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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
Peggy Fogelman
·
Peter Fusco
Department
of European
and Works of
T H E
J . P A U L
G E T T Y
·
M U S E U M
Catherine Hess
Sculpture
Art
M A L I B U ,
C A L I F O R N I A
1993
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DATA
J. Paul Getty Museum.
Decorative arts: an illustrated summary catalogue o f the
collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum / Charissa Bremer-David.
p.
Photographers
Donald H u l l , Thomas M o o n ,
Penelope Potter, Jack Ross, and
cm.
Charles Passela
Rev. and expanded version of the 1986 ed.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN
Typography
G &C S Typesetters, Austin, Texas
0-89236-221-9:
ι. Decorative arts—California—Malibu—Catalogs.
2. J. Paul Getty Museum Catalogs.
I . Bremer-David, Charissa. I I . Title.
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Previous edition published as
Decorative Arts: A Handbook of the
Collections of the J . Paul Getty Museum
(Malibu, 1986), Lynne Dean, manuscript
editor, and Patrick Dooley, designer.
CONTENTS
F O R E W O R D
PREFACE
6
A N D
A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S
7
ABBREVIATIONS
9
French Decorative Arts
Furniture
12
Architectural W o o d w o r k and Fixtures
76
Clocks and Barometers
82
Scientific Instruments
93
Metalwork
94
Ceramics
119
M o u n t e d Oriental Porcelain
148
M o u n t e d Hardstones
159
Textiles
161
Carpets and Screens
164
Tapestries
166
Decorative Drawings
179
Italian Decorative Arts
Furniture
184
Metalwork
194
Ceramics
197
Glass
214
Hardstones
223
Mosaics
223
Netherlandish Decorative Arts
German Decorative Arts
Furniture
226
Furniture
274
Architectural W o o d w o r k
232
Metalwork
275
Clocks
233
Glass
276
Metalwork
234
Ceramics
236
Spanish Decorative Arts
Glass
242
Metalwork
280
Ivory
251
Ceramics
280
Scagliola
252
Glass
282
Chinese, Japanese,
Bohemian Decorative Arts
Glass
254
Persian, and Southeast Asian
Decorative Arts
Austrian Decorative Arts
Ceramics
262
Glass
262
English Decorative Arts
Furniture
268
Architectural W o o d w o r k and Fixtures
270
Metalwork
270
M o u n t e d Oriental Porcelain
272
Chinese Ceramics
284
Chinese Textiles
287
Japanese Ceramics
287
Persian Carpets
287
Southeast Asian Furniture
288
Indexes
Index o f Makers
290
Index o f Previous Owners
296
6
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
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
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
Between editions there have been 115
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.
whose taste can be detected everywhere i n
7
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Decorative Arts, contributed information
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: 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.
covers the area o f N o r t h e r n Europe from 1650
This summary catalogue is based o n
A number o f colleagues have generously
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
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;
T h e format remains the same: objects
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
A m i c o , former Assistant Curator i n the
is given: place o f manufacture, date, artist
contributed to the summary catalogue: 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
8
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
D e l l , w h o k i n d l y reviewed and corrected the
Peverelli, Francesca Bewer, A n n a Zagorsky,
Berlin; Michael H a l l , London; John Hardy,
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
Collection, London; Anne Ratzki-Kraatz,
Leslie Thomas Fitch, for her fine design; and
We also wish to acknowledge the
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
9
ABBREVIATIONS
T h e following abbreviations have been
H A N D B O O K
O T T O M E Y E R
1986
employed i n referring to frequently cited
The J . Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the
works.
Collections (Malibu, 1986).
A N D
P R Ö S C H E L ,
V E R G O L D E T E
B R O N Z E N
Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel,
Vergoldete Bronzen: Die Bronzearbeiten des
" A C Q U I S I T I O N S
H A N D B O O K
1982"
Spätbarock
I 9 9 I
Gillian W i l s o n , A d r i a n Sassoon, and
The J . Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the
Charissa Bremer-David, "Acquisitions
Collections (Malibu, 1991).
Made by the Department o f Decorative
Arts i n 1982," The J . Paul Getty Museum
Journal, vol. 11 ( M a l i b u , 1983), pp. 13-66.
P A L L O T ,
H E S S ,
und Klassizismus ( M u n i c h ,
1986), vol. i .
L ' A R T
D U
S I E G E
Bill G . B. Pallot, UArt du siege
M A I O L I C A
Catherine Hess, Italian Maiolica:
Catalogue
auXVIIF
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
(Malibu, 1988).
1983"
S A S S O O N ,
Gillian W i l s o n , A d r i a n Sassoon, and
Charissa Bremer-David, "Acquisitions
V I N C E N N E S
A N D
S E V R E S
P O R C E L A I N
J O U R N A L
O F
G L A S S
Adrian Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres
S T U D I E S
Made by the Department o f Decorative
"Recent Important Acquisitions Made by
Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collections, The
Arts i n 1983," The J . Paul Getty Museum
Public and Private Collections i n the
J . Paul Getty Museum (Malibu, 1991).
Journal, vol. 12 ( M a l i b u , 1984), pp. 173-224.
United States and Abroad," Journal
ofGUss
Studies, vol. 28 (1986).
" A C Q U I S I T I O N S
S A V I L L ,
1984"
Gillian W i l s o n , Charissa Bremer-David,
K J E L L B E R G ,
D I C T I O N N A I R E
and C . Gay Nieda, "Selected Acquisitions
Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier frangais du
Made by the Department o f Decorative
XVIII
Arts i n 1984," The J . Paul Getty Museum
menuisiers (Paris, 1989).
e
V E R L E T ,
E U R O P E A N
C O L L E C T I N G
York, 1965).
G E T T Y M U S J
The J . Paul Getty Museum
Journal
L E S
B R O N Z E S
Pierre Verlet, Les Bronzes dores frangais du
M O R L E Y - F L E T C H E R
J. Paul Getty, The Joys of Collecting (New
Catalogue of the Sevres Porcelain (London,
1988), vols. 1-3.
siede: Dictionnaire des ébénistes et des
Journal, v o l . 13 ( M a l i b u , 1985), pp. 6 7 - 8 8 .
G E T T Y ,
S E V R E S
Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection:
A N D
M C I L R O Y ,
XVIIF
siecle (Paris, 1987).
P O T T E R Y
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
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).
ΙΟ
W I L S O N ,
" A C Q U I S I T I O N S
1977
T
O
M
I
D
1979"
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
P O R C E L A I N
Gillian Wilson, "Acquisitions Made by the
Gillian W i l s o n , F. J. B . Watson, and
Department o f Decorative Arts, 1977 to
A n t h o n y Derham, Mounted
m i d 1979," The J . Paul Getty Museum
Porcelain in the J . Paul Getty Museum
Journal, vol. 6 - 7 (Malibu, 1978-1979),
(Malibu, 1982).
Oriental
pp. 37-52.
EDITOR'S
W I L S O N ,
" A C Q U I S I T I O N S
I979
T O
M I D
I980"
NOTE:
I n the provenance sections,
the lack o f a semicolon before a sale i n paren
theses indicates that the object was sold from
Gillian W i l s o n , "Acquisitions Made by the
the collection o f that person, dealer, or gallery;
Department o f Decorative Arts, 1979 to
dealers are set o f f by brackets; and unless
m i d 1980," The J . Paul Getty Museum
otherwise noted, the year i n w h i c h an object
Journal, vol. 8 (Malibu, 1990), pp. 1-22.
was acquired either by the J. Paul Getty
Museum or by J. Paul Getty is reflected i n the
W I L S O N ,
" A C Q U I S I T I O N S
I981"
Wilson, "Acquisitions Made by the
Department o f Decorative Arts,
1981-1982," The J . Paul Getty Museum
Journal, vol. 10 (Malibu, 1982), pp. 63-86.
W I L S O N ,
S E L E C T I O N S
Gillian W i l s o n , Selections from the
Decorative Arts in the J . Paul Getty Museum
(Malibu, 1983).
W I L S O N ,
" S E V R E S "
Gillian W i l s o n , "Sevres Porcelain at the
J. Paul Getty Museum," The J . Paul Getty
Museum Journal, vol. 4 (Malibu, 1977).
first two digits o f the accession number.
FRENCH
DECORATIVE ARTS
12
F R E N C H
B O X E S ,
C H E S T S ,
C O F F E R S
Furniture
2. Coffer
Second half o f the sixteenth century
BOXES, CHESTS, AND
Oak and iron
COFFERS
Height: 3 ft. i 4 i n . (95.5 cm); W i d t h :
3
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
O . V. Watney, Cornbury Park, Charlbury,
Oxfordshire, England (sold, Christie's,
C o r n b u r y Park, M a y 22,1967, lot 93); pur
3
chased by J. Paul Getty for Sutton Place,
ι
ι. Chest
Late fifteenth century
Carved walnut
Height: 3 ft. i /s i n . (94.9 cm); W i d t h :
3
6 ft. 10% i n . (208.9
c m
Surrey; distributed by the estate o f J. Paul
Getty to the J. Paul Getty Museum.
3.
Box
Paris, circa 1675-1680
A t t r i b u t e d to Andre-Charles Boulle
E X H I B I T I O N S
O a k veneered w i t h ebony, boxwood, natural
Woodside, California, Filoli, on loan,
and stained sycamore, mahogany, padouk,
1983-1992.
walnut, amaranth, cedar, pear, satinwood,
brass, h o r n , and pewter stringing
) ; Depth: 2 ft. 3 i n .
Height: 1 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (31.9 cm); W i d t h :
(68.6 cm)
2 ft. 2 i n . (66.1 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 5 i n .
Accession number 78.DA.108
(43.2 cm)
Accession number 84.DA.971
P R O V E N A N C E
[Ugo Bardini, i 9 6 0 ] ; purchased by J. Paul
P R O V E N A N C E
Getty for Sutton Place, Surrey; distributed
[B. Fabre et Fils, Paris, 1984].
by the estate o f J. Paul Getty to the J. Paul
Getty Museum.
E X H I B I T I O N S
Woodside, California, Filoli, o n loan,
1983-1991.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
2
'A.cquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 46, p. 175, illus.
F R E N C H
C O F F E R S
4. Two Coffers on Stands
Paris, circa 1684-1689
A t t r i b u t e d to Andre-Charles Boulle
O a k and walnut veneered w i t h plain and
red painted tortoiseshell, blue painted horn,
ebony, amaranth, pewter, and brass; set w i t h
m i r r o r glass; gilt-bronze mounts
One stand stamped HY. RASKIN
at top o f
back for H e n r y Raskin, an early twentiethcentury French restorer. Some mounts on
each coffer and stand are stamped w i t h
the crowned C f o r 1745-1749.
82.DA.109.1: Overall Height: 5 ft. \ V% i n .
(156.6 cm); Coffer
(premiere-partie):
Height: 2 ft. 2 /s i n . (67 cm); W i d t h :
3
2 ft. n / 8 i n . (89.9 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 1 0 i n .
3
(55.8 cm); Stand: Height: 2 ft. 11 % i n .
(89.6 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 7% i n . (80.9 cm);
D e p t h : ι ft. 9 Κ i n . (54.7 cm)
82.DA.109.2: Overall Height: 5 ft. iYz i n .
(156.2 cm); Coffer (contre-partie): Height:
2 ft. 2 /e i n . (67 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. π % i n .
3
(89.4 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 10 i n . (55.8 cm);
4
Stand: Height: 2 ft. 11 Ys i n . (89.2 cm);
W i d t h : 2 ft. 7% i n . (79.4 cm); Depth:
ι ft. 8 i n . (50.7 cm)
Accession number 8 2 . D A . i o 9 . i . a - . b and
.2.a-.b
Marquis da Foz, Lisbon; M o r t i m e r L . Schiff,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
New York (sold by his heir John L . Schiff,
Alfred de Champeaux, Le Meuble (Paris,
Christies, L o n d o n , June 22,1938, l o t 68,
1885), vol. 2, p. 78, illus. p. 65, fig. 12;
to Gaston Bensimon for 1,080 guineas);
A . Genevay, Le Style Louis XIV: Charles Le
P R O V E N A N C E
Anna G o u l d (duchesse de Talleyrand),
Brun, decorateur: Ses oeuvres, son influence,
82.DA.109.1: (?) C. F. Julliot (sold, Paris,
Palais Rose, Paris; Violette de Talleyrand
ses collaborateurs et son temps (Paris, 1886),
November 20,1777, l o t 706, to M . de
(Mme Gaston Palewski), Chateau de
p. 241, fig. 31; H e n r y Havard, Les Boulle
Luneville for 590 livres).
Marais, Seine-et-Oise (offered for sale,
(Paris, 1892), p. 40, illus. pp. 41, 45; Emile
82.DA.109.1—.2: Anatole Demidov, Prince o f
Sotheby's, Monaco, M a y 26,1980, lot 619,
Molinier, Histoire genérale des arts appliques
San Donato (1813-1870), San Donato Palace,
for 3,800,000 FF, bought i n ) .
ä l'industrie, vol. 3, Le Mobilier au XVII
e
et
siede (Paris, 1896-1911), p. 74,
Pratolino (near Florence) (offered for sale
au XVIII
by his nephew Paul Demidoff, Prince o f
illus.; Gerald Reitlinger, The Economics of
e
San Donato [died 1885], San Donato Palace,
Taste, vol. 2 (London, 1963), p. 415; Pierre
M a r c h 15, 1880, lots 1421-1422, bought i n ) ;
Verlet, "A Propos de Boulle et d u Grand
13
14
F R E N C H
BOXES
Dauphin,"
NederlandKunsthistorisch]aar
CABINETS
buch 3 (1980), pp. 285-288, illus.; Wilson,
"Acquisitions 1982," no. 1, pp. 13-18, illus.;
Wilson, Selections, no. 6, pp. 12-13, illus.;
Handbook1986,
p. 143, illus. (one); Pradére,
6. Cabinet
Burgundy, circa 1580, w i t h late nineteenthcentury additions
Les Ebénistes, p. 68, nos. 131-132, p. 104;
Based o n engraved designs by Jacques I
illus. p. 68, fig. 14; Handbook 1991, p. 157,
Androuet D u Cerceau (active 1549-1584)
illus. (one).
and Jan Vredeman de Vries (1527-1604)
Carved walnut set w i t h painted panels
The number 1580 painted o n one panel.
Overall Height: 10 ft. i/s i n . (308.3 cm);
5. Pipe Box
W i d t h : 5 ft. 5 /s i n . (166.2 cm); Depth:
3
Lorraine, circa 1710-1715
ι ft. 10 Vz i n . (57.1 cm)
Bois de Sainte-Lucie (cerasus mahaleb)
Accession number 71.DA.89
Height: 2 % i n . (6.5 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. i o / 8 i n . (59.5 cm); Depth: 8*4 i n .
P R O V E N A N C E
(21 cm)
Baron Achille Seilliére, Chateau de Mello,
5
Accession number 88.DA.61
Oise, France (sold, Galerie Georges Petit,
Paris, M a y 9,1890, lot 540); Gauthiot
P R O V E N A N C E
d'Anchier, Governor o f B e s a r o n , France;
[Didier Aaron, Paris].
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York, 1930s];
N o r t o n Simon Foundation (sold, Parke-
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJvj
Bernet, N e w York, M a y 7,1971, lot 193);
(1989),
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
no. 69, p. 141, illus.
6
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
E d m o n d Bonnaffé, "Le Meuble en France
au X V I siécle," Gazette des beaux-arts
e
(1886), pp. 60-63, illus.; E d m o n d Bonnaffe,
Le Meuble en France auXVI
e
Steele (Paris,
1887), pp. 84-85,166-167, illus.; Georg
H i r t h , Formenschatz (French ed.: L'Art
pratique), M u n i c h , 1891, p i . 7; Alfred de
5
Champeaux, Le Meuble (Paris, 1906), vol. 1,
pp. 198-199, illus. p. 195.
7. Cabinet on Stand
Paris, circa 1675-1680
A t t r i b u t e d to Andre-Charles Boulle. Medals
after Jean Varin
O a k veneered w i t h ebony, tortoiseshell,
pewter, brass, ivory, h o r n , boxwood,
pear, thuya, stained and natural sycamore,
satinwood, beech, amaranth, cedar,
walnut, mahogany, ash; w i t h drawers
o f l i g n u m vitae; painted and gilded wood;
bronze mounts
F R E N C H
C A B I N E T S
Height: 7 ft. 6 A i n . (229.9 cm); W i d t h :
l
4 ft. 11% i n . (151.2 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 2% i n .
(66.y cm)
Accession number 77. D A . 1
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) W i l l i a m W a r d , n t h Baron W a r d (born
1817, created ist Earl o f D u d l e y i860, died
1885), W i t l e y C our t, Worcestershire (house
acquired, w i t h contents, i n 1838, from L o r d
Foley); (?) W i l l i a m H u m b l e , 2nd Earl o f
Dudley (born 1867, died 1932), W i t l e y
Court, Worcestershire, circa 1920 (sold
w i t h the house to Sir Herbert Smith, W i t l e y
Court) (sold, Jackson-Stops and Staff,
W i t l e y Cour t , September 29, 1938, lot 582);
Violet van der Eist, Harlaxton Manor,
Lincolnshire (sold, Christies, L o n d o n ,
A p r i l 8,1948, lot 142); John Prendergast,
6th Viscount G o r t , Hamsterley H a l l ,
C o u n t y D u r h a m (sold by his heirs, 1976).
E X H I B I T I O N S
Barnard Castle, C o u n t y D u r h a m , The
Bowes Museum, o n loan, 1950s; London,
T h e Victoria and A l b e r t Museum, on loan,
August 1978-February 1979.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"A La découverte," Connaissance des arts 35
(January 15,1955), p. 58, illus.; Stephane
Faniel et al., LeXVTII
e
Steele frangais
(Collection Connaissance des arts, Paris,
1958), illus. p. 53; "Current and Forth
coming Exhibitions," Burlington
Magazine
120 (December 1978), p. 93, illus.; W i l s o n ,
"Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979," no. 1, p. 37,
illus.; M a r v i n D . Schwartz, "Boulle Furni
ture," Art and Antiques 6 (April 1983), illus.
7
15
l6
F R E N C H
C A B I N E T S
p. 72; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 3, pp. 6-7,
illus.; Gillian W i l s o n , "A Late SeventeenthCentury French Cabinet at the J. Paul Getty
Museum," The Art Institute of Chicago
Centennial Lecture; Museum Studies 1 0
(1983), pp. 119-131, illus.; Handbook 1986,
p. 145, illus. p. 144; Lorenz Seelig, "Eine
Reiterstatuette Kurfürst M a x Emanuels v o n
Bayern aus dem Jahr 1699," Anzeiger des
germanischen Nationalmuseums
(1986), n . 34,
p. 73; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, p. 94; p. 104,
no. 103; illus. p. 93, fig. 49; Handbook 1991,
p. 158, illus. p. 159.
8. Cabinet (cabinet des médailles)
Paris, circa 1710-1715
A t t r i b u t e d to André-Charles Boulle
Oak veneered w i t h ebony, brass, and
tortoiseshell; gilt-bronze mounts;
8
sarrancolin des Pyrenees marble top
Height: 2 f t . 8 / 2 i n . (82.5 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. 7*4 i n . (140 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 4 / 2 i n .
(72.5 cm)
Accession number 8 4 . D A . 58
(Marchioness o f Cholmondeley, wife o f
(1985), no. 47, pp. 175-176, illus.; Pradére,
H a l l , Norfolk, by descent, after 1939 (sold,
Les Ebénistes, no. 157, p. 104, illus. p. 109,
Christie's, L o n d o n , A p r i l 12,1984, lot 164).
fig. 65; Handbook 1991, p. 162, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
Suzanne de Launay and Jules-Robert de
Cotte, Paris; inventoried after their deaths
as one o f a pair o f medal cabinets on
illus.; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13
the 5th Marquess, married 1913), H o u g h t o n
E X H I B I T I O N S
L o n d o n , 25 Park Lane, Three French Reigns,
February-April 1933, no. 71, illus.
November 20,1767; by descent to their
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
son, Jules-Fran$ois de Cotte; inventoried i n
F. J. B . Watson, "The Marquess o f
his collection o n M a y 13,1782 (sold, Paris,
Cholmondeley," Great Family Collections,
March 8,1804, l o t 34); Baron Gustave
Douglas Cooper, ed. (Zurich, 1963),
Salomon de Rothschild, Paris; Baronne
p. 228, illus.; Pierre Verlet, La Maison du
Cecilie de Rothschild (née Ansbach,
XVIII
1840-1912), Paris; Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt.,
mobilier (Paris, 1966), p. 38, fig. 21;
London, by descent, 1912; Sybil Sassoon
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1984," pp. 67-71,
e
Steele en France: Société, decoration,
F R E N C H
C A B I N E T S
9. Armoire
Paris, circa 1720-1725
O a k veneered w i t h rosewood and olive;
modern fabric l i n i n g
Height: 5 ft. 9% i n . (176 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft. 2 /8 i n . (97.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 5% i n .
3
(43.5 cm)
Accession number 8 4 . D A . 8 52
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, France; [La Cour de
Varenne, Paris].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJii
(1985),
no. 50, pp. 176-177, illus.
10. Cartonnier with Bout de Bureau
and Clock
Paris, cartonnier and bout de bureau
circa 1740
Clock, 1746
Cartonnier and bout de bureau by Bernard I I
van Risenburgh. Maker o f the clock case
9
10
u n k n o w n . T h e clock movement by Etienne
I I Le Noir. T h e clock dial enameled by
o f the striking train is dated IJ46 and the
o f St. Albans; Angela Georgina, Baroness
Jacques D e c k
back o f the dial bears the enameled inscrip-
Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906, stepgrand-
O a k veneered w i t h ebonized w o o d and
tion ,decU.ij46.
daughter o f Harriot, Duchess o f St. Albans),
painted w i t h vernis Martin; enameled and
o f cartonnier engraved AngeWs 183$; also a
L o n d o n , probably given to her i n 1835 on
painted metal; glass; gilt-bronze mounts
torn typed label w i t h M....xandrine
her twenty-first birthday; H o n . W i l l i a m
Cartonnier and bout de bureau stamped
Height: 6 ft. 3 /s i n . (192 cm); W i d t h :
Bartlett Burdett-Coutts M P . (husband
BVRB o n the back; cartonnier uso stamped
3 ft. 4 / i 6 i n . (103 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 4 / 8 i n .
o f Angela, Baroness Burdett-Coutts), by
w i t h the name o f E.J. CUVELLIER, w h o
(41cm)
descent, 1906 (sold, Christie's, London,
possibly restored i t . Several mounts on
Accession number 83.DA.280
M a y 9,1922, lot 144, for 4,200 guineas to
P R O V E N A N C E
schild, Paris; confiscated after the German
Metal plaque on the rear
de.....
5
9
clock case stamped w i t h the crowned Cfor
1745-1749. T h e clock dial and movement
are signed Etienne LeNoir ¿París. The spring
H . J. Simmons); Alexandrine de Roth(?) H a r r i o t M e l l o n Coutts (1777-1837?),
w i d o w o f Thomas Coutts and later Duchess
occupation o f Paris i n 1940; E d m o n d de
YJ
l8
F R E N C H
C A B I N E T S
Rothschild, Paris, 1972; José and Vera
Height: 3 ft. 9 /s i n . (115.8 cm); W i d t h :
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
5
Accession number 77.DA.91
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 6,
P R O V E N A N C E
Daval {marchand-mercier,
(1984), no. 8, pp. 263-264,
illus.; Handbook1986,
p. 159, illus. p. 158;
Jean-Dominique Augarde, "1749 Joseph
O a k veneered w i t h bois satiné, k i n g w o o d ,
and cherry; gilt-bronze mounts
pp. 193-197, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
GettyMusJvi
12. Pair of Cabinets
died circa 1821),
Paris, before 1822; H e n r i , comte de Greffulhe, Paris (sold by his widow, Sotheby's,
London, July 23,1937, lot 50, to both
Each cabinet is stamped ΒV.R. Β. o n back.
