ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS RÉMOND (1747-1812) - Lot 35

ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS RÉMOND (1747-1812) Master-chiseler-gilder in Paris in 1774 AFTER A DRAWING BY JEAN-LOUIS PRIEUR (1759-1795) For the amortization AND A DRAWING BY FRANÇOIS-AIMÉ DAMÉRAT Active from 1781 to 1819 for the bas-relief plate RARE SMALL ARCHITECTURAL MIRROR, IN THE SHAPE OF A PALLADIAN WINDOW About 1790. Chased and gilded bronze. H. 109 cm W. 52 cm D. 9 cm The mirror is later. It is framed with a frieze of heart-shaped grapes lined with a ribboned rod. On either side of the hanger, a seated love, leaning on the base of a cassolette perfume burner with laurel garland. On the left is the symbol of the art of drawing and on the right that of sculpture. In the frame of the lower part of this mirror is a beautiful plate chiseled in bas-relief of a saraband of five naked lovers, on a cloud and symbolizing the fine arts including literature (three stacked volumes, drawing, sculpture, science). This superb plate measuring 8.5 x 38.5 cm is applied to the dial, but free. It is part of the decorations sold to cabinetmakers of the time to decorate large pieces of furniture. A second cast is in the M.E.T. Collections (Fig. 1). The love symbolizing the sculpture holds a stone chisel. The club that was in his right hand is missing. The love on the left must have been holding a small panel and a brush, which have now disappeared. ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS REMOND (1747-1812) Master goldsmith in Paris in 1774 AFTER A DESIGN BY JEAN-LOUIS PRIEUR (1759-1795), For the pediment AND AFTER THE DESIGN BY FRANCOIS-AIME DAMERAT, active from 1781 to 1819, For the bottom frieze. A FINE AND RARE SMALL ORMULU ARCHITECTURED MIRROR AS A PALLADIAN WINDOW, CIRCA 1790 H. 43 in. L. 20,4 in. D. 3,5 in. Mirror plate of later date.