by 1919;
Sevres maufactory, late eighteenth century,
p. 97, illus. (one); Sassoon, Vincennes and painted decoration later [Gaston Bensimon, Paris] (sold, H o t e l
Sevres Porcelain, no. 30, pp. 152-156, illus. D r o u o t , Paris, November 18-19, 1981,
Soft-paste porcelain, carmine red enamel;
pp. 153,155,157. gilding lot 103).
Painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed
Z's o f the Sevres manufactory. Incised 26
and 48.
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Cooler .2 244
Wilson, "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"
item D , p. 19, illus.; Sassoon, Vincennnes
and Sevres Porcehin, no. 31, pp. 158-160,
illus. pp. 159,161.
246
F R E N C H M O U N T E D O R I E N T A L P O R C E L A I N 149
B I B L I O G R A P H Y P R O V E N A N C E E X H I B I T I O N S
John Getz, Catalogue of Chinese Art Objects, M . and M m e Louis Guiraud, Paris (sold, N e w York, T h e China Institute i n America,
Including PorceUins, Potteries, Jades, Bronzes, Palais Galliera, Paris, December 10,1971, Chinese PorceUins in European Mounts,
and Cloisonne Enamels, Collected by Edward lot 11); [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . , L o n October 1980-January 1981, no. 3, illus.
R. Bacon ( N e w York, 1919), no. 65, p. 31, don, 1971]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
pi. 12; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1981," no. 6,
E X H I B I T I O N S D . F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches
pp. 85-86, illus.; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
N e w York, T h e China Institute i n America, und japanisches Porzellan in europäischen
Oriental Porcelain, no. 1, pp. 21-23, illus.;
Chinese Porcelains in European Mounts, Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p. 59, illus.
Handbook 1986, p. 146, illus.; Handbook
October 1980-January 1981, no. 14, illus. p. 250, fig. 151; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
1991, p . 163, illus.
Oriental Porcehin, no. 4, pp. 32-35, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Height: 1 ft. 3% i n . (40 cm); Diameter: 11 i n . Bouvier collection, France; [Jacques Selig-
(27.9 cm) mann, Paris, before 1938]; M r s . Langdon K .
Accession number 72.DI.50.1—.2 Thorne, N e w York; [Matthew Schutz, L t d . ,
New York, 1975]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
1 5 0 F R E N C H M O U N T E D O R I E N T A L P O R C E L A I N
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
251. L i d d e d B o w l PROVENANCE
251
3% i n . (8.3 cm); Depth: 2 /s i n . (7.3 cm);
7
*53
Accession number 91.DI.103.1-.2
152 F R E N C H M O U N T E D ORIENTAL P O R C E L A I N
PROVENANCE PROVENANCE
June 22,1938, lot 15); purchased at that sale L o n d o n , 1973]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
by J. Paul Getty.
EXHIBITIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
255. P a i r o f Decorative G r o u p s
Figures, rockwork, and foo-dogs: Chinese,
Kangxi (1662-1722)
Spheres: Chinese, Qianlong (1736-1795)
Flowers: Chantilly manufactory, circa 1740
Mounts: Paris, circa 1740-1745
254
H a r d - and soft-paste porcelain; polychrome
254. B o w l o n S t a n d enamel decoration; gilt-bronze mounts
Bowl: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722) Height: 1 ft. (30.4 cm); W i d t h : 9 i n .
Stand: Japanese (Imari), late seventeenth (22.8 cm); D e p t h : 5 i n . (12.7 cm)
century Accession number 78.DI.4.1-.2
Mounts: French, circa 1740
PROVENANCE
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
H . J. K i n g (sold, Christie's, London, Febru
decoration; gilding; gilt-bronze mounts
ary 17,1921, lot 13, to [Duveen]); Edgar
Bowl painted w i t h unidentified coat o f arms. Group .2 255
Worsen, N e w York, 1928; Robert Ellsworth,
Height: y Ys i n . (18.7 cm); Diameter: y /i6 i n .
13
256. P a i r o f L i d d e d Vases
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1745-1749
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
decoration; gilding; gilt-bronze mounts
M o u n t s o n vases stamped w i t h the crowned
Cfori745-i 49. 7
PROVENANCE
EXHIBITIONS
257
154 F R E N C H M O U N T E D O R I E N T A L P O R C E L A I N
EXHIBITIONS PROVENANCE
N e w York, T h e China Institute i n America, Masurel family, France (sold late 1970s);
Chinese Porcehins in European Mounts, [Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris]; [Alexander
October 1980-January 1981, no. 28, illus.; and Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1979].
N e w York, T h e Frick Collection, Mounted
EXHIBITIONS
Oriental Porcelain, December 1986-March
N e w York, T h e C h i n a Institute i n America,
1987, no. 19, illus.
Chinese PorceUins in European Mounts,
BIBLIOGRAPHY October 1980-January 1981, no. 20, illus.;
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979," N e w York, T h e Frick Collection, Mounted
no. 6, pp. 41-42, illus.; W i l s o n et al., Oriental Porcelain, December 1986-March
Mounted Oriental Porcelain, no. 9, 1987, no. 18, illus.
pp. 48-52, illus.; F. J. B . Watson, "Chinese
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Porcelains i n European M o u n t s , " Orienta
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"
tions 12 (September 1981), vol. 9, pp. 26-33,
258 no. 6, pp. 9-10, illus.; W i l s o n et al.,
illus. p. 29.
Mounted Oriental Porcelain, no. 11,
M a r c h 15,1973, l o t 25); [Partridge (Fine (35.5 cm); Depth: 10/4 i n . (26.7 cm)
Accession number 79.DI.121.1—.2
F R E N C H M O U N T E D ORIENTAL PORCELAIN 155
BIBLIOGRAPHY PROVENANCE
Christie's, L o n d o n , December 4,1975, lot siecles des ventes publiques (Fribourg, 1988),
46); purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty. p. 53, illus.
EXHIBITIONS
O n e of a pair 261
N e w York, T h e C h i n a Institute i n America,
Chinese Porcelains in European Mounts,
October 1980-January 1981, no. 18, illus.
I56 F R E N C H M O U N T E D O R I E N T A L P O R C E L A I N
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
EXHIBITIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mounted Hardstones B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions/1983," no. 9,
2 6 9 . Vase pp. 199-201, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
Paris, circa 1760 no. 11, p. 265, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 170,
Bianco e new antico marble; gilt-bronze illus. (one).
mounts
Height: 1 ft. Yz i n . (31.7 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 7 4 i n . (50.2 cm); D e p t h : 11 Ys i n .
3
271. Vase
(28.3 cm)
Paris, circa 1770
Accession number 79.Dj.183
Granite; gilt-bronze mounts
P R O V E N A N C E Height: 1 ft. 2 /s i n . (37.2 cm); W i d t h :
5
Sold, "Property o f a Lady," Christie's, L o n ι ft. 7 i n . (48.2 cm); Depth: 8/4 i n . (21.6 cm)
don, December 6,1979, l o t 4. Accession number 89.DJ.31
O n e o f a pair 270
B I B L I O G R A P H Y P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
271
ΐ6θ F R E N C H M O U N T E D H A R D S T O N E S
BIBLIOGRAPHY 273. P a i r o f U r n s
F. J. B. Watson, Walkce Collection Paris, circa 1780
Catalogues: Furniture (London, 1956), pi. 120; Porphyry; gilt-bronze mounts
"Ajcquisitions/1989," GettyMusJiS (1990), Height: ι ft. 2 i n . (35.6 cm); Diameter: 9 i n .
no. 57, p. 195, illus. (22.9 cm)
Accession number 74.DJ.24.1-.2
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
272
O n e of a pair
274
F R E N C H TEXTILES l6l
275. P a i r o f V a s e s {jardinieres)
Paris, circa 1785
Breche violette\ gilt-bronze mounts; brass
liners
Height: 8% i n . (21 cm); Diameter: 7% i n .
(18.5 cm)
Accession number 88.DJ.121.1-.2
PROVENANCE
1988].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Textiles
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJvj (1989),
276. L e n g t h o f Passementerie
no. 79, p. 144, illus.
French, circa 1670
Green, orange, and cream silk; wire; paper;
parchment
Height: 2 ft. 8% i n . (81.9 cm); W i d t h : j % i n .
(18.5 cm); D e p t h : lYx i n . (4 cm)
Accession number 8 6 . D D . 667
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
277. Pair o f E m b r o i d e r e d B e d H a n g i n g s
Paris, circa 1690
Design attributed to Daniel M a r o t
Linen embroidered w i t h silk and wool;
O n e of a pair 275
linen l i n i n g
Panel .1: Height: 11 ft. 2 4 i n . (342 cm);
3
EXHIBITIONS
279
164 F R E N C H CARPETS
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
280
281. C a r p e t
BIBLIOGRAPHY
282. P a i r o f T h r e e - p a n e l Screens
Savonnerie manufactory, woven between
1714 and 1740
Woven after designs by Jean-Baptiste Belin
[Belain or Blin] de Fontenay and Alexandre- 282
Fran$ois Desportes
EXHIBITIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY
W o o l and linen; m o d e r n velvet backing;
wooden frame Paris, Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins, Pierre Verlet, The James A. de Rothschild
6 ft. 4/8 i n . (193.2 cm) January 1927,^0. 96; Paris, Bibliothιque Savonnerie (Fribourg, 1982), p. 301; n . 82,
Accession number 83.DD.260.1-.2 Nationale, Le Siede de Louis XLV, February- pp. 457-458; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1983,"
A p r i l 1927, no. 1268; Paris, M u s ι e des Arts no. 2, pp. 180-183, illus.; "Acquisitions/
PROVENANCE
Dιcoratifs, Louis XLV: Faste et decors, M a y - 1983," GettyMusJ 12 (1984), no. 4, p. 262,
(?) M m e d'Yvon, Paris (sold, Galerie October i960, no. 774, p i . 52; R i c h m o n d , illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 150, illus. (one)
Georges Petit, Paris, M a y 30-June 4,1892, Virginia, Experts' Choice: One Thousand p. 151; Catherine H a m r i c k , "European
lot 673); [Jacques Seligmann, Paris] (sold, Years of the Art Trade, A p r i l 22-June 12,1983, Folding Screens: M i r r o r s o f an Enduring
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, M a r c h 9-12, pp. 82-83, illus., lent by Dalva Brothers, Inc. Past," Southern Accents (April 1990), pp. 30,
1914, l o t 343); [Germain Seligmann, Paris, 32, 34, 38, 40, illus. p. 34; Handbook 1991,
1927]; [Fran$ois-Gerard Seligmann, Paris, by p. 164, illus. (one), p. 165.
i960] (sold, Sotheby's, M o n a c o , June 14-15,
1981, l o t 54); [Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w
York, 1981].
l66 F R E N C H SCREENS
Tapestries
P R O V E N A N C E
283. F o u r - p a n e l Screen
Savonnerie manufactory, woven between
1719 and 1769 285. Tapestry, The Offering to Bacchus
Woven after designs by Alexandre-Fran£ois from the Grotesque Series
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
285
F R E N C H TAPESTRIES l6j
286. S i x Tapestries f r o m The Story of the PROVENANCE markt," Cicerone 18 (1926), pp. 271-272;
Emperor of China Series Made for Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, E d i t h Standen, "The Story o f the Emperor
Beauvais manufactory, circa 1690-1705 comte de Toulouse and due de Penthiιvre, o f China: A Beauvais Tapestry Series,"
Woven under the direction o f Philippe as part o f a set o f ten tapestries i n the Metropolitan Museum of Art Journal χ (1976),
Bιhagle after designs by Guy-Louis Ver- Chambre du Rot and the Antichambre du pp. 103-117; Bremer-David, "Acquisitions
nansal, Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, and Jean- Rot o f the Chateau de Rambouillet i n 1718; 1983," no. ι, pp. 173-181, illus.; "Acquisi
Baptiste Belin [Belain or Blin] de Fontenay by descent to his son, Louis-Jean-Marie de tions/1983," GettyMusJn (1984), no. 3,
W o o l and silk Bourbon, due de Penthiιvre; by descent pp. 261-262, illus.; E d i t h Standen, "The
A l l woven w i t h the arms and monogram o f to his daughter, Louise-Marie-Adelaide Audience o f the Emperor from the series
the comte de Toulouse. de Bourbon; by descent to her son, Louis- ' T h e Story o f the Emperor o f China,'"
The ColUtion: Philippe d'Orleans, K i n g o f the French European Post-Medieval Tapestries and
Signature VERNANSAL.INT.ET.PU woven (six tapestries from the set sold, Paris, Janu Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum of
at lower center o f scene, i n border o f carpet. ary 25-27,1852, lot 8); Therese d'Albert- Art (New York, 1985), v o l . 2, pp. 461-468;
Height: 13 ft. 10 A i n . (423 cm);
l
Luynes d'Uzιs, France (sold i n America Jacqueline Boceara, "Voyages d u grand
W i d t h : 10 ft. 2 i n . (310 cm) i n 1926); John T h o m p s o n Dorrance, Sr., siιcle: Tapisseries de Beauvais, de Bruxelles
Accession number 83.DD.336 Newport, Rhode Island; by descent to John et des Gobelins," Les Antiquaires au Grand
The Harvesting of Pineapples: Thompson Dorrance, Jr. Pahis: XLV biennale internationale (Paris,
e
Woven Β ΕHAGLE at lower right. 83.DD.336-340: [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., 1988), pp. 112-118; Jacqueline Boceara, Ames
Height: 13 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (415 cm); New York, 1983]. de Laine et de Soi (Saint-Just-en-Chausιe,
W i d t h : 8 ft. 5/2 i n . (258 cm) 89.DD.62: The Preservation Society o f N e w 1988), p. 306, illus.; "Acquisitions/1989,"
Accession number 83.DD.337 port County, C h α t e a u - s u r - M e r , Newport, GettyMusJ18 (1990), no. 54, pp. 193-194,
The Astronomers: Rhode Island, 1970s. illus.
Height: 13 ft. 9 i n . (419 c m ) ;
EXHIBITIONS
W i d t h : 10 ft. 5 Yz i n . (319 cm)
The Preservation Society o f Newport,
Accession number 83.DD.338
Rhode Island, C h α t e a u - s u r - M e r , 1970S-1989
The Emperor on a Journey:
(89.DD.62 only).
Height: 13 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (415 cm);
W i d t h : 8 ft. 4 i n . (254 cm) BIBLIOGRAPHY
288. Tapestry C a r p e t
(?) Beauvais manufactory, circa 1700-1725
W o o l and silk
Length: 12 ft. 3 i n . (371.5 cm); W i d t h :
8 ft. ι i n . (246.3 cm)
Accession number 86.DC.633
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
288
IJO F R E N C H TAPESTRIES
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1983," GettyMusJ12 (1984), Bacchus and Ariadne, Jupiter and M . Vaucaire, "Les Tapisseries de Beauvais,"
no. 5, p. 263, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 147, Antiope Les Arts (August 1902), p. 16, illus.; Jules
illus.; enlarged detail p . 140. Beauvais manufactory, circa 1722-1749 Badin, La Manufacture de tapisseries de
Woven after paintings by Fransois Boucher Beauvais depuis ses origines jusqu a nos
W o o l and silk jours (Paris, 1909), p. 61, illus.; George L .