Height: 4 ft. ιο /δ i n . (149 cm); W i d t h :
5
3 ft. 3 4 i n . (101 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 7 i n .
3
(48.3 cm)
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
book 1991, p. 175, illus. p. 174.
Patino, Paris, circa 1957; [Aveline et Cíe,
(?) Sir John H o b a r t Caradoc, 2nd Baron
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
11. Cabinet
Charles Guellette, "Les Cabinets d'amateurs
Paris, circa 1745-1750
ä Paris—La Collection de Μ . H e n r i de
Attributed to Bernard I I van Risenburgh
Greffulhe, Part 2: Ameublement," Gazette
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
and cherry; gilt-bronze mounts; breche
Reitlinger, The Economics of Taste (London,
d'Alep top
1963), vol. 2, p. 426; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions
Inscribed DAVAL twice o n the back.
1977 to m i d 1979," no. 3, p. 37, illus.;
Pradére, Les Ebénistes, p. 190, illus. p. 185,
1850; (?) W i l l i a m H e n r y Forester, created
Earl o f Londesborough, Grimston Park
(sold w i t h the contents o f Grimston Park
i n 1872 to John Fielden); Captain John
Fielden (great-nephew o f John Fielden)
(sold, H e n r y Spencer and Sons, at G r i m s t o n
Park, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, M a y 29-31,1962,
lot 372); [Etienne Levy and Rene Weiller,
fig. 168.
II
F R E N C H
Accession number 79.DA.58
13. Cabinet
Paris, circa 1765
By Joseph Baumhauer
Oak veneered w i t h ebony, tulipwood, and
amaranth; set w i t h panels o f seventeenthcentury Japanese kijimaki-e lacquer; giltbronze mounts; yellow jasper top
Stamped JOSEPH
between two fleur-de-lys
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1930-1939]; private
collection, Brussels; [Lucien Delplace,
Brussels]; [Les Antiquaires de Paris, circa
1976]; [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1977].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Height: 2 ft. π 4 i n . (89.6 cm); W i d t h :
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"
3 ft.
pp. 6-7, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 34,
II /8
3
i n . (120.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 117s i n .
(58.6 cm)
1
P R O V E N A N C E
under the apron.
x
One of a pair
C A B I N E T S
pp. 68-69, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 171,
2
Paris, 1962]; [Raymond Kraemer, Paris,
1960s]; [Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1970s].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJii
no. 54, pp. 178-179, illus.;
(1985),
Handbook1986,
p. 164, illus. (one); Pradére, Les Ebénistes,
illus. p. 188, fig. 174; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
p. 139; Handbook 1991, p. 180, illus. (one).
13
19
20
F R E N C H
C A B I N E T S
illus.; Jean-Dominique Augarde, "1749
Stamped RVLC
Joseph Baumhauer, ébéniste privilegié d u
at top right-hand side. Paper label glued
and J ME inside the drawer
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
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 .
CLUMBER.
4
(43.8 cm)
Accession number 70.DA.81
15
P R O V E N A N C E
Dukes o f Newcastle-under-Lyme, Clumber,
Nottinghamshire; H e n r y Pelham Archibald
Douglas, 7th Duke o f Newcastle (18641928), Clumber, Nottinghamshire, by
descent (sold by his heir, Christie's, London,
June 9,1937, lot 253); [J. M . Botibol,
London]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938.
P R O V E N A N C E
George Granville Sutherland-LevesonGower, 2nd D u k e o f Sutherland (17861861), the Picture Gallery, Stafford House,
L o n d o n , by 1848, and still present i n 1895;
[ A r n o l d Seligmann, Paris] (sold, Galerie
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Jean Charpentier, Paris, June 4-5,1935,
Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 125, illus.;
lot 192); [Fran$ois-Gerard Seligmann,
Getty, Collecting, illus. p. 155.
Paris]; [French and Co., 1972]; purchased
by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
15. Cabinet
Η
14. Cabinet
Paris, circa 1765
By Roger Vandercruse Lacroix
Oak veneered w i t h bois-de-rose, amaranth,
and green stained wood; gilt-bronze mounts;
white marble interior shelf
F. J. B. Watson, Louis XVI
Furniture
Paris, circa 1785-1790, w i t h marquetry
(London, i 9 6 0 ) , no. 236, illus.; Jean
panels and some gilt-bronze mounts o f the
Meuvret and Claude Frégnac,
late seventeenth century
du XVIII
Attributed to Philippe-Claude M o n t i g n y
illus.; Michael Stürmer, Handwerk
Oak veneered w i t h ebony, brass, pewter,
höfische Kultur: Europäische
e
Ebénistes
Steele frangais (Paris, 1963), p. 37,
und
Möbelkunst
tortoiseshell, and amaranth; gilt-bronze
im 18. Jahrhundert
mounts; bhnco et new antico marble top
pp. 156, 288; M a r v i n D . Schwartz, "Boulle
( M u n i c h , 1982), illus.
Height: 3 ft. 5% i n . (104.8 cm); W i d t h :
Furniture," Art and Antiques 6 (April 1983),
5 ft. 4 /8 i n . (164.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 10% i n .
illus. p. 67; Alexandre Pradére, "Boulle de
(57.1cm)
Louis X I V sous Louis X V I , "
Accession number 72. D A . 7 1
LObjet
5
LEstampille-
dart o (June 1987), pp. 56-57,118;
illus. p. 62.
F R E N C H
C A B I N E T S
E X H I B I T I O N S
L o n d o n , T h e Victoria and Albert Museum,
o n loan, 1969-1974.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Powis Castle, Montgomeryshire, the Seat o f
the Earl o f Powis," Country Life 23 (May 9,
1908), illus. p. 670; Jean Meuvret and
Claude Frégnac, Les Ebénistes du XVIII
e
siecle frangais (Paris, 1963), pp. 306-307,
illus.; A n t h o n y Coleridge, "Clues to the
Provenance o f an Outstanding French
Commode," Connoisseur162 (July 1966),
pp. 164-166, illus.; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions
1977 to m i d 1979," no. 11, pp. 46-49, illus.;
Gillian W i l s o n , "A Pair o f Cabinets for
Louis XVTs Bedroom at Saint-Cloud:
Their Present Appearance," Journal of the
Furniture History Society τι (1985), pp. 4-47;
ι6
Verlet, Les Bronzes, p. 213, illus. p. 46,
fig. 39; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, illus. p. 406,
Height: 3 ft. % i n . (92.2 cm); W i d t h :
16. Cabinet
fig. 502; Pierre Verlet, Le Mobilier royal
5 ft. 5/8 i n . (165.4 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. iY i n .
Paris, 1788
4
frangais, vol. 4, Meubles de la couronne
By Guillaume Benneman; gilt-bronze
(64.1 cm)
conserves en Europe et aux Etats-Unis (Paris,
mounts cast by Forestier (either Etienne-
Accession number 78.DA.361
1990), pp. 116-121, illus.; Handbook 1991,
Jean or his brother Pierre-Auguste) and
Badin f r o m models by Gilles-Fransois
M a r t i n , chased by Pierre-Philippe T h o m i r e
and gilded by André Galle; marble top
supplied by Lanfant
O a k veneered w i t h ebony, mahogany, and
lacquer, set w i t h pietre dure plaques o f
seventeenth- and eighteenth-century date;
gilt-bronze mounts; bleu turquin marble top
Stamped G.BENEMAN
twice on top o f the
carcass and stenciled w i t h a partial mark,
possibly for the Chateau de Saint-Cloud,
o n back.
P R O V E N A N C E
Louis X V I , one o f a pair costing 5,954 livres
i n the Chambre ä coucher du Rot, Chateau
de Saint-Cloud, from October 4,1788,
until at least an I I (1793-1794); Earls o f
Powis, Powis Castle, Wales, by 1848 (sold,
Sotheby's, London, M a y 11,1962, lot 262,
for £33,000); John Allnat (sold, Sotheby's,
London, June 21,1974, lot 109, to Didier
Aaron, Paris); [Aveline et Cie, Paris and
Geneva].
p. 197, illus. p. 196; U l r i c h Leben, Molitor:
Ebéniste from the Ancien Regime to the
Bourbon Restoration (London, 1992), p. 150,
% · 153.
21
22
FRENCH
CABINETS
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Baronne de Gunzburg, Paris (sold, Palais
Galliera, Paris, M a r c h 2,1972, lot 121); pur
chased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
E X H I B I T I O N S
T h e Los Angeles County Museum o f A r t ,
Wedgwoodfrom
California
Collections:
Georgian through Victorian,
ι/άο-ιροι,
January 2 7 - M a r c h 21, 1976.
Cabinet .1
l8
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Patricia Lemonnier, Weisweiler (Paris, 1983),
no. 211, illus. p. 28; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
p. 872.
Cabinet .1 stamped J ME.
Height: 3 ft. 4 i n . (101.6 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. n / s i n . (150.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9 / 2 i n .
(54.5 cm)
Accession number 7 6 . D A . 9 . 1 - . 2
18. Pair of Cabinets
17
17. Bonheur du Jour
P R O V E N A N C E
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)',
Pietre dure plaques: Italian and French,
V i n c e n t Donjeux, Paris (sold, Paris, A p r i l 29
et seq., 1793, l o t 554, for 3,200 livres).
Paris, circa 178 5-1790
mid-seventeenth to late eighteenth century
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 :
Christies, L o n d o n , June 19,1882, lots
2 ft. 3% i n . (69.2 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 4% i n .
185-186); Christopher Beckett-Denison,
(41.3 cm)
L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 6,
3
Accession number 72.DA.59
1885, l o t 817, to Maclean for 195 guineas,
and l o t 818, to Donaldson for 205 guineas);
[Moss Harris, L o n d o n ] ; Maharanee o f
Baroda, Paris (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris,
Cabinet . 2
18
November 29,1973, l o t 114 Α - B ) ; [Aveline et
Cíe, Paris]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
F R E N C H
C O M M O D E S
2 1 . Commode
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R O V E N A N C E
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 :
4 ft. 3 4 i n . (131.4 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 11 i n .
3
COMMODES
(58.4 cm)
Accession number 7 0 . D A . 8 0
1 9 . Commode
Paris, circa 1710-1715
20
Pine and walnut veneered w i t h bois satiné;
(?) H e n r y Peter, ist L o r d Brougham (1778-
gilt-bronze mounts
Stamped o n the back w i t h a crowned M,
P R O V E N A N C E
1868), Cannes, 1840s or 1850s; (?) W i l l i a m ,
2 0 . Commode
2nd L o r d Brougham (died 1886), England,
probably for the Chateau de Maisons, and
Paris, circa 1710-1715
an interlaced A Τ over G.M for the garde-
Pine, oak, and walnut veneered w i t h rose
meuble o f the comte d'Artois.
wood; gilt-bronze mounts; rouge griotte de
Height: 2 ft. 9/16 i n . (83.9 cm); W i d t h :
Felines marble top
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 :
(59.7 cm)
4 ft. (121.9 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. io /s i n .
3
after 1868; (?) H o n . Wilfred Brougham,
England, after 1886; Maria Sophia Faunce
(Hon. M r s . Wilfred Brougham), England,
after 1904; [J. M . Botibol, London, 1938];
purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938.
(56.8 cm)
Accession number 7 8 . D A . 8 7
Accession number 73. D A . 66
P R O V E N A N C E
M . d'Eustache Bonnemet, Paris (sold, Paris,
December 4-14, 1771, lot 164, for 210 livres);
dues d'Arenberg, Palais d'Arenberg, Brus
sels, until 19.14; duchesse Mathildis d'Aren
berg, Monaco; [Gerard Gallet, Cannes];
[French and Co., N e w York]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty.
19
21
23
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
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
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.
Dictionnaire,
p. 184.
P R O V E N A N C E
1
2
o
t
1003);
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
2 2 . Commode
Cressent sale cat., January 15,1757, lot 132;
Paris, circa 1725-1730
Marie-Juliette Ballot, Charles Cressent:
By Etienne Doirat
Sculpteur, ébéniste, collectionneur,
Oak, pine, and walnut veneered w i t h king-
de Van frangais: Nouvelle période 10 (Paris,
wood; gilt-bronze mounts; breche d'Alep top
1919), no. 132, p. 215; Andre Boutemy,
Stamped E. DOIRAT
on top o f carcass.
Archives
"Essais d'attribútions de commodes et
Height: 2 ft. 10 i n . (86.4 cm); W i d t h :
d'armoires ä Charles Cressent," Bulletin
5 ft. 6Yi i n . (168.9 c ) ; D e p t h : 2 ft. 4% i n .
de la Société de VHistoire de VArt Frangais
m
(71.7 cm)
(1927), pp. 77-79; Paul Wescher, "French
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 6 6
Furniture o f the Eighteenth Century i n the
J. Paul Getty Museum," Art Quarterly \%,
P R O V E N A N C E
no. 2 (Summer 1955), pp. 114-135; Verlet
George Durlacher, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's,
et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 114, illus.; Getty,
London, A p r i l 6-7,1938, lot 176, for 273
23
guineas to Sutch); ("Property o f a Gentle
man," sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , December 1,
1966, lot 70, for 5,500 guineas to Perman);
[Aveline et Cíe, Paris, 1972]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty.
2 3 . Commode
p. 153, illus. p. 152; Kjellberg,
Paris, circa 173 5-1740
By Charles Cressent
Pine and walnut veneered w i t h bois satiné
dAlep top
Corner mounts are stamped w i t h the
crowned C for 1745-1749.
Height: 2 ft. 11% i n . (90.2 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. 5% i n . (136.5 cm); Depth: 2 ft. i A i n .
l
(64.8 cm)
Accession number 7 0 . D A . 8 2
Dictionnaire,
p. 204; Handbook 1991, p . 167, illus. p . 166.
and amaranth; gilt-bronze mounts; breche
22
Collecting, p . 144, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections,
no. 19, pp. 38-39, illus.; Handbook 1986,
F R E N C H
24
2 4 . Commode
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
25
Risen Burgh: Commode," Louvre: Nouvelles
Paris, circa 1737
Paul Wescher, "French Furniture o f the
acquisitions du département
By Bernard I I van Risenburgh
Eighteenth Century i n the J. Paul Getty
ip8$-ip8p (Paris, 1990), p. 144.
Martin;
1955), pp. 121-122,128, illus. fig. 11; F. J. B .
cherry and amaranth o n interior o f the
Watson, The Wrightsman Collection (New
doors; gilt-bronze mounts; sarrancolin
York, 1966), vol. ι, p. 152; Hans H u t h ,
marble top; eighteenth-century silk fabric
Lacquer of the West: The History ofa Craft
l i n i n g and silver metal galon
and an Industry, i$$o~ip$o (Chicago and
Stamped BVRB o n t o p o f carcass.
London, 1971), p. 91, caption p. 145, illus.
Height: 2 ft. 10 4 i n . (88.3 cm); W i d t h :
3
fig. 238; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 14, p p .
4 ft. 11 4 i n . (151.9 c m ) ; D e p t h : 1 ft. 10 4 i n .
28-29, illus.; Daniel Alcouffe, "La
(57.8 cm)
commode d u Cabinet de retraite de Marie
Accession number 6 5 . D A . 4
Leczinska ä Fontainebleau entre au Louvre,"
P R O V E N A N C E
illus. p. 282; Pradére, "1737, La Premiere
3
3
La Revue du Louvre 4 (1987), pp. 281-284,
(?) Colbert family, France, by repute, from
the eighteenth to the twentieth century;
[Rene Weiller, Paris]; [Rosenberg and
Stiebel, Inc., N e w York]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty, 1953.
des objets d'art
Museum," Art Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer
O a k set w i t h panels o f black Japanese
lacquer and painted w i t h vernis
C O M M O D E S
25. Commode
Paris, circa 1740
Oak veneered w i t h kingwood, walnut,
amaranth, and padouk; gilt-bronze mounts;
breche d'Alep top
Stamped DF o n top o f carcass.
Height: 2 ft. ioV i n . (87 cm); W i d t h :
A
5 ft. 1% i n . (155.5
c m
) ; Depth: 2 ft. 1 i n .
(63.5 cm)
Accession number 76.DA.15
Commode en Laque d u Japón,"
P R O V E N A N C E
Connaissances des arts 436 (June 1988), pp.
M r s . S. Shrigley-Feigel, Crag H a l l , Wray,
108-113; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 139;
Lancashire, England; [Alexander and
Daniel AlcoufTe, "Bernard Van
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1976]; purchased
by J. Paul Getty.
2$
26
FRENCH
COMMODES
26
2 6 . Commode
27
bleau entre au Louvre," La Revue du Louvre
Paris, circa 1740
4 (1988), pp. 281-284, illus. p. 282; Kjellberg,
By Bernard I I van Risenburgh
Dictionnaire,
p. 139; Daniel Alcouffe, "Ber
P R O V E N A N C E
Sir A n t h o n y de Rothschild, England; H o n .
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
England, b y descent (sold, Christie's, L o n
mounts; breche d'Alep top
objets dart ip8$-ip8p (Paris, 1990), p. 144.
des
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 :
3 ft. 9 i n . (114.3 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9 /s i n .
5
(54.9 cm)
Rouviére, Lausanne, Switzerland; [Maurice
2 7 . Commode
Segoura, Paris, 1983].
Paris, circa 1745-1749
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
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
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.
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 4 6
par P. SPOHN
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
Daniel Alcouffe, "La commode d u Cabinet
de retraite de Marie Leczinska ä Fontaine-
4 ft. n / 8 i n . (151.5 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 2 /s i n .
5
(65 cm)
Accession number 83.DA.356
5
FRENCH COMMODES
[C. Ball, Paris, 1934]; A n n a T h o m s o n
P R O V E N A N C E
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
One of a pair
28
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 115, illus.;
A d o l f Feulner, Kunstgeschichte des Möbels
Getty, Collecting, pp. 144-145, illus.; Wilson,
(Berlin, 1927), pp. 324-325; A n t h o n y
Selections, no. 23, pp. 46-47, illus.; Hand
Coleridge, "Works o f A r t w i t h a Royal
book 1986, p . 161, illus.; Jean-Dominique
Provenance from the Collection o f the Late
Augarde, "1749 Joseph Baumhauer, ébéniste
Mrs. A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge o f Detroit,"
privilegié d u roi," L'Estampille 204 (June
Connoisseur 177, no. 711 (May 1971), p. 36,
1987), p. 36; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, no. 2,
illus.; Michael Stürmer, Handwerk und
p. 244, illus. p. 233, fig. 236; Kjellberg,
höfische Kultur, Europäische Möbelkunst
im
18. Jahrhundert ( M u n i c h , 1982), illus. p . 67;
2 8 . Pair of Commodes
Dictionnaire,
p. 454; Handbook 1991, p. 179,
illus.
Wilson, Selections, no. 20, pp. 40-41, illus.;
Paris, circa 1750
Handbook 1986, p. 163, illus. (one); Pradére,
By Bernard I I van Risenburgh
Les Ebénistes, illus. p. 189, fig. 175; Kjellberg,
Oak and w a l n u t veneered w i t h tulipwood,
Dictionnaire,
p. 139.
kingwood, and amaranth; gilt-bronze
mounts; one commode w i t h a breche violette
top, one w i t h a bro catelie jaune top
Each commode stamped B. V.R.B. twice o n
top o f carcass.
Height: 2 ft. io /s i n . (87.3 cm); W i d t h :
3
3 ft. 4 / 8 i n . (101.9 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 10 i n .
(55.9 cm)
Accession number 71.DA.9 6.1—.2
2 9 . Commode
Paris, circa 1750
Attributed to Joseph Baumhauer
Oak set w i t h panels o f Japanese lacquer
and painted w i t h vernis Martin-, gilt-bronze
mounts; campan melange vert marble top
One trade label o f the
marchand-mercier
P R O V E N A N C E
Francois-Charles Darnault pasted o n top o f
(?) Given by Louis, D a u p h i n o f France
carcass and another one pasted underneath.
(1729-1765), to his father-in-law Frederick
Height: 2 ft. io 4 i n . (88.3 cm); W i d t h :
Augustus I I I , K i n g o f Poland, Dresden;
4 ft. 9 / 2 i n . (146.1 cm); Depth: 2 ft. /s i n .
3
5
listed i n inventories o f the Residenz,
(62.6 cm)
Dresden, i n 1794 and 1798; Prince Ernst
Accession number 55.DA.2
H e i n r i c h v o n W e t t i n , Schloss M o r i t z b u r g
(near Dresden), Saxony, and installed i n the
Tower R o o m circa 1924 (sold early 1930s);
29
7TJ
28
FRENCH
COMMODES
3 0 . Commode
Paris, circa 1755
Museum," Art Quarterly i%, no. 2 (Summer
Height: 3 ft. A i n . (92 cm); W i d t h :
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 .
l
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
pavonazza
marble top
Stamped DELORME,
Baumhauer, ébéniste privilegié d u r o i , "
J ME, and N.
PETIT
on top o f carcass.
L'Estampille 204 (June 1987), p. 32; Kjell
berg, Dictionnaire, p. 246.
Height: 2 ft. π Λ i n . (90.1 cm); W i d t h :
ι
Accession number 7 0 . D A . 7 9
Guedes de Souza, Paris; [Etienne Levy,
1972]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris, circa 1760
By Jean-Fran9ois Oeben
Cécile Sorel, Paris; [Germain Seligmann,
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, kingwood,
Paris] (sold, A p r i l 1933, to M r s . Langdon K .
sycamore, amaranth, and burr wood;
Thorne, N e w York); [J. M . Botibol, L o n
gilt-bronze mounts; campan melange vert
don, 1938]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938.
marble top
Stamped J . Ε OEBEN
Paul Wescher, "French Furniture o f the
Douilla); [Frank Partridge, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ;
31. Commode
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Private collection, Paris (possibly G o u p i l de
Paris], and [Frank Partridge, L t d . , L o n d o n ,
4 ft. 9 i n . (144.8 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 2% i n .
(66.6 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Pradére, Les Ebénistes, illus. p . 261,fig.278;
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
pp. 614, 619.
ana JME twice o n top
o f carcass.
