JACQUES CAFFIERI

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18000 - 20000 EUR
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Result : 22 856EUR
JACQUES CAFFIERI
AFTER THE MODEL BY JACQUES CAFFIERI (1678-1755) FOR BELLEVUE IN 1750 VERY IMPORTANT LANTERN OF VESTIBULE WITH SIX GLAZED SIDES Beautiful work executed in the 19th century. Chased and gilded bronze. H. 160 cm L. 99 cm Complete with its side windows but without its bottom window and and without its smoke screen. Drilled for electrification. The top of a foliage slightly rubbed without missing. Excellent condition. It opens with a side door. The candlestick is with six arms of light in console with rocaille binet and jagged cups. Our model is the same as the lantern entered in the palace of Fontainebleau on September 19, 1868 for the Louis Philippe staircase (Louis XV wing) Bibliography and References : - In the 18th century, the merchant Lazare Duvaux in his book-journal indicates the sale of several six-sided lanterns in gilded bronze and furnished with with a candlestick. They are all intended for Madame de Pompadour: three for Bellevue in 1750, another in 1751, two models for the castle of Crécy. Finally, in 1758, three lanterns are delivered for the castle of Saint-Hubert. - See B&W photo of the lantern kept in Fontainebleau, page 334, n° 435 in the book "Louis XV, a moment of perfection in French art", Hôtel de la Monnaie, Paris, 1974 (Size: H. 140 cm L. 102 cm) - Pierre Verlet, "Les Bronzes dorés français du XVIIIe siècle ", p. 95, fig. 105. - Sale on June 26, 2001 at Piasa, lot n°64, N.V.
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