Height: 12 ft. (366 cm); W i d t h : 24 ft. 9 i n . Hunter, "Beauvais-Boucher's Tapestries,"
(754 cm) Arts and Decoration (March 1919), p. 246;
Accession number 63.DD.6 George L . Hunter, The Practical Book of
Tapestries (Philadelphia, 1925), p. 173;
PROVENANCE
George L . Hunter, "Americas Beauvais-
(?) Royal family o f Portugal; Jules Paul
Boucher Tapestries," Lnternational Studio
Porgιs, Portugal and later Paris; C . Ledyard
(November 1926), pp. 26-28, illus.; H e i n
Blair; [French and Co., N e w York, 1937];
rich G φ b e l , Wandteppiche (Leipzig, 1923),
purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1937.
vol. 2, part ι, p. 227; E r i k Zahle, " F r a ^ o i s
of Art (New York, 1985), v o l . 2, pp. 534-543; 2 9 3 . Tapestry, Portiere aux Armes de France
Edith Standen, "The Amours des Dieux: A Gobelins manufactory, circa 1730-1743
Series o f Beauvais Tapestries After Boucher," Woven from a cartoon by Pierre-Josse Perrot,
Metropolitan Museum of Art Journal19/20 under the direction o f Etienne-Claude
(1986), pp. 63-84, illus. p. 69. Le B l o n d
W o o l and silk
A fleur-de-lys, the letter G, and part o f an L
[for Le Blond] are woven i n t o the galon o f
2 9 2 . Tapestry, Chancellerie
the lower right corner.
Gobelins manufactory, circa 1728-1730
Height: 11 ft. 10 i n . (355 cm); W i d t h :
Woven by Etienne-Claude Le B l o n d after
8 ft. 9 i n . (262.5 c m
)
designs by Guy-Louis Vernansal and Claude
Accession number 85.DD.100
Audran
W o o l and silk PROVENANCE
A fleur-de-lys and G' LE.' BLOND are Richard, 4th Marquess o f Hertford, Paris,
woven i n lower right corner. before 1870; b y inheritance to Sir Richard
Height: 11 ft. 1 i n . (338 cm); W i d t h : Wallace, Paris, before 1890; by inheritance
8ft.10 V i n . (270 cm)
4
292 to Lady Wallace, Paris, 1890; by inheritance
Accession number 65.DD.5 to Sir John M u r r a y Scott, Paris, 1897; V i c
toria, Lady Sackville, Paris, 1912; [ M . and
PROVENANCE
M m e Jacques Seligmann, Paris (sold i n the
Woven for Germain-Louis Chauvelin,
late 1940s)]; [Francois-Gerard Seligmann,
marquis de Grosbois and Garde des Sceaux
Paris, 1953]; private collection; [ F r a ^ o i s -
(1685-1762); [(?) French and Co., N e w
G ι r a r d Seligmann, Paris, 1985].
York]; M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w York
(sold by his heir John L . Schiff, Christie s, EXHIBITIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
under the administration o f Nicolas Besnier Edward Cecil Guinness, ist Earl o f Iveagh
and the direction o f Jean-Baptiste O u d r y (1847-1927), L o n d o n ; Walter Guinness,
W o o l and silk L o n d o n ; [Jacques Seligmann, Paris, b y
Signature f Boucher woven at lower left. 297 1931 (inv. no. 1346)]; purchased b y J. Paul
Height: 11 ft. iiVz i n . (364.5 cm); W i d t h : Getty, 1938.
9 ft. 2 i n . (280 cm)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Accession number 63.DD.3
Jules Badin, La Manufacture de tapisseries de
P R O V E N A N C E Beauvais depuis ses origines jusquδ nos jours
Sir A n t h o n y de Rothschild, L o n d o n ; Ε . M . (Paris, 1909), p. 60; George L . Hunter, The
Hodgkins, Paris; [French and Co., N e w Practical Book of Tapestries (Philadelphia,
York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1937. 1925), p. 144; Madeleine Jarry, "A Wealth o f
Boucher Tapestries i n American Museums,"
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Antiques (August 1972), pp. 222-231; Geral-
Jules Badin, La Manufacture de tapisseries
dine C . Hussman, "Boucher's Psyche at the
de Beauvais depuis ses origines jusquδ nos
Basketmakers: A Closer Look," Getty Mus]4
jours (Paris, 1909), p. 60; George L . Hunter,
(1977), ΡΡ· 45"50.
The Practical Book of Tapestries (Philadel
phia, 1925), p p . 169, 249; Madeleine Jarry,
"A Wealth o f Boucher Tapestries i n A m e r i
can Museums," Antiques (August 1972),
pp. 222-231.
298
FRENCH TAPESTRIES I75
Hodgkins, Paris; [French and Co., N e w right corner; also woven w i t h the manufac Maurice Fenaille, Etat general des tapisseries
York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1937. tory mark G i n the galon. de la Manufacture des Gobelins (Paris, 1904),
Height: 12 ft. 2 i n . (371 cm); W i d t h : vol. 3, pp. 237fr.; H e i n r i c h Gφbel, Wand
BIBLIOGRAPHY
16ft.5 A i n . (502 cm)
l
teppiche (Leipzig, 1923), vol. 2, part 1, p. 163;
Jules Badin, La Manufacture de tapisseries
Accession number 82.DD.67 Bremer-David, "Acquisitions 1982," no. 13,
de Beauvais depuis ses origines jusquδ nos
ENTREE DE SANCHO DANS VILE DE pp. 60-66, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 36,
jours (Paris, 1909), p. 60; Madeleine Jarry,
BARATARIA [sic]: pp. 72-73, illus.; E d i t h Standen, "The
"A Wealth o f Boucher Tapestries i n A m e r i
Signature AUDRAN woven at the b o t t o m Memorable Judgment o f Sancho," European
can Museums," Antiques (August 1972),
right corner and w i t h the date 1772 i n Post-Medieval Tapestries and Hangings in the
pp. 222-231.
the galon. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York,
Height: 12 ft. 2 i n . (371 cm); W i d t h : 1985), v o l . ι, pp. 369-375; Handbook 1986,
13 ft. 9 4 i n . (421 cm)
3
p. 172, illus. (82.DD.66 only); Jonathan
Accession number 82.DD.68 Bourne and Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the
POLTRONERIE DE SANCHO A LA Domestic Interior: Renaissance to Art
CHASSE [sic]: Nouveau (London, 1991), illus. p. 114,
Signature AUDRAN woven i n the b o t t o m fig. 369; Handbook1991, p. 191, illus.
right corner and w i t h the date 1772 i n (82.DD.68 only).
the galon.
176 FRENCH TAPESTRIES
Boucher Series Signature neilson, ιx. woven at lower right. Grand Duchess M a r i a Feodorovna,
Gobelins manufactory, circa 1775-1776 Height: 12 ft. 6 i n . (381 cm); W i d t h : 16 ft. "Descriptions o f the Grand Palace o f
Central scenes after paintings by Fran$ois (487.7 cm) Pavlovsk, 1795," Les Tresors dart en Russie
Boucher; alentours after designs by Maurice Accession number 71.DD.468 (St. Petersburg, 1907), vol. 3,1903, illus.;
Jacques and Louis Tessier; woven under the Aurora and Cephalus: Maurice Fenaille, Etat general des tapisseries
direction o f Jacques Neilson Signature neilson, ιx. woven at lower right. de la Manufacture des Gobelins (Paris, 1904),
W o o l and silk Height: 12 ft. 6 i n . (381 cm); W i d t h : vol. 4, pp. 285-287, illus.; George Leyland
Diana and Callisto, Vertumnus and Pomona: 10 ft. 7 i n . (322.5 cm) Hunter, The Practical Book of Tapestries
Signature neilson. ιx. woven at lower right, Accession number 71.DD.469 (Philadelphia, 1925), p. 190; Phyllis
and F.Boucher i n the medallion o f Vertum Ackerman, Tapestry: the Mirror of
PROVENANCE
nus and Pomona. Civilization (New York, 1933), p. 277, p i . 45;
Given by Louis X V I i n 1782 to the Grand
Height: 12 ft. 7 i n . (383.5 c m ) ; W i d t h : E d i t h Standen, "The Tapestry Room from
D u k e Paul Petrovitch (later Czar Paul I ) and
20 ft. 6 i n . (624.8 cm) C r o σ m e C o u r t , " Decorative Art from the
Grand Duchess M a r i a Feodorovna o f
Accession number 71.DD.466 Samuel H. Kress Collection at the Metropoli
Russia; h u n g at the Palace o f Pavlovsk (near
Venus on the Waters-. tan Museum of Art (London, 1964), p. 52;
St. Petersburg) u n t i l circa 1925 (sold by the
Signature neilson. ιx. woven at lower right. Madeleine Jarry, "A Wealth o f Boucher
Soviet government); [Duveen Brothers,
Height: 12 ft. 7 i n . (383.5 c m ) ; W i d t h : Tapestries i n American Museums," Antiques
New York]; N o r t o n Simon (sold, Parke-
10 ft. 5 i n . (317.5 cm) (August 1972), pp. 222-231; W i l s o n , Selec
Bernet, N e w York, M a y 8,1971, l o t 233);
Accession number 71.DD.467 tions, no. 38, pp. 76-77, illus.; Edith
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
Standen, " C r o σ m e C o u r t Tapestries,"
EXHIBITIONS European Post-Medieval Tapestries and
Pennsylvania, T h e A l l e n t o w n A r t Museum, Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Great Periods of Tapestry, February 19 61. (New York, 1985), vol. 1, p. 397.
I78 FRENCH TAPESTRIES
BIBLIOGRAPHY PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY 3 0 5 . D r a w i n g for a E w e r
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980," Paris, circa 1775-1780
item B , p. 12, illus.; Ottomeyer and A t t r i b u t e d t o Robert-Joseph Auguste
Prφschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, pp. 173-174, Pen a n d b r o w n i n k w i t h b r o w n and gray
fig. 3.5.3 (here attributed to Jean-Louis wash o n paper
Prieur); Jonathan Bourne and Vanessa Brett, Unidentified watermark.
Lighting in the Domestic Interior: Renaissance Height: 1 ft. 3 /i6 i n . (40.2 cm); W i d t h :
I3
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
3 0 4 . D r a w i n g for a W a l l L i g h t
Paris, circa 1775 3 0 6 . D r a w i n g for U r n s a n d Vases
A t t r i b u t e d to Richard de Lalonde Paris, circa 1780
Pen and black i n k w i t h wash o n paper Pen and black i n k w i t h gray, black, and
Unidentified watermark. b r o w n wash o n paper
Height: 11 4 i n . (29.9 cm); W i d t h : 8*4 i n .
3
Inscribed Salembier i n pencil, perhaps a
(20.7 cm) later a t t r i b u t i o n t o H e n r i Salembier.
Accession number 79.GA.179 Unidentified watermarks.
Height: 1 ft. 8 /i6 i n . (52.9 cm); W i d t h :
I3
PROVENANCE
3 ft. 6Ύ16 i n . (109.5 c m
)
Maison O d i o t , Paris (sold, Sotheby's,
Accession number 79.GA.178
Monaco, November 26,1979, l o t 609).
305 PROVENANCE
3θ6
BIBLIOGRAPHY PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
307
l82 FRENCH DECORATIVE DRAWINGS
3 0 8 . D r a w i n g for a W i n e C o o l e r
Paris, circa 1785-1790
A t t r i b u t e d to Jean-Guillaume M o i t t e
Pen and black i n k w i t h gray wash o n paper
Stamped J.B.C. Odiot No. at lower right and
inked 228. Unidentified watermark.
Height: 1 ft. x Δ6 i n . (36.6 cm); W i d t h :
7
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
308
ITALIAN
DECORATIVE ARTS
IΦ4 ITALIAN CASSONI
Furniture
CASSONI
309. Cassone
M i l a n , second half o f the sixteenth century
Walnut, partially gilt
Height: 2 ft. 5/8 i n . (73.9 cm); W i d t h :
5 ft. 5 4 i n . (167 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. V% i n .
3
(61.3 cm)
Accession number 68.DA.8
P R O V E N A N C E
E X H I B I T I O N S
310. Cassone
(?) Rome, second half o f the sixteenth
century
Walnut, partially gilt
Height: 2 ft. γ/% i n . (74 cm); W i d t h :
5 ft. 5 /8 i n . (166.6 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. % i n .
3
[ H . Blairman a n d Sons, L o n d o n , 1963]; [poi?] dei Conti 0 dei Comitibus abitanti Private collection, England; [Same A r t ,
purchased by J. Paul Getty for Sutton Place, in FolignOy esi[stenti?] questi [in?] casa di Ltd., Zurich].
Surrey; distributed b y the estate o f J. Paul Contessa Pressilla moglie del Contι Cesare
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Getty t o the J. Paul Getty Museum. Bentivogli seniore, il di cui matrimonio seguν
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ 17 (1989),
circa V[anno] 1$$[9?] onde e verisimile che
E X H I B I T I O N S no. 87, pp. 147-148, illus.
tanto questo quanto I'altro simil cassone
Tulsa, T h e P h i l b r o o k A r t Center, Gloria
fossero fatti in congiuntura dei loro sponsali
delVarte: A Renaissance Perspective, Octo
et erano ne٧a maggior parte dorati come pud
ber 26,1979-January 27,1980 (Tulsa, 1979),
ancor vedersi da diverse reliquie discoperte
no. 86, p. 53, illus.
nel ripulirli e son fattuta del celebre scultore
Maffei.
Cassone .1: Height: 2 ft. 5% i n . (75 cm);
311. P a i r o f Cassoni W i d t h : 5 ft. 11% i n . (181.5 cm); D e p t h (at
U m b r ν a , 155P) top): ι ft. 11 % i n . (59 cm); D e p t h (at feet):
A t t r i b u t e d t o A n t o n i o Maffei 3 ft. 6 i n . (76.2 cm); Cassone .2: Height:
Carved walnut, originally partially gilt 2 ft. 5 i n . (73.5 cm); W i d t h : 5 ft. I I / S i n .
3
Cassone .1 inscribed o n a paper label i n a late (178.75 cm); D e p t h (at top): 1 ft. 11% i n .
seventeenth- or early eighteenth-century (59 cm); D e p t h (at feet): 2 ft. 5 i n . 312
hand L'arme che si vede nel mezzo della parte (73.75 cm)
312. C r e d e n z a
d'avanti di questo cassone e delh famiglia Accession number 88.DA.7.1—.2
Florence, circa 1600-1650
Carved walnut
Height: 3 ft. 9% i n . (114.93 c m
) ; Width:
6 ft. 7 4 i n . (202.56 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 9/2 i n .
3
(54.61 cm)
Accession number 78.DA.107
P R O V E N A N C E
E X H I B I T I O N S
One of a pair 3 1 1
l86 ITALIAN CASSONI
COMMODES B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R O V E N A N C E
313. C r e d e n z a
(?) U m b r ν a , late seventeenth century (later
remade)
Carved walnut
Height: 3 ft. 10 4 i n . (118.74 cm); W i d t h :
3
P R O V E N A N C E
314
ITALIAN TABLES 187
Accession number 78.DA. 121 Kunst in Nederlandsch Bezit, July 1- Octo "Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi^ (1987),
ber ι, 1934, no. 1008. no. 117, pp. 217-218, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
(123.5 cm)
Accession number 86.DA.489
317
l88 ITALIAN TABLES
Top 318
318
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
319
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 58
lop 320
I90 ITALIAN TABLES
321 322
Height: 5 ft. 6 % i n . (170 cm); W i d t h : Accession number 82. D A . 8 5 ft. % i n . (153 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 5/8 i n .
7 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (225 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 9%; i n . (74 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
(85 cm) Accession number 87.DA.135
Private collection, England; Belgian art
Accession number 86.DA.7
market; [Jacques Kugel, Paris, 1981]. P R O V E N A N C E
324
323
Top 324
192 ITALIAN SEAT FURNITURE
SEAT F U R N I T U R E P R O V E N A N C E P R O V E N A N C E
House o f Savoy, Racconigi, Turin; M r s . Private collection, England, since the eigh
325. S i d e Chair Walter Hayes Burns (nιe Morgan), N o r t h teenth century; [Alexander and Berendt,
T u r i n , circa 1710-1715 M y m m s Park, Hertfordshire; Major- L t d . , L o n d o n , 1984].
G i l t w o o d w i t h modern silk upholstery General Sir George Burns, N o r t h M y m m s
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
3 2 6 . Set of F o u r Armchairs
325
I T A L I A N SEAT F U R N I T U R E I93
frame o f upholstered seat Dazio Verificato no. 118, p. 218, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 219,
ink stamp, Racconigi Camera da letto degli illus.