Eighteenth Century i n the J. Paul Getty
30
31
FRENCH COMMODES
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
5 ft. 11 4 i n . (181 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 3 i n .
x
(68.5 cm)
Accession number 55.DA.5
P R O V E N A N C E
Made for Madame Louise o f France
(youngest daughter o f Louis X V ) , Chateau
de Versailles, 1769; Emmanuel-Felicité,
due de Duras, Maréchal de France, Chateau
de Fontainebleau, 1785; (?) Baron Lionel
32
Nathan de Rothschild (1808-1879),
Gunnersbury Park, Middlesex; by descent
Svend Eriksen, Early Neo-Classicism in
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
to his son, Leopold de Rothschild (1845-
Paul Wescher, "A Commode by Gilles
France (London, 1974), p.'321, p i . 120; Pierre
1917), H a m i l t o n Place, L o n d o n ; by descent
Joubert for Versailles i n the J. Paul Getty
Verlet, Les Meubles frangais du XVIII
to his son, Lionel Nathan de Rothschild
Museum," Art Quarterly 19, no. 3 ( A u t u m n
(Paris, 1982), p. 27, illus. (detail) pi. .4;
(1882-1942), Exbury House, Hampshire; by
1956), pp. 324-325, illus.; Pierre Verlet,
Wilson, Selections, no. 30, pp. 60-61, illus.;
descent to his son, E d m u n d de Rothschild
"Peut-on remeubler Versailles?," Le Jardín
Handbook 1986, p. 173, illus.; Pradére, Les
(b. 1916), Inchmery House, Exbury, H a m p
des arts (February 1958), p. 256, illus. p. 255;
Ebénistes, no. 17, p. 216; Kjellberg, Die-
shire (sold by h i m i n 1947); E d i t h and Sir
F. J. B . Watson, Louis XVIFurniture
Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968), London;
don, i960), no. 24, p. 105, illus.; Gerald
p. 759; Pierre Verlet, French Furniture of the
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Messadié, "J. Paul Getty, M a l i b u , Califor
Eighteenth Century, Penelope Hunter-Stiebel,
E X H I B I T I O N S
Paris, H o t e l de la Monnaie, Louis XV:
e
siede
tionnaire (Paris, 1989), pp. 456, 758, illus.
(Lon
nia," Great Private Collections, Douglas
transí. (Charlottesville, 1991), fig. 4, oppo
Cooper, ed. (Zurich, 1963), pp. 180-191,
site p. 16; Handbook 1991, p. 189, illus.
illus. p. 187; Pierre Verlet, French Royal
Un Moment de perfection de Vart frangais,
Furniture (London, 1963), pp. 77, i n , fig. 7;
1974, no. 422, pp. 320-321, illus.
Verlet et al., Chef d'oeuvre, p. 122, illus.;
Getty, Collecting, p. 152, illus.; Jean Meuvret
and Claude Frégnac, Les Ebénistes du
Steele frangais (Paris, 1963), p. 68, fig. 1;
XVIII
e
29
30
FRENCH CORNER
CUPBOARDS
CORNER
CUPBOARDS
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Marie-Juliette Ballot, Charles Cressent:
Sculpteur, ébéniste, collectionneur,
33. Pair of Corner Cupboards
Archives
10 (Paris,
Paris, circa 1740
de Vart frangais: Nouvellepériode
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
lacquer and painted w i t h vends
Martin;
gilt-bronze mounts; sarrancolin marble tops
XVIII
e
Steele frangais (Paris, 1963), p. 46; W i l s o n ,
"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,
top o f carcass.
detail illus. o n cover.
Height: 3 ft. 3/8 i n . (99.4 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 10 4 i n . (88.3 cm); Depth: 2 ft. Ys i n .
3
(61.2 cm)
Accession number 72.DA.44.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris]; purchased by
Cupboard .1
33
J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
p. 139.
One of a pair
34. Pair of Corner Cabinets
Paris, circa 1745
A t t r i b u t e d to Charles Cressent
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, kingwood,
and amaranth; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 6 ft. 3 Yz i n . (191.8 cm); W i d t h :
10 ft. 11 i n . (332.7 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 3% i n .
(39.4 cm)
Accession number 79.DA.2.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Baron Mayer Alphonse de Rothschild,
Paris, by 1905; Baron Edouard de Roth
Cupboard . 2
33
schild, Paris; Baron G u y de Rothschild,
Paris; by descent to Baron D a v i d de Roth
schild, Paris.
34
F R E N C H
Back o f carcass stamped I . DUBOIS
three
C O R N E R
CUPBOARDS
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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
ber AR 653. Painted twice w i t h the same
XVIII
number AR 653 on the back. Signed Etienne
auXVIII
Le NoirA?aris on dial and movement. Back
p i . 13; Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild,
o f dial signed and dated a. n.
Notizen über einige meiner
martiniére.
siécle, vol. 3, Le Mobilier au XVII
Height: 9 ft. 6 i n . (289.5
c m
c m
) ; Width:
) ; Depth: 2 ft. 4 Κ i n .
Steele (Paris, 1896), pp. 146-147,
Kunstgegenstände
(Berlin, 1920), fig. 130; A d o l f Feulner,
(72 cm)
Accession number 7 9 . D A . 66
p. 445, illus. p. 321; comte Francois de
Salverte, Les Ebénistes du XVIII
e
Ordered by General M o k r o n o w s k i through
the marchand-mercier
Lullier o f Warsaw
i n 1753 for C o u n t Jan Klemens Branicki
(1689-1772), Warsaw, Poland; (?) Christine
Branicka (sister o f C o u n t Branicki), by
descent; (?) Marianna Szymanowska (née
Potocka, granddaughter o f Christine
Branicka); Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild,
Vienna, before 1896; Baron Alphonse de
Rothschild, i n the Régence (or Rote) Salon,
Theresianum Gasse 16-18, Vienna, 1905;
confiscated by the T h i r d Reich i n M a r c h
1938 and destined for the H i t l e r Museum
i n Linz; restituted to the Baroness Clarice
de Rothschild, Vienna, i n 1947 and sent to
35. Corner Cupboard
New York soon afterward; [Rosenberg and
Paris, cupboard: circa 1744-1755; clock: 1744
Stiebel, Inc., N e w York]; [Wildenstein and
By Jacques Dubois after a drawing by
Co., N e w York, M a r c h 16,1950, stock no.
Nicolas Pineau; clock movement by Etienne
18018]; [Georges Wildenstein, N e w York];
I I Le N o i r ; enamel dial by Antoine Nicolas
[Daniel Wildenstein, N e w York]; A k r a m
Martiniére
Ojjeh, 1978 (sold, Sotheby's, Monaco,
O a k veneered w i t h bois satiné, tulipwood,
June 25-26,1979, lot 60).
rosewood, and k i n g w o o d ; enameled metal;
gilt-bronze mounts
Ein
Handbuch für Sammler und Liebehaber
Kunstgeschichte des Möbels (Berlin, 1926),
P R O V E N A N C E
35
et
e
e
(1903), no. 80; Robert Schmidt, Möbel:
1y44.-y.bre.
4 ft. 3 i n . (129.5
e
e
siede:
Leurs oeuvres et leurs marques (Paris, 1927),
pp. 104-105, p l . 18; (1953 ed.), p. 197, p l . 19;
and (Paris, 1963 ed.), p. 100, p l . 18; A d o l f
Feulner, Kunstgeschichte des Möbels seit dem
Altertum
(Berlin, 1927), pp. 330-331, Pineau
design illus. p. 321; Charles Packer, Paris
Furniture
by the Master Ebénistes (Newport,
Monmouthshire, 1956), p. 34, fig. 40; Ε J. B.
Watson, Wallace Collection Catalogues:
Furniture
(London, 1956), p. 69; Andre
Boutemy, "Des Meubles Louis X V á grands
succés: Les Encoignures," Connaissance des
arts 91 (September 1959), p. 36, illus. p. 41;
Jean Meuvret and Claude Frégnac, Les
Ebénistes duXVIII
e
siede frangais (Paris,
1963), pp. 101-102, illus. p. 100; Pierre
Verlet, French Cabinetmakers of the Eigh
teenth Century (Paris, 1963), p. 102; F. J. B.
Watson, The Wrightsman Collection (New
York, 1966), v o l . ι, p. 231; vol. 2, p. 544;
Alvar González-Palacios, Gli ebanisti del
LuigiXV
(Milan, 1966), p. 67; Claude
Frégnac, Les Styles frangais de Louis XIII ä
Napoleon III(Paris,
1975), p. 100, p l . 2;
Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier frangais du
31
32
F R E N C H
C O R N E R
C U P B O A R D S
moyen age a Louis XV(Paris,
1978), p. 192,
illus. no. 217, p. 193; Pierre Kjellberg,
"Jacques Dubois," Connaissance des arts
334 (December 1979), p. 115, illus.; A d o l f
Feulner, Kunstgeschichte des Möbels (Frank
furt am M a i n , 1980), pp. 180-181, illus.
no. 292, caption p. 358; W i l s o n , "Acquisi
tions 1979 to m i d 1980," no. 1, pp.. 1 - 3 , illus.;
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 21, pp. 42-43, illus.;
W i l l i a m Kingsland, "Collecting French
Furniture," Art and Auction
(December
1983), p. 79, illus.; Pradére, Les Ebénistes,
figs. 153-154, p. 173; Handbook 1986,
p. 163, illus. p. 162; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
pp. 267, 273, illus. p. 275; Stephane Boiron,
"Jacques Dubois, maitre d u style Louis X V , "
LEstampille-L'Objet
d'artx^G (June 1990),
Cupboard .1
36
Cupboard . 2
36
Cupboard . 2
37
pp. 42-59, illus. pp. 52-53; Jonathan Bourne
and Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the Domestic
Interior: Renaissance to Art Nouveau (Lon
don, 1991), illus. p. 83, fig. 258; Handbook
1991, p. 179, illus. p. 178.
36. Pair of Corner Cupboards
Paris, circa 1750-1755
Carcass and mounts attributed to JeanPierre Latz; marquetry panels attributed to
the workshop o f Jean-Francois Oeben
Oak veneered w i t h amaranth, stained syca
more, boxwood, and rosewood; gilt-bronze
mounts; breche dAlep tops
One cupboard once had two paper labels
on the back: one inscribed illegibly
[Bollfiüd(ct)?]
i n German, the other from
the Victoria and A l b e r t M u s e u m w i t h the
Cupboard .1
37
FRENCH CORNER CUPBOARDS
notation DEPT.
LOAN FROM
OF WOODWORK
ON
L . Currie, Esq. No. 5 I
37. Pair of Corner Cupboards
Paris, circa 1750-1755
15.V.1917.
Carcass and mounts attributed to Jean-
Height: 3 ft. 2*4 i n . (97.2 cm); W i d t h :
Pierre Latz; marquetry panels attributed
2 ft. 9 4 i n . (85.7 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. πV% i n .
to the workshop o f Jean-Fransois Oeben
3
(58.7 cm)
Oak veneered w i t h amaranth, stained syca
Accession number 72.DA.39.1-.2
more, harewood, boxwood, and l i g n u m
vitae; gilt-bronze mounts; breche dAlep tops
P R O V E N A N C E
Laurence Currie, L o n d o n , 1917; private col
lection, Berlin (sold, H u g o H e l b i n g Gallery,
Frankfurt am M a i n , June 23,1936, lots
260-261); private collection, Germany (sold,
Height: 3 ft. *4 i n . (92.1 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 8% i n . (81.9 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. (61 cm)
Accession number 72.DA.69.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Lempertz Gallery, Cologne, M a r c h 11,1938,
[Sidney J. Block, L o n d o n ] ; [French and
lot 217); private collection, N e w York (sold,
Co., N e w York, 1972]; purchased by
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, October 21-22,
J. Paul Getty.
1955, lot 358); Philip R. Consolo, Palm
Beach, Florida; (?) private collection, Cali
fornia; [Frank Partridge, L t d . , L o n d o n ,
1966]; [French and Co., N e w York, 1972];
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Henry Hawley, "Jean-Pierre Latz, Cabinet
maker," Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum
Cupboard .1
3^
Cupboard . 2
38
of
Art 57-7 (September-October 1970), no. 50,
p. 255, illus. (one), fig. 50.
E X H I B I T I O N S
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
Laurence Currie, Esq.
38. Pair of Corner Cupboards
Paris, circa 1755
By Jacques Dubois
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
H e n r y Hawley, "Jean-Pierre Latz, Cabinet
Oak painted w i t h vernis Martin;
maker," Bulletin of the Cleveland
mounts; breche dAlep tops
Museum
gilt-bronze
of Art 57-7 (September-October 1970),
Each stamped I.DUBOIS
no. 49, p. 254, illus. (one), fig. 49; Wilson,
o f carcass.
and J ME on top
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
33
34
F R E N C H
C O R N E R
CUPBOARDS
Height: 4 ft. 5% i n . (135.2 cm); W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna;
2 ft. (61 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (41.9 cm)
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Vienna;
Accession number 81.DA.82.1-.2
confiscated by the T h i r d Reich i n M a r c h
P R O V E N A N C E
1938; restituted to the Baroness Clarice
Francois-Ferdinand-Joseph Godefroy, Paris
de Rothschild, Vienna, i n 1947; [Frank
(sold, H o t e l de B u l l i o n , Paris, November 15,
Partridge and Sons, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1950];
1785, lot 238 bis, to [?] Harcourt); Espirito
purchased by J. Paul Getty for Sutton Place,
Santo Family, Portugal, and Lausanne,
Surrey; distributed by the estate o f J. Paul
Switzerland (sold circa 1976); [Didier Aaron,
Getty to the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Inc., N e w York].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paul Wescher, "French Furniture o f the
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1981," no. 3, pp. 71-73,
Eighteenth Century i n the J. Paul Getty
illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 31, pp. 62-63,
Museum," Art Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer
illus. figs 14-15; Handbook 1986, p. 170,
1955), pp. 121-122; Verlet et al., Chefi
illus. (one); Pradére, Les Ebénistes, no. 238
d'oeuvre, p. 120, illus.; Getty, Collecting,
bis, p. 250.
p. 150, illus.; Hans H u t h , Lacquer of the
West: The History of a Craft and an Industry,
i$$o-i9$o (Chicago and L o n d o n , 1971), cap
tion p. 145, fig. 234; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
DESKS
p. 273; Stephane Boiron, "Jacques Dubois,
maitre d u style Louis X V , "
LObjet d'arti^e
L'Estampille-
4 0 . Desk (bureau
(June 1990), pp. 42-59,
"Mazarin")
Paris, after 1692-circa 1700
illus. p. 56.
O a k and walnut veneered w i t h brass,
tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, pewter,
copper, ebony, painted and unpainted horn,
39. Pair of Corner Cupboards
and painted paper; silvered-bronze mounts;
Paris, circa 1765
One of a pair
By Pierre Gamier
39
steel key
Top engraved w i t h unidentified arms (later
Oak veneered w i t h ebony, kingwood, ama
replacement) beneath an electoral bonnet,
ranth, boxwood, and (?) ebonized fruit-
surrounded by the Collar and the Order
wood; gilt-bronze mounts; gray-veined
o f the Toisón d'Or, supported by crowned
white marble tops
lions.
Each cupboard stamped P. GARNIER
on top
Height: 2 ft. 3% i n . (70.5 cm); W i d t h :
o f carcass. One incised / o n top o f carcass,
2 ft. 11 i n . (89 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 8 i n . (51 cm)
4 on the other.
Accession number 8 7 . D A . 7 7
F R E N C H
D E S K S
P R O V E N A N C E
M a x Emanuel, Elector o f Bavaria (16621726); Captain Thomas Leyland, L o n d o n ,
circa 1854; W i l l i a m Cornwallis West, R u t h i n
Castle, Denbighshire; by descent around
1917 to his daughter, Mary-Theresa Olivia,
Princess o f Pless; D a v i d Style, Esq. (sold,
Christie's, Wateringbury Place, Maidstone,
Kent, June 1,1978, lot 545); private collec
tion, L o n d o n (sold, Sotheby's, Monaco,
June 21,1987, lot 1097).
E X H I B I T I O N S
L o n d o n , Gore House, Kensington, French
Decorative Arts, 1854, lent by Captain Leyland; L o n d o n , The South Kensington
Museum, Special Exhibition of Works of
Art of the Mediaeval, Renaissance, and More
Recent Periods, June 1862, no. 812, lent by
Captain Leyland.
40
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
T. A . Strange, French Interiors:
Decoration,
Furniture,
Woodwork and Allied
Arts
(London, circa 1920), p. 1467; Sotheby's
Art at Auction ιρ86~ιρ8γ (London, 1987),
p. 262, illus.; "Acquisitions/1987,"
GettyMusJ
16 (1988), no. 66, pp. 176-177, illus.;
Jean-Nérée Ronfort and Jean-Dominique
Augarde, "Le Maitre d u Bureau de l'Electeur," LEstampille-LObjet
dart 243 (January
1991), pp. 4*~74> illus. p. 59.
Top
40
35
36
F R E N C H
DESKS
4i
4 1 . Double Desk
42
M a r c h 27,1772, and also i n the inventory
E X H I B I T I O N S
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,
no. 430, pp. 327-328, illus.
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, kingwood,
nephew and heir Louis-Balthazar Dange
and amaranth; gilt-bronze mounts
de Bagneux {fermier general,
Stamped J ME B. V.R.B. JME underneath
recorded i n the inventory after his death
and o n interior o f carcass. Underside o f
i n 1795; by inheritance to his wife Anne-
carcass bears several red wax seals o f the
Marie Samson and recorded i n her inven
Duke o f Argyll.
tory after death; by descent to her daughter
IJ39-IJ94),
Height: 3 ft. 6 / 2 i n . (107.8 cm); W i d t h :
Marie-Emilie-Fran9oise Dange, married
5 ft. 2% i n . (158.7 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 9 /s i n .
to Augustin Creuzé, i n rue Saint-Honoré
(84.7 cm)
[information: P. Leperlier]; Dukes o f Argyll,
Accession number 7 0 . D A . 8 7
Inveraray Castle, Argyll, Scotland, by (?)
3
the early nineteenth century (sold by Ian,
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Fran9ois Balthazar Dange, fermier
general, H o t e l de Villemare, Place Ven
dóme, Paris, recorded i n the inventory
after the death o f his wife Anne (née Jarry),
n t h D u k e o f Argyll, 19 51); Sir Robert Abdy,
Bt., L o n d o n , 1951; [Rosenberg and Stiebel,
Inc., N e w York, 1952]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty, 1952.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paul Wescher, "French Furniture o f the
Eighteenth C e n t u r y i n the J. Paul Getty
M u s e u m , " Art Quarterly \%, no. 2 (Summer
1955), p. 121, illus. p. 78; Jean Meuvret and
Claude Frégnac, Les Ebénistes du
XVIII
e
Steele frangais (Paris, 1963), p. 78, illus.;
Gerald Messadié, "J. Paul Getty, M a l i b u ,
California," Great Private
Collections,
Douglas Cooper, ed. (Zurich, 1963),
pp. 180-191, illus. p. 188; Verlet et al.,
Chefs d'oeuvre, pp. 116-117, illus.; Claude
Frégnac, Les Styles frangais (Paris, 1975), p i . 4;
Pierre Verlet, Les Meubles frangais du
XVTII
Steele (Paris, 1982), p. 27, p i . 3 (detail);
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 22, pp. 44-45, illus.;
e
F R E N C H
"The Great Collections," French
Connec
SECRETAIRES
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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;
Eighteenth Century i n the J. Paul Getty
purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1951.
Handbook1986,
p. 160, illus.; Pierre Cabanne, L'Art du
XVTII
e
siecle (Paris, 1987), p. 97, illus.;
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
pp. 135,139, illus.
p. 130; Pierre Verlet, French Furniture of
Museum," Art Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer
1955), p. 125, illus. p. 133; Gerald Messadié,
"J. Paul Getty, M a l i b u , California," Great
Private Collections, Douglas Cooper, ed.
the Eighteenth Century, Penelope Hunter-
(Zurich, 1963), pp. 180-191, illus. p. 186;
Stiebel, transí. (Charlottesville, 1991), fig. 3
Verlet et al., Chefi d'oeuvre, p. 131, illus.;
opposite p. 16; Handbook 1991, p. 176, illus.
Getty, Collecting, illus. p. 161; U l r i c h Leben,
"Die Werkstatt Bernard Molitors," Kunst
und Antiquitäten
illus. p. 52, fig. 1; U l r i c h Leben, Bernard
4 2 . Rolltop Desk
Molitor (i/tf-1833):
Paris, circa 1785-1788
By Bernard M o l i t o r . Some mounts cast by
the bronzier Fran9ois Rémond after designs
by Gambier
O a k veneered w i t h mahogany and lacquer;
gilt-bronze mounts; griotte de Flandre
marble top
Stamped B. MOLITOR
4 (1987), pp. 52-60, detail
Leben und Werk, eines
Pariser Kunsttischlers, P h . D . diss. (Bonn,
1989), p. 108; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
p. 582; U l r i c h Leben, Molitor: Ebéniste
the Ancien Regime to the Bourbon
from
Restoration
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paul Wescher, "French Furniture o f the
Eighteenth Century i n the J. Paul Getty
Museum," Art Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer
1955), p. 122, illus. p. 130; Gerald Messadié,
"J. Paul Getty, M a l i b u , California," Great
Private Collections, Douglas Cooper, ed.
(Zurich, 1963), pp. 180-191, illus. p. 189;
Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 121, illus.;
Getty, Collecting, p. 151, illus.; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
p. 273; Stephane Boiron,
"Jacques Dubois, maitre d u style Louis XV,"
LEstampille-LObjet
d'am$6
(June 1990),
pp. 42-59, illus. p. 56.
(London, 1992), p. 153, no. 70, pp. 190-191,
figs. 8-9, 81-82,154.
o n l i p o f one
interior drawer.
Height: 4 ft. 6 i n . (137 cm); W i d t h :
5 ft. n*4 i n . (181 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 10% i n .
(87 cm)
Accession number 6 7 . D A . 9
P R O V E N A N C E
SECRETAIRES
4 3 . Secretaire
Paris, circa 1755
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 .
his heir John L . Schiff, Christie's, London,
(38.4 cm)
June 22,1938, l o t 59); purchased at that sale
Accession number 65.DA.3
by J. Paul Getty.
43
37
38
F R E N C H
S E C R E T A I R E S
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
M r s . O r m e W i l s o n (sold by her executors,
Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild,
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, March 25,1949,
M e n t m o r e Towers, Buckinghamshire, late
lot 339); Paul Rosenberg, Paris; [Didier
nineteenth century; Hannah de Rothschild
Aaron, Inc., N e w York, 1984].
(Countess ofRosebery, wife o f the 5th Earl,
married 1878, died 1890), Mentmore
E X H I B I T I O N S
N e w York, The Cooper-Hewitt Museum,
Writing and Reading, September 1981January 1982; Richmond, Virginia, Experts
Choice: One Thousand Years of the Art Trade,
A p r i l 22-June 12,1983, p. 131, illus., lent by
Didier Aaron, Inc.
Towers, Buckinghamshire; Albert Primrose,
6 t h Earl o f Rosebery, M e n t m o r e Towers,
Buckinghamshire; N e i l Primrose, 7th Earl o f
Rosebery, M e n t m o r e Towers, Buckingham
shire (sold, Sotheby's, M e n t m o r e Towers,
M a y 18, 1977, l o t 24); private collection,
L o n d o n , 1977; [Mallett's, L o n d o n ] .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Bremer-David, "Acquisitions 1984," no. 4,
pp. 81-83, illus.; "Acquisitions/i984,"
GettyMusJvt,
(1985), no. 62, p. 181, illus.;
Jean-Dominique Augarde, "1749 Joseph
Baumhauer, ébéniste privilegié du roí,"
44
UEstampille 204 (June 1987), pp. 15-45,
figs, ι, 36; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, no. 53,
44. Secretaire
p. 245; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 450, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Philippe Jullian, "Mentmore,"
Connaissance
des arts 303 ( M a y 1977), p. 82, illus.; W i l s o n ,
"Acquisitions 1982," no. 12, pp. 56-60,
figs. 79, 81-84; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 37,
pp. 56-57, illus.; Pradére, Les Ebénistes,
p. 334, illus. p. 337, fig. 392; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
illus. p. 509.
p. 448.
