* ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS RÉMOND (1747-1812) - Lot 2

* ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS RÉMOND (1747-1812) Master chaser-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 plaque RARE SMALL ARCHITECTURAL MIRROR, IN THE FORM OF A PALLADIAN WINDOW Circa 1790. Chased and gilded bronze. H. 109 cm W. 52 cm D. 9 cm The mirror is later. It is framed by a frieze of rais de coeur lined with a ribboned baguette. On either side of the hanger, a seated love, leaning on the base of a perfume-burner cassolette with laurel garland. On the left, the symbol of the art of drawing; on the right, that of sculpture. In the frame of the lower part of this mirror is a beautiful plaque chiseled in bas-relief of a sarabande of five nude 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-standing. It was one of the decorations sold to cabinetmakers of the period to decorate large pieces of furniture. A second cast is in the M.E.T. Collections. The love figure symbolizing sculpture is holding a stone chisel. The hammer in his right hand is missing. The love on the left would have been holding a small panel and a paintbrush, 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.