Augusti Sposi i n pencil across front. O n
frame structure 57 i n i n k o n part o f a label,
327
a pencil design for inlay.
Height: 2 ft. iVx i n . (80 cm); W i d t h :
327. F o l d i n g Stool
7 ft. 4 /β i n . (224 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 3/8 i n .
!
T u r i n , circa 1735
(69 cm)
Carved and gilt w o o d
Branded twice w i t h three fleurs-de-lys and
w i t h the letters FON for the Chateau de
Fontainebleau
Height: 1 ft. 4% i n . (41.1 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 3/8 i n . (68.9 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 5/8 i n .
(43.5 cm)
Accession number 74. D A . 26
P R O V E N A N C E
E X H I B I T I O N S
T h e D e t r o i t Institute o f Arts, M a r c h 7-
June 13,1975.
328
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Metalwork EXHIBITIONS
Bronze
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Height: 1 ft. 7% i n . (48.9 cm); Diameter:
U l r i c h M i d d e l d o r f , " I n the Wake o f G u g l i -
ι ft. uYz i n . (59.7 cm)
elmo della Porta," Connoisseur (February
Accession number 85.SB.179
1977), pp. 75-84; "Acquisitions/1984,"
PROVENANCE GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no. 251, pp. 256-257,
Sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , July 14,1977, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Genoa after a design b y Bernardo Strozzi
PROVENANCE
EXHIBITIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
332 333
332. W a l l Plaque Italiana [ M i l a n , 1936], no. 316); [Siran 333. Pair o f Candelabra
B I B L I O G R A P H Y P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Ceramics H e n r y Wallis, Oak-Leaf Jars: A Fifteenth-
Century Italian Ware Showing Moresco
334. J u g w i t h P e c k i n g B i r d (boceσle)
Influence (London, 1903), p. 35, illus. p. 9,
Tuscany, early fifteenth century
fig. 7; W i l h e l m v o n Bode, Die Anfange der
Tin-glazed earthenware
Majolikakunst in Toskana (Berlin, 1911),
Height: 9% i n . (25 c m ) ; Diameter (at lip):
p i . 14; Joseph Chompret, Repertoire de U
3% i n . (9.5 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h : 6 /s i n .
3
(orciuolo biansato)
Florence, circa 1420-1440
Tin-glazed earthenware
M a r k e d w i t h a three-runged ladder sur
m o u n t e d by a cross painted o n each side
and a P, possibly i n t e r t w i n e d w i t h a back
ward C, below each handle.
335
I98 ITALIAN CERAMICS
Florence, circa 1420-1440 Italia, 2nd ed. ( M i l a n , 1980), no. 48; O t t o v o n Falke, Majolikasammlung Pring
Tin-glazed earthenware "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMus] 14 (1986), sheim in M٧nchen (The Hague, 1914-1923),
Height: 6 / 2 i n . (16.5 cm); Diameter (at lip): no. 213, p. 251, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 6, vol. ι, p. 4, fig. 4; Galeazzo Cora, Storia
3 /i6 i n . (9.7 cm); M a x i m u m Diameter:
I3
pp. 26-27. della maiolica di Firenze e del contado
4 / i 6 i n . (12.2
I3
cm) delXIVe delXVsecσlo (Florence, 1973),
Accession number 85.DE.57 vol. 2, no. 5od, p i . 50; "Acquisitions/1984,"
GettyMus] 13 (1985), no. 152, p. 239, illus.;
P R O V E N A N C E
Hess, Maiolica, no. 4, pp. 20-22.
Ugo Grassi, Florence; August Lederer,
Vienna; Erich Lederer, Geneva.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
338 Two-handled "Oak-Leaf" Jar
John Rothenstein, "Shorter Notices:
(orciuolo biansato)
Two Pieces o f Italian Pottery," Burlington
Florence, circa 1425-1450
Magazine 85 (August 1944), p. 205, p i . C;
Tin-glazed earthenware
Galeazzo Cora, Storia della maiolica di
M a r k e d w i t h a six-pointed asterisk below
Firenze e del contado del XIV e del XV secσlo
each handle.
(Florence, 1973), v o l . 1, p. 78; vol. 2, fig. 83c;
Height: 1 ft. 3/4 i n . (39.4 cm); Diameter (at
l i p ) : yVs i n . (19.3 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h :
ι ft. 3 4 i n . (40 cm)
3
P R O V E N A N C E
337
Contini-Bonacossi, Florence; [Nella Longari,
337. D i s h (bacino) M i l a n ] ; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
Florence, circa 1425-1440
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Tin-glazed earthenware
Galeazzo Cora, Storia della maiolica di
Height: i 4 i n . (4.4 cm); Diameter: 9 % i n .
3
336
ITALIAN CERAMICS I99
8
(offered for sale, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , July 2, no. 9, pp. 34-35.
3 3
BIBLIOGRAPHY
342. C y l i n d r i c a l J a r (albarello)
Florentine area, mid-fifteenth century
Tin-glazed earthenware
Inscribed marks o n underside (graduations?).
Height: y Ys i n . (18.1 cm); Diameter (at l i p ) :
3 4 i n . (9.5 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h : 5/8 i n .
3
(13 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.96
P R O V E N A N C E
4 /8
5
i n . (11.8 cm) Alfred Pringsheim, M u n i c h (sold, Sotheby's,
Accession number 8 4 . D E . 100 L o n d o n , June 7,1939, l o t 3); [Alfred Spero,
L o n d o n ] ; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
sheim in M٧nchen (The Hague, 1914-1923),
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985), vol. ι, no. 11, p i . 8; M a r i o Bellini and
Giovanni C o n t i , Maioliche italiane del
no. 153, p. 239, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 11,
rinascimento (Milan, 1964), p. 89, fig. A ;
P- 39·
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
no. 159, p. 240, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 12,
pp. 40-42.
342
ITALIAN CERAMICS 20I
344 J u g w i t h B u s t M e d a l l i o n (brocea)
Florentine area, circa 1450-1500
Tin-glazed earthenware
Height: 1 ft. iVs i n . (34.6 cm); Diameter (at
rim): 3% i n . (9.8 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h :
ι ft. ι i n . (33 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.101
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
345. T w o - h a n d l e d C y l i n d r i c a l J a r
(albarello biansato)
Faenza, circa 1460-1480
Tin-glazed earthenware
Inscribed marks under foot (graduations?).
Height: 9 i n . (22.9 cm); Diameter (at l i p ) :
Alternate view 344 Alternate view 345
4V16 i n . (11.2 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h : 9 /s i n .
3
(23.8 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.102
202 ITALIAN CERAMICS
P R O V E N A N C E P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
346. Peacock-pattern D i s h
J φ r g Rasmussen, Italienische Majolika (Ham
(?) Faenza, circa 1470-1500
burg, 1984), p. 71, n . 1; "Acquisitions/1984,"
Tin-glazed earthenware
GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 162, p. 241, illus.;
Height: 2/4 i n . (6.3 cm);
Hess, Maiolica, no. 15, pp. 49-51.
Diameter: 1 ft. 3 /s i n . (39 cm)
3
347. C y l i n d r i c a l D r u g J a r (albarello)
Faenza, circa 1480
Tin-glazed earthenware
S. ACETOSITATI CITfRUSJ painted on
banderole label.
Height: 1 ft. /s i n . (31.5 cm); Diameter (at
3
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
3 4 9 . Ecce Homo
Faenza or (?) Florentine area, circa 1500
Tin-glazed earthenware
Height: 1 ft. n 4 i n . (60.3 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft.
3
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
348
p. 1; Ilgiornale delVarte, no. 45 (1987), p. 90, 350
fig. 50; "Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ 16
348. Plate with Saint Peter (1988), no. 77, p. 180, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, 350. AUa Porcettana D i s h (tondino)
Faenza or (?) Cafaggiolo, circa 1500 no. 16, pp. 52-54. Cafaggiolo, circa 1500-1525
Tin-glazed earthenware A t t r i b u t e d to Jacopo d i Stefano d i Filippo
Height: i /s i n . (4.8 c m ) ;
7
([?]i490-after 1576)
Diameter: 10% i n . (27.3 cm) Tin-glazed earthenware
Accession number 8 4 . D E . 108 Signed o n the reverse, Jfacopjo chafagguolo
or In chafagguolo i n blue.
P R O V E N A N C E
Height: i A i n . (4.8 cm); Diameter: 9 /i6 i n .
7 9
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985), no. 171, p. 242, Bernard Rackham, IsUmic Pottery and
illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 21, pp. 66-68. Italian Maiolica (London, 1959), no. 34b,
p. 143, p i . 231; Morley-Fletcher and Mcllroy,
European Pottery, p. 52,fig.7; "Acquisitions/
1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 172, p. 243,
illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 22, pp. 69-71.
2. C y l i n d r i c a l J a r w i t h L a m e Peasant
(albarello)
C y l i n d r i c a l J a rw i t h W o m a n a n d
Distaff (albarello)
Faenza, circa 1510
Tin-glazed earthenware
M a r k e d o n the back o f each jar, B°.
Height: 9% i n . (24.8 cm); Diameter (at l i p ) :
Jar.ι 352
5Me i n . (12.9 cm); M a x i m u m Diameter: Jar .1:
6% i n . (15.9 cm); Jar .2: 6Ys i n . (16.Ι cm)
351 Accession number 84.DE.112.1-.2
Inscribed VIVIS ERO VIVfUJS Ε June 20,1944, lots 326-327); Dr. Bak, N e w
MORTVfUJS ERO VIVfUJS o n the scroll. York (sold, Sotheby's, New York, Decem
Height: 3/2 i n . (8.8 cm); Diameter: ber 7,1965, l o t 54); Benjamin Sonnenberg,
PROVENANCE BIBLIOGRAPHY
C o n t i , Maioliche italiane del rinascimento Alessandro Castellani, Rome (sold, H o t e l "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
( M i l a n , 1964), p . 100, pis. A , C; J φ r g Ras- Drouot, Paris, M a y 27,1878, l o t 34); no. 164, p. 241, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 18,
mussen, Italienische Majolika (Hamburg, Charles D a m i r o n , Lyons (sold, Sotheby's, pp. 58-60.
1984), pp. 84, 86; "Acquisitions/1984," London, June 16,1938, l o t 60); Robert
GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no. 163, p . 241, illus.; Strauss, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
Hess, Maiolica, no. 24, pp. 75-81. June 21,1976, l o t 22); [Cyril H u m p h r i s ,
L o n d o n ] ; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
PROVENANCE PROVENANCE
355
355. C y l i n d r i c a l D r u g J a r (albarello)
Faenza, circa 1520-1530
Tin-glazed earthenware
FILONIJ P[ER]SICHI painted o n the 357
banderole label.
357. L u s t e r e d A r m o r i a l Plate
Height: 1 ft. 2 /i6 i n . (37 cm); Diameter (at
9
G u b b i o , 1524
lip): 4 /i6 i n . (12.5 cm); M a x i m u m
I5
B I B L I O G R A P H Y B I B L I O G R A P H Y
360
PROVENANCE PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
no. 114, p. 216, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 34, Accession number 86.DE.630
pp. 112-115, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 206,
PROVENANCE
illus.
W i l l i a m Spence, Florence, u n t i l 1857; pur
chased by Alessandro Foresi, 1857; Giovanni
Freppa, Florence; Eugene Piot, Paris (sold,
366. P i l g r i m F l a s k (fiasca da pellegrino) H o t e l des Commissaires-Priseurs, Paris,
Florence, the M e d i c i porcelain factory, circa M a r c h 19, i860, lot 82, to Baron Alphonse
1575-1587 de Rothschild, Paris); Baron Edouard de
Soft-paste porcelain Rothschild, Paris; Baron G u y and Baroness
M a r k e d o n the underside w i t h the dome o f M a r i e - H ι l ι n e de Rothschild, Paris.
365 Santa M a r i a del Fiore accompanied by F; a
EXHIBITIONS
mark resembling 3 scratched under the glaze
Paris, Exposition retrospective du Trocadιro,
365. B a s i n w i t h Deucalion and Pyrrha and painted w i t h blue glaze; on r i m , three
1878.
(bacile trilobato) hatch marks inscribed before glaze firing.
U r b i n o , circa 1565-1571 BIBLIOGRAPHY
no. 22; Giuseppe Liverani, Catalogo delle 367. Pair o f D r u g Jars BIBLIOGRAPHY
porcellane dei Medici (Faenza, 1936), no. 28, Northern Italian, circa 1580-1590 "Acquisitions/1990," GettyMusJ 19 (1991),
p. 31; A r t h u r Lane, Italian PorceUin (Lon Painted and gilt terracotta no. 57, p. 164, illus.
don, 1954), p. 5, p i . 3c; "Acquisitions/1986," Height: 1 ft. 11 % i n . (60 cm)
GettyMusJ i$ (1987), no. 115, pp. 216-217, Accession number 90.SC.42.1—.2
illus.; Clare le Corbellier, "A M e d i c i Porce
PROVENANCE
lain Pilgrim Flask," GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
Private collection, London; [Siran H o l d i n g
pp. 119-126, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 36,
Company, Geneva].
pp. 120-123, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 205,
illus.
212 ITALIAN CERAMICS
368. Tabletop
Naples, circa 1760
By Francesco Saverio I I M a r i a Grue
Tin-glazed earthenware
Inscribed o n the obverse, i n t w o cartouches,
FLAVA CERES TENUS SPI CIS RED EM I TA
CAPILLOS a n d FORTUNAT SUAE
QUISQUE FABER; signed o n the horses
haunch i n scene o f Europeans h u n t i n g a
deer, SG; and signed o n the horse's haunch
i n scene o f M o o r s h u n t i n g ostriches, FSG.
Height: ι 4 i n . (3.2 cm);
r
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
369. P a i r o f Vases Neptune Vase: Height: 1 1 % i n . (30 cm); p. 27; Francesco Stazzi, Le porcellane
Venice, 1769 Diameter: 10/2 i n . (26.7 cm); veneziane di Geminiano e Vincenzo Cozzi
Produced i n the factory o f Geminiano Cozzi Signed Vase: Height: n 4 i n (29.8 cm);
3
(Venice, 1982), p. 53; "Acquisitions/1988,"
H y b r i d soft-paste porcelain Diameter: 10 4 i n . (27.3 cm)
3
GettyMusJij (1989), no. 85, p. 146, illus.;
One jar inscribed and dated Primo Esperi- Accession number 88.DE.9.1—.2 Sotheby's Concise Encychpedia ofPorcelain,
mento in Grande fatto li 1$ Maggio iyσp Ne٧a D a v i d Battie, ed. (London, 1990), pp. 9-10;
PROVENANCE
Privil[egiata] fabbrica di Geminiano Cozzi Catherine Hess, "'Primo Esperimento i n
Sig. Centanini, Venice, by 1889; E d m u n d de
in Canalregio (First large experiment [ i n Grande': A Pair o f Vases from the Factory
Unger, Surrey.
porcelain] executed M a y 15,1769, i n the o f Geminiano Cozzi," GettyMusJiS (1990),
privileged factory o f Geminiano Cozzi i n BIBLIOGRAPHY pp. 141-156, illus.; Handbook 1991,
Cannaregio). T h i s jar also bears the Cozzi Raffaele Erculei, Arte cerαmica e vetraria p. 217, illus.
factory m a r k — a n a n c h o r — o n one side. (Museo Artistico-Industriale, Rome, 1889),
p. 151; Alessandra M o t t o l a M o l f i n o , LArte
delk porce٧ana in Italia (Milan, 1976),
214 ITALIAN GLASS
EXHIBITIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
3 7 1 . Goblet
Venice, circa 1500
Free-blown soda glass w i t h gilding and
enamel decoration
Etched i n the gilding around the lip,
VIRTUS LAUDATA CRESCIT.