Paris, circa 1765-1770
By Joseph Baumhauer
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, amaranth,
ebony, and boxwood; gilt-bronze mounts;
(?) portor d'ltalie top
Stamped JOSEPH
between two
fleur-de-lys
three times, twice o n the left forecorner and
once o n the right forecorner.
Height: 4 ft. 6 i n . (137 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft. 5 i n . (104 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 3 i n . (38 cm)
Accession number 84.DA.969
45. Secretaire
Paris, circa 1770
A t t r i b u t e d to Jean-Fran$ois Leleu
O a k veneered w i t h amaranth, ebony, kingw o o d , tulipwood, boxwood, and burr
amboyna; gilt-bronze mounts; steel fittings;
breche dAlep top
Inked ijyo inside the carcass. Label printed
Earl ofRosebery pasted on back.
Height: 3 ft. 6Ys i n . (107.3 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft. 11Y4 i n . (120 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 5% i n .
(43.6 cm)
Accession number 82.DA.81
45
F R E N C H
S E C R E T A I R E S
Bullion, Paris, November 15-19,1784,
gilt-bronze mounts; white marble top
lot 171, for 860 livres to Desmarest); Joseph-
Stamped M. CARLIN
Francois de Paule, marquis de Vaudreuil,
lower back. A l l the plaques except for two
Paris (sold under the direction o f Le B r u n
o f the spandrels are painted i n blue on their
i n the Grande Salle, rue de Cléry, Paris,
reverses w i t h the crossed Z's o f the Sevres
and JME twice on
November 26,1787, lot 368, for 1,305 livres
manufactory. O n all but the central frieze
to Lerouge); [Kraemer et Cie, Paris, early
plaque the crossed Z's enclose the date letter
1960s]; M m e Jorge Ortiz-Linares, Paris
X f o r 1775; the circular plaque bears the
(offered for sale, Sotheby's, Monaco,
painter's mark i n blue o f P' for Pierre le
June 14,1982, lot 423, bought i n ) ; [ B . Fabre
jeune, and i n black, 216; two spandrel and
et Fils, Paris].
the two frieze plaques bear the painter's
mark i n blue. T h e central frieze plaque
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Gillian W i l s o n , "A Secretaire by PhilippeClaude M o n t i g n y , " GettyMusJ14 (1986),
pp. 121-126, figs, ι, 4, 7; "Acquisitions/1985,"
GettyMusJ 14 (1986), no. 200, p. 246, illus.;
bears the gilder's mark LG i n gold, partly
rubbed. Rothschild inventory numbers each
chalked twice on back o f carcass: KKU 859,
AR 542, Ivll20,
and 3.
Jean-Dominique Augarde, "1749 Joseph
Baumhauer, ébéniste privilegié d u r o i , "
LEstampille
204 (June 1987), p. 30; Pradére,
"Boulle, d u Louis X I V sous Louis X V I , "
46
LEstampille-LObjet
dart o (June 1987),
pp. 56-67,118, illus.; Pradére, Les Ebénistes,
46. Secretaire
p. 305, illus. p. 307, fig. 347; Handbook 1991,
p. 190, illus.
Paris, circa 1770-1775
By Philippe-Claude M o n t i g n y
O a k and pine veneered w i t h tortoiseshell,
brass, pewter, and ebony bandings; giltbronze mounts
Stamped on the back MONTIGNY
JME.
Height: 4 ft. 7% i n . (141.5 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 9 i n . (84.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 3% i n .
(40.3 cm)
Accession number 85.DA.378
Paris, circa 1775
By M a r t i n Carlin, circular Sevres porcelain
plaque painted by Jean-Jacques Pierre le
jeunc, two o f the frieze plaques and two o f
the spandrel plaques painted by Claude
Couturier; central frieze plaque gilded by
Etienne-Henri Le Guay.
P R O V E N A N C E
Monsieur de Billy, Paris (sold through the
marchand-mercierA.-].
47. Secretaire
Paillet, H o t e l de
Oak veneered w i t h kingwood, boxwood,
and ebony, incised w i t h colored mastics;
set w i t h eight soft-paste porcelain plaques;
47
39
AO
F R E N C H
SECRETAIRES
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,
no. 29, p. 356; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
P R O V E N A N C E
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna,
by 1903; Baron Alphonse de Rothschild,
Vienna; confiscated by the T h i r d Reich
i n M a r c h 1938; restituted to the Baroness
Clarice de Rothschild, Vienna, i n 1947 and
sent to N e w York shortly afterward (sold
p. 162; Daniel Alcouffe, "Secretaire ä
abbattant," Louvre: Nouvelles acquisitions
du department des objets d'art,
ip8$-ip8p
(Paris, 1990), no. 71, p. 154, illus.; Sassoon,
Vincennes and Sevres Porcehin, no. 35,
pp. 174-176, illus. pp. 175-177.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Jean Nicolay, LArt et h Maniere des Maitres
Ebénistes frangais au XVIII
eme
siecle (Paris,
1956), p. 153, illus.; Ε J. B. Watson, Louis
XVI Furniture (London, i 9 6 0 ) , no. 89, illus.;
Jean Meuvret and Claude Frégnac, Les
Ebénistes du XVIII
e
siécle frangais (Paris,
1963), p. 221, illus.; F. Lewis Hinckley,
privately, 1950); [Rosenberg and Stiebel,
A Directory of Antique French
Inc., N e w York, 1950]; purchased by J. Paul
1735-1800 (New York, 1967), p. 69, illus.
Furniture
48. Secretaire
Getty,1950.
Paris, circa 1775
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild,
Notizen
über einige meiner Kunstgegenstände (1903),
no. 319, p. 128; Paul Wescher, "French Fur
niture o f the Eighteenth Century i n the
J. Paul Getty Museum," Art Quarterly 18,
no. 2 (Summer 1955), p. 131, illus. p. 134;
Charles Packer, French Furniture by the
Master Ebénistes (Newport, M o n m o u t h
shire, 1956), p. 59, fig. 175A; Verlet et al.,
Chef d'oeuvre, p. 127, illus.; Getty, Collecting,
By Rene Dubois
Oak veneered w i t h kingwood, tulipwood,
and lemonwood; incised w i t h colored
mastics; set w i t h mother-of-pearl; giltbronze mounts; white marble top
Stamped I.DUBOIS
and JMEon
back.
Height: 5 ft. 3 i n . (160 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 3 /8 i n . (70.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 1% i n .
5
(33.7 cm)
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 6 0
p. 156, illus. p. 157; Michael Stürmer,
P R O V E N A N C E
Handwerk
Sir Richard Wallace, Paris; Lady Wallace,
Möbelkunst
und höfische Kultur:
Europäische
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
and Baroness Cassel van D o o m , Paris (sold,
4-5
(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
Stamped C. C.SAUNIER
stamped F.DURAND
S E C R E T A I R E S
o n upper back;
Fils o n side rail o f the
stand. A l l o f the plaques painted on their
reverses w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f the
Sevres manufactory; on the two front
plaques the crossed Z's enclose the date
letter Y for 1776, and below is the painter's
mark o f three dots for Tandart; on the two
side plaques the crossed L s are flanked by
the date letter Y for 1776 and the painter's
mark Ffor Bouillat; each plaque bears the
gilder's mark BD i n gold. Each plaque bears
a paper price label (only one intact) printed
w i t h crossed Z's and inked 132 [livres].
Inscribed i n pencil Saunier le Jeune
iyyó
on carcass.
50
Height: 4 ft. i /s i n . (126.8 cm); W i d t h :
7
2 ft. 4 /8 i n . (72.8 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 4 /s i n .
5
5
(42.2 cm)
Paris, circa 1777
Accession number 6 7 . D A . 7
49
49. Secretaire
Paris, circa 1776 w i t h early twentiethcentury stand
By Claude-Charles Saunier, replaced
stand by F. D u r a n d fils; t w o o f the Sevres
50. Secretaire
By M a r t i n Carlin; the large Sevres plaques
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
Walters, N e w York (sold by his widow,
fall front painted by Raux fils amé
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, M a y 3, 1941,
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, satinwood,
lot 1399); purchased at that sale by J. Paul
amaranth, and ebony; set w i t h five soft-paste
Getty, through [Duveen].
porcelain plaques; enameled metal; giltbronze mounts; white marble top
porcelain plaques painted by Jean-Baptiste
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Tandart and t w o by Edmé-Fran$ois
Paul Wescher, "French Furniture o f the
Bouillat; all four plaques gilded by Fran9ois
Eighteenth Century i n the J. Paul Getty
Baudouin pere
Museum," Art Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer
Oak veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d and ama
1955), p. 131; Charles Packer, Paris
ranth; set w i t h four soft-paste porcelain
by the Master Ebénistes (Newport, M o n
plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; white
mouthshire, 1956), fig. 162; Savill, Sevres,
marble top
vol. 2, n . 45, p. 613; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Furniture
Sevres Porcelain, no. 37, pp. 181-182, illus.
pp. 182-183.
Stamped M. CARLIN
and JME twice under
the drawer front. A l l porcelain plaques
painted on their reverses w i t h the blue
crossed L s o f the Sevres manufactory. O n
the two large plaques the crossed Z's are
flanked by a F o n each side: one is the date
letter for 1776, the other is the painter's
mark; the two small plaques are each
painted i n black w i t h the painter's mark
41
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;
n . 3, p. 1064; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, no. 28,
the marks X a n d 10 i n gold.
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)
Accession number 8 I . D A . 8 O
no. 38, pp. 184-186, illus. pp. 184,186;
Handbook 1991, p. 192, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) D o n Francesco de Borja Alvarez de
Toledo, 16th D u k e o f Medina-Sidonia and
51. Secretaire
12th Marquess o f Villafranca; D o n Pedro
Paris, circa 1780
de Alcantara Alvarez de Toledo, 17th D u k e
A t t r i b u t e d to A d a m Weisweiler; one o f the
o f Medina-Sidonia (sold by his heir the
Sevres porcelain plaques gilded by Henry-
Marquess o f Villafranca, H o t e l D r o u o t ,
Francois Vincent lejeune
Paris, A p r i l 21,1870, lot 23); purchased at
O a k veneered w i t h amboyna and ebonized
that sale by Richard, 4th Marquess o f
wood; set w i t h five soft-paste porcelain
Hertford, Paris, through [Nieuwenhuys];
plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; white
Sir Richard Wallace, Paris, by inheritance,
marble top
1870; Lady Wallace, Paris, by inheritance,
One o f the oval plaques and the two smaller
51
1890; Sir John M u r r a y Scott, Paris, by
rectangular plaques are marked i n gold on
inheritance, 1897; Victoria, Lady Sackville,
the reverse w i t h the crossed Z's o f the Sevres
Paris, inherited 1912; [Jacques Seligmann,
manufactory, adjacent to the gilder's mark
Paris]; Baron and Baronne Edouard de
2000;
Rothschild, Paris; Baron Guy de Rothschild,
T h e central rectangular plaque and one o f
Paris, by descent; M r . and M r s . H a b i b
the oval plaques have paper Sevres price
Sabet, Paris, early 1970s.
labels printed w i t h the crossed Z's; one is
the central plaque is inscribed No353.
inked 72 [livres].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
F. J. B. Watson, WalUce Colhction Catalogues: Furniture (London, 1956), p. 159;
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1981," no. 1, pp.
63-66, illus.; D o r o thee Guilleme-Brulon,
"Les Plaques en porcelaine de Sevres dans le
mobilier," ¿'Estampille 163 (November 1983),
Height: 4 ft. 1 i n . (124.5 cm); W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
Jules Lowengard, Paris, before 1908; Baron
Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna; Baron
Alphonse de Rothschild, Vienna; confis
cated by the T h i r d Reich i n M a r c h 1938;
restituted to the Baroness Clarice de
Rothschild, Vienna, i n 1947, and sent to
N e w York soon afterward (sold privately,
1950); [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w
York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1950.
2 ft. $ A i n . (81.9 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 2 4 i n .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(37.5 cm)
Seymour de Ricci, Louis XVI
Accession number 70.DA.83
(London, 1913), p. 127, illus.; Paul Wescher,
l
3
Furniture
"French Furniture o f the Eighteenth
Century i n the J. Paul Getty Museum," Art
F R E N C H
S E C R E T A I R E S
Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer 1955), p. 126,
illus. p. 134; Charles Packer, Paris
Furniture
by the Master Ebénistes (Newport, M o n mouthshire, 1956), fig. 209; F. J. B. Watsoñ,
Louis XVI Furniture ( L o n d o n , 1963), no. 86,
illus.; Jean Meuvret and Claude Frégnac,
Les Ebénistes du XVIII
e
Steele frangais (Paris,
1963), p. 286, illus. (erroneously described as
being i n the M e t r o p o l i t a n Museum o f A r t ,
N e w York); Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre,
p. 129, illus.; Getty, Collecting, pp. 158-159,
illus.; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
p. 872;
Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porcehin,
no. 40, pp. 193-196, illus. pp. 194-197.
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;
the back is inscribed w i t h the number
ιοόργ.
Height: 4 ft. 11% i n . (152 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
(55.6 cm)
Accession number 8 5 . D A . 147
P R O V E N A N C E
Two paper labels inked Hamilton
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Jean Bedel, Les Antiquités
et la brocante
(Paris, 1981), illus. o n the front and back
Height: 5 ft. 1 i n . (155 cm); W i d t h :
covers; "Acquisitions/1985,"
3 ft. 8% i n . (112.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 6%. i n .
GettyMusJ14
(1986), no. 210, p. 250, illus.; Pierre Ramond,
(47 cm)
Marquetry (Newtown, Connecticut, 1989),
Accession number 71. D A . 104
p. 85, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
U n k n o w n collection, Paris, circa 1830;
George Watson Taylor, Erlestoke Mansion,
private collection, Belgium (sold, Galerie
Moderne, Brussels, M a r c h 15, 1976, lot
1305); [La Cour de Varenne, Paris, late
1970S-1982]; [Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w
York, 1982].
Pahce
o n the back.
Devizes, Wiltshire (sold, Erlestoke M a n
53. Secretaire
sion, July 9 et seq., 1832, lot 26); Alexander
Paris, circa 1785
Archibald Douglas, the 10th D u k e o f
A t t r i b u t e d to Jean-Henri Riesener
H a m i l t o n and 7th D u k e o f Brandon,
Oak veneered w i t h panels o f black Japanese
H a m i l t o n Palace, Lanarkshire, Scotland;
lacquer and ebony; interior fittings o f
listed i n the Duke's Dressing R o o m i n an
mahogany; gilt-bronze mounts; black
inventory o f 1835-1840; W i l l i a m , 12th D u k e
marble top
43
44
F R E N C H
S E C R E T A I R E S
o f H a m i l t o n and 9th D u k e o f Brandon,
54. Secretaire
H a m i l t o n Palace, by descent (sold, Christies,
Paris, circa 1824
L o n d o n , July 10,1882, lot 1296, to Samson
A t t r i b u t e d to Alexandre-Louis Bellangé;
Wertheimer); Cornelius Vanderbilt I I
possibly after designs by the marchand
(1843-1899), T h e Breakers, Newport, Rhode
Philippe Claude Maelrondt
Island, by (?) the 1890s; Alice Vanderbilt
Oak veneered w i t h amaranth, thuya wood,
(1846-1934, wife o f Cornelius Vanderbilt I I ) ,
ebony, and pewter; set with twelve hard-
The Breakers, Newport, Rhode Island;
paste porcelain plaques; mirrored and
Gladys Moore Vanderbilt (Countess Laszlo
painted glass; gilt-bronze mounts; rouge
Széchényi, 1886-1965), by descent (sold
griotte marble top
by her heirs, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , Novem
The four porcelain plaques o f the fall front
ber 26, 1971, lot 71); purchased at that sale
are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 on their reverse; the
by J. Paul Getty
gilt-bronze collars at the bases o f the legs are
numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (?), 7, 8, p, 10 and u;
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l l i a m Roberts, Memorials of Christies
(London, 1897), vol. 2, illus. facing p. 36;
Seymour de Ricci, Louis XVI
Furniture
(London, 1913), p. 147, illus.; Frances Buckland, " D i e Karriere eines Kunstschreiners:
Johann H e i n r i c h Riesener, Ebenist am Hofe
Ludwigs X V I , " Kunst und Antiquitäten
6
(1980), p. 37, illus. p. 28, fig. 7; Ronald
Freyberger, "Eighteenth-Century French
Furniture from H a m i l t o n Palace," Apollo
the feet mounts are numbered ^ t h r o u g h 12;
the leg sections are numbered / through 12.
Inscribed on carcass, under oval porcelain
plaque, Vovale ny lesporcehines
nontpoint
de marques.
Height: 5 ft. /s i n . (153.4
3
2 ft.
IO /I6
5
c m
) ; Width:
i n . (87.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 4% i n .
(42.6 cm)
5 4
Accession number 6 6 . D A . 1
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R O V E N A N C E
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
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
de la Seine,
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
[W. Ball, N e w York, 1938]; purchased by
lange," Connaissance des arts
J. Paul Getty, 1938.
ber 1991), pp. 80-89, Ülus. no. 10, p. 88.
naire, p. 712, illus. p. 707.
(Decem
F R E N C H
TABLES
Height: 4 ft. 2 % i n . (128.8 cm); W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
2 ft. 10 4 i n . (87 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 2 i n .
Made for Louis XIV; (?) Dupille de Saint-
J
(35.6 cm)
Severin, Paris (sold, Paris, February 21,1785,
Accession number 63.DA.1
lot 323); [Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris,
1982].
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Baron Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1874),
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Gunnersbury or N e w Court, Middlesex;
Gillian W i l s o n , "Two Newly Discovered
Leopold de Rothschild (1845-1917), H a m i l
Pieces o f Royal French
ton Place, L o n d o n , by 1889; E d m u n d de
di belli arti27-28
Furniture,"Antologia
(1985), pp. 61-66, illus.;
Rothschild (b. 1916), L o n d o n ; Frank Green,
"Acquisitions/1983," GettyMusJiz
Esq., Ashwick House, Dulverton, Somerset
p. 261, no. ι, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 142,
(sold September 19,1947); [Frank Partridge
illus.; Jacques Charles et al., De Versailles
and Sons, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; purchased by
ä Paris: Le Destín des collections royales
J. Paul Getty, October 1950.
(1984),
(Paris, 1989), illus. p. 22, fig. 12; Pradére,
Les Ebénistes, p. 47, illus. p. 46, fig. 2; Hand
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Getty, Collecting, p. 154, illus.; Savill,
55
55. Secretaire
book 1991, p. 156, illus.
Sevres, vol. 2, p. 879, n . 49, p. 901; Sassoon,
Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain, no. 36,
pp. 178-180, illus.
(?) Paris, m i d - to late nineteenth century;
circular Sévres porcelain plaque circa 1775
O a k veneered w i t h mahogany, satinwood,
and t u l i p w o o d ; set w i t h one soft-paste and
TABLES
seven hard-paste porcelain plaques; giltbronze mounts; w h i t e marble top
Stamped LELEU—a
forged stamp for Jean-
56. Reading and Writing Table
Paris, circa 1670-1675
Fran9ois L e l e u — a n d J ME at the top right
Walnut and oak veneered w i t h ivory, blue
and left corners o f the back. Painted w i t h
painted h o r n , and ebony; gilt-bronze m o l d
MA under a crown, a false mark for Marie
ings; steel; modern silk velvet
Antoinette, o n back and bearing under
Height: 2 ft. 1 i n . (63.5 cm); W i d t h :
neath a metal label stamped
ι ft. 7 / 8 i n . (48.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 2 i n .
PLACE.
HAMILTON
Circular porcelain plaque painted
on the reverse w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f
(35.5 cm)
Accession number 83.DA.21
the Sévres manufactory.
56
45
A6
F R E N C H
T A B L E S
57. Table
58. Table
Paris, circa 1680
Paris, circa 1680
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre Golle
A t t r i b u t e d to André-Charles Boulle
Oak and rosewood veneered w i t h ebony,
O a k veneered w i t h tortoiseshell, pewter,
satinwood, mahogany, tortoiseshell, pewter,
brass, ebony, h o r n , ivory, boxwood, cherry,
and brass; gilded wood; gilt-bronze mounts
natural and stained sycamore, pear, thuya
One drawer bears a paper label inked
w o o d , satinwood, cedar, beech, and ama-
N.55148005.
ranth; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 2 ft. 6/4 i n . (76.7 cm); W i d t h :
Height: 2 ft. 4 /s i n . (72 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 4 / 2 i n . (42 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 2% i n .
3 ft. 7/4 i n . (110.5 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 5 i n .
3
(36.1 cm)
(73.6 cm)
Accession number 82.DA.34
Accession number 71.DA.100
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 . ,
57
L o n d o n , 1981].
W i l l i a m H u m b l e , n t h Baron W a r d (created
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
T h e Minneapolis Institute o f Arts, June 2 9 September 3,1972, no. 55.
Top
57
FRENCH TABLES
Top
58
58
Spree und Neiße (Berlin, 1978), illus. p. 27;
59. Table
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
H e n r y R. Forster, The Stowe Catalogue:
Paris, circa 1680
"Acquisitions/1983," GetiyMusJn
(1984),
Attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle
no. 2, p. 261, illus.; Pradére, Les Ebénistes,
no. 256, p. 16; Michael Stürmer,
Handwerk
Oak veneered w i t h ebony, tortoiseshell,
no. 302, p. 108.
und höfische Kultur: Europäische
Möbel
horn, pewter, brass, ivory, boxwood, walnut,
Priced and Annotated
( L o n d o n , 1848),
kunst im 18. Jahrhundert
( M u n i c h , 1982),
satinwood or mahogany, amaranth, and
pp. 35, 215, illus.; G i l l i a n W i l s o n , "A Late
stained sycamore; gilt-bronze mounts
Seventeenth-Century French Cabinet at the
Height: 2 ft. 854 i n . (82 cm); W i d t h :
J. Paul Getty M u s e u m , " The Art
3 ft. 9% i n . (116.5 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 2 i n .
of Chicago Centennial Lecture:
Institute
Museum
Studies 10 (1983), pp. 119-131, illus.; Wilson,
(66 cm)
Accession number 83.DA.22
Selections, no. 4, pp. 8-9, illus.; Alvar
González-Palacios, 77 Tempio del gusto:
Le Arti decorative in Ltalia fra Classicismi e
barocco ( M i l a n , 1986), no. 56, p. 26, illus.;
Handbook
1986, p. 146, illus.; Pradére, Les
Ebénistes, no. 301, p. 108, illus. p. 99, fig. 56;
Handbook
1991, p. 160, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
[Bernheimer, M u n i c h , 1920s]; Hermann,
Graf von A r n i m , Schloss Muskau, Saxony,
taken to M u n i c h , 1945.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Hermann, Graf von A r n i m and W i l l i
Boelcke, Muskau: Standesherrschaft
zwischen
59
AJ
48
F R E N C H
TABLES
61. Table (bureau pfat)
Paris, circa 1725
A t t r i b u t e d to the workshops o f AndreCharles Boulle
O a k and pine veneered w i t h satiné rouge
and amaranth; modern leather top; giltbronze mounts
Black and w h i t e chalk drawing, possibly for
a corner m o u n t , o n an interior panel.
Height: 2 ft. 6Ys i n . (76.5 cm); W i d t h :
6 ft. 7 /8 i n . (202.2 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 11Y i n .
5
4
(89.5 cm)
Accession number 6 7 . D A . 10
P R O V E N A N C E
Η. H . A . Josse, Paris (sold, Galerie Georges
6o
Petit, Paris, M a y 29,1894, lot 152); pur
chased at that sale by Edouard Chappey,
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,
A t t r i b u t e d to Andre-Charles Boulle
Paris, 1985].
Paris, December 4-5, 1905, l o t 135, to
6 0 . Table (bureau ρ fat)
[Jacques Seligmann, Paris]); Fran$ois Coty,
Oak veneered w i t h tortoiseshell, ebony, and
brass; gilt-bronze mounts; leather top
Height: 2 ft. 7 % i n . (80.5 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft. 2 4 i n . (98.5 cm); D e p t h : 6 ft. 4V16 i n .
3
(195.4 cm)
Accession number 85.DA.23
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris (sold, Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris,
"Le Meuble Boulle," Connaissance des arts 2
(April 1952), p. 20; Stephane Faniel et al.,
Le XVIII
e
siecle frangais (Collection Connais
sance des arts, Paris, 1958), p. 60, fig. 6;
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJiA
November 30-December 1,1936, lot 84,
to [ B . Fab re et Fils, Paris]); confiscated by
the T h i r d Reich, 1940-1945; [Cameron, L o n
don, 1949]; purchased b y J. Paul Getty, 1949.
(1986),
P R O V E N A N C E
no. 193, p. 243, illus.; Pradére, Les Ebénistes,
Alexandre de Flahaut, comte de la Billar-
no. 82, p. 102, illus. p. 78, fig. 27.
E X H I B I T I O N S
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
d'Angiviller, Paris; by descent to Auguste-
de ιροο, no. 2904; Paris, Exposition
Charles-Joseph (178 5-1870), comte de
spective de Van frangais des origines ä 1800,
Flahaut de la Billarderie, Paris, and French
1900, p. 299, illus. p. 188.
ambassador to England 1860-1862; by
descent to E m i l y de Flahaut, Baroness Keith
and Nairne, Paris and L o n d o n ; (?) Lady
E m i l y Fitzmaurice, L o n d o n ; Α. Ε . H .
universelle
retro
F R E N C H
TABLES
62
61
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
decoration, mobilier (Paris, 1966), no. 133,
P R O V E N A N C E
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
illus.
late eighteenth century; Lieutenant Colonel
e
XVIII
e
a la fin du
siecle, v o l . 3, Le Mobilier au XVII
e
au XVIII
e
H o n . H e n r y Fane (son o f Jane, Countess
et
o f Westmorland; died 1857), Cotterstock
siecle (Paris, 1896), illus. p. 99;
Frantz M a r c o u and Emile Moliner, Cata
logue officiel illustre de Texposition retro
spective de l'art frangais des origines ä 1800
(Paris, 1900), illus. pp. 113-114 and fol. 60;
Marie-Juliette Ballot, Charles Cressent:
Sculpteur, ébéniste, collectionneur, Archives
de Vart frangais: Nouvellepériode
10 (Paris,
1919), pp. 113-114,136-137,145; A d o l f
Feulner, Kunstgeschichte des Möbels seit
dem Altertum
(Berlin, 1927), p. 314; Getty,
Collecting, pp. 142-143, illus.; Pierre Verlet,
La Maison du XVIII
e
siecle en France:
Société,
6 2 . Writing and Card Table
Paris, circa 1725
Oak and pine veneered w i t h satiné rouge
and kingwood; walnut drawers; gilt-bronze
mounts; modern silk velvet
Closed Height: 2 ft. 6Y i n . (76.8 cm);
4
W i d t h : 3 ft. 3% i n . (101.3 cm); D e p t h :
ι ft. 8%. i n . (51.4 cm); Opened Height:
2 ft. 5/8 i n . (74 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. 3% i n .
(101.3 cm); Depth: 3 ft. 4 i n . (101.6 cm)
Accession number 75.DA.2
H a l l ; H e n r y Dundas, 5th Viscount Melville
(cousin o f H o n . H e n r y Fane, died 1904),
Cotterstock H a l l ; Dundas family, Melville
Castle, Scotland, u n t i l 1967; [Alexander and
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; [French and Co.,
N e w York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
49
50
F R E N C H
TABLES
64
63
63. Table (bureau pfat)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R O V E N A N C E
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,"
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,
6 ft. 4% i n . (193.7
p. 35, fig. 17, p. 36, and no. 22, p. 43.
c m
) ; D e p t h : 3 ft. 1/2 i n .
LEstampille-LObjet
n m s
-
(95.2 cm)
Cabinet de la Souveraine, Chinese Palace,
Accession number 55.DA.3
P R O V E N A N C E
Oranienbaum (near St. Petersburg), by
1904; [Duveen Brothers, N e w York, 1935];
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
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
and Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968),
Oak veneered w i t h satiné rouge; modern
London; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, by 1935
leather top; gilt-bronze mounts
loan, 1921-1923.
(sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 24,1971, l o t
98); purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
A l l mounts stamped w i t h the crowned Cfor
E X H I B I T I O N S
1745-1749·
St. Petersburg, Exposition
Height: 2 ft. γΥιβ i n . (78.9 cm); W i d t h :
d'objets d'art ä Saint-Petersbourg, 1904,
5 ft.
pp. 229, 231, illus. p. 232.
E X H I B I T I O N S
Oslo, Norway, T h e Nasjonalgalleriet, o n
Palace; Helen, Duchess o f MecklenburgStrelitz (Princess o f Saxe-Altenburg),
i n . (181.3 cm); Depth: 3 ft. 3 /s i n .
5
II /S
(100.7
3
c
m
)
Accession number 71. D A . 9 5
retrospective
F R E N C H
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Height: 2 ft. 7 i n . (78.7 cm); W i d t h :
Denis Roche, Le Mobilier frangais en Russie
5 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (163.8 cm); Depth: 2 ft. j A i n .
3
(Paris, 1912), v o l . 1, p l . 18; Duveen and Co.,
(79.6 cm)
A Catalogue of Works of Art of the Eighteenth
Accession number 7 8 . D A . 8 4
Century in the Collection of Anna
TABLES
Thomson
Dodge (Detroit, 1933), p. ix, illus.; Andre
Boutemy, "L'Ebéniste Joseph Baumhauer,"
Connaissance des arts 157 (March 1965), illus.
p. 88; Jean-Dominique Augarde, "1749
Joseph Baumhauer, ébéniste privilegié d u
P R O V E N A N C E
Henry Hirsch, L o n d o n (sold, Christie s,
London, June 11,1931, lot 171); [J. M .
Botibol, London, 1931]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty, 1931.
roi," LEstampille 204 (June 1987), pp. 15-45,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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,
65. Table
"A Newly-Found Table by Edward Holmes
{bureaupfa)
Baldock," Apollo 119 (January 1984),
Paris, circa 1745-1749
66
pp. 38-42, illus.; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
By Bernard I I van Risenburgh
O a k veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d and ebony;
p. 139.
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
Paris, circa 1750
1745-1749·
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
Stamped J.F.OEBEN
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
P R O V E N A N C E
65
66
Top
zná JME underneath.
[B. Fabre et Fils, Paris]; [Cameron, L o n d o n ] ;
purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1949.
1964), pp. 207-224, illus. p. 215, fig. 23;
Getty, Collecting, p. 153, illus.; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
p. 619.
51
52
F R E N C H
T A B L E S
6j. Writing and Toilet Table
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris, circa 1754
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 27, pp. 54-55, illus.;
By Jean-Francois Oeben
Handbook 1986, p. 166, illus.; Pradére, Les
O a k veneered w i t h kingwood, tulipwood,
Ebénistes, illus. p. 255, fig. 264; Kjellberg,
amaranth, boxwood, sycamore, pear, satin-
Dictionnaire,
wood, lemon, padouk, and stained horn
illus.
p. 619; Handbook 1991, p. 182,
beam; leather; silk fabric lining; gilt-bronze
mounts
Stamped J . Ε OEBEN
twice underneath
table and inscribed i n i n k No. 4. Label
underneath table printed Mrs John D.
Rockefeller, Jr.; label inside drawer inked
C. 64781J. D. RJ /10
NR
West Fifty
fourth
Street, New York.
Height: 2 ft. 4 i n . (71.1 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (80 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 4 % i n .
6?
(42.8 cm)
Accession number 71.DA. 103
68. Writing Table
Paris, circa 1755
By Bernard I I van Risenburgh
O a k and pine veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d ,
k i n g w o o d , amaranth, and laburnum;
modern leather panel; gilt-bronze mounts
Stamped B. V.R.B, and J ME twice under the
front rail. A label pasted underneath printed
Londesborough under a coronet. Another
label printed J . J .ALLEN,
P R O V E N A N C E
Depositories, LONDON
John George M u r r a y (1871-1917), Marquess
Countess
Ltd.,
Furniture
and stenciled
Londesborough.
o f Tullibardine, 8th Duke o f A t h o l l , Scot
land; M a r y Gavin ( H o n . M r s . Robert
Baillie-Hamilton), by inheritance; Lady
Harvey, London, by inheritance; [Lewis
and Simmons, Paris]; Judge Elbert H . Gary,
N e w York (sold, American A r t Association,
Top
A p r i l 21,1928, lot 272, when the above
67
provenance was given); [Duveen Brothers,
N e w York]; [Raymond Kraemer, Paris];
Martha Baird (Mrs. John D . Rockefeller, Jr.)
(sold, Parke-Bernet, N e w York, October 23,
1971, lot 712); [The Antique Porcelain Co.,
N e w York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
68
F R E N C H
70.
Height: 2 ft. 5 / 2 i n . (74.9 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft. i A
7
i n . (96.2
cm);
T A B L E S
Card Table
Paris, circa 1760
D e p t h : 1 ft. i o / i 6 i n .
n
By Jean-Fran$ois Oeben
(57.6 cm)
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, kingwood,
Accession number 6 5 . D A . 1
and green stained burr wood; modern baize
P R O V E N A N C E
lining; gilt-bronze mounts
Lady Grace Adelaide Fane (Countess o f
Stamped J.EOEBEN
Londesborough, wife o f the 2nd Earl,
beneath.
Height: 2 ft. 3% i n . (70.5 cm); W i d t h :
married 1887, died 1933), L o n d o n (sold,
2 ft. 9 / 2 i n . (85 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 2 / 2 i n .
H a m p t o n and Sons, L o n d o n , July 24,1933,
(36.8 cm)
lot 123); [J. M . B o t i b o l , L o n d o n , by 1937];
Accession number 71. D A . 105
purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938.
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Probably purchased by Sir Charles Mills
Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 119, illus.;
or his son Charles Henry, created L o r d
Getty, Collecting, p. 149, illus.; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
H i l l i n g d o n i n 1886, Essex; Charles, 4th
p. 139.
L o r d H i l l i n g d o n (born 1922), Essex, by
descent (sold, Christie s, London, M a y 14,
6
69. Table
1970, lot 102); [Frank Partridge, L t d . ,
9
London, 1970]; [French and Co., N e w
, York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Paris, circa 1760
By A d r i e n Faizelot-Delorme
O a k veneered w i t h amaranth and green
stained burr yew; modern silver fittings
i n drawer for i n k , sand, and sponge; giltbronze mounts
Stamped DELORME
twice and JME once on
drawer panel.
Height: 2 ft. 3/8 i n . (68.9 cm); W i d t h :
n / 8 i n . (29.4 cm); D e p t h : 9 /s i n . (24.4 cm)
5
5
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 64
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris art market, early 1970s; [Rosenberg
and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York, 1972]; pur
chased by J. Paul Getty.
70
53
54
FRENCH
TABLES
Stamped by Bernard van Risenburgh,"
71. Table
(1981), pp. 167-174, figs. 1-5,
Table: Paris, early twentieth century
GettyMusJy
Porcelain: Sévres manufactory, 1761
8-9; Antoinette Fäy-Halle et al., Frangois
Carcass perhaps by an imitator o f Bernard I I
Boucher (The M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m of Art,
van Risenburgh; porcelain top painted by
New York, 1986), no. 97, p. 355; Savill,
Charles-Nicolas D o d i n after a design by
Sevres, v o l . 2, n . 2f, p. 812; Kjellberg, Die-
Francois Boucher
tionnaire, p. 139; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Painted oak; set w i t h a soft-paste porcelain
Sevres Porcelain, no. 32, pp. 162-165, illus.
plaque; gilt-bronze mounts
pp. 163,165.
Stamped B. V.R.B, and J ME
underneath
drawer. Underside o f the porcelain plaque
painted w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f the
7 2 . Toilet Table
Sévres manufactory enclosing the date letter
Paris, circa 1760-1765
/ f o r 1761, and w i t h the painters mark k.
A t t r i b u t e d to Jean-Fran9ois Leleu
Height: 2 ft. 2 /s i n . (66.9 cm); W i d t h :
3
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.
1913 Meyer Sassoon Esq. inside drawer.
Cavendish-Bentinck (offered for sale,
71
Christie's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 3, 1893, lot 123,
Paper label printed BURLINGTON
CLUB EXHIBITION
FINE
bought i n ) ; (?) John Cockshut, Esq.
ARTS
(sold after his death, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
FRENCH
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.
SCHOOL
OF THE
OF THE
XVIIITH
Chenue, 24
Rue....
underneath table.
English collection; [Rosenberg and Stiebel,
despetits Champs
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;
Adrian Sassoon, "New Research o n a Table
Top
71
1874, lot 693); (?) E d m u n d , ist L o r d
Grimsthorpe (1816-1905); Leopold George
Frederick, 5th Viscount Clifden (sold,
F R E N C H
T A B L E S
Robinson and Fisher, M a y 21 et seq., 1895,
lot 606, to [Seligmann, Paris], for 750
guineas); M r . and M r s . Meyer Sassoon,
Pope's Manor, Berkshire; V i o l e t Sassoon
(Mrs. Derek C. Fitzgerald), Heathfield Park,
Sussex (offered for sale, Sotheby's, London,
November 22, 1963, l o t 132, bought i n ; sold,
Christies, L o n d o n , M a r c h 23,1972, lot 88);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
E X H I B I T I O N S
L o n d o n , T h e B u r l i n g t o n Fine Arts Club,
1913; L o n d o n , M o r t o n Lee and Mallet and
Sons, The Royal Cabinetmakers
of France,
July 1951, no. 8, illus.
73
7 3 . Console Table
Paris, circa 1765-1770
Design by V i c t o r Louis; table attributed
to Pierre Deumier
Silvered and gilt bronze; bleu turquin
marble top
Each gilt-bronze element is stamped w i t h
the letter B.
Height: 2 ft. j / s i n . (83.5 cm); W i d t h :
7
4 ft. 3 i n . (129.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 8 Κ i n .
(52 cm)
Accession number 88.DF.II8
P R O V E N A N C E
72
Arturo Lopez-Willshaw, Paris (sold,
Sotheby's, Monaco, June 23, 1976, l o t 108);
purchased at that sale by The British Rail
Pension Fund.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Fran9ois-Georges Pariset, "Jeszcze o Pracach
W i k t o r a Louisa D l a Z a m k u Warszawskiego,"
Biuletyn Historii Sztuki,Nr.
2, Rok 24
(1962), pp. 141,154; "Acquisitions/1988,"
GettyMusJ 17 (1989), no. 73, p. 142, illus.;
D a v i d Harris Cohen, "The Chambre des
Portraits Designed by V i c t o r Louis for
the K i n g o f Poland," GettyMusJ'19 (1991),
pp. 75-98, illus. p. 89, fig. 23a; Handbook
1991, p. 187, illus.
55
56
F R E N C H
T A B L E S
Height: 2 ft. 3% i n . (70.5 cm); Diameter:
ι ft. 3 /8 i n . (39.1 cm)
3
Accession number 7 0 . D A . 7 4
P R O V E N A N C E
Alfred de Rothschild, Halton, Buckingham
shire, after 1884; A l m i n a Wombwell (daugh
ter o f Alfred de Rothschild, Countess o f
Carnarvon, wife o f the 5th Earl, married
1895, died 1969), 1918; [Henry Symons
and Co., L o n d o n , 1919]; [French and Co.,
N e w York, 1919]; M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w
York, 1919 (sold by his heir John L . Schiff,
Christies, L o n d o n , June 22,1938, lot 52);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Pradére, Les Ebénistes, no. 70, p. 359; Kjell
berg, Dictionnaire, pp. 158,162; Sassoon,
Vincennes and Sevres Porcekin, no. 33,
pp. 166-169,
74
74. Table
m u s
- PP- 167-169.
75. Table
Table: Paris, circa 1773
Porcelain: Sevres manufactory, 1773
Table: Paris, circa 1770
Table by M a r t i n Carlin; circular porcelain
Porcelain: Sevres manufactory, 1764
plaque attributed to Jacques-Fran9ois
A t t r i b u t e d to M a r t i n Carlin
Micaud
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
Accession number 70.DA.75
75
P R O V E N A N C E
F R E N C H
T A B L E S
York, 1920 (sold by his heir John L . Schiff,
Christies, L o n d o n , June 22,1938, lot 51);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 128, illus.;
Getty, Collecting, p. 158; Dorothée GuilleméBrulon, " U n decor pour les meubles,"
LEstampille
165 (January 1984), pp. 18-30,
illus. p. 24; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, no. 69,
p. 359; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, pp. 158,162;
77
Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain,
77. Table (bureau pfat)
no. 34, p p . 170-172, illus. pp. 171-173.
Paris, 1777
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Oak veneered w i t h satinwood and amaranth;
76 Music Stand
modern leather top; gilt-bronze mounts
Paris, circa 1770-1775
Underside o f table painted i n black w i t h the
A t t r i b u t e d to M a r t i n Carlin
partly obliterated French royal inventory
O a k veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d and pear-
mark No. 290$. Stamped under same panel,
wood; incised w i t h colored mastics; gilt-
i n the f o r m o f a circle that is half cut away,
bronze mounts
[GARDE-MEUBJLE
Stamped JME under oval shelf.
ing the monogram MA. Also painted under
M a x i m u m Height: 4 ft. 10 A i n . (148.6 cm);
l
76
M i n i m u m Height: 3 ft. 1 i n . (94.2 cm);
W i d t h : ι ft. 7 4 i n . (50.2 cm); Depth:
3
ι ft. 2% i n . (36.8 cm)
DE LA REINE
enclos
neath table is a crown that originally
appeared over the letters CT, w h i c h are
now cut away.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paul Wescher, "An Inlaid Music Stand by
Height: 2 ft. 5V% i n . (74.9 cm); W i d t h :
M a r t i n Carlin and Related Pieces," Bulletin
4 ft. 5V2 i n . (135.9
of the J . Paul Getty Museum oj'Art (1959),
(70.8 cm)
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
London; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
i960), no. 125, pp. 130-131, illus.; Verlet
Accession number 55.DA.4
P R O V E N A N C E
(New York,
et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, pp. 125-126, illus.;
Getty, Collecting, p. 156, illus.
c
m
) ; Depth: 2 ft. 3% i n .
P R O V E N A N C E
Ordered by Marie-Antoinette for the cabinet
o f Louis X V I i n the Petit Trianon, Versailles,
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 , 19671971]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
57
58
F R E N C H
T A B L E S
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
twentieth-century Duveen inventory
Geoffrey de Bellaigue, The James A. de
number 2961$. Porcelain plaques marked
Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor:
variously (not all are marked) w i t h the
Furniture,
crossed I's o f the Sevres manufactory i n red,
Clocks and Gilt Bronzes (Fribourg,
the date letters A A for 1778, Vandé s mark
1974), vol. ι, no. 69; vol. 2, no. 103;
Christian Baulez and Denise Ledoux-Lebard,
VD, and paper labels printed w i t h the
77 mobile Francese dal Luigi XVI alTart decó
crossed Z's and inked w i t h the prices o f 30
( M i l a n , 1981), p. 12, fig. 12; Jacques Charles
and 96 [livres].
et al., De Versailles ä Paris: Le Destín des col
Height: 2 ft. 6 Á i n . (77.5 cm); W i d t h :
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 .
l
5
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 712; Pierre Verlet,
Le Mobilier
(62 cm)
royal frangais, vol. 4, Meubles
Accession number 83.DA.385
de la couronne conserves en Europe et aux
Etats-Unis
P R O V E N A N C E
(Paris, 1990), pp. 80-82, illus.
pp. 11, 81.
78
78 Toilet Table
Grand Duchess Maria-Feodorovna o f Russia
(later czarina o f Paul I ) , purchased i n 1782
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
from the marchand-mercier
Geoffrey de Bellaigue, The James A. de
Daguerre i n Paris, installed i n her chambre ä
Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor:
Paris, circa 1777-1780
Furniture,
Oak and pine veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d and
1974), vol. 2, pp. 498-499·
Clocks and Gilt Bronzes (Fribourg,
Dominique
coucher at Pavlovsk (near St. Petersburg),
Russia; Russian Imperial Collections, Palace
o f Pavlovsk; [Duveen and Co., N e w York],
stained holly; marquetry panels o f amaranth,
purchased i n 1931 from the Soviet govern
satinwood, pearwood, tulipwood, apple-
ment; A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose Terrace,
wood, ebony, and other stained fruitwoods;
gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 2 ft. 4 / 8 i n . (71.3 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 7 4 i n . (80.6 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 8 /s i n .
3
5
(83 cm)
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 67
79. Writing Table (bureau pfot)
Table: Paris, circa 1778
Porcelain: Sevres manufactory, circa 1778
T h e table by M a r t i n Carlin; at least seven
Grosse Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n , 1931 (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 24,1971, lot 135);
H a b i b Sabet, Geneva, 1971 (sold, Christie s,
L o n d o n , December 1,1983, lot 54).
Sevres porcelain plaques gilded by Jean-
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Baptiste-Emmanuel Vandé pere
Alexandre Benois, Les Tresors d'art en Russie
O a k veneered w i t h tulipwood; set w i t h
(St. Petersburg, 1907), vol. 7, p. 186, p l . 20;
Sir Albert Edward Primrose, 6th Earl o f
fourteen soft-paste porcelain plaques; m o d
Denis Roche, Le Mobilier frangais en Russie
P R O V E N A N C E
Rosebery (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , Decem
ern leather top; gilt-bronze mounts
(Paris, 1913), v o l . 2, p l . 55; Duveen and Co.,
ber 2,1971, lot 112); [French and Co., N e w
Stamped M. CARLIN
A Catalogue of Works of Art of the Eighteenth
York, 1971]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
JME
(partly effaced) and
under front-right rail. Printed paper
trade label o f D o m i n i q u e Daguerre under
neath left-rear rail; three Russian inventory
numbers painted o n carcass; central drawer
contains a paper label inked w i t h the
Century in the Collection of Anna
Thomson
Dodge (Detroit, 1933), introduction p. v i i
F R E N C H
CARVED
TABLES
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
[Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris, 1986].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMus]Ί6
(1988),
no. 65, p. 176, illus.
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,
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
p. 157; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porce
Museum of Art
(London, 1964), pp. 112, 114, 130; A n t h o n y
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
lain, no. 39, pp. 188-192, illus. pp. 189-192.
80
59
6θ
F R E N C H
C A R V E D
T A B L E S
81 Table or Stand
83. Console Table
Paris, circa 1700-1715
Paris, circa 1725-1730
Gessoed and gilded oak
Gessoed and gilded oak and pine;
Height: 2 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (72.5 cm); W i d t h :
marble top
2 ft. 6 / 2 i n . (77 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 8 / 2 i n .