Height: 7 i n . (17.8 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.534
371
PROVENANCE
Glass EXHIBITIONS
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
EXHIBITIONS
374
2l6 ITALIAN GLASS
375 376
J.-C. Gateau, Die GUskunst (Geneva, 1974), N e w York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass, Emile Gavet, Paris (sold, Galerie Georges
pp. 65,125; Brigitte Klesse and Axel v o n Three Great Centuries of Venetian GUss, 1958, Petit, Paris, M a y 31-June 9,1897, l o t 610);
Saldern, $00 Jahre GUskunst: Sammlung no. 42, p. 57. (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , February 23, 1976,
Biemann (Zurich, 1978), no. 43, pp. 106-107; l o t 175); [David, Inc., Vaduz].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJii (1985), EXHIBITIONS
no. 184, p. 245, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 183,
no. 189, p. 245, illus. Venice, Palazzo Ducale, Museo Correr,
illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 204, illus.
Mille Anni di Arte del Vetro a Venezia, 1982,
no. 122.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
378. P i l g r i m F l a s k
Venice, late fifteenth or early sixteenth
century
Free-blown soda glass w i t h gilding and
enamel decoration
Height: 1 ft. 3 i n . (38.1 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.538
PROVENANCE
EXHIBITIONS
377
N e w York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
377. E w e r Three Great Centuries of Venetian Ghss, 1958,
no. 39, p. 55; N e w York, T h e Metropolitan 378
Venice, late fifteenth or early sixteenth
century Museum o f A r t , T h e Cloisters, The Secuhr
Free-blown soda glass w i t h gilding and Spirit: Life and Art at the End of the Middle
enamel decoration Ages, 1975, no. 45, p. 47.
Height: 11 i n . (27.9 cm)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Accession number 84.DK.512
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
PROVENANCE no. 180, p. 245, illus.
Emile Gavet, Paris (sold, Galerie Georges
Petit, Paris, M a y 31-June 9, 1897, l o t
592-);
John Edward Taylor, L o n d o n (sold, Christies,
L o n d o n , July 4,1912, l o t 340); George 379. Footed B o w l (coppa)
Eumorfopoulos, L o n d o n (sold, Sotheby's, Venice, early sixteenth century
L o n d o n , M a y 28-31,1940, lot 223); Ruth Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass w i t h gild
and Leopold Blumka, N e w York. ing and enamel decoration
Height: 9Κ i n . (21.4 cm); Diameter (at
EXHIBITIONS
m o u t h ) : 8% i n . (21.5 cm)
N e w York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
Accession number 84.DK.5n
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass, 1958,
no. 23, p. 45. 379
2l8 ITALIAN GLASS
PROVENANCE 380. P i l g r i m F l a s k
Prince o f Liechtenstein, Vaduz; R u t h and Venice, first quarter o f the sixteenth century
Leopold Blumka, N e w York. Free-blown soda glass w i t h gilding and
enamel decoration
EXHIBITIONS
Height: 1 ft. V16 i n . (31.3 cm)
N e w York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
Accession number 88.DK.539
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass, 1958,
no. 29, p. 49. PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
381
Sir John Charles Robinson, Notice of the
Principal Works of Art in the Collection of BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hollingworth Magniac, Esq. (London, 1861), "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 152, p. 82; Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ no. 191, p. 246, illus.
13 (1985), no. 185, p. 245, illus.; Journal of
GUss Studies, no. 13, pp. 102-103.
383. Goblet
(?) M u r a n o , circa 1575-1600
Free-blown soda glass or crisiallo w i t h
diamond-point etching
Etched around the l i p SIG. DOTTORE D.
LESSIO.
Height: 6 i n . (15.2 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.541
P R O V E N A N C E
E X H I B I T I O N S
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
and kttimo, vetro a retorti; silver-gilt mounts "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 1?, (1985),
Stamped o n the edge o f the l i p mount, a no. 190, p. 246, illus.; Journal of Gkss Studies,
pinecone for the city o f Augsburg and a tree no. 15, pp. 102-103.
on a mount, an u n k n o w n makers mark.
Height: S Α6 i n . (21.5 cm)
7
3«3
Accession number 84.DK.514
220 ITALIAN GLASS
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
and httimo, vetro a reticelh w i t h silver-gilt Mille Anni di Arte del Vetro a Venezia, 1982,
p. 31; no. 163, p. 124.
mounts
ITALIAN GLASS 221
PROVENANCE
EXHIBITIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
387
222 ITALIAN GLASS
389. H o r n
Italian or Netherlandish, late seventeenth
or early eighteenth century
Free-blown glass w i t h lattimo and applied
decoration
Height: 1 ft. 7% i n . (40.9 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.565
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
389
ITALIAN MOSAICS 223
the Galleria de' Lavori i n pietre dure by Height (without frame): 3 ft. 2 /i6 i n . (97 cm);
3
Hardstones
390. P a i r o f Vases
Early seventeenth century
Golden alabaster {aUbastro dorato) w i t h
paragone marble bases
Height ( w i t h lid): 1 ft. 2 i n . (35.5 cm);
Height ( w i t h o u t lid): 9% i n . (24 cm);
W i d t h : ι ft. 4 4 i n . (42.7 cm)
3
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
391
224 ITALIAN MOSAICS
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
392
Furniture
CABINETS, CASKETS,
AND COMMODES
393. D i s p l a y C a b i n e t (Kabinettschrank)
Augsburg, circa 1620-1630
Ebony, pearwood, oak, boxwood, walnut,
chestnut, marble, ivory, semiprecious
stones, tortoiseshell, snakeskin, enamel,
and miniature painting
Height: 2 ft. 4% i n . (73 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 10Ψ16 i n . (58 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 11% i n .
(59 cm)
Accession number 89.DA.28
P R O V E N A N C E
E X H I B I T I O N S
Paris, XIV e
Biennale des Antiquaires,
September 22-October 9,1988.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
393
G E R M A N CASKETS A N DC O M M O D E S 227
394 395
DESKS A N D SECRETAIRES
397. R o l l t o p D e s k
N e u w i e d , circa 1785
A t t r i b u t e d to D a v i d Roentgen; gilt-bronze
plaque attributed to Pierre G o u t h i é r e ; some
mounts by Francois R é m o n d
O a k veneered w i t h mahogany and burr
amboyna; steel fittings; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 5 ft. 6% i n . (168.3 cm); W i d t h
5 ft. i / 8 i n . (155.9 c m ) ; D e p t h (open):
3
4 ft. i A i n . (126.7
7 c m
) ; D e p t h (closed):
2 ft. iiVs i n . (89.3 cm)
Accession number 72.DA.47
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
397
230 G E R M A N SECRETAIRES
(64 cm)
M a y 2-5,1956, l o t m i ) ; (sold, W e i n m ٧ l l e r
Accession number 88.DA.88
[Neumeister], M u n i c h , October 23-24,
1974, l o t 861); private collection, M u n i c h ; P R O V E N A N C E
4 0 0 . C o n s o l e Table
Circa 1735-1745
Gessoed and gilded limewood; breche
d'Alep top
Height: 3 ft. (91.4 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. 6 4 i n .
3
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
399
400
232 GERMAN TABLES
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Clocks
403. Long-case C l o c k
Berlin, circa 1755
Painted, silvered, and lacquered oak; gilt
bronze; m i r r o r glass; enameled metal
Dial inscribed Rehnisch Berlin.
Height: 8 ft. 3/2 i n . (252 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 5% i n . (76 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 10 A i n .
l
(57 cm)
Accession number 86.DB.695
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
404. Long-case M u s i c a l C l o c k
Neuwied, 1784-1786
Case by D a v i d Roentgen; the movement by
Peter Kinzing; musical movement by Johann
W i l h e l m Weil (Jean Guillaume Weyl)
404
Oak and mahogany veneered w i t h amboyna;
bronze; gilt-bronze mounts; enamel dial; PROVENANCE
P R O V E N A N C E
and engraving
Richard v o n Kauffmann, Berlin; Erich Coat o f arms o f Pαlffy and Fugger families
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
4 0 6 . Romanesque Aquamanile
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ\\ (1986),
Lower Saxony (Hildesheim or Magdeburg),
no. 220, p. 254, illus.; Handbook 1991,
circa 1220
p. 208, illus.
Bronze
Height: 10 % i n . (26 cm)
Accession number 85.SB.55
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
407 408
Stag .1 ( w i t h head bent over proper left (?) Lisbon, Exposigδo Retrospectiva de Arte
shoulder): Height: 2 ft. 1 i n . (63.5 cm); Ornamental, 1882, vol. 1, no. 57, p. 245;
W i d t h : 1154 i n . (28.5 c m ) ; D e p t h : 8/2 i n . vol. 2, no. 37.
(21.5 c m ) ; Stag .2 ( w i t h head bent over
236 GERMAN CERAMICS: MEISSEN
Ceramics
MEISSEN
4 0 9 . W i n e Bottle
Meissen manufactory, circa 1710-1715
By Johann Friedrich B φ t t g e r and modeled
by Johann D o n n e r
Stoneware
Painted underneath w i t h the black Johan-
neum m a r k 2 5 2 . over R. and impressed w i t h
the modeler's mark.
Height: 6Yz i n . (16.5 cm); W i d t h : 4 /s i n .
3
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
413
238 GERMAN CERAMICS: MEISSEN
415 B e l l P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
4i6
418. E w e r a n d B a s i n
Meissen manufactory, circa 1740
Painting attributed to the studio o f Chris
tian Frederich H e r o l d
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
decoration; gilding
T h e ewer and basin are both painted
beneath w i t h the crossed swords i n blue
o f the Meissen manufactory; both are
impressed w i t h the number 27.
Ewer: Height: 8 A i n . (21.2 cm); W i d t h :
l
Basin 418 B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Bowls: Meissen manufactory, before 1733 Figure group: private European collection
Flowers: French (Vincennes manufactory), (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 2,1982,
circa 1745-1750 lot 168); [ W i n i f r e d Williams, L t d . , L o n d o n ,
M o u n t s : French (Paris), circa 1745-1749 1982].
Hard-paste porcelain bowls; polychrome Parasol: Paul Schnyder von Wartensee,
enamel decoration; soft-paste porcelain Switzerland; [ W i n i f r e d Williams, L t d . ,
flowers; gilt-bronze mounts London, 1982].
Each b o w l painted o n the base w i t h the
BIBLIOGRAPHY
blue AR m o n o g r a m o f Augustus the Strong,
M . A . Pfeiffer, " E i n Beitrag zur Quellenge
Elector o f Saxony. M o u n t s struck w i t h the 421
schichte des E u r o p δ i s c h e n Porzellans,"
crowned C for 1745-1749.
Werden und Wirken: Ein Festgruss f٧r Karl 421. B o w l
Height: 1 ft. 3V8 i n . (39.7 c m ) ; W i d t h :
W Hiersemann (Leipzig, 1924), p. 285; Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722),
ι ft. 3/8 i n . (38.3 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. i /s i n .
3
(14.9 cm)
420. G r o u p o f "Japanese" Figures
Accession number 86.DE.738
Meissen manufactory, circa 1745
M o d e l by Johann Joachim Kandier PROVENANCE
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel Octave d u Sartel, Paris, before 1881 (sold,
decoration; gilt-bronze mounts H o t e l D r o u o t , Paris, June 4-9,1894,
A n y marks that m i g h t be under the base are lot 151); (?) Familie v o n Parpart, Berlin
concealed by the irremovable gilt-bronze (sold, Lepke, Berlin, M a r c h 18-22,1912,
mount. lot 488, p i . 39); Des N o r d b φ h m i s c h e n
Height: 1 ft. 5% i n . (45.1 cm); W i d t h : Gewerbemuseums, Reichenberg (now
uVs i n . (29.5 cm); D e p t h : S Ae i n . (21.7 cm)
9
Liberec, Czech Republic), 1912; private
Accession number 83.Di.271 collection, Germany; [Kate Foster, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1986].
420
242 G E R M A N GLASS
Blumka, N e w York.
illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
425. Krautstrunk
Franz Rademacher, " D i e gotischen Glδser
Last quarter o f the fifteenth century
der Sammlung S e l i g m a n n - K φ l n , " Pantheon
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
8 (1931), pp. 290-294, fig. A (upper right);
decoration
idem, Die deutschen Glδser des Mittelalters
Height: 2% i n . (6.2 cm)
(Berlin, 1933), p. 113, p i . 45b; "Acquisitions/
Accession number 84.DK.524
1984," GettyMusJii (1985), no. 203, p. 248,
PROVENANCE illus.
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
426. P r u n t e d B e a k e r
Late fifteenth or early sixteenth century
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
424
decoration
Height: 3% i n . (9.9 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.526
426
244 G E R M A N GLASS
428. Footed B e a k e r
Lower Rhineland or southern Netherlands,
first t h i r d o f the sixteenth century
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
decoration
Height: 4 /i6 i n . (11.9 cm)
n
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
427
([?] Cologne), first h a l f o f the sixteenth Gabriel Pichler, Vienna; acquired by Oscar
century Bondy, Vienna, November 29,1927; R u t h
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
decoration
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Height: 5M5 i n . (13.5 cm)
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ"13 (1985),
Accession number 84.DK.527
no. 240, p. 254, illus.
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
431. Stemmed a n d P r u n t e d G o b l e t
Lower Rhineland ([?] Cologne), first half o f
the sixteenth century
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
and etched decoration
Etched o n the foot, 4 . augustus . was Ick
Out. 100 . Jaer. A1594 ..
Height: 5 /i6 i n . (14.4 cm); Diameter (at
H
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
EXHIBITIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
434. B e a k e r w i t h the A r m s o f S c h i l d a n d
Portner v o n T h e u e r n
Southern German, (?) upper Bavarian, i$86
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h gilding
and enamel decoration
Arms, on the center section o f one side, i n
enamel, per bend azure, a lion passant
crowned or, grasping a scimitar, and per bend
or, three escuthcheons azure, and gules', crest,
out of a coronet or, a demi-lion with the 434
scimitar as in the shield, between two eagles
wings gules, each ensignedwith a bend— BIBLIOGRAPHY
Arms, etched i n three rows across the sur decoration Alfred Walcher-Molthein, "Deutschen
face o f the vessel twenty-one shields, seven Inscribed around the vessel wall, painted Renaissanceglδser auf Burg Kreuzenstein I I , "
per row, several blank, not all numbered, in enamel, Drinckh mich aus undt leg mich Belvedere 9-10, no. 4 (April 1926), p. 64,
(unnumbered) a patchwork of pelts, a pale nid[er] Steh ich auffso vil mich wider, gib fig. 41; Tilde Ostertag, Das Fichtelgebirgsglas,
ermine-, (1) a swan with wings open; (2) quar mich deinen I nechsten wider, ich lieb was Beitrδge zur Frδnkischen Kunstgeschichte 2
terly one andfour on a mount a lion rampant wein ist obs gleich nicht mein ist. unndt mier (Erlangen, 1933), p l . 22a; Axel von Saldern,
holding a gem ring and two and three on a nicht wertten khan I so hab ich gliech wol German Enameled Glass, p. 149, fig. 266;
pale three bezants', (5) an ox rampant armed; mein vreidt daran, liebt ihr mich wie ich "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
(4) a pale three trees; (5) issuantfrom a mount eich nicht mehr veger ich I von eich, vilsint no. 243, p. 255, illus.
vert, a cross between two arms, vested, each
248 GERMAN GLASS
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
4 4 1 . Satirical B e a k e r
N o r t h e r n German, (?) lower Saxony or
Braunschweig, 1660
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h enamel
and applied decoration
Inscribed o n the vessel wall, i n enamel,
Hilff Gott! wie muss sieh doch der gutte Tilly
leyden I Wie kann doch mancher Geld auss
seinem schimpfe schneiden I Wie zeucht er
doch verbey, wie musser sich doch b٧cken I
Wie dr٧ckt ihn doch die Butt auf seinem alten
R٧cken I Der kaum geheyletist von Puffen, die
driegt / Bey Leypsischem confeckt. Der Korb
fast uberwiegt I Mehr als er tragen kann. So
wandert er geschwinde I Mit sich und seinem
Stab in Regen, Schnee und Winde I Doch geht
er nicht allein, sein alte Geyss leufst mitte I
Undzettert bey ihm her mit eben leisen Tritte I
440
Sie meckert dass sie muss mit dem zu fusse
440. Thick-walled Beaker fort I Mit dem sie vor stets fuhr an iede Stell
(?) Central German, 1643 und Ort I; from Tilly's m o u t h O miserere
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied mei; on the basket Nimiae Exaction; on the 441
Trinck mich auss und wirffmich Nider I w i n d Vindicta divina / Vindicta divina;
Hebb mich auffund vill mich wider and below the l i p , dated 1.6.6.0; o n the b o t t o m ,
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
443. G o b l e t w i t h a Portrait o f E m p e r o r
Leopold I
Nuremberg, 1676-1683
By H e r m a n n Schwinger
Free-blown glass w i t h wheel-engraved
decoration
Height: liYx i n . (29.6 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.566
442 443
PROVENANCE
Ivory
445 Covered G o b l e t
1631
By Marcus Heiden
Lathe-turned and carved ivory
Marked MARCUS HEIDEN.