Height: 2 ft. io /s i n . (87.5 cm); W i d t h :
(52 cm)
2 ft. 3 i n . (68.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 3% i n .
7
Accession number 90.DA.23
(40 cm)
Accession number 85.DA.125
P R O V E N A N C E
English private collection; L o n d o n art mar
82
ket; [B. Fabre et Fils, Paris, 1989].
(1991),
no. 55, p. 161, illus.
[Gerard Kerin, L o n d o n ] (sold, Christie s,
L o n d o n , July 1, 1982, lot 42); [Didier
82. Console Table
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1990," GettyMusJiy
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, circa 1725
Aaron, Paris]; [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc.,
Gessoed and gilded oak; lumachella pavo-
N e w York].
nazza marble top
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Pasted under back rail, the remains o f a
printed label, 102, George Street, Portman
Square,
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ\4
(1986),
no. 194, p. 244, illus.
Wl.
Height: 2 ft. io /s i n . (87.3 cm); W i d t h :
3
4 ft. ii A i n . (152.1 cm); Depth: 1 ft. uV i n .
7
A
(59.1cm)
Accession number 72. D A . 68
P R O V E N A N C E
Christie Robert, London, circa 1885-1916;
Baroness van Zuylen van Nyevelt van de
Haar, Paris, by 1964 (sold, Palais Galliera,
Paris, June 8,1971, lot 77); [Rosenberg and
Stiebel, Inc., N e w York, 1972]; purchased by
81
J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Eveline Schlumberger, "En Hommage ä
Gerard M i l l e : l'appartement qui illustre le
mieux le style baroque qui couronna sa carriere de décorateur," Connaissance des arts
146 (April 1964), illus. p. 71.
83
F R E N C H
CARVED
TABLES
Height: 2 ft. 10/2 i n . (87.6 cm); W i d t h :
6 ft. 5 /8 i n . (197.1 cm); Depth: 3 ft. 9 V 8 i n .
5
(115.8 cm)
Accession number 72.DA.58
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Baroness Lionel de Rothschild (née
Charlotte v o n Rothschild), Gunnersbury
Park, Middlesex; Alfred de Rothschild
(1842-1918), H a l t o n , Buckinghamshire, by
1884; by descent to E d m u n d de Rothschild
(b. 1916), Exbury, Hampshire; [Frank
Partridge and Sons, L t d . , London, 1972];
[French and Company, N e w York, on con
signment from Frank Partridge and Sons,
L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
8
84. Side Table
4
85. Center Table
Paris, circa 1730
Top: See entry no. 320 under
Gessoed and gilded oak; breche violette top
Italian
Height: 2 ft. 11 Ys i n . (89.3 cm); W i d t h :
Support: Paris, circa 1745
5 ft. 7 i n . (170.2 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 8 i n .
Gessoed and gilded w o o d
Furniture
(81.3 cm)
Accession number 7 9 . D A . 6 8
86
P R O V E N A N C E
Vicomtesse de Β . . . , Paris (sold, H o t e l
86. Console Table
D r o u o t , Paris, A p r i l , 26, 1923, lot 21);
Paris, circa 1750-1755
[Fran$ois-Gérard Seligmann, Paris].
Design closely related to the w o r k o f
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"
no. 3, pp. 5-6, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 154,
illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 168, illus.
85
Contant d ' l v r y (1698-1777)
Gessoed and gilded oak; modern marble top
Height (without top): 3 ft.% i n . (92.1 cm);
W i d t h : 5 ft. 8 4 i n . (174.6 cm); Depth:
3
2 ft. 3 4 i n . (70.5 cm)
3
Accession number 91.DA.21
6l
62
F R E N C H
C A R V E D
T A B L E S
88. Console Table
P R O V E N A N C E
T h e Barons o f Hastings, M e l t o n Constable,
Paris, circa 1780
Norfolk; by descent to the 21st Baron, Sir
After designs b y Richard de Lalonde.
Albert Edward Delaval (sold w i t h the house
Painted walnut
i n 1940 to the D u k e o f Westminster); Roger
Height: 2 ft. 9 i n . (84 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9 i n .
Gawn, M e l t o n Constable, N o r f o l k (sold,
(84 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 4 i n . (32.5 cm)
Christies, L o n d o n , December 4,1986,
Accession number 91. D A . 16
3
lot 96); [Jonathan Harris, L o n d o n ] .
P R O V E N A N C E
[B. Fabre et Fils, Paris, 1990].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Pallot, L'Art du siege, illus. p. 155; "Acquisi
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
tions/1991," GettyMusJ 20 (1992), no. 77,
r
87
p. 174, illus.
"Acquisitions/1991," GettyMusJ zo
(1992),
no. 73, p. 173, illus.
87. Console Table
Paris, circa 1775
SEAT
FURNITURE
Gessoed, painted, and gilded oak; bleu
turquin marble t o p
89. Pair of Settees
Height: 2 ft. 9 4 i n . (85.7 cm); W i d t h :
Settee .1: French, circa 1700
3 ft. 5% i n . (104.7
Settee .2: English, circa 1830
3
c m
) ; D e p t h : 1 ft. 6*4 i n .
(46.3 cm)
Gessoed and gilded w o o d ; modern
Accession number 89.DA.29
upholstery
Height: 3 ft. 10V% i n . (117.1 cm); W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
6 ft. 11 4 i n . (212.7
3
[Kraemer et Cíe, Paris].
c m
) ; D e p t h : 2 ft. 1 i n .
(63.6 cm)
Accession number 78.DA.100.1-.2
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1989," GettyMusJ\% (1990),
no. 56, p. 195, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
88
Sir Ivor C h u r c h i l l Guest, Viscount W i m bourne (born 1873), Ashby St. Ledgers,
N o r t h a m p t o n , England; [Frank Partridge,
L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; purchased by J. Paul Getty
for Sutton Place, Surrey, 1968; distributed
by the estate o f J. Paul Getty to the J. Paul
Getty Museum.
F R E N C H
SEAT
F U R N I T U R E
T h u g n y (Ardennes); [(?) David Z o r k Co.,
Chicago, Illinois]; [A La Vieille Russie,
N e w York, 1984].
E X H I B I T I O N S
Reims, France, Palais archiepiscopal,
1876, (?) no. 267, lent by M . le comte de
Chabrillan [information: P. Leperlier].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJiT, (1985),
no. 48, p. 176, illus.; Jean Feray, "Le
M o b i l i e r Crozat," Connaissance des arts
429 (November 1987), pp. 67-68, n. 2;
"The Crozat Suite," Christies Review of the
Season ip88 (Oxford, 1989), pp. 214-215;
Daniel Alcouffe, "Les recentes acquisitions
des musées nationaux, Musée d u Louvre,
One
of
'Deux fauteuils d u mobilier Crozat,' " La
a pair
Revue du Louvre et des Musées de France 4
Both paper labels are partially covered by
(1989), p. 264; Daniel Alcouffe, "Paire de
L o n d o n , 25 Park Lane, Three French Reigns,
a second, r o u n d label printed w i t h A La
Fauteuils," Louvre: Nouvelles acquisitions
F e b r u a r y - A p r i l 1933, no. 529, illus.; W o o d -
Vieille Russie.
du département
side, California, Filoli, o n loan, 1979-1991.
Height: ι ft. 6 A i n . (47 cm); W i d t h :
E X H I B I T I O N S
l
des objets d'art, ip8$-ip8p
(Paris, 1990), no. 67, pp. 140-142.
2 ft. ι i n . (63.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 6 /s i n .
7
(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,
née Anne-Marie de Chabrillan (1894-1983)
Illinois.
and her son, le comte Robert-Henry de
Caumont La Force, at the Chateau de
90
63
6A
F R E N C H
S E A T
F U R N I T U R E
92. Desk Chair (fauteuil de cabinet)
Paris, circa 1735
A t t r i b u t e d to Etienne Meunier
Walnut; leather upholstery; velvet pocket
linings; brass studs
Height: 2 ft. n /s i n . (90.8 cm); W i d t h :
3
2 ft. 4 i n . (71.1 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 1%. i n .
(64.1 cm)
Accession number 71.DA.91
P R O V E N A N C E
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York]; A n n a
T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse
Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n (sold, Christies,
L o n d o n , June 24,1971, lot 48); purchased
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
One of four
91
93
One of two
91. Four Armchairs (fauteuih a fa reiné)
Paris, circa 1735
93. Two Armchairs (fauteuih) and Two
Side Chairs (chaises)
Gessoed and gilded walnut, modern silk vel
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 .
Paris]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
(62 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 3 /s i n . (69.4 cm)
3
3
Accession number 82.DA.95.1—.4
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Pallot, L'Art du siege, p. 108, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, England, from the eigh
teenth century u n t i l 1979; [ W i l l i a m Red-
92
ford, L o n d o n , 1979]; [Alexander and
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1979].
F R E N C H
SEAT F U R N I T U R E
Chairs: Height: 3 ft. 5% i n . (104.7
c m
);
W i d t h : 2 ft. 6 i n . (76.2 cm); Depth:
ι ft. u /i6 i n . (59.6 cm); Settee: Height:
7
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
Chairs: Private collection, New York (sold,
Sotheby's, N e w York, October 1981, lot 314);
[Matthew Schutz, L t d . , New York, 1982].
Settee: M r s . Rose Freda, N e w York;
[Edward D e Pasquale, N e w York, 1983]
(sold, Sotheby's, N e w York, M a y 4, 1984,
lot 41).
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
94
Bremer-David, "Acquisitions 1983,"
GettyMusJiz
(1984), no. 8 (armchairs),
pp. 198-199, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(1984), no. 10 (armchairs),
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1982," no. 4,
GettyMusJiz
pp. 28-33, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 156,
p. 265, illus.; "Acquisitions/1984,"
illus. (one armchair); Pallot, L'Art du siege,
13 (1985), no. 56 (settee), p. 179, illus.; Pallot,
GettyMusJ
p. 102, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 171, illus.
L'Art du siege, p. 278, illus. and p. 300;
(one armchair).
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, pp. 33, 37.
94. Pair of Armchairs (fauteuib a L· reiné)
and One Settee
Paris, circa 1750-1755
By Jean Avisse
Gessoed and gilded oak; modern upholstery
Each chair stamped I AVISSE
beneath rear
rail. Settee stamped IAVISSE
twice beneath
rear rail.
One of a pair
94
65
66
F R E N C H
SEAT
F U R N I T U R E
Height: 3 ft. 4 i n . (93.3 cm); W i d t h :
3
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^
no. 59, p. 180, illus.; Kjellberg,
(1985),
Dictionnaire,
p. 403.
2 ft. 2 /8 i n . (67.6 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9 % i n .
5
(55.5 cm)
Accession number 7 0 . D A . 7 0 . 1 - . 2
P R O V E N A N C E
Chateau de Versailles, 1762; Chateau de
96. Pair of Armchairs (fauteuils a L· reiné)
Frames: Paris, 1762
Fontainebleau; listed as i n the lodgings o f
Charles-Claude de Taillepied, seigneur de
Upholstery: Aubusson, nineteenth century
la Garenne, o n November 1,1786, and
Frames by Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot
again i n 1787; Annette Lefortier, Paris
Gessoed and gilded wood; wool tapestry
(sold, American A r t Association, N e w York,
Each armchair stamped Ν Q FOLIO Τ inside
November 20,1937, l o t 151); purchased at
rear rail and stenciled i n the same place w i t h
that sale by J. Paul Getty.
a crowned F a n d the number 832 for the
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Chateau de Fontainebleau.
Pallot, LArt du siege, pp. 284, illus., and
308-309; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
p. 317.
95
95. Armchair (bergére ä la reiné)
97. Armchair {bergere)
Paris, circa 1755
Paris, circa 1765-1770
By Nicolas Heurtaut
By Georges Jacob
Gessoed and gilded w o o d ; modern silk
Painted oak; p i n k and green silk upholstery
upholstery
Stamped Ν.HEURTAUTunder
T h e frame o f the chair is stamped GI AC Ο Β
rear rail.
and w i t h an anchor flanked by C and Ρ
Height: 3 ft. 3% i n . (101 cm); W i d t h :
beneath a crown, the mark o f the Chateau
2 ft. 7 4 i n . (80.6 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 5% i n .
3
de Chanteloup. T h e dust cover o f the seat
(75.5 cm)
and the underside o f the cushion are also
Accession number 8 4 . D A . 6 9
stenciled w i t h the mark o f the Chateau de
P R O V E N A N C E
Chanteloup.
Private collection, N e w York; [Matthew
Height: 3 ft. 3 i n . (99 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. 1 i n .
Schutz, L t d . , N e w York, circa i960] (sold,
(94 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 6 i n . (76 cm)
Sotheby, Parke, Bernet, N e w York, M a y 4,
Accession number 8 8 . D A . 123
1984, l o t 59).
One of a pair
96
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
P R O V E N A N C E
Etienne-Fra^ois de Stainville, due de
Part o f a suite o f seat furniture acquired b y
Choiseul, Chateau de Chanteloup; Louis
the order o f baron de Breteufl and delivered
de Bourbon, due de Penthiévre, Chateau
to the garde meuble i n 1783; Chateau de Ver
de Chanteloup, 1785; "Poitevin Joubert et
sailles (sold, November 25,1793 [5 frimaire,
femme Fleury," after 1794, purchased at the
an I I ] , lot 5672, to Gastinet for 1,610 livres);
sale o f the contents o f the chateau; [Bernard
Jacques, comte de Béraudiére (sold, Paris,
Baruch Steinitz, Paris, 1988].
M a y 18-30,1885, part o f lot 902); [Duveen
Brothers, N e w York]; A n n a Thomson
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse Pointe Farms,
Alfred Gabeau, "Le M o b i l i e r d ' u n chateau ä
Michigan (sold, Christie's, London, June 24,
la fin d u X V l I I siécle: Chanteloup," Reunion
e
des sociétés des beaux-arts des
1971, lot 65); purchased at that sale by
départements
J. Paul Getty.
(Paris, A p r i l 1898), pp. 529, 541; Jehanne
d'Orliac, La Vie merveilleuse d'un beau
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
domaine frangais-Chanteloup
Steele
A n t h o n y Coleridge, "Works of A r t w i t h a
siecle (Paris, 1929), p. 231; "Acquisi
Royal Provenance from the Collection o f
au XX
e
tions/1988," GettyMusJij
du XIII
e
the Late M r s . A n n a Thomson Dodge o f
(1989), no. 74,
Detroit," Connoisseur 177, no. 711 (May
pp. 142-143, illus.
One of a pair
98
1971), p. 34; Pallot, L'Art du siege, p. 192,
illus., and p. 301; Kjellberg,
98. Pair of Side Chairs (chaises ä L· reiné)
Paris, circa 1765-1770
By Jean Boucault
Gessoed and gilded beech; modern silk
velvet upholstery
Each stamped J.BOUCAULT ana branded
w i t h a crowned double V, the mark o f the
Chateau de Versailles, under the seat rail.
Each also stenciled w i t h various royal inven
tory numbers.
Height: 2 ft. 11 % i n . (91 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 10% i n . (57 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. z% i n .
(66.5 cm)
Accession number 71.DA.92.1-.2
97
pp. 84-85.
Dictionnaire,
6j
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
Each piece stamped TILLIARD
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 46, pp. 92-93, illus.;
under rear
Handbook1986,
seat rail.
L'Artdu
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
p . 174, illus. (one); Pallot,
siege, p. 218, illus., and p. 318;
) ; 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
LA REINE
MEUBLE
DE
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
Marie-Antoinette, Salon d u Rocher,
"Hameau de la Reine," Petit Trianon,
Versailles, ordered from the menuisier
Fran9ois-Toussaint Foliot o n November 29,
1780; (?) removed f r o m the Chateau de
Versailles, 1791; Leopold Double, Paris
(sold, Paris, M a y 30-June 1,1881, lot 427);
H e n r i , comte de Greffulhe, Paris; [Duveen
Brothers, N e w York]; A n n a T h o m s o n
99
F R E N C H
SEAT
F U R N I T U R E
Tuileries, Paris, 1797-circa 1806; [Michel,
Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse Pointe Farms,
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
(sold, Christies, L o n d o n , June 24,1971, lot
J. Paul Getty.
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,
frangais (1937), pp. 259-263; Pierre Verlet,
Dictionnaire,
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
de Versailles," La Revue du Louvre et des
Musées de France 5 (1990), p. 350.
1 0 1 . Pair of Folding Stools (pliants)
Paris, circa 1786
By Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sene; carved b y
Nicolas Vallois
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
Marie-Antoinette, from a set o f sixty-four
ordered i n two groups by Jean Hauré i n
1786, at the cost o f 720 livres for each stool,
for the gaming rooms i n the Chateau de
Fontainebleau and the Chateau de C o m piégne; Palais d u Luxembourg or Palais des
One of four
IOO
A r t w i t h a Royal Provenance from the
Collection o f the Late M r s . Anna Thomson
Dodge o f Detroit," Connoisseur 177, no. 711
(May 1971), p. 34; Pierre Verlet, Les Meubles
frangais du XVIII
e
Steele (Paris, 1982), p. 227;
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
p. 818.
69
JO
F R E N C H
SEAT
F U R N I T U R E
102. Swivel Chair (fauteuil [ϊ] de toilette)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris, circa 1787
M i c h e l Beurdeley, La France ä l'encan (Fri-
By Georges Jacob; carved by Triquet and
bourg, 1981), p. 109; Kjellberg,
Rode; originally painted by Chaillot and
p. 426.
Dictionnaire,
upholstered w i t h fabric by Desfarges
of Lyon
Beech; caning; modern silk velvet
103. Pair of Armchairs (fauteuih a fa reine)
upholstery
Paris, circa 1790-1792
Painted w i t h 8758 (Dalva Brothers' inven
By Georges Jacob
tory number) under the rail.
Painted beech; modern silk upholstery
Height: 2 ft. 9% i n . (84.5 cm); W i d t h :
Each stamped G'lACOB
ι ft. 10/8 i n . (56.2 cm); Depth: 2 ft. iVs i n .
under the front
seat rail.
(65 cm)
Height: 3 ft. 1 i n . (94 cm); W i d t h :
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 51
ι ft. IIVz i n . (59 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 11 4 i n .
3
(60.5 cm)
Accession number 91.DA.15.1—.2
P R O V E N A N C E
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1990].
One of a pair
103
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1991," GettyMusfzo
P R O V E N A N C E
Marie-Antoinette, ordered by BonnefoyD u p l a n for the chambre ä coucher du treilUge
in the Petit Trianon, Versailles, 1787 (sold
w i t h the contents o f the Petit Trianon,
Versailles, August 25 et seq., 1793, lot 2477,
to the dealer Rocheux, Paris, through the
agent citoyen Hebert); Edith Μ . K . Wetmore and Maude A . K . Wetmore, Cháteausur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island (offered
for sale, Parke-Bernet, Cháteau-sur-Mer,
September 16-18,1969, lot 1037, bought i n ;
sold, Parke-Bernet, N e w York, February 20,
1971, lot 122); [Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w
102
York, 1971]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
no. 72, p. 172, illus. (one).
(1992),
F R E N C H
SEAT
F U R N I T U R E
Chair . 1 0
104
104
104. One Settee and Ten Armchairs
P R O V E N A N C E
E X H I B I T I O N S
(two bergeres and eight fauteuils)
Private collection, Paris, by 1908; [Jacques
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
Beauvais manufactory
and Palaces Collections, Palais Michailoff,
Mahogany; gilt-bronze mounts; silk and
St. Petersburg (sold, Lepke, Berlin, N o v e m
w o o l tapestry upholstery
ber 7,1928, lot 73, w i t h a fire screen); Ives,
Settee: Height: 3 ft. 4% i n . (102.9 cm);
comte de Cambacérés, Paris; Edouard
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 .
47); purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
5
(63.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 7 i n . (48.2 cm)
Accession number 67.DA.6.1—.11
N e w York, T h e Cooper-Hewitt Museum,
only).
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Decorations Interieurs et meubles des epoques
Louis XV, Louis XVI et Empire, Revue d'art
décoratif (lyoS-iyoy),
illus. no. 17, p i . 7.
Jl
72
F R E N C H
BEDS
B E D S
P R O V E N A N C E
S U P P O R T S
Private collection, England, since the end
105. Bed (lita fa turque)
Paris, circa 1750-1760
A t t r i b u t e d to Jacques-Jean-Baptiste T i l l i a r d
Gilded beech; modern silk upholstery
Height: 5 ft. SYi i n . (174 cm); W i d t h :
8 ft. 8*4 i n . (264.8 cm); D e p t h : 6 ft. 2 i n .
(188 c m ) '
o f the eighteenth century; [Alexander and
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1986].
Paris, circa 1680
A t t r i b u t e d to Andre-Charles Boulle
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi^
106. Pair of Gueridons
(1987),
no. 106, p. 213, illus.; Pallot, L'Art du siege
O a k veneered w i t h ebony, tortoiseshell,
blue painted h o r n , brass, pewter; gilt-bronze
mounts
(Paris, 1987), p. 75, illus.
Height: 4 ft. 8 /s i n . (143.8 cm); W i d t h
5
Accession number 8 6 . D A . 535
(at base): 1 ft. 4% i n . (41.9 cm); D e p t h (at
base): 1 ft. γ/% i n . (43.5 cm)
Accession number 87.DA.5.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Pierre-Louis Randon de Boisset, Paris
(sold, Paris, February 27 to M a r c h 25, 1777,
lot 796, for 1,000 livres, to Sr. Platrier);
(?) Pierre-Nicolas, baron H o o r n van
Vlooswyck, Paris (sold, Paris, November 22,
1809, l o t 593, to the dealer Hennequart);
Princesse de Faucigny-Lucinge, Paris, circa
1937; [Maurice Segoura, Paris, 1986].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Genevieve Mazel, "1777, La Vente Randon
de Boisset et le marché de l'art au i 8
siécle," L'Estampille
e
202 (April 1987), p. 41,
illus.; M i c h e l Beurdeley, "París 1777: La
Vente Randon de Boisset o u le mécanisme
secret des ventes publiques au X V H I siécle,"
e
Trois Steeles de ventes publiques (Fribourg,
1988), p. 53, illus.; "Acquisitions/1987,"
ios
GettyMusJ 16 (1988), no. 67, p. 177, illus.;
Pradére, Les Ebénistes, nos. 255-256, p. 106.
F R E N C H
et Delaroche, Paris, July 11,1803, lot 41);
S U P P O R T S
108. Wall Bracket
Baron James de Rothschild, Paris, before
Paris, circa 1715-1720
i860; Baron Gustave Salomon de Roth
Gessoed and gilded oak
schild, Paris; Baron Robert de Rothschild,
Height: 1 ft. 6 i n . (45.7 cm); W i d t h :
Paris; Baron Alain de Rothschild, Paris;
ι ft. 9 / 2 i n . (54.6 cm); Depth: 8 / 2 i n .
Baron Eric de Rothschild, Paris (sold, H o t e l
(21.6 cm)
Drouot, Paris, December 4, 1987, lot 112);
Accession number 8 4 . D H . 8 6
[Same A r t , L t d . , Z u r i c h ] .
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, N e w York; [Matthew
E X H I E B I T I O N S
Paris, L'Exposition
de I art frangais sous Louis
Schutz, L t d . , N e w York, 1984].
XIV et sous Louis XVau profit de Voeuvre de
rhospitalité
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
du ?zz/z>(i888), no. 94.
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
no. 49, p. 177, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJIJ
(1989),
no. 68, pp. 140-141, illus.; Pradére, Les
Ebénistes, nos. 189-190, p. 105.
One of a pair
106
107. Pair of Pedestals
Paris, circa 1700
A t t r i b u t e d to André-Charles Boulle
Pine and oak veneered w i t h ebony, brass,
108
and tortoiseshell; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 3 ft. 11V16 i n . (121.2 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 9 /8 i n . (55.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9% i n .
7
(55.5 cm)
Accession number 88.DA.75.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Antoine-Alexandre Dubois, Paris (sold,
Paillet, Paris, December 18,1788, lot 168, to
"Berotaire" for 5599 livres); ([?] sold, Paillet
One of a pair
107
73
74
F R E N C H
S U P P O R T S
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York]; A n n a
[Galaries H e i l b r u n n e r ] ; [French and Co.,
T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse
N e w York, 1912-1925 (stock no. 5174)];
Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n (sold, Christies,
M r s . James B. Haggin, N e w York, 1925;
L o n d o n , June 24, 1971, lot 75); purchased
[ M i d t o w n Antiques, N e w York, 1950];
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
[Frederick P. V i c t o r i a and Son, Inc., N e w
York, circa 1950-1988]; [Michel O t i n , Paris];
[Patrick Perrin, Paris].
n o . Pair of Supports (gaines)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
French, circa 1770
"Acquisitions/1989," GettyMusJ 18 (1990),
After designs by Jean-Charles Delafosse
no. 55, p. 194, illus.
Pine w i t h traces o f gesso and paint
Height: 4 ft. 2 i n . (127 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 4 i n .
(40.7 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. (30.5 cm)
Accession number 89.DA.2.1-.2
F I R E
S C R E E N S
i n . Fire Screen (écran coulisse)
Paris, circa 1785-1790
A t t r i b u t e d to Georges Jacob
Walnut
One upright o f the screen is carved w i t h the
monogram / / / a n d the other w i t h C(7?).
One of a pair
Height: 4 ft. 2 i n . (127 cm); W i d t h :
109
2 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (80 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 5 i n . (43 cm)
Accession number 8 8 . D A . 124
109. Pair of Torcheres
Paris, circa 1725
P R O V E N A N C E
Gessoed and gilded w o o d
[Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris, 1988].
Height: 5 ft. 8% i n . (173.3 cm); Diameter
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(at top): ι ft. 3% i n . (40 cm); Diameter (at
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJY]
base): 1 ft. 10Yz i n . (57.1 cm)
no. 80, pp. 144-145, illus.
Accession number 71.DA.98.1-.2
no
(1989),
F R E N C H
D E C O R A T I V E
RELIEFS
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
C o l i n Streeter, "Two Carved Reliefs by
Aubert Parent," GettyMusJi?,
(1985),
pp. 53-66, figs. ia~d; "Acquisitions/1984,"
GettyMusJi^
(1985), no. 65, p. 183, illus.
113. Still Life
Paris, 1791
By Aubert-Henri-Joseph Parent
Limewood
Incised AUBERT
PARENT.
1791 under the
base. A n inventory number, 172η, is sten
ciled i n black on the back.
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
112. Still Life
(5.7 cm)
Paris, 1789
Accession number 84.SD.194
By Aubert-Henri-Joseph Parent
Limewood
P R O V E N A N C E
Incised AUBERT
PARENT
FECIT
AN
[Jacques Kugel, Paris, 1984].
1789 under the base.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Height: 2 ft. 3 /s i n . (69.4 cm); W i d t h :
3
C o l i n Streeter, "Two Carved Reliefs by
ι ft. 6 A i n . (47.9 cm); D e p t h : 2 /s i n .
7
3
Aubert Parent," GettyMusJi^
(6.2 cm)
Accession number 8 4 . S D . 7 6
GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 66, p. 183, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
D a v i d Peel, L o n d o n ; Paul M e l l o n (sold,
Christie's, N e w York, November 22,1983,
lot 275); [Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w York,
1983]·
(1985),
pp. 53-66, figs. 3a~b; "Acquisitions/1984,"
112
75
j6
F R E N C H
FRAMES
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Switzerland, 1980s;
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , London]; [Rosenberg
and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJi6
(1988),
no. 68, p. 177, illus.
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 .
115
(109.8 cm)
Stamped P. GEORGES
114
Architectural Woodwork
and Fixtures
on. back and inked 61
across the top.
Accession number 88.DA.49
PROVENANCE
George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl o f
Haddington, Tyninghame House, East
FRAMES
Lothian, Scotland (sold after his death,
Sotheby's, Tyninghame House, Septem
114. Frame for a Mirror
Paris, circa 1690-1700
ber 28-29,1987, lot 551); [Christopher
Gibbs, L o n d o n ] .
Gessoed and gilded oak; modern m i r r o r
glass
Height: 6 ft. 8 i n . (183.5 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. 2 i n . (127 cm); D e p t h : 4 i n . (10.2 cm)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJvj
(1989),
no. 75, p. 143, illus.
Accession number 87.DH.78
ιι6
F R E N C H
PANELING
I i 6 . Frame for a Mirror
Paris, circa 1775-1780
Painted and gilded oak; modern mirror
glass
Height: 6 ft. 1V4 i n . (187.2 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. 3% i n . (131 cm); D e p t h : 3% i n . (9.5 cm)
Accession number 9 2 . D H . 2 0
P R O V E N A N C E
[Kraemer et Cíe, Paris].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJ21 (1993),
i n press, illus.
P A N E L I N G
A
N
D
M A N T E L P I E C E S
117. Ten Panels
One of four
117
Paris, circa 1661
Design attributed to Charles Le Brun
P R O V E N A N C E
Painted and gilded oak
(?) Nicolas Fouquet, Chateau de Vaux-le-
Panels .1-.2: Height: 6 ft. 11% i n . (213 cm);
Vicomte; Felix Harbord, England, 1960s;
W i d t h : 2 ft. IOVS i n . (88 cm); Panels . 3 - 4 :
Felix Fenston, England (sold by his widow,
Height: 6 ft. 11% i n . (213 cm); W i d t h :
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , M a y 25,1990, lot 50, to
2 ft. 7 / 8 i n . (79 cm); Panels .5-.6: Height:
[Christopher Gibbs, L o n d o n ] ) .
3 ft. 11% i n . (120 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(80.4 cm); Panels .7-.8: Height: 3ft.10V16
"Acquisitions/1991," GettyMusJ'20 (1992),
i n . (118 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n . (80.4 cm);
no. 76, p. 174, illus. (two).
Panel .9: Height: 1 ft. 8/16 i n . (51 cm);
W i d t h : 5 ft. 11 Vie i n . (180.5
c
m
) ; Panel .10:
Height: 1 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (49.5 cm); W i d t h :
6 ft. 8 / i 6 i n . (202.25 cm)
I3
Accession number 91.DH.18.1—.10
One of four
117
77
78
F R E N C H
PANELING
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
[B. Fab re et Fils, Paris].
119
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1989," GettyMusJ18 (1990),
no. 52, p. 193, illus.
119. Paneling
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, 1725-1726
Guillaume Cressart, H o t e l Cressart,
By Jacques Gaultier, menuisier, after the
installed i n 1725 and 1726 i n the chambre
designs o f Armand-Claude Mollet
ä coucher o f 18 place Vendóme, Paris;
Painted and gilded oak and walnut; breche
Louis-Auguste Duché, 1733; Jean-Baptiste
dAlep mantelpiece; modern mirror glass
Duché (brother o f Louis-Auguste Duché),
Height: 13 ft. (396.2 cm); W i d t h : 26 ft. 9 i n .
by 1743; Elisabeth-Louis Duché (wife o f
(815 cm); D e p t h : 22 ft. (670.6 cm)
Jacques Bertrand, marquis de Scépeaux et
Accession number 71.DH.118
de Beaupreau), after 1743; Elisabeth-LouiseAdélaíde de Scépeaux de Beaupreau (wife o f
the comte de La Tour d'Auvergne), 1769;
Jean-Louis M i l o n d'Inval, Paris, 1774; by
inheritance to his wife, Antoinette Bureau
Seraudey ( M m e d'Inval), i n an I I I (1794-
F R E N C H
1795) (sold by her heirs i n 1836); Sophie
PANELING
A N D MANTELPIECES
121. Mantelpiece
Dawes (baronne de Feuchéres), 1836; the
Paris, circa 1730-1735
chambre a coucher became the salon at this
Brecciated marble o f a variety o f sarrancolin
time (sold by her heirs after her death i n
des Pyrenees; modern brick
1841); the marquise de Las Marismas del
Height: 3 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (no.5 cm); W i d t h :
Guadalquivir ( M m e Alexandre Aguado),
5 ft. 9 i n . (175.3 cm); Depth: uYz i n .
1842; U n i o n Artistique, 1865; [Andre
(29.2 cm)
Carlhian, Paris; boiseries removed i n 1936];
Accession number 8 5 . D H . 9 2
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York, 1939; stored
P R O V E N A N C E
i n Paris u n t i l removed to N e w York i n
1959]; N o r t o n Simon, N e w York, 1965;
Detail of one
I20
Paris].
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
i 2 o . Eleven Panels
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Rene Colas, "Les Hotels de la place
Vendóme," Paris qui reste: vieux hotels,
vieilles demeures, rive droite (Paris, 1914),
pp. 105-106, p i . 94; B r u n o Pons, "Les
boiseries de Γ H o t e l Cressart au Getty
M u s e u m , " GettyMusJn
illus.
(1983), pp. 67-88,
Private residence, Paris; [Fransois Léage,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris, circa 1730-1735
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJi^.
Oak
(1986),
no. 195, p. 244, illus.
Panels .1-.2: Height: 9 ft. 2% i n . (280 cm);
W i d t h : 4 ft. Vz i n . (123 cm); Panels .3~.4:
Height: 9 ft. 2% i n . (280 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. 6/4 i n . (139 cm); Panels .5~.7: Height:
9 ft. 2 i n . (279.4 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 3% i n .
(40.4 cm); Panel .8: Height: 9 ft. 2 i n .
(279.4 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 6Y i n . (46.3 cm);
4
Panel .9: Height: 9 ft. 2 i n . (279.4
c m
);
W i d t h : ι ft. 10 i n . (55.9 cm); Panels .10-.11:
Height: 6 ft. 1 i n . (185.4
c m
) ; W i d t h : 10 i n .
(25.4 cm)
Accession number 84.DH.52.1-.11
P R O V E N A N C E
Chateau de Marly-Le-Roi, Yvelines, by
repute; Mallett family, Louveciennes, early
nineteenth century; M m e Claude M e l i n ,
Louveciennes, 1984, by descent.
121
79
8θ
F R E N C H
P A N E L I N G
123. Paneled Room
Paris, circa 1770-1775
Painted and gilded oak; plaster overdoors;
m i r r o r glass; breche d'Alep mantelpiece;
gilt-bronze hardware
H e i g h t ( w i t h o u t cornice): 15 ft. % i n .
(458 cm); W i d t h : 30 ft. 4V16 i n . (925 cm);
D e p t h : 20 ft. y /s i n . (627 cm)
7
Accession number 8 4 . D H . 3 4
P R O V E N A N C E
[Jacques Seligmann, Paris, 1920s];
[Fran$ois-Gerard Seligmann, Paris].
124. Paneled Room
Paris, circa 1788-1789
Panels attributed to Rousseau de la Rottiére
after designs by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux
Painted and gilded oak; plaster overdoors;
m i r r o r glass; white marble mantelpiece
Four Double Doors: Height: 9 ft. 5 %. i n .
122
122. Paneled Room
P R O V E N A N C E
A n unidentified hotel o n the quai Malaquais,
Painted and gilded oak; four oil-on-canvas
Paris, u n t i l 1900; M m e Doucet, Paris, 1900-
overdoor paintings; breche d'Alep mantel
1907; due de Gramont, avenue Georges
piece; modern mirror glass; gilt-bronze
Mandel, Paris, 1907 (offered for sale i n situ,
hardware
Ader Picard, Paris, October 9,1969, bought
Height: 14 ft. 4 i n . (436.9 cm); W i d t h :
in); [R. and M . Carlhian, Paris]; purchased
23 ft. 6Vz i n . (718 cm); D e p t h : 25 ft. 6 i n .
by J. Paul Getty.
Accession number 73.DH.107
c m
) ; W i d t h ( o f one door): 2 ft. 3% i n .
(70.5 cm); Four Large Panels: Height:
Paris, circa 1755
(777 cm)
(287.7
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
La comtesse Jean Louis de Maigret,
" U n demi-siécle ä l'Hötel Gramont," Con
naissance des arts 141 (November 1963),
p. 92, illus.
9 ft. 5/8 i n . (297.3 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 8 4 i n .
3
(83.2 cm); Five Panels: Height: 9 ft. 3% i n .
(285.1 cm); W i d t h : ι ft. 6Yz i n . (46.9 cm);
Four Panels: Height: 9 f t . 3% i n . (285.1 cm);
W i d t h : ι ft. Yz i n . (31.8 cm); Four Over
doors: Height: 2 ft. 4 i n . (90.8 cm); W i d t h :
3
5 ft. 4 i n . (167 cm)
3
Accession number (moldings only)
91.DH.-60.1-.26
P R O V E N A N C E
"Grand salon," M a i s o n Hosten, rue SaintGeorges, Paris, u n t i l circa 1892; M m e C.
Lelong, Paris, after 1892; Fournier, Paris,
F R E N C H
P A N E L I N G
pp. 128-129, illus. p. 181, fig. 106; Michel
Gallet, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux 1736-1806
(Paris, 1980), pp. 209-213, figs. 372-383; La
Nouvelle Athenes: Le Quartier Saint-Georges
de Louis XV a Napoleon III (Musée Carnavalet, Paris, 1984), no. 22, p. 20.
Room as formerly installed in Paris
123
before (?) 1897; due de Rivoli, no. 8 rue
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Jean Goujon, Paris, (?) 1897
Krafft and Ransonette, Choix des plus belles
t o
M a y 1913;
[in storage w i t h Maison Carlhian from
maisons de Paris (Paris, 1805), p i . 5; Alfred
M a y 1913 to January 1920, when consigned
de Champeaux, L'art décoratif dans le vieux
to both Maison Carlhian and Jacques
Paris (Paris, 1898), p. 319; Paul M a r m o t t a n ,
Seligmann]; [Maison Carlhian and Jacques
Le Style empire: Architecture et décors
Seligmann, Paris, 1921].
rieurs (Paris, 1927), vol. 4, pp. 1-2, pis. 1-7;
Panels only: O t t o Wolff, Cologne, 1925 or
Marcel Raval, Claude-Nicolas
1928; private collection, Cologne, before
1736-1806 (Paris, 1945), p. 51, pis. 50-59;
1969; [Joachim Kaiser and Georg Fahrbach,
Louis Hautecoeur, Histoire de Tarchitecture
Cologne, 1969-1986]; [Axel Vervoordt,
classique en France, v o l . 5, Revolution et
d'inté-
Ledoux
Belgium, 1986]; acquired by the J. Paul
Tempire(Paris, 1953), pp. 347, 371; Jacques
Getty Trust.
Hillairet, Dictionnaire historique des rues de
Moldings only: [R. and M . Carlhian, Paris].
Paris (Paris, 1963), vol. 2, p. 408; "Ledoux e
Paris," Cahiers de la rotonde 3 (Paris, 1979),
Two door panels
124
8l
82
F R E N C H
P A N E L I N G
N
E
W
E
L
Clocks and Barometers
P O S T
127. Long-case Clock (regufateur)
126. Newel Post
Paris, circa 1680-1690
Paris, circa 1735
Painted and gilded iron
Case attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle;
Height: 2 ft. n /s i n . (90.5 cm); W i d t h :
the movement by A n t o i n e I Gaudron
5
11 Vx i n . (29.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 3% i n .
O a k veneered w i t h tortoiseshell, ebony,
(40 cm)
brass, and pewter; gilt-bronze mounts; glass
Accession number 7 9 . D H . 1 6 4
Inscribed Gaudron Ataris on clock face and
movement and Solem Audet Dicere Falsum
P R O V E N A N C E
A . Gignoux, Paris; purchased by J. Paul
Getty, circa 1950.
(It dares the sun to tell a lie) o n face.
Height: 8 ft. 1V16 i n . (246.5 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 67A i n . (48 cm); D e p t h : 7Yz i n . (19 cm)
Accession number 8 8 . D B . I 6
P R O V E N A N C E
[Jeanne Durier, Paris, circa 1945]; private
collection, Burgundy, from 1948-1988;
[Alain M o a t t i , Paris].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
125
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ ij (1989),
no. 66, p. 140, illus.; Handbook 1991,
125 Wall Light
p. 160, illus.
Lorraine (Nancy), circa 1700
Bois de Sainte-Lucie (cerasus mahaleB)
Height: 2 /i6 i n . (6.5 cm); W i d t h :
9
ι ft. io /8 i n . (59.5 cm); D e p t h : 8/4 i n .
5
128. Model for a Mantel Clock
(21 cm)
Paris, circa 1700
Accession number 85.DH.284
Terracotta; enameled metal plaques
P R O V E N A N C E
Height: 2 ft. 7 i n . (78.7 cm); W i d t h :
[Neidhardt Antiquitäten G m b H , M u n i c h ,
ι ft. 8 Κ i n . (52.1 cm); D e p t h : 9 / 2 i n .
(24.2 cm)
1985].
Accession number 7 2 . D B . 5 2
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14
(1986),
P R O V E N A N C E
[Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w York]; pur
no. 190, p. 242, illus.
chased by J. Paul Getty.
126
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
E X H I B I T I O N S
New York, T h e Metropolitan Museum
o f A r t , Magnificent
Time-Keepers, January
1971-March 1972, no. 67.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Wilson, Clocks, no. 1, pp. 8 - 1 1 , illus.;
Wilson, Selections, no. 7, pp. 14-15, illus.;
Handbook 1986, p. 149, illus.; Verlet, Les
Bronzes, p. 164, illus. p. 164, fig. 200; C. E.
Zonneyville-Heyning, "Gilden," Visuele
Künsten: Kunstgeschiedenis
van de nieuwe
tijd^ (1989), p. 44, illus.; Handbook 1991,
p. 161, illus.
129
129. Wall Clock (pendule d'akove)
Paris, circa 1710
Case attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle
G i l t bronze; blue painted horn; enameled
metal; glass
Label on back inked Vernon House, Staircase.
Height: 2 ft. 4 i n . (71.1 cm); W i d t h : 11 % i n .
(28.6 cm); Depth: 454 i n . (11.4 cm)
Accession number 7 3 . D B . 7 4
I2
128
7
83
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
drawings by Gilles-Marie Oppenordt
beiten des Spätbarock
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
Bronzear
und Klassizismus,
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
A p r i l 29,1793, lot 562); Peter Burreil, ist
L o r d G w y d i r (1754-1820); by descent to
Peter Burrell, 2nd L o r d G w y d i r (1782-1865)
1846and
486p as well as Julien Leroy on backplate;
130
enamel plaque painted JULIEN
LE ROY.
F R E N C H
Height: 9 ft. 4 i n . (284.5
c m
C L O C K S
) ; Width:
2 ft. 3 /8 i n . (69.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 1 i n .
3
(33 cm)
Accession number 7 4 . D B . 1
P R O V E N A N C E
English collection, nineteenth century; the
Duke o f Medinaceli, Spain; [Smolen, Paris,
circa 1962]; [Manuel Gonzales LopezGarcia, Galeria Velasquez, M a d r i d , circa
1965]; [French and Co., N e w York, 1972];
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
E X H I B I T I O N S
M a d r i d , Sociedad Española de Amigos
del Arte, El reloj en arte, May-June 1965,
no. 10, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Luis Montañés, " U n péndulo desconocido
de Julien Le Roy," Dersa (July 1967), no. 34,
pp. 8-16, illus. p. 1; Geoffrey de Bellaigue,
The James A. de Rothschild Collection at
Waddesdon Manor: Furniture, Clocks and
Gilt Bronzes, v o l . 1 (Fribourg, 1974), p. 54;
132
Wilson, Clocks, no. 2, pp. 12-17, illus.; The
Country Life International
Dictionary
of
Clocks, Alan Smith, ed. (New York, 1979),
132. Mantel Clock
Paris, circa 1715-1725
p. 87, fig. 7; Luis Montañés, Relojes en ABC
Case attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle;
(1983), pp. 96-99; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 9,
movement by Paul G u d i n , called G u d i n
pp. 18-19, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 150,
lejeune; figure o f Chronos after a model by
illus.; Verlet, Les Bronzes, p. 114, caption to
Fran9ois Girardon
fig. 141.
O a k veneered w i t h tortoiseshell, blue
painted horn, brass, and ebony; enameled
metal; gilt-bronze mounts; glass
Movement engraved Gudin lejeune A*arts;
dial painted GUDIN
131
LE
JEUNEJPARIS.
85
86
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
AND
B A R O M E T E R S
Height: 3 ft. 3% i n . (100.9
c m
) ; Width:
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
ι ft. 6/8 i n . (46 cm); D e p t h : 11% i n .
Eveline Schlumberger, "Caffiéri, le bronzier
(28.6 cm)
de Louis X V , " Connaisance des arts ( M a y
Accession number 72.DB.55
1965), illus. p. 83; W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 6,
pp. 34-37, illus.; Gerard Mabille, Le Style
P R O V E N A N C E
LouisXV(Paris,
C o u n t János Pálffy (sold, Bad Pistyan,
1978), p. 175, illus.; O t t o
meyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
Czechoslovakia, June 30,1924, lot 285);
p. 112, fig. 2.3.4.
[Etienne Levy, Paris, 1971]; [French and Co.,
N e w York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
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
Collection, French Clocks in North
Clock case attributed to Charles Cressent;
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;
glass
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 4, pp. 22-25, illus.; The
D i a l painted DIGUE
Country Life International
Height: 4 ft. 2 i n . (127 cm); W i d t h :
Dictionary
of
Clocks, A l a n Smith, ed. ( N e w York, 1979),
A
PARIS.
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
133
133. Wall Clock (pendule de
repetition)
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York]; A n n a
T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse
Paris, circa 1735-1740
Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n (sold, Christie's,
Case attributed to Charles Cressent; move
L o n d o n , June 24,1971, lot 40 [together
ment by Jean-Jacques Fieffé pere
P R O V E N A N C E
w i t h no. 139 i n this book]); purchased at
G i l t bronze; enameled metal; w o o d carcass;
Baron Mayer Alphonse de Rothschild,
that sale by J. Paul Getty.
glass
Chateau de Ferneres, Tarn; Baron Edouard
D i a l painted FIEFFE
DELOBSERVATOIR;
movement engraved Fieffé A*aris.
Height: 4 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (133.3
c m
) ; Width:
de Rothschild, Chateau de Ferneres, by
descent; Baron G u y de Rothschild, Chateau
de Ferneres (sold, Sotheby's, London,
2 ft. 2 / 2 i n . (67.3 cm); D e p t h : 5 /s i n .
November 24,1972, lot 7); purchased at
(14.4 cm)
that sale by J. Paul Getty.