COBURGENSIS. FECIT. 1631
under base.
Height: 2 ft. 1 i n . (63.5 cm)
Accession number 91.DH.75
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
445
252 GERMAN SCAGLIOLA
Scagliola
4 4 6 . A r c h i t e c t u r a l Scene a n d F r a m e
Plaque: Southern German, circa 1630-1670
Produced i n the workshop o f Blausius
Fistulator
Scagliola
Frame: Italian, circa 1730-1740
Ebonized w o o d ; gilt-bronze mounts
Plaque: Height: 1 ft. 5/8 i n . (43.5 c m ) ;
W i d t h : ι ft. 7 % i n . (50 cm); Frame:
Height: 2 ft. 4V4 i n . (73 cm); W i d t h :
2ft.4 /8 i n . (67 cm)
3
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
446
BOHEMIAN
DECORATIVE ARTS
254 BOHEMIAN GLASS
448. G o b l e t
1576
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h enamel
and applied decoration
Dated 1576.
Height: 9 i n . (22.9 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.552
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
447
Glass
447. F r a g m e n t o f a B e a k e r or G o b l e t
(?) Bohemian, 1525-1575 449
Lloyd, eds. (London, 1984), p. 74, illus.; Wilczek, Schloss Eisgrub; R u t h and Leo
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985), p o l d Blumka, N e w York.
no. 211, p. 249, illus.; Journal of Ghss Studies,
no. 22, p. 104.
448
B O H E M I A N GLASS 255
BIBLIOGRAPHY PROVENANCE
Axel von Saldern, German Enameled Glass F. Kieslinger, Vienna; R u t h and Leopold
(Corning, 1965), p. 92, fig. 114; "Acquisi Blumka, N e w York.
tions/1984," GettyMusJ\^ (1985), no. 220,
EXHIBITIONS
p. 251, illus.; Journal of GUss Studies, no. 24,
New York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
p. 105.
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass,
1958, no. 19; N e w York, The Metropolitan
Museum o f A r t , T h e Cloisters, The Secular
Spirit: Life and Art at the End of the Middle
Ages, 1975, no. 263.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A r m s , o n the center o f the bowl, i n enamel, zu dresden; around the upper vessel wall, Brigitte Klesse and Axel von Saldern, $00
or two ragged staves in salitre, sable-, the crest, dated ι$8γ. Jahre Gkskunst: Sammlung Biemann (Zurich,
upon a cushion gules, tasseled or, afishargent, Height: 1 ft. %. i n . (31.2 cm) 1978), p. 309; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ
in front of a panache of peacock's feather proper. Accession number 84.DK.555 13 (1985), no. 206, p. 248, illus.; Journal of
Height: 9% i n . (23.5 cm) GUss Studies, no. 26, p. 106.
Accession number 84.DK.537
256 BOHEMIAN GLASS
BIBLIOGRAPHY PROVENANCE
452
Wappenhumpen," M٧nchener Jahrbuch Ε. and A . Silberman, Vienna; Oscar Bondy,
der bildenden Kunst 12, n.s. (1937-1938), Vienna; R u t h and Leopold Blumka,
p. 224; p. 226, fig. 6; "Acquisitions/1985," N e w York.
GettyMusJ14 (1986), no. 215, p. 252, illus.
B O H E M I A N GLASS 257
B I B L I O G R A P H Y 455. B e a k e r
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] Y>> (1985), (?) Northwestern Bohemian, 1599
no. 235, p. 254, illus. Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h enamel
decoration
Inscribed and dated ELIAS. IN. DER I
W٢STEN .AN/NO. 1.5.9.9.
454. Reichsadler Humpen
Height: 4% i n . (11.4 cm)
(?) Bohemian or (?) central German, 1599
Accession number 84.DK.557
Free-blown potash glass w i t h enamel
decoration P R O V E N A N C E
Inscribed o n the vessel wall below the deco A . Vecht, Amsterdam; Lucien Sauphar,
rative band, i n enamel, Das heylige Romisch Paris; Alexander v o n Frey, Paris; Oscar
Reich Mit Sampt Seinen gliedern-, o n the four Bondy, Vienna; R u t h and Leopold Blumka,
heraldic shields along the top o f the eagle's N e w York.
dexter w i n g , TRIER I COLNIMENTZI
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Ρ O TES TAT ZV R ΟΜ-, o n the sinister
w i n g , BEHENIPFALTA I SACHSEN I
Axel van Saldern, German Enameled Glass
(Corning, 1965), p. 446; "Acquisitions/1984,"
BRANDENB VRG; o n the banderoles
attached to each feather and o n the bands
GettyMus] 13 (1985), no. 221, p. 251, illus.
over the shields i n six vertical ranks o n the
dexter w i n g , from left to right and top to
b o t t o m , 4BAVRNI COLN IREGENSPVRG
/ COSENITZ/SALTZBVRGI 4 STETTI
454
AVGSBVRG I METZ /ACH ILVBECKI
4 SEMPER FREIEN ILVNDBVRG / / 4 DORFFER I BAMBERG I VLMI
WES Τ ERB VRG / THVSSIS I ALTWALTEN I HAGENAWI SLETSTATI 4 BIRG I MAD-
4 Β VRG GRA VEN / MAIDBVRGINVRN- ABVRGILVTZELBVRGIR O TT EN Β VR GI
BERG I REMECKI STANBERG / 4 MAR- ALTENBVRG; below the r i m , opposite the
GRAVEN / ERCHERNI BRANDENB VRG I eagles, dated 1599.
MEISCHEN / BADEN / 4 SEIL IBRVAN- Height: n / i 6 i n . (29.9
9
cm)
SCHWEIG I BAIRN I SCHWABEN I Accession number 84.DK.558
LVTRING; and o n the sinister wing, 4
P R O V E N A N C E
VICARII BRABAND IΝ SACHSEN /
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
WESTERBVRG I SCHLESTI 4 LAND-
GRAVEN / DVRING IEDELSASI B I B L I O G R A P H Y
PROVENANCE PROVENANCE
456
B O H E M I A N GLASS 259
458. Humpen
Southern Bohemian, 1624-1650
Gray seeded glass w i t h diamond-point
decoration
Height: 4V4 i n . (12.1 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.659
PROVENANCE
EXHIBITIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
457
458
26θ B O H E M I A N GLASS
459. B e a k e r w i t h Personifications o f
the Senses
Late seventeenth century
After the Master o f the Koula Beaker
Free-blown glass w i t h wheel-engraved
decoration
Height: 4% i n . (12.8 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.567
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
459
AUSTRIAN
DECORATIVE ARTS
262 AUSTRIAN C E R A M I C S
Glass
4 6 1 . U m b o Vase
(?) Tirolean (Hall), circa 1534-1536
(?) Workshop o f Wolfgang V i t l
Free- a n d m o l d - b l o w n soda glass w i t h gild
i n g a n d cold enamel decoration
A r m s , o n r i m , i n cold enamel, per Jesse
argent a demi-wheel gules, and azure a fleur-
de-lis argent', o n the opposite side on a
mount or a triple-turreted tower argent.
Height: 8 V16 i n . (21.1 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.546
460
Ceramics PROVENANCE
% in.
(17 cm); D e p t h : 4% i n . (12.2 cm)
Accession number 85.DE.375.1-.2
461
AUSTRIAN GLASS 263
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
462. C o v e r e d Pokal
H a l l , circa 153 6-1540
(?) Workshop o f Wolfgang V i t l
Free-blown soda glass w i t h applied decora
t i o n , gilding, and cold enamel
A r m s o n one side o f the central zone o f the
vessel canted toward each other, below a
bishops miter, i n cold enamel, two escutch
eons, dexter or, a moors head in profile proper
crowned, and sinister, quarterly one and four
sable a lion or crowned gules and two and
three lozengy argent and azure.
Height: γ λ i n . (19.3 cm)
5
Accession n u m b e r 84.DK.548
PROVENANCE
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e C o r n i n g M u s e u m o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian GUss, 1958,
no. 59.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
462
264 AUSTRIAN GLASS
464
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
465
463
AUSTRIAN GLASS 265
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
4 6 7 . Covered B e a k e r (Wtlkommglas)
Hall, circa 1550-1554
(?) Workshop o f Sebastian H φ c h s t e t t e r
Free-blown potash glass w i t h etched and
enamel decoration
Arms, o n the center o f the vessel wall and
repeated o n the opposite side, i n enamel,
argent a fesse dancetty gules-, crest, on a helf
argent a coronet or and a panache of peacocks
plumes argent and gules. Inscribed over the
vessel wall w i t h the names or initials o f vari
ous people and dates, i n d i a m o n d point.
Height: 1 ft. 2 /i6 i n . (37 cm)
9
PROVENANCE
468
468. B o w l BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
CABINETS ι ft. 7 Κ i n . (49.5 cm); Stand: Height: The Orange and the Rose: Holknd and
2 ft. 7% i n . (79.3 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. 5% i n . Britain in the Age of Observation, 1600-1750,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
469
E N G L I S H SEAT F U R N I T U R E 269
BIBLIOGRAPHY
471. Pair o f A r m c h a i r s
London, circa 1740-1745
I n the style o f W i l l i a m Bradshaw
Gessoed and parcel-gilt pine; modern silk
upholstery
Height: 3 ft. 2% i n . (97.9 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 3% i n . (69.3 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. y /s i n .
3
(79.7 cm)
Accession number 78.DA.96.1-.2
PROVENANCE
472
470
270 E N G L I S H FRAMES
47 6. P a i r o f L i d d e d Tureens, L i n e r s ,
a n d Stands
L o n d o n , 1807
By Paul Storr
Silver
Variously marked w i t h the maker's stamp o f
RS.; a l i o n passant (the standard mark o f
sterling quality); the crowned leopard's head
(the assay m a r k o f L o n d o n ) ; the Sovereign's
head o f George I I I (the d u t y mark); and
the letter Μ (the date letter for 1807). Each
tureen engraved w i t h the arms o f the Dukes
One of a pair 476
o f R i c h m o n d and Lennox and w i t h the
m o t t o EN LA ROSE LE FL URJE.
272 ENGLISH MOUNTED ORIENTAL PORCELAIN
477. P a i r o f L i d d e d B o w l s
Porcelain: Japanese (Arita), circa 1650
M o u n t s : English (London), circa 1670
M o u n t s attributed to Wolfgang Howzer
Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue deco
ration; gilt-metal mounts
Height: 1ft.I 9
/I6 i n . (34.5 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 3 i n . (38 cm); D e p t h : 10/16 i n . (25.5 cm)
Accession number 85.DI.178.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
E X H I B I T I O N S
Furniture
478. D i s p l a y C a b i n e t (Toonkast)
Flemish (probably Antwerp), early seven
teenth century
Walnut and oak veneered w i t h ebony,
tortoiseshell, (?) coconut, and ebonized
wood
Height: 6 ft. 10 4 i n . (210 cm); W i d t h :
3
(74.5 cm)
Accession number 88.DA. 10
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
478
NETHERLANDISH METALWORK 275
Metalwork
480. C h a n d e l i e r
D u t c h , circa 1645-1675
Brass and oil-gilt wrought iron
Height: approx. 5 ft. (153 cm); W i d t h :
approx. 5 ft. (153 cm)
480
Accession number 88.DH.62
P R O V E N A N C E
One of a pair 479
Count Moretus-Plantin, Stabroek, Belgium
(until at least 1930); C o u n t G . della Faille
479. Pair o f Torcheres de Leverghem, Schoten, Belgium (by 1961);
D u t c h , circa 1740-1750 [Axel Vervoordt, s Gravenwezel, Belgium].
(?) By the Italian carver, Agostino Carlini
E X H I B I T I O N S
Gessoed, painted, and gilded w o o d ; crushed
glass Antwerp, Tentoonstelling van Oude Vlaamsche
Kunst (Exhibition o f O l d Flemish A r t ) , 1930,
Height: 6 ft. uVs i n . (212.4 c m
) ; Width:
" D 178"; Duerne-Antwerp, Provinciaal
2 ft. 3 i n . (68.6 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 10 i n .
(55.9 cm)
Accession number 79.DA.5.1-.2
Xy6 NETHERLANDISH GLASS
481 482
N E T H E R L A N D I S H GLASS 277
BIBLIOGRAPHY PROVENANCE
EXHIBITIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
484. F l u t e G l a s s
Southern Netherlandish, seventeenth
century
Free-blown soda glass or cristallo w i t h
diamond-point etching
Height: 1 ft. Δ6 i n . (31.6 cm)
7
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
4»5
SPANISH
DECORATIVE ARTS
28θ SPANISH METALWORK
Metalwork
486. Pair o f C a n d l e s t i c k s
Spanish, circa 1650-1700
Bronze
Height: 5 ft. 8 % i n . (175 cm) each
Accession number 86.DH.601.1-.2
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
4 8 7
Ceramics PROVENANCE
488. T i l e F l o o r
(?) Manises, circa 1425-1450
Tin-glazed earthenware
Speratens and ne oblyer inscribed i n the hex
agonal tiles: a coat o f arms, ofbarry of six
argent and gules, painted o n the square tiles.
Length: 7 ft. i 4 i n . (220 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft.
3
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EXHIBITIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
488
282 SPANISH GLASS
Glass
489. Flask
Catalonian, nineteenth or twentieth
century
Free-blown soda glass w i t h enamel
decoration
Inscribed o n b o t h sides, i n enamel, IHSI
IHS.
Height: 10% i n . (20.6 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.518
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
489
CHINESE,
JAPANESE, PERSIAN,
AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN
DECORATIVE ARTS
284 CHINESE CERAMICS
P R O V E N A N C E
Diameter: 10 4 i n . (27.3 cm); O p e n Vases:
3
P R O V E N A N C E
493. L i d d e d Vase
Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue
decoration
Painted underneath w i t h a mark o f the
M i n g reign (Jia Jing, 1522-1566) i n under
glaze blue.
Height: ii /% i n . (30.2 cm); Diameter: 4% i n .
7
(11.4. cm)
Accession number 85.DE.414
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
492
494
492. L i d d e d Vase
Chinese, Kangxi (168 2-1722) 494. L i d d e d Vase
Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
decoration Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue
Height: 1 ft. 11% i n . (59.7 c m ) ; Diameter: decoration
ι ft. 2 4 i n . (37.5 cm)
3
Painted underneath w i t h a leaf i n under
Accession number 86.DE.629 glaze blue.
Height: 1 ft. 5% i n . (44.5 cm); Diameter:
P R O V E N A N C E
SYx i n . (21.6 cm)
[Spink and Son, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
Accession number 85.DE.46
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R O V E N A N C E
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ15 (1987),
[Spink and Son, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1985].
no. 97, p . 210, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
493
286 CHINESE CERAMICS
49 6. P a i r o f L i d d e d Vases
Chinese, Yongzheng, circa 1730
Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel
decoration
Each vase bears a label, pasted w i t h i n the
lip, printed w i t h FONTHILL HEIRLOOMS
and w i t h the inventory number 6/0/3 ·
Height: 2 ft. 4 i n . (62.9 cm); Diameter:
3
PROVENANCE
497
PERSIAN CARPETS 287
Japanese Ceramics
4 9 9 . G a r n i t u r e o f T h r e e Vases
Japanese (Arita), first half o f the eighteenth
century
Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue
decoration; polychrome enamel; gilding
Vase .1: Height: 1 ft. Ys i n . (32.1 cm);
Diameter: 7 i n . (17.8 cm); Vase .2: Height:
ι ft. Vs i n . (32.1 cm); Diameter: jY% i n .
(18 cm); Vase .3: Height: 1 ft. 4 i n . (32.4 cm);
3
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
498
288 SOUTHEAST ASIAN FURNITURE
PROVENANCE
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One of seven 5° 2
INDEXES
290 I N D E X O F MAKERS
INDEX OF MAKERS
The following index includes the names o f Β Blakey, William, I I (clock springmaker; before
makers and artists. Please note that references are 1714-after 1788), 139
to entry numbers, not page numbers. Badin (bronze castor; active last quarter o f the
eighteenth century), 16 Boels, Pierre (Boulle), (painter; active second half
o f the seventeenth century), 289
Bailleul, Nicolas, lejeune (engraver; active 1740s),
A 146 Boizot, Simon-Louis (sculptor; 1743-1809), 154,
183
Abbiati, Francesco (cabinetmaker; active late Bardet (Sevres painter; active 1751-1758), 212
eighteenth century), 324 Bono, Etienne-Henry (Sιvres rιpareur; active
Baudouin, Fran9ois, pere (Sevres gilder; active 1754-1781), 237
Andreoli, Maestro Giorgio (ceramic artist; direc 1750-1800), 49
tor o f maiolica workshop i n Gubbio; late Bonnemer, Francois (painter and engraver;
i470s-circa 1553), 357 Baumhauer, Joseph, I {ιbιniste; ιbιnisteprivilegiι 1638-1689), 287
du Roi circa 1749; died 1772), 13, 29, 44, 64
Anguier, Guillaume (painter; 1628-1708), 289 Borde, Louis (cartographer and engraver; graveur
Bιhagle, Philippe (director o f the Beauvais tapes du Roi et des affaires ιtrangιres; active 1730-1740S),
Asselin, Charles Eloi (Sevres painter; active try manufactory from 1684; 1641-1705), 286 146
1765-1804), 243
Bιlanger, Fran9ois-Joseph (architect; dessinateur Borman (bronze castor; dates unknown), 267
Audran, Claude, I I I (painter and designer; des menus-plaisirs 1767; 1744-1818), 173
1658-1734), 292, 300 Bossi, Benigo (engraver and plasterer; 1727-1792),
Belin [Belain or Blin] de Fontenay, Jean-Baptiste, 270
Audran, Michel (tapestry weaver; high-warp lejeune (painter; 1653-1715), 282, 286, 287, 300
weaver at the Gobelins manufactory from 1732; Bφttger, Johann Friedrich (Meissen alchemist and
1701-1771), 300 Bellangι, Alexandre-Louis {ιbιniste; 1799-1863), 54 designer; 1682-1719), 409-411
Auguste, Robert-Joseph (silversmith; maitre 1757; Benneman, Guillaume (ιbιniste; maitre1785; Boucault, Jean (menuisier; maitre 1728; circa
circa 1723-1805), 193, 305, 307 employed by the Garde-Meuble de h Couronne 1705-1786), 98
1786-1792; died 1811), 16
Avelli, Francesco Xanto (ceramic artist; poet; circa Boucher, Francois (painter; designer at the
1486/87-circa 1544), 359 Beo, Johann Andreas (ιbιniste; dates unknown), Beauvais tapestry manufactory from 1734; active
398 at the Vincennes and Sevres manufactory
Avisse, Jean (menuisier; maitre1743; 1723-after
Berchem, Nicolas (painter; 1620-1683), 233 1749-1754; artistic director at the Gobelins manu
1796), 94
factory from 1754; 1703-1770), 71, 214, 217, 291,
Besnier, Nicolas (silversmith; orfιvre du Roi 1715; 294-299, 301
administrator o f the Beauvais tapestry manufac
tory 1734-1754), 294-299, 302 Bouillat, Edme-Fran9ois (Sιvres painter;
1739/40-1810), 49, 50
Beurdeley, Louis-Auguste-Alfred (furniture maker
and bronze castor; 1808-1882), 274 Boulle, Andrι-Charles (ιbιniste; maitre before
1666; ciseleur-doreur-sculpteur du Roi 1672;
Biller, Johann Ludwig the Elder (goldsmith and 1642-1732), 3, 4, 7, 8, 21, 58-61, 63,106,107,127,
silversmith; 1656-1732), 402 129,131,132,158,163
INDEX OF MAKERS 29I
Bradshaw, W i l l i a m (chairmaker; active Chauveaux, Michel-Barnabι, Tainι (Sιvres Delafosse, Jean-Charles (architect and ornιman-
1736-1745), 471 painter and gilder; born circa 1729, active iste; 1734-1789), n o
1752-1788), 235
British Royal Collection, 363 Delorme, Adrien Faizelot (ιbιniste; mattre1748;
Cheret, Jean-Baptiste-Frangois (silversmith; died after 1783), 30, 69
Buteux, Charles, pere (Sevres painter; 1719-1782,
mattre^1759; died after 1791), 192
active from 1756), 219 Deparis, Jean-Francois (Sevres designer, painter,
Cochois, Charles-Michel (ιbιniste; mattre circa and rιpareur; active 1746-1797), 237
1730; died 1764), 21
Desfarges (upholstery fabric manufacturer or sup
c
Cornaille, Antoine-Toussaint (Sevres painter and plier; dates unknown), 102
CafHeri, Jacques (sculptor; mattre 1714, fondeur- gilder; 1735-1812), 241
Desportes, Alexandre-Francois (painter;
ciseleur des bδtiments du Roi 1736; 1678-1755), 137,
Coudray, Michel-Dorothιe (Sevres molder; 1661-1743), 282, 283, 287, 300
168
1718-1775, active 1753-1774/75), 229, 231
Deumier, Pierre (serrurier des bδtiments du Roi;
Cafneri, Philippe (sculptor; mattre by 1743;
Couturier, Claude (Sevres painter; active active from the 1760s), 73
sculpteur-ciseleur ordinaire du Roi 1755;
1762-1775, died 1775), 47
1714-1774), 170,171 Dietrich, Joachim (menuisier; died 1753), 396
Coypel, Charles-Antoine (painter; premierpeintre
Capelle, Antoine (Sevres painter; born circa 1722, Dieu, Jean-Jacques (Sevres painter and gilder;
du Roi 1747; 1694-1752), 300
active 1745-1800), 238, 240 active 1777-1791,1794-1798, and 1803-1811), 244
Cozzi, Geminiano (founder o f Cozzi porcelain
Carlin, M a r t i n (ιbιniste; mattre 1766; circa Digue (clockmaker and mιcanicien; dates
factory; active 1764-1812), 369
1730-1785), 47, 50, 74-76, 79 unknown, active 1770s), 134
Cressent, Charles (sculptor and marchand-
Carlini, Agostino (painter and sculptor; active Dodin, Charles-Nicolas (Sevres painter;
ιbιniste; ιbιniste to the due d'Orlιans 1719;
1760-1790), 479 1734-1803, active 1754-1802), 71, 220-222, 224
1685-1768), 12, 34,133,134,139,177
Castel, Philippe (Sevres painter and gilder; born Doirat, Etienne (ιbιniste; 1675/80-1732), 22
Cuvellier, E. J. (ιbιniste; mattre1753), 10
1746/^.7, active circa 1771-1797), 239
Dominicι, Jean-Francois (clockmaker; 1694-after
Cuyilliιs, Fran9ois de (architect and designer;
Caton, Antoine (Sevres painter; 1726-1800, active 1754), 130
circa 1695-1768), 396
1749-1798), 237
Donner, Johann (Meissen modeler; active circa
Chabry, Etienne-Jean (Sevres painter, born before 1710), 409
1749, active 1764-1787), 235 D
Dubois, Jacques (ιbιniste; mattre 1742;
Chaillot (peintre-doreur; active last quarter of the Daguerre, Dominique (marchand-mercier; circa 1694-1763), 35, 38, 43
eighteenth century), 102 1740-1796), 79
Dubois, Rene (ιbιniste; mattre 1755; ιbιniste de k
Chapelle, Jacques (modeler or painter at Dardet, Claude-Gabriel (silversmith; mattre 1715), Reine 1779; 1737-1799), 48
Sceaux manufactory; born 1721, active at 187
Dubuisson (enameler; mattre1769; died circa
Sceaux 1750-1763), 210
Darnault, Francois-Charles (marchand-mercier; 1820), 144
Chaulnes, Michel-Ferdinand, 5th due de (scien active 1 7 3 0 S - 1 7 8 0 S ) , 29
Duplessis, Jean-Claude (designer, silversmith, and
tist; 1714-1769), 147
Deck, Jacques (painter and enameler; active by sculptor; directeur artistique at Sevres 1745/48-
Chauveaux, Jean, lejeune (Sevres gilder; 1742-died after 1764), 10 1774, sculpteur-fondeur-doreur du Roi 1747, orflvre
1735—circa 1807, active 1764-1800), 236 du Roi 1758; died 1774), 214, 216, 231, 243, 244
292 INDEX O F MAKERS
Durand, F., fils {ιbιniste; active late Fontaine, Jacques (Sevres painter; 1734/35-1807, Germain, Fransois-Thomas (silversmith; orfévre
nineteenth-early twentieth century), 49 active 1752-1800), 234 du R0Í174S-1764; 1726-1791), 169,186,191
Fontana, Orazio (ceramic artist; director o f Germain, Thomas (silversmith; 1673-1748, maitre
Ε maiolica workshop i n Urbino; 1510-1571), 364, 365 1720, orfévre du Rot 1723; 1673-1748), 186, 190
Eckhout, Albert van der (painter; circa Forestier, Etienne-Jean (bronze castor; maitre Girardon, Frangois (sculptor; 1628-1715), 132
1610-1665), 287 1764), 16
Golle, Pierre (ébéniste; maitre menuisierand
EfFner, Joseph (architect and designer; 1687-1745), Forestier, Pierre-Auguste (bronze castor; ébéniste ordinaire du Roi before 1656; circa
399 i755-i835)> 16 1620-1684), 57
Fortier, Alexandre (scientist and mécanicien; circa Gondouin, Jacques (designer and architect; active
1700-1770), 138 last quarter o f the eighteenth century), 100
F
Foullet, Antoine {ébéniste; maitre 1749; circa Gouthiére, Pierre (gilder; maitre 1758; doreur ordi-
Fallot (Sevres painter and gilder; active
1710-1775), 141 naire des menus-plaisirs 1767; circa 1620-1684),
1764-1790), 236
153,173,178,397
Francart, Fran£ois (painter; 1622-1672), 281
Ferrucci, Romolo d i Francesco (called del Tadda)
Grue, Francesco Saverio I I Maria (ceramic artist;
(sculptor; hardstone carver; died 1621), 391
director o f the gabinetto dipittura and tornante o f
Feuchére, Jean-Pierre (gilder; maitre 17 67), 175 G the royal porcelain factory, Capodimonte;
1731-1809), 368
Feuchére, L.-F. (bronze castor; active from the Galle, Andre (bronze castor; 1761-1844), 16,160
i78os-died 1828), 155 Gudin, Paul, called G u d i n lejeune, (clockmaker;
Gallien, Simon (silversmith; maitre 1714; died
marchand-horloger du Roi suivant la cour et conseil
Feuchére, Pierre-Fran£ois (gilder; maitre 17 63), 1757), 189
de sa Maj'esté1739), 132
169, 175
Gambier (designer; dates unknown, active circa
Fieffé, Jean-Jacques, pere (clockmaker; maitre 1787), 42
1715; circa 1700-1770), 133 Η
Garden, Phillips (silversmith; active 1738-1763),
Filippo, Jacopo d i Stefano d i (ceramic artist; 185 Hackwood, W i l l i a m (Wedgwood modeler; active
director o f maiolica workshop i n Cafaggiolo; 1769-1832, died 1839), 7J
Houasse, Renι-Antoine (painter; 1644/45-1710), L Le Noir, Pierre Etienne (clockmaker; born circa
287 1725, maitre YJ43), 140
La Croix, Jean de (tapestry weaver; active at the
Howzer, Wolfgang (goldsmith; active 1652-circa Gobelins manufactory 1662-1712), 289 Lepaute, Pierre-Bazile (clockmaker; 1750-1843),
1688), 477 130
Lalonde, Richard de (designer; active last decades
of the eighteenth century), 88,172, 304 Le Roy, Charles (clockmaker; maitre 1733;
I 1709-1771), 142
Lamerie, Paul de (silversmith; 1688-1751, active
Ivry, Contant d ' (architect; 1698-1777), 86, 303 from 1712), 475 Le Roy, Jean, IV (silversmith; maitre 1625), 185
Lanfant [marbrier; dates unknown), 16 Le Roy, Julien, II (clockmaker; maitre 1713-, hor-
logerdu Roi 1739; 1686-1759), 131,136,137
J Lapina (clockmaker; dates unknown), 141
Ligozzi, Jacopo (painter and designer; circa
Jacob, Georges {menuisier; maitre 1765-1796; Laroche, Jacques-Francois-Louis de (Sevres 1547-1626), 391
1739-1814), 97, 102, 103, I I I painter; 1740/41, active 1759-1802), 240, 241
Limosin, Leonard (enameler; head o f Limoges
Jacob-Desmaltier et Cie (firm o f menuisiers Latz, Jean-Pierre {ιbιniste; ιbιniste privilegiι du workshop; circa 1505-1575/77), 197
formed by Georges Jacob's younger son, Francois- Roi before May 1741; circa 1691-1754), 27, 36, 37,
Honorι-Georges [1770-1841, retired 1824]; after Lock, Matthias (furniture designer and maker;
138
1825 the business was run by Frangois's son circa 1710-1765), 473
Georges-Alphonse Jacob-Desmaltier [1799-1870, Le Blond, Etienne-Claude (tapestry weaver;
active until 1847]), 4
i o active at the Gobelins manufactory 1727-1751), Louis, Victor (architect and designer; 1737-1807),
292, 293 73
Jacques, Maurice (painter and designer; circa
1712-1784), 301, 302 Le Brun, Charles (painter and designer; directeur Lourdet, Philippe (director o f the Chaillot work
de la manufacture royale des Gobelins from 1662; shops at the Savonnerie carpet manufactory from
Joubert, Gilles {marchand-ιbιniste; ιbιniste ordi directeur de Tacadιmie royale de peinture et de 1667; died 1671), 280, 281
naire du Garde-Meuble de la Couronne 1758; sculpture 1663; premierpeintre du Roi 1664;
ιbιniste du Roi 1763-1774; 1689-1775), 32 Lullier {marchand-mercier; active 1750s), 35
1619-1690), 117, 281, 289, 290
Juvara, Francesco Natale (goldsmith and silver Ledoux, Claude-Nicolas (architect; 1736-1806),
smith; 1673-1759), 332 124 Μ
Leeke, Ralph (silversmith; active 1679-after 1714), Maelrondt, Philippe Claude {marchand; died
Κ 185 1824), 54
Kandier, Johann Joachim (Meissen modeler; Le Guay, Etienne-Henri (Sevres gilder; Maffei, Antonio (sculptor; woodcarver; born circa
active 1731; chief modeler 1733; 1706-1775), 420 1719/20-circa 1799), 238, 243, 237, 232, 47 1530), 311
Kinzing, Peter (clockmaker; 1745-1816), 404 Le Guay, Pierre-Andrι, fils ainι (Sevres painter; Manara, Baldassare (ceramic artist; active circa
active 1772-1818), 238 1526-1547), 360
Koula Beaker, Master o f (glassblower; late seven
teenth century), 459 Leleu, Jean-Francois {ιbιniste; maitre 1764, retired Marot, Daniel (architect and designer; circa
1792; 1729-1807), 45, 72 1663-1752), 277
Le Noir, Etienne, II (clockmaker; maitre 1717; Martin, Etienne-Simon {vernisseur; died 1770),
1699-1778), 10, 35,140 146; 184
294 I N D E X O F MAKERS
Martin, Gilles-Fransois (sculptor and modeler; Ν Petit, Nicolas (ιbιniste; maitre 1761; 1732-1791), 30
circa 1713-1795), 16
Nan tier (Sιvres rιpareur; active 1767-1776), 229 Petitot, Eunemond-Alexandre (architect and
Martin, Guillaume (vernisseur; died 1749), 146, ornιmaniste; 1727-1801), 270
Neilson, Jacques (tapestry weaver; director o f the
184
Gobelins manufactory low-warp looms from Pfleger, Abraham, I (silversmith; active 1558-died
Martincourt, Etienne (sculptor and bronze castor; 1759; circa 1718-1788), 301, 302 1605), 407
maitre 1762; died 1791), 142,151
Nollet, Jean-Antoine (scientist; 1700-1770), 146 Pichler, Johann Adam (carver; active m i d -
Martiniιre, Antoine-Nicolas (enameler; maitre eighteenth century), 399
1720; ιmailleur etpensionnaire du Roi 1741;
Pierre, Jean-Baptiste-Marie (painter and" designer;
1706-1784), 35,136,137 O
premierpeintre du Roi 1770; 1713-1789), 243
Masson, Pierre (clock springmaker; 1714-1788), Oeben, Jean-Francois (ιbιniste; ιbιniste du Roi
Pierre, Jean-Jacques, lejeune (Sevres painter; born
140 1754, maitre 1761; 1721-1763), 31, 36, 37, 66, 67,
1745/46, active 1763-1800), 47
70
Mιreaud, Pierre-Antoine, Tainι (Sevres painter
Pineau, Nicolas (architect and designer;
and gilder; circa 1735-1791, active from 1754), 227 Oppenordt, Gilles-Marie (designer; 1672-1742),
1684-1754), 35
130
Merlet, Georges-Adrien (enameler; active from
Post, Frans (painter; 1612-1680), 287
1780s), 145 Osmond, Robert (bronze castor; maitre 1746;
died 1789), 140 Preissler, Ignaz (Hausmalen 1676-1741), 412, 421
Meulen, Francois van der (painter; 1632-1690), 289
Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (painter; director o f the Prιvost, Henri-Martin (Sιvres gilder; active
Meunier, Etienne {menuisier; active second quar
Beauvais tapestry manufactory 1734; 1668-1755), 1757-1797), 240
ter o f the eighteenth century), 92
294-299
Micaud, Jacques-Fran9ois (Sevres painter;
R
1732/35-1811, active from 1757), 75
Ρ Rand, John (silversmith; active from 1704-after
Moitte, Jean-Guillaume (sculptor; 1746-1810),
I7i3)> 4 7 4
308 Palagi, Filippo Pelagio (architect; portrait painter;
furniture designer; ornamentalist; 1775-1860), Raskin, Henry (restorer; active first half o f the
Mollet, Armand-Claude (architect; 1660-1742),
328,333 twentieth century), 4
119
Palissy, Bernard (ceramic artist; painter; glass- Raux, fils ainι (Sιvres painter; active 1766-1779),
Mollinger, Christian (clockmaker; 1754-1826), 398
blower; designer; [?]i5io-i59o), 198 50
Molitor, Bernard (ιbιniste; maitre 17S7;
Parent, Aubert-Henri-Joseph (sculptor, designer, Rehnisch (clockmaker; active circa 1740), 403
1755-1833X42
and architect; 1753-183 5), 112,113
Rehschuck (Meissen modeler, active first half o f
Monnet, Charles (painter; 1732-after 1808), 243
Parpette, Philippe (Sevres enameler; active the eighteenth century), 417
Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (painter; 1636-1699), 1755-1757 and 1773-1806; 1736-circa 1808), 237,
Reinicke, Peter (Meissen modeler; 1715-1768), 152
285-289 238
R ι m o n d , Francois (bronze castor; maitre1774;
Montigny, Philippe-Claude (ιbιniste; maitre 1766; Pιnicaud, Jean, I I (enameler; head o f Limoges
circa 1747-1812), 42, 397
1734-1800), 15, 46 workshop; active 1531-1549), 196
Richard, Claude (clock springmaker; maitre' 1759,
Morin, Jean-Louis (Sevres painter; 1732-1787, Perrot, Pierre-Josse (painter; active at the
active until 1769; died after 1789), 141
active from 1754), 214, 225 Gobelins manufactory 1715-1749), 293
INDEX OF MAKERS 295
The following index includes the names o f Ardmore House (Middlesex), 57 Bardac, J., 175
private owners and dealers. Named residences
Arenberg, duchesse Mathildis d', 20 Bardi, Giovanni, 391
are also listed. Please note that references are to
entry numbers, not page numbers. Arenberg, dues d', 20 Bardini, Stefano, 340
Aaron, Didier, 5,16, 39, 44, 83,177,199, 261, 314, Arlatan, Jean d' (marquis de la Roche and baron Barker, Alexander, 72
390 de Lauris), 202
Baroda, Maharanee of, 18, 396
Abdy, Sir Robert, Bt., 29, 41, 76,189 Arto is, comte d', 19
Bath, Marquess of, 502
Abdy, Sir Valentine, 189 Ashburton, Rt. H o n . Lord, 241
Baudoint family, 56
Adda collection, 351 Ashwick House (Somerset), 55
Becker, Carl, 198
Aetas Antiqua, S.A., 331 Astor, Lord, 197
Beckett-Denison, Christopher, 18, 394
Alamagna family, 416 Atholl, 8th Duke o f (John George Murray,
Beckford, William, 18
Marquess o f Tullibardine), 67
Albani, conte Francesco Castelbarco, 302
Beddard, Anne, 254
Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, 409,
Alexander and Berendt, Ltd., 13, 25, 57, 58, 62, 93,
105,141,143,167,170,172, 211, 231, 247, 259, 283, 417, 419 Benavente, Counts of, 486
314, 326, 403 Aveline et Cie, 11,16,18, 22, 404, 477 Bensimon, Gaston, 4, 192, 224, 246
Allen, A r m i n Β., 215, 223, 229, 238 Aveline, Maurice, 11 Bιraudiιre, Jacques, comte de, 98
Allnat, John, 16 Bernal, Ralph, 356
Alvarez de Toledo family, 50 Β Bernard, Jacques-Samuel (comte de Coubert), 186
Ancel, Germaine, 257 Backer, Hans, 188 Bernheimer, 59
Anchier, Gauthiot d' (Governor o f Besancon), 6 Bacon, Edward R., 246 Bernheimer Fine Arts, Ltd., 285, 399
Angiviller, comte d' (Charles Claude de Flahaut), Baillie-Hamilton, H o n . Mrs. Robert (Mary Berotaire, 107
60 Gavin), 67
Bertrand et Cie, P., 278
Antiquaires de Paris, Les, 13, Bak, Dr., 340, 352
Best, Dr. Albert, 284
Antique Porcelain Company, The, 67, 208-210, Ball, C , 28
214, 222, 233, 237, 416, 418
Ball, W , 54
I N D E X O F PREVIOUS OWNERS 297
Bondy, Oscar, 383, 432, 442, 453, 455, 456, 467 Bureau Seraudey, Antoinette (Mme d'Inval), 119 Castiglione, 397
Bonnefoy, Jean-Louis, 189 Burns, Major General Sir George, 249, 325 Catherine I I , Empress o f Russia, 64
Bonnefoy-Duplan, 102 Burns, Mrs. Walter Hayes, 249, 325 Caumont La Force family, de, 90
Chabrillan family, de, 90 Colnaghi and Co., P. and D . , 333 Croxteth H a l l (near Liverpool), 231
Chait, Ralph, 490, 491 Colorno, Palazzo di (near Parma), 168 Crozat, Pierre, 90
Chalmin, Jean-Luc, 184 Colville, Col. Norman, 233 Cumberland, Dukes of, 193
Chantilly, Chateau de, 199 Consolo, Philip R., 36 Curzon, Sir Nathaniel (ist Baron Scarsdale), 185
Chαteau-sur-Mer (Newport, Rhode Island), 102, Conyngham, Jane, Marchioness of, 238 D
286
Cook, Α., 471 Dalva Brothers, Inc., 52, 76,102,112,128, 244,
Chesaie, Chateau de la (Eubonne), 183 272, 274, 279, 282, 324, 402
Coope, Octavius E., 42
Chester Beatty, Sir Alfred and Edith, 29, 32, Damiron, Charles, 347, 353, 360
Cornbury Park (Oxfordshire), 2
63,76 Damiron, Paul, 347, 360
Cornillion, Chateau de (Loire), 56
Chinese Palace (Oranienbaum, near St.
Damour family, 56
Petersburg), 64 Cornwallis West, William, 40
Danae A r t International, 323, 392
Choiseul, due de, 97 Corsini family, 318, 391, 446
Dange, Francois Balthazar, 41
Cholmondeley, Marchioness o f (Sybil Sassoon), 8 Cotte, Jules-Francois de, 8
Dange, Marie-Emilie-Francoise, 41
Chompret, J., 342 Cotte, Jules-Robert de, 8
D a n g e de Bagneux, Louis-Balthazar, 41
Christie, George, 497 Cotterstock Hall (Northamptonshire), 62
Daval, 11
Christner, Mrs. John W , 226, 234, 235, 245 Coty, Francois, 61
David, Inc., 195, 374, 376, 381, 382, 386, 388, 407,
Clement VIII, Pope (Ippolito Aldobrandini), 391 Coudira, Chateau de (Prιgny, Switzerland), 27 468, 485
Clements, 243 Court, M . , 397 David-Weill, David, 187,191,192,199
Clermont-Tonnerre, comtesse de, 178 Coutts, Harriot Mellon, 10 Davis, Charles, 130,138
Cleveland, Grace Caroline, Duchess of, 222 Coventry, George William, 6th Earl of, 221 Debruge-Dumenil, 197
Clifden, Leopold George Frederick, 5th Viscount, Coventry, George William, 7th Earl of, 221 Delplace, Lucien, 13
72
Crag Hall (Lancashire), 25 Demidov, Anatole, Prince o f San Donato, 4,154
Clore, Sir Charles, 230
Cramoisan, Didier, 232, 240 Demidoff, Paul, 4
Clumber (Nottinghamshire), 14
Cressart, Guillaume, 119 Despencer, family, Le, 58
Cockshut, John, 71
Cressart, Hotel (Paris), 119
I N D E X O F PREVIOUS OWNERS 299
Dodge, Anna Thomson, 28, 64, 79, 92, 98,100, Dutasta, Paul, 175 Fabre, B., et Fils, 3, 46, 61, 66, 81, 88,118,143,171,
101,109,134,139,176,182, 296 180, 264, 288
Duvaux, Lazare, 213, 214
Donaldson, 18 Fahrbach, Georg, 124
Duveen, 49, 255
Donjeux, Vincent, 18,130 Fane, Lieutenant Colonel H o n . Henry, 62
Duveen and Co., 79
Dorrance, Jr., John Thompson, 286 Farman, M m e Henry, 258
Duveen Brothers, 6, 23, 64, 67, 92, 98,100,109,
Dorrance, Sr., John Thompson, 286 119,134,139,176,182, 220, 221, 296, 301, 365 Faucigny-Lucinge, Pierre de, 163
Dunimarle Castle (Culross, Fife, Scotland), 468 Espirito Santo family, 39 Fogg, Samuel, 130
Dunlap, Mrs. Charles E., 201 Eumorfopoulos, George, 377 Foley, Lord, 7
Dupuy, Mrs. H . , 201, 242 Exbury House (Hampshire), 32, 230 Fontainebleau, Chateau de, 32, 96,101, 327
Duras, Emmanuel-Felicité, due de, 32 Exeter, 4th Marquess o f (Henry George Fonthill Abbey (Wiltshire), 18
Brownlow), 130
Durier, Jeanne, 127 Fonthill House (Wiltshire), 263, 496
Durlacher, 380
300 I N D E X O F PREVIOUS O W N E R S
Ford, Henry, I I , 257, 263 Gautier, Henri 358 Gould, Florence J., 210
Foresi, Alessandro, 366 Gavet, Emile, 376, 377 Gould, George Jay, 23,139
Foster, Ltd., Kate, 206, 409, 421, 495 Gavin, M a r y (Hon. Mrs. Robert Baillie- Goury de Rosland, 217
Hamilton), 67
Fouquet, Nicolas, 117 Gramont, due de, 122, 296
Gawn, Roger, 86
Founιs, S., 27 Grassi, Ugo, 336
Gendebien-Salvay, Baron, 289
Fournier, 124 Grassi collection, 488
George I I I , King o f England, 193
Foz, marquis da, 4,143 Gravenwezel, s, 478, 480
Georgian Court (Lakewood, New Jersey), 23,139
France, government of, 168 Greenway, Lee, 170
Gibbs, Christopher, 115,117
Freda, Mrs. Rose, 94 Greffulhe, Henri, comte de, 11,100
Gibson, 240
Frederick Augustus I I I , Elector o f Saxony and Grimston Park (Yorkshire), 12
King of Poland, 28 Gignoux, Α., 126
Grimsthorpe, Edmund, ist Lord, 72
Frederick W i l l i a m I I I , King o f Prussia, 398 Giustiniani, Longhi, 331
Grosbois, marquis de (Germain-Louis de
French and Co., 15, 20, 36, 37, 62, 70, 74, 75, 78, Giustiniani-Longo di Luca, Doge Alessandro, 331 Chauvelin), 292
85, no, 129-132,137,142,145,153,160,166,177,
Givenchy, Hubert de, 91 Guibourgιre, Chateau de la (Bretagne), 287
225, 226, 242, 291, 292, 294, 297, 299, 320, 397
Gleichenberg bei Graz, Schloss, 467 Guibourgιre, Raoul de la, Francoise-Louise, 287
Freppa, Giovanni, 366
Glogowski, 335 Guinness, Walter, 298
Frey, Alexander von, 380, 424, 426-428, 433, 439,
455» 483 Godefroy, Francois-Ferdinand-Joseph, 39 Guiraud, M . and M m e Louis, 145, 247
Friedel, de, 170 Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Baroness Alexis de, 241 Gwydir, ist Lord (Sir Peter Burrell), 130
Fulco de Bourbon, Mme, 290 Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Baron Maximilian von, Gwydir, 2nd Lord (Sir Peter Burrell), 130
152
Garrick, David, 472 Goodwood House (Sussex), 476 Haltburn, Schloss (Burgenland, Austria), 300
Gary, Judge Elbert H . , 67 Gort, John Prendergast, 6th Viscount, 7 Hamilton, Dukes of, 18, 53, 394
Kauffmann, Α., 337 Lamon, Sidney J., 166 Lindon collection, 274
Kauffmann, Richard von, 405 Lancut, Castle (Poland), 266 Lion, Adolphe, 181
Kedleston Hall (Derbyshire), 185 Landau, Nicolas, 470 Loeser, Charles, 350
Keith and Nairne, Baroness (Emily de Flahaut), Lapeyriιre, M . , 54 Londesborough, Countess o f (Lady Grace
60 Adelaide Fane), 68
Lapiccirella, Leonardo, 448
Keller, Colonel Giovanni Giovacchino, 445 Londesborough, Barons and Earls, 12
Launay, Suzanne de, 8
Kerin, Gerard, 83 Longari, Nella, 338
Leαge, Francois, 121,162
Kessler, George Α., 280 Longleat Castle (Wiltshire), 502
Le Brun, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre, 261
Kevorkian, Hagop, 500 Longueil, marquis de, 19
Lederer, August, 335, 336, 340
Kieslinger, F., 450 Lopez-Willshaw, Arturo, 73, 185, 394
Lederer, Erich, 335, 336, 340, 405, 406
King, Η . J., 255 Lopez-Willshaw, Patricia, 185
Lee, Ronald, 58
King, William, 394 Louis XIV, King o f France, 56, 280, 281
Lefortier, Annette, 96
Klaber and Klaber, 204 Louis XV, King o f France, 64,142
Lefebvre, Georges, 200, 203
Koenigsberg, Claus de, 220, 221 Louis XVI, K i n g o f France, 16, 42, 77,169, 237,
Legere, M m e , 222
243, 300-302, 397
Koenigsberg, Paula de, 220, 221
Leitner, Richard, 456
Louis, Dauphin o f France (1729-1765), 28
Konig, Michael, 403
Lelong, M m e C , 124
Louis, Grand Dauphin o f France (1661-1711), 57
Kraemer, Raymond, 12, 67
Lemaitre, 225
Louise-Elisabeth o f France, Madame (Duchess o f
Kraemer et Cie, 12,13, 33, 46, 87,103,116,142,
Lerouge, 46 Parma), 168
150,156,158-160,173,179,184, 263
Leverghem, Count G. della Faille de, 480 Louise o f France, Madame, 32, 227
Kugel, Jacques, 91,113, 135,136,159, 251, 322, 393
Levy, 58 Louis-Philippe d'Orlιans, King o f the French,
Kugel, Mrs. Kila, 147
286
Levy, Claude, 261
Louvre, Galerie d u Bord de l'eau (Paris), 281
L Levy, Etienne, 12, 31,132, 261
Love, C. Ruxton, 194
Labia, Dr. Joseph, 58, 222 Levy, Gilbert, 213
Lowengard, Jules, 51
Lacroix, Leon, 19 Levy, Olivier, 225, 226
Lubin, Edward, 364
Laird, Henry James, 57 Lewis and Simmons, 67
Lubormirska, Princess Isabella, 266
Laloux, Vincent, 289 Leyland, Captain Thomas, 40
Luneville, M . de, 4
Lambert, Sir John, 229 Liechtenstein, Prince of, 375, 379, 448
Lugli, E., 242
Lincoln, Earls of, 229
INDEX OF PREVIOUS OWNERS 303
Lurcy, Georges, 166, 396 Marismas del Guadalquivir, marquise de Las Michailoff, Grand Duke Nicolai, 104
(Mme Alexandre Aguado), 119
Luxembourg, Palais d u (Paris), 101,169 Michailoff, Palais (St. Petersburg), 104
Marly-Le-Roi, Chateau de (Yvelines), 120
Luxembourg, Palais Petit (Paris), 142 Michel, 101
Marly, Chateau de (Paris), 142
Lycett-Green, F. D . , 346 Michel, Charles, 54
Marquis, M . , 187
Lydiard Park (Wiltshire), 214 M i d t o w n Antiques, n o
Masurel family, 259
Lydig, Rita, 166 Miller, R. W., 471
Max Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, 40
Mills, Sir Charles, 70
Mayorcas, Ltd., 288
Μ Moatti, Alain, 127, 316, 365
Mazarin, duchesse de (Louise-Jeanne de Durfort),
Maclean, 18 Mobilier Royal, 169
178, 261
Maglin, Ε Α., 303 Moltke, Count Joachim Godske, 213
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Helen, Duchess o f
Magniac, Hollingworth, 380 (Princess o f Saxe-Altenburg), 64 Moncrif, Fran9ois-Augustin Paradis de, 199
Maisons, Chateau de (Paris), 19 Medici, Grand Duke Ferdinando I de', 391 Moncrif, Pierre-Charles de, 199
Malcolm, Colonel George, 386 Medinaceli, Duke of, 131 Montanaro, Carlo, 331
Malcolm, John, 386 Medina-Sidonia, Dukes of, 50 Montbrian, Chateau de (Aix-en-Provence), 278
Mallett family, 120 Melin, M m e Claude, 120 Montebello, 2nd due de (Napoleon Lannes), 274
Mallett and Son, L t d . , 181 Mello, Chateau de (Oise), 6 Moretus-Plantin, Count, 480
Mallett at Bourdon House, L t d . , 275 Mello e Castro family, 186 Morgan, J. Pierpont, 220, 221, 352, 362
Mallett s, 45, 238 Mellon, Paul, 112 Morgan, J. Pierpont, Jr., 220, 221
Mante collection, 196 Meloney, M r . and Mrs. William Brown, 208, 209 Morgan, Junius Spencer, 191
Mante, Robert, 196 Melville, 5th Viscount (Henry Dundas), 62 Moritzburg, Schloss (near Dresden), 28
Margadale o f Islay, Lord (John Greville Menars, marquis de, 191 Mortemart, dues de, 174
Morrison), 496
Menier, Gaston, 289 Moulinet family, 187
Maria Feodorovna, Czarina o f Russia, Grand
Mentmore Towers (Buckinghamshire), 45,155, Murray Scott, Sir John, 48, 50, 236, 271, 293
Duchess, 79, 301
169,197
Marie-Antoinette, Queen o f France, 77,100-102
Mereworth Castle (Kent), 56, 216
Norton Simon Foundation, 6 Partridge (Fine Arts) L t d . , 168, 205, 258, 263, 277,
Portland, Dukes of, 216
325
Nyffeler, Dr. Marcel, 412, 413 Portland, 5th Duke o f (William John Cavendish-
Pasquale, Edward de, 94
Bentinck-Scott), 216
Patino, Antenor, 11,158
o Portugal, royal family, 291
Paul I , Czar o f Russia, 301
Odiot, Maison, 304-308 Potocka, Marianna (Szymanowska), 35
Pauls-Eisenbeiss, Dr. and Mrs., 418
Ojjeh, Akram, 35 Potocki, Count Alfred, 266
Pavlovsk, Palace o f (near St. Petersburg), 79,182,
Orleans, Louis-Philippe I I , due d', 169 Potsdam, Schloss, 398
301
Orleans, Louis-Philippe-Joseph, due d', 169 Powis, Earls of, 16
Payne, 404
Powis Castle (Wales), 16
Peel, David, 112
Provence, Louis-Stanislas-Xavier and Marie- Riddell, 380 Rothschild, Sir Anthony de, Bt., 27, 85, 294, 297,
Josephine-Louise, comte and comtesse de, 279 299
Rivoli, due de, 124
Pringsheim, Alfred, 337, 343, 347 Rothschild, Baronne Cecilie de, 8
Robert, Christie, 82
Puiforcat, 191 Rothschild, Baroness Clarice de, 35, 38, 47, 51, 149
Robinson, Eric, 216
Pyrford Court (Surrey), 295 Rothschild, Baron David de, 34
Robinson, Sir Joseph C , Bt., 58, 222
Rothschild, Edmond de, 10
Rockefeller, Mrs. John D . , Jr., (Martha Baird), 67
Q
Rothschild, Edmund de, 32, 55, 85, 230, 233, 237,
Rockefeller, Nelson, 222
320
Quandt, Frau, 143
Rocheaux, 102,130
Rothschild, Baron and Baronne Edouard de, 50
Romanova, Castle o f (near St. Petersburg), 397
Rothschild, Baron Edouard de, 34,133
R
Rφmer, Galerie, 300
Rothschild, Baron Eric de, 107
Racconigi Palace (near Turin), 328
Rose, Palais (Paris), 4
Rothschild, Baron Gustav de, 138
Radcliffe, Sir Everard Joseph, 5th Bt., 270
Rosebery, 7th Earl o f (Neil Primrose), 45
Rothschild, Baron Gustave Salomon de, 8,107
Ragaller, 398
Rosebery, 6th Earl of (Albert Primrose), 45, 78,
Rothschild, Baron Guy de, 34, 50,133
Rambouillet, Chateau de, 286 155,169,197
Rothschild, Hannah de (Countess o f Rosebery),
Randall, Glenn, 472 Rosenbaum, I . , 272
45> i55> 169
Randon de Boisset, Pierre-Louis, 106, 261 Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., 24, 35, 41, 43, 47, 51,
Rothschild, Baron Henri cle, 153
69, 71, 82, 83,114,130,138,149,152,175, 206, 213,
Reale, Palazzo (Turin), 333
220, 221, 256, 262, 266, 286, 329 Rothschild, Jacob, 333
Redfern, 58
Rosenberg, Paul, 44 Rothschild, Baron James de, 107
Redford, W i l l i a m , 93
Rose Terrace (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan), Rothschild, Baronne James de, 196
Regainy, Pierre de, 206 28, 64, 79, 92, 98, 100,101,109,134,139,176,
Rothschild, Leopold de, 32, 55, 230
182, 296
Reitlinger, Henry S., 358
Rothschild, Baron Lionel de, 55, 230, 233, 237
Rossignol, Jean, 186
Reitz, Baroness Marie de, 397
Rothschild, Baroness Lionel de, 85, 320
Rothschild, Baron Adolphe de, 365, 501
Residenz (Dresden), 28
Rothschild, Lionel Nathan de, 32
Rothschild, Baron Alain de, 107
Reviczky A . G., Lovice, 241, 270, 415
Rothschild, Baron Lionel Nathan de, 32
Rothschild, Alexandrine de, 10
Rhodes, 241
Rothschild, Baron Louis de, 279
Rothschild, Alfred de, 74, 75, 85, 230, 233, 320
Richmond and Gordon, Dukes of, 476
Rothschild, Baroness Marie-Hιlιne de, 366
Rothschild, Baron Alphonse de, 35, 38, 47, 51,
Richmond and Lennox, Charles, 4th Duke of,
149,194 Rothschild, Baron Maurice de, 365, 422
476
Rothschild, Annie de (Hon. Mrs. Eliot Yorke), 27
3θ6 INDEX OF PREVIOUS OWNERS
Rothschild, Baron Mayer de, 45 St. John, Frederick, 3rd Viscount, 214 Schutz, Matthew, L t d . , 94, 95,108, 248, 250, 255,
273> 32<7>4i9
Rothschild, Baron Mayer Alphonse de, 34,133, Saint-Severin, Dupille de, 56
149 Segoura, Maurice, 27,106,146,171,174, 271
Sainte-Foix, Radix de, 261
Rothschild, Baron Mayer Amschel de, 45,155,169 Seilliιre, Baron Achille, 6,15
Saint-Vrain, Chateau de (Seine-et-Oise), 174
Rothschild, Baron Nathaniel de, 35, 38, 47, 51, Seligmann, 72
Same Art., Ltd., 107,196, 311, 317, 318, 390, 391,
149,194
445, 446 Seligmann, Α., 406
Rothschild, Baron Robert de, 107
Samson, Anne-Marie, 41 Seligmann, Arnold, 11,15, 280, 406
Rothschild collection, 175, 285
San Donato Palace (Pratolino, near Florence), Seligmann, Arnold, Rey and Co., 23,166
Rouviιre, M m e , 27 4,154 Seligmann, Francois-Gιrard, 15, 84,123,153,163,
Royal, Palais (Paris), 169 Sartel, Octave du, 421 169, 257, 282, 293, 303
Rudding Park (Yorkshire), 270 Sassoon, M r . and Mrs. Meyer, 72,151,190 Seligmann, Germain, 30, 282
Rufford Abbey (Nottingham), 344 Sassoon, Sir Philip, Bt., 8 Seligmann, Jacques, 48, 50, 61,104,123,124, 236,
239, 248, 271, 281, 282, 293, 298
Ruhmann, Franz, 429, 436 Sassoon, Violet (Mrs. Derek C. Fitzgerald),
72,151 Seligmann, Leopold H . , 422, 423, 426, 427
Ruhmann, Karl, 444, 457, 484
Sauphar, Lucien, 455 Sellin, Neil, 490, 491
Ruthin Castle (Denbighshire), 40
Savedra, Carreras, 153 Sιre, Claude, 155
Russian Imperial Collections, 79,182
Savile family, 344 Seymour, Henry, 166
Rutter, E., 222
Savoy, House o f (Racconigi, Turin), 325, 332 Shandon collection, 243
Souza, Guedes de, 31, 48 Talleyrand, due de, 146 Union Artistique, Paris, 119
Spero, Alfred, 343, 344 Talleyrand, Violette de (Mme Gaston Palewski), 4 Uzιs, duchesse d \ 286
Spink and Son, L t d . , 492-494, 499 Talleyrand-Pιrigord, Dino Andia y, due de, 146
Steinitz, Bernard Baruch, 56, 80, 97, H I , 148,154, Taylor, John Edward, 377 Vanderbilt, Alice, 53,130
163, 259
Taylor, Michael, 395 Vanderbilt, Consuelo (Mme Jacques Balsan), 250,
Steinitz, M m e Simone, 252 419
Teschen, Dukes of, 300
Steinkopff, Edward, 380 Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 53,130
Thenadey collection, 288
Stephens, Mrs. Lyne, 227 Vanderbilt, Gladys Moore (Countess Laszlo
Thomas, J. Rochelle, 229 Szιchιnyi), 53, 130
Stern, Mrs. Benjamin, 181
Thomastown Castle (Ireland), 233 Vandermeersch, 208
Stiebel, Hans, 257
Thorne, Mrs. Landon K., 30, 248 Vandermeersch, Michel, 207, 232
Stirling, L t . Colonel W. J., 346
Thugny, Chateau de (Ardennes), 90 Vandyck, 42
Stirling-Maxwell, Sir W i l l i a m (Bt., Κ. T.), 346
Thynne, Thomas (ist Viscount Weymouth), Varenne, La Cour de, 9, 52,165
Stora, 355, 360
Toulouse, comte de, and due de Penthiιvre Vaudreuil, marquis de (Joseph-Fran9ois de Paule),
Stowe House (Buckinghamshire), 58 (Louis de Bourbon), 97 46
Strauss, Robert, 344, 346, 350, 353, 358, 363 Toulouse, comte de, and due de Penthiιvre Vaux-le-Vicomte, Chateau de, 117
(Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon), 286
Style, David, 40
Vecht, Α., 426, 439, 455, 484
Trautmannstorff, Graf von, 467
Sutch, 22
Vernon House (London), 129
Trιvise, 5th due de (Edouard Morder), 104
Sutherland, 2nd Duke o f (George Granville
Versailles, Chateau de, 32, 96, 98,100, 237, 243,
Sutherland-Leveson-Gower), 15 Trevor and Co., 11 278, 397
Swinton Settled Estates, Trustees of, 260 Tuileries, Palais des (Paris), 101,142, 397 Vervoordt, Axel, 124, 478, 480
Symons, Henry, and Co., 74, 75 Tyninghame House (East Lothian, Scotland), 115 Victoria and Son, Frederick, Inc., n o , 470
Tyttenhanger Park (Hertfordshire), 283 Vielle Russie, A La, 90
3θ8 INDEX OF PREVIOUS OWNERS
Walderdorff, Count Emanuel von, 401 W i l t o n , 7th Earl o f (Seymour Egerton), 230
Walderdorff, Johann Philipp von, 401 Williams, Winifred, L t d . , 204, 205, 212, 216, 228,
243, 414, 420, 460
Walker, R. W M . , 351
ΐ . ' Wilzcek, Hans Graf, 429, 434, 436, 453, 466
Wallace, Lady, 48, 50, 236, 271, 293
Wimbourne, Viscount (Sir Ivor Churchill Guest),
Wallace, Sir Richard, 48, 50, 236, 271, 293
89 -
Waller, T. W , 243
Widey Court (Worcestershire), 7
Wallraf, Paul, 165
Wolfe, Elsie de, 319
Walters, Henry, 48, 49, 238, 294
Wolff, Otto, 124
Warren, Whitney, 355
Wood, R. M . , 238
Warwick, Earls of, 309, 368
Wormser, 461
Warwick Castle (Warwickshire), 309
Worsch, Edgar, 255
Watney, O. V , 2
Westminster, Dukes of, 86, 473 Zuylen van Nyevelt van der Haar, Baroness van,
82,256
Westmorland, Jane, Countess of, 62