5
Accession number 7 2 . D B . 8 9
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Duveen and Co., A Catalogue of Works of
Art of the Eighteenth Century in the Collection
of Anna Thomson Dodge (Detroit, 1933),
non-paginated entry, illus.; Theodore D e l l ,
F R E N C H
CLOCKS
P R O V E N A N C E
[Jacques Kugel, Paris, 1980].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1981," no. 2,
pp. 66-71, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 13,
pp. 26-27, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 154,
illus. p. 155; Handbook 1991, p. 168, illus.
p. 169.
136. Mantel Clock
Paris, circa 1742
Movement by Julien I I Le Roy; enamel dial
by Antoine-Nicolas Martiniére
G i l t bronze; enameled metal; glass
135
35. Wall Clock (pendule d alcove)
y
Paris and Chantilly manufactory, circa 1740
Movement by Charles Voisin
Soft-paste porcelain; gilt bronze; enameled
134
metal; glass
Movement engraved C^
s
"The Gilt-Bronze Cartel Clocks o f Charles
Cressent," Burlington Magazine 109 (April
1967), pp. 210-217; W i l s o n , Clocks, nos. 8-9
( w i t h no. 139 i n this book), pp. 45-51, illus.;
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete
Bronzen, p. 79, illus. fig. 1.12.7.
Voisin JParis.
and dial painted CHARLES
VOISIN
¿PARIS
Height: 2 ft. 5Κ i n . (74.9 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 2 i n . (35.6 cm); D e p t h 4 /s i n . (11.1 cm)
3
Accession number 8 I . D B . 8 I
136
87
88
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
D i a l painted JULI EN. LE ROY. .DE LA.
SO CIÉ TÉ DES ARTS;
movement engraved
138. Planisphere Clock
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold anonymously, Christie's, London,
Paris, circa 1745-1749
on back Julien Le Roy Ataris-, dial enameled
July 15,1971, lot 21; [French and Co., N e w
Case attributed to Jean-Pierre Latz; move-
on reverse a.n. martiniere 1742.
York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
ment (now missing) by Alexandre Fortier
Height: 1 ft. 6Vs i n . (46 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 4 i n . (32.4 cm); D e p t h : 8/8 i n .
3
(20.6 cm)
O a k veneered w i t h kingwood; bronze
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 10, pp. 52-55, illus.; The
Country Life Lnternational Dictionary of
Accession number 7 9 . D B . 4
Clocks, Alan Smith, ed. (New York, 1979),
p. 237, fig. 2; Ottomeyer and Pröschel,
P R O V E N A N C E
D i a l engraved Lnventepar
A.
FORTIER;
mounts o f lower sections stamped w i t h
the crowned C f o r 1745-1749.
Height: 9 ft. 3 i n . (282 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. Vx i n .
Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 114, fig. 2.5.2.
[Jacques Kugel, Paris, 1978].
mounts; glass; gilt paper
(92.7 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 3Vx i n . (39.5 cm)
Accession number 7 4 . D B . 2
E X H I B I T I O N S
N e w York, T h e Frick Collection, French
Clocks in North American
P R O V E N A N C E
Collections,
Baron Gustave de Rothschild, Paris; Charles
November 1982-January 1983, no. 52, p. 58,
Davis (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 29,
illus. p. 13.
1906, lot 132, for £577 to Stettiner); Maurice
Ephrussi, Paris (offered for sale, Galerie
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979,"
Georges Petit, M a y 22,1911, lot 63, [?]
no. 14, pp. 50-52, illus.
bought i n ) ; (sold, "Property o f a Lady o f
T i t l e , " Sotheby's, L o n d o n , November 24,
1972, lot 34); [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc.,
N e w York, 1974]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
137 Wall Clock
Paris, circa 1747
E X H I B I T I O N S
Case by Jacques Caffieri; movement by
N e w York, T h e M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f
Julien I I Le Roy; enamel dial by A n t o i n e -
A r t , The Grand Gallery, C I N O A , October
Nicolas Martiniere
1974-January 1975, no. 44.
G i l t bronze; enameled metal; glass
Case engraved fait par
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Cafferi and stamped
W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 7, pp. 38-43, illus.;
w i t h the crowned C for 1745-1749. D i a l
inscribed JULIEN-LE-ROY-
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 18, p. 36-37, illus.;
and on reverse
Verlet, Les Bronzes, p. 115, illus.
a. n. Martiniere Privilegié Du Roi 1747.
Movement engraved Julien Le RoyA?aris.
Height: 2 ft. 6Vx i n . (77.5 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 4 i n . (40.6 cm); D e p t h : 4Vx i n . (11.4 cm)
Accession number 7 2 . D B . 4 5
137
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
139. Clock on Bracket
Paris, circa 1758
Movement by Jean Romilly; clock case
attributed to Charles Cressent; bracket by
Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain
Gilt bronze; enameled metal; w o o d carcass;
glass
Bracket stamped ST. GERMAIN;
movement
engraved and dial painted Romilly A?aris;
one spring inscribed for W i l l i a m I I Blakey
and dated 1758; all gilt-bronze elements
stamped Eon reverse.
Height: 4 ft. 2 i n . (127 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 5 4 i n . (45.1 cm); Depth: 7% i n .
3
(18.4 cm)
Accession number 71.DB.115
P R O V E N A N C E
George Jay G o u l d , Georgian Court, Lakewood, N e w Jersey; [Duveen Brothers,
N e w York]; A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose
Terrace, Grosse Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n
(sold, Christies, L o n d o n , June 24,1971,
lot 40 [together w i t h no. 134 i n this book]);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Duveen and Co., A Catalogue of Works of
Art of the Eighteenth Century in the Collection
of Anna Thomson Dodge (Detroit, 1933),
non-paginated entry, illus.; Theodore Dell,
"The Gilt-Bronze Cartel Clocks o f Charles
Cressent," Burlington Magazine 109 (April
138
1967), pp. 210-217; Wilson, Clocks, nos. 8-9
(with no. 134 i n this book), pp. 45-51, illus.;
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete
Bronzen, p. 79, fig. 1.12.7.
139
89
90
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, "Property o f a Nobleman," Christie's,
London, July 5,1973, lot 31; purchased at
that sale by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 11, pp. 56-59, illus.
141
Wall Clock on Bracket
Paris, circa 1764
Movement by Lapina; case by Antoine
Foullet
Oak veneered w i t h panels o f green, red, and
cream painted horn; brass; enameled metal;
gilt-bronze mounts
140
Stamped ANTFOUVLLET
JMEon
back o f
case and bracket. Movement engraved
Lapina A Paris; one spring is inscribed
1 4 0 . Mantel Clock
Paris, circa 1763
Richard X de 1764 Mouvement foule Μ
Case attributed to Robert Osmond; move
Ebeniter and a second spring is engraved
ment by Etienne I I Le N o i r and/or Pierre-
RichardX
Etienne Le N o i r
Height: 3 ft. 10 4 i n . (118.7
3
Patinated and gilt bronze; enameled metal;
glass
D i a l painted Etienne Le NoirJParis
movement engraved Etienne le
de 1764 Sonnerie A foule Eben.
and
NoirJParis
c m
) ; Width:
ι ft. 7V2 i n . (49.5 cm); Depth: nV i n .
A
(28.6 cm)
Accession number 7 5 . D B . 7
P R O V E N A N C E
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 :
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1974].
3
ι ft. 5 4 i n . (45.1 cm); D e p t h : 9 / 8 i n .
3
(23.2 cm)
Accession number 73.DB.85
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 12, pp. 60-63, illus.;
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
p. 158, fig. 3.2.6; Verlet, Les Bronzes, p. 122,
illus. p. 113, fig. 137; Pradére, Les Ebénistes,
p. 275.
141
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
AND
B A R O M E T E R S
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,
1969, lot 189); [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . ,
an I I
(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);
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris]; [French and Co.,
New York, 1973].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," no. 108, p. 214, illus.
E X H I B I T I O N S
The Detroit Institute o f Arts, 1973; N e w
142
York, The Frick Collection, French Clocks
in North American Collections, November
1982-January 1983, no. 63, illus. p. 67.
1 4 2 . Mantel Clock
Paris, circa 1769
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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;
movement engraved Ch^
s
Le RoyA*aris
and stamped 2417 o n backplate; two move
Bronzen, p. 181, fig. 3.7.10; Handbook 1986,
p. 169, illus.; HandbookT991,
p. 186, illus.
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 .
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
l
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
Accession number 86.DB.632
143
91
92
FRENCH
CLOCKS
145. Mantel Clock {pendule squelette)
Paris, circa 1790-1800
Movement by Nicolas-Alexandre Folin;
enamel plaques b y Georges-Adrien Merlet
G i l t bronze; enameled metal; white marble
base; glass and gilded metal case
Painted Folin L'ainéA
PARIS o n dial;
painted G Merlet o n one enameled ring.
Height: 1 ft. 7% i n . (49.5 cm); W i d t h :
io A i n . (27.6 cm); D e p t h : 5% i n . (14 cm)
7
Accession number 7 2 . D B . 5 7
P R O V E N A N C E
Louis G u i r a u d (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris,
December 10,1971, l o t 35); [French and Co.,
N e w York, 1971].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 14, pp. 68-71, illus.
144
144 Mantel Clock
Paris, circa 1785
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, Sweden, by 1811; (sold,
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre-Philippe Thomire; dial
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , December 11,1981,
enameled by Dubuisson
lot 99).
G i l t and patinated bronze; enameled metal;
vertMaurin
des Alpes marble; white marble
Enameled clock r i n g inscribed o n the inte
rior Dubuisson', movement scratched w i t h
Sweden 1811.
Height: 1 ft. 9 i n . (53.3 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 1/8 i n . (63.8 cm); Depth: 9% i n .
(23.5 cm)
Accession number 8 2 . D B . 2
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1981," pp. 79-84,
illus.; Alvar González-Palacios, The Adjec
tives of History (P. and D . Colnaghi and
Co., L o n d o n , 1983), pp. 44-45; W i l s o n ,
Selections, no. 42, pp. 84-85, illus.; O t t o meyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
p. 299, fig. 4.18.8.
145
F R E N C H
SCIENTIFIC
INSTRUMENTS
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
DUCHESSE
DU MAINE
LA
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
des Arts 173]0. and Globe celeste
[c]alculépour
Tannée [17^0 sur les observations]
les plus
nouvelles [et le]s plus exactes. [APaJris avec
privilege]
du Roy. Baillieul
leje[une sculpsit.
Monté par Tauteur.] Each stand painted
underneath i n yellow N. 32 and i n blue, per
haps stenciled, (?) 3323.
Height: 3 ft. 7% i n . ( n o cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. $Yz i n . (45 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. Yz i n .
(32 cm)
Accession number 8 6 . D H . 7 0 5 . 1 - . 2
146
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Guillaume de Gontaut-Biron, 12th marquis
W l a l d i m i r d'Ormesson, Merveilles des
de Biron, Paris; le due de Talleyrand and
Chateaux de Vile de France: Collection
by descent to le due de Diño A n d i a y
realties (Vans, 1965), p. 131, illus.; "Acquisi-
Talleyrand-Périgord, Chateau de Saint-Brice-
tions/1986," GettyMusJ 15 (1987), no. 101,
sous-Forét, Pavillon Colombe, Val d'Oise;
p. 211, illus.; Jean-Nérée Ronfort, "Science
[Maurice Segoura, Paris].
and Luxury: Two Acquisitions by the J. Paul
Getty Museum," GettyMusJ 17 (1989),
pp. 47-82, figs. 13-17; Handbook 1991, p. 176,
illus.
93
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
Private collection, Paris (sold, Sotheby's,
Monaco, February 23,1986, lot 901);
M r s . Kila Kugel, N e w York, 1986.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ'15 (1987),
no. 102, p. 212, illus.; Jean Perfettini, Le
Galuchat, 1988, pp. 62-63, illus.; Jean-Nérée
Ronfort, "Science and Luxury: Two Acqui
sitions by the J. Paul Getty Museum,"
GettyMusJ 17 (1989), pp. 47-82, figs.
18-19, 21, 23, 25, 28-29, 35; Handbook 1991,
p. 175, illus.
Metalwork
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
A
C A N D L E S T I C K S
One of a pair
148
One of a pair
149
C A N D E L A B R A
147
N
D
1 4 7 . Compound Microscope and Case
Paris, after 1749
Micrometric stage invented by M i c h e l -
148. Pair of Girandoles
Paris, circa 1680-1690
Ferdinand, due de Chaulnes
G i l t bronze; beads and drops o f rock crystal,
G i l t bronze; enamel; shagreen; glass; case
coral, jasper, amethyst, carnelian, agate, and
o f wood; gilded leather; brass; velvet; silver
garnet
galon and lace; various natural specimens i n
Height: 1 ft. 3 i n . (38 cm); W i d t h : 10 i n .
slides; and a number o f extra lenses
(25.5 cm); Diameter (at base): 5 i n . (13 cm)
Microscope: Height: 1 ft. 6% i n . (48 cm);
Accession number 85.DF.382.1-.2
W i d t h : 11 i n . (28 cm); D e p t h : 8/16 i n .
(20.5 cm); Case: Height: 2 ft. 2 i n . (66 cm);
W i d t h : ι ft. i 4 i n . (34.9 cm); Depth:
P R O V E N A N C E
[Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris].
3
10 /8 i n . (27 cm)
5
Accession number 8 6 . D H . 6 9 4
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
no. 188, p. 241, illus.
F R E N C H
G I L T
1 4 9 . Pair of Candlesticks
B R O N Z E :
C A N D E L A B R A
A N D
C A N D L E S T I C K S
151. Pair of Candlesticks
Paris, circa 1680-1690
Paris, circa 1780
G i l t bronze
By Etienne M a r t i n c o u r t
Height: 10 i n . (25.4 cm); Diameter: 5% i n .
G i l t bronze
(14.6 cm)
Each candlestick stamped
Accession number 72.DF.56.1—.2
under base. One inscribed Louis
MARTINCOURT
Antoine
Blois and LA inside base.
P R O V E N A N C E
Height: 11 4 i n . (29.9 cm); Diameter: 5 /s i n .
3
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna;
3
(13.7 cm)
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Vienna;
Accession number 72.DF.48.1-.2
confiscated by the T h i r d Reich i n M a r c h
1938; restituted to the Baroness Clarice de
P R O V E N A N C E
Rothschild, Vienna, i n 1947; [Rosenberg
M r . and M r s . Meyer Sassoon, Pope's
and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York, 1971]; pur
Manor, Berkshire, by 1914; Violet Sassoon
chased by J. Paul Getty.
(Mrs. Derek C. Fitzgerald) (sold, Christie's,
L o n d o n , M a r c h 23,1972, lot 59); purchased
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
One of a pair
p. 58, illus.
150
E X H I B I T I O N S
L o n d o n , The Burlington Fine Arts Club,
1914, no. 117.
150. Pair of
Girandoles
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris, circa 1730
F. J. B . Watson, Wallace Collection Cata
Rock crystal; gilt bronze
logues: Furniture
Height: 2 ft. 10 i n . (86.3 cm); W i d t h :
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
2 ft. % i n . (62.3 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 2 4 i n .
p. 230, illus.
3
(37.5 cm)
Accession number 75.DF.53.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty.
One of a pair
151
(London, 1956), p. 95;
95
96
F R E N C H
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
C A N D E L A B R A
153 Pair of Candelabra
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris, circa 1775
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre Gouthiére
p. 230, illus.
G i l t bronze
Height: 1 ft. 3 i n . (38.3 cm); W i d t h : 8% i n .
(21.6 cm); Depth: y /s i n . (19.9 cm)
7
154. Pair of Candelabra
Accession number 72.DF.43.1-.2
One of a pair
Paris, circa 1785
P R O V E N A N C E
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre-Philippe T h o m i r e and
(?) Baron H e n r i de Rothschild, Paris;
Louis-Simon Boizot
[Fran$ois-Gerard Seligmann, Paris, circa
Patinated and gilt bronze; white and griotte
1948]; Carreras Savedra, Director o f the
marble
M u s e u m o f Fine Arts, Buenos Aires;
Height: 2 ft. 10 4 i n . (83.2 cm); Diameter:
3
[Jacques Helft, Buenos Aires]; [French and
uVx i n . (29.2 cm)
Co., N e w York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Accession number 86.DF.521.1—.2
152
P R O V E N A N C E
152. Pair of Candelabra
(?) Anatole Demidov, Prince o f San Donato,
San Donato Palace, Pratolino, near Florence
Elephants: German (Meissen manufactory),
circa 1741-1745
(sold, San D o n a t o Palace, M a r c h 15,1880,
Flowers: (?) Vincennes manufactory, circa
lot 804, en suite w i t h a mantel clock);
1745-1750
[Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris].
Mounts: Paris, circa 1750
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Elephants modeled by Peter Reinicke
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ15 (1987),
i n 1741
no. 109, p. 214, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 196,
Hard-paste porcelain elephants; soft-paste
illus.
porcelain flowers; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 97s i n . (23.2 cm); W i d t h : 9% i n .
(24.7 cm); D e p t h : \V% i n . (10.5 cm)
Accession number 75.DI.68.1—.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Baron M a x i m i l i a n v o n GoldschmidtRothschild, 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
155 Pair of Candelabra
Paris, circa 1784-1786
Attributed to L . F. Feuchére
Blued metal; gilt bronze
Height: 3 ft. 8 4 i n . (113.7 cm); W i d t h :
3
ι ft. 5 4 i n . (45.1 cm); D e p t h : ιοΥχ i n .
3
(26.7 cm)
Accession number 71.DF.99.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild, M e n t more Towers, Buckinghamshire; Hannah
de Rothschild (Countess o f Rosebery, wife
o f the 5th Earl, married 1878, died 1890),
Mentmore Towers; Albert Primrose,
6th Earl o f Rosebery, Mentmore Towers,
by inheritance (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
A p r i l 17,1964, lot 25); [Claude Sere, Paris,
1964]; private collection, Paris, late 1960s;
[Frank Partridge and Sons, 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
London, 25 Park Lane, Three French Reigns,
February-April 1933, no. 485, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"French Furniture at the Exhibition o f
One of a pair
154
'Three French Reigns', 25 Park Lane,"
Country Life 73-1884 (February 25,1933),
p. 206, figs. 5, 7; Ottomeyer and Pröschel,
Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 261, illus.; Jonathan
Bourne and Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the
Domestic Interior: Renaissance to Art Nouveau
(London, 1991), illus. p. 101, fig. 321.
One of a pair
155
97
98
F R E N C H
G I L T
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
B R O N Z E :
C H A N D E L I E R S
158. Chandelier
C H A N D E L I E R S
Paris, circa 1710
A t t r i b u t e d to Andre-Charles Boulle
156. Chandelier
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:
2 ft. 8 i n . (81.3 cm)
Accession number 88.DH.17
Accession number 76. DF.13
P R O V E N A N C E
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris].
P R O V E N A N C E
A n t e n o r Patino, Paris; [Kraemer et Cie,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris, 1976]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ 17 (1989),
no. 67, p. 140, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
157
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
p. 51, illus.; Jean-Nérée Ronfort, "AndréCharles Boulle: die Bronzearbeiten u n d
157. Chandelier
seine Werkstatt i m Louvre," Vergoldete
Paris, circa 1700
Bronzen: Die Bronzearbeiten des
G i l t bronze
Height: 3 ft. 9% i n . (115 cm); Diameter:
3 ft. 6%. i n . (110 cm)
Accession number 87.DF.28
Spätbarock
und Klassizismus, Hans Ottomeyer and
Peter Pröschel, eds. ( M u n i c h , 1986), v o l . 2,
p. 505; Verlet, Les Bronzes, pp. 91, 269, fig. 98.
P R O V E N A N C E
Edouard Chappey, Paris, circa 1900;
[Michel Meyer, Paris, 1986].
E X H I B I T I O N S
Paris, Exposition
Universelle de ιροο, 1900,
no. 2891, p. 190.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
no. 69, p. 177, illus.
156
158
F R E N C H
ι 60.
GILT
BRONZE:
WALL
LIGHTS
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
Sold, H o t e l Drouot, Paris, early 1960s;
(sold, H o t e l Drouot, Paris, February 7,
1972, lot 83); [Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1972];
[French and Co., N e w York]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Michael Shapiro, "Monsieur Galle, Bronzier
et Doreur," GettyMusJ 6-7 (1978-1979),
pp. 61-66, illus. figs 3-5, 8; Ottomeyer and
Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 359, illus.;
159
Handbook 1986, p. 179, illus.
One of a pair
159. Chandelier
161
(?) Paris, circa 1710-1715
Colored and plain glass; silvered foils
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
lacquered w i t h p i n k and green translucent
W A L L
L I G H T S
A
N
D
B R A C K E T S
varnish; silvered pakton; gilt and silvered
bronze; rock crystal
161. Pair of Girandoles
Height: 2 ft. 5 V 2 i n . (75 cm); Diameter:
(?) Paris, circa 1710
2 ft. 8 i n . (81.3 cm)
Silvered bronze; mirror glass; oak support
Accession number 7 4 . D H . 2 9
Girandole .1 is painted 22 i n black on the
wooden backing and its bobeche is stamped
P R O V E N A N C E
w i t h the crowned Cfor 1745-1749.
Private Collection, T u r i n ; [Jacques Kugel,
Giran
dole .2 is painted 20 i n black on the wooden
Paris]; [ M i c h e l Meyer, Paris]; [Kraemer et
backing and its bobeche is indistinctly
Cie, Paris]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
stamped w i t h the crowned C.
160
99
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
Height: ι ft. 7 / 2 i n . (50 cm); W i d t h : 11% i n .
(29.5 cm); Depth: 6V4 i n . (17.2 cm)
Accession number 85.DG.49.1—.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Swedish art market, circa 1980; [Michel
Meyer, Paris, 1984].
E X H I B I T I O N S
N e w York, The Cooper-Hewitt M u s e u m
and Pittsburgh, T h e Carnegie Museum,
Courts and Colonies: The William and
Style in Holland, EngUnd, and
Mary
America,
November 1988-May 1989, no. 126, p. 169,
illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
John A . Cuadrado, "Antiques: L i g h t i n g
and Style," Architectural Digest (April 1983),
p. 106, illus.; "Acquisitions/1985,"
GettyMusJ
14 (1986), no. 209, p. 249, illus.
162
162. Pair of Wall Lights
Paris, circa 1700-1715
G i l t bronze
Height: 1 ft. 9 / 2 i n . (54.6 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. (30.5 cm); D e p t h : 9 i n . (22.9 cm)
Accession number 85.DF.383.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
[Francois Léage, Paris].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ\\
no. 191, p. 242, illus.
(1986),
F R E N C H
GILT
BRONZE:
WALL
LIGHTS
AND
BRACKETS
Bremer-David, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 4,
p. 187, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
GettyMusJ
12 (1984), no. 6, p. 263, illus.; Ottomeyer
and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 62,
illus. pp. 62, 83; Jean-Nérée Ronfort,
"André-Charles Boulle: D i e Bronzearbeiten
u n d seine Werkstatt i m Louvre," Vergoldete
Bronzen: Die Bronzearbeiten des
Spätbarock
unä\ Klassizismus, Hans Ottomeyer and
Peter Pröschel, eds. ( M u n i c h , 1986), vol. 2,
p. 495; n . 229, p. 519; A n n a Saratowicz,
"Apliki do Sali Rycerskiej," Kronika
(1988), pp. 18-30, illus. p. 20.
Zamkowayvj
1 6 4 . Pair of Wall Lights
(?) Paris, circa 1730
O n e of a pair
163
Gilt bronze
Height: 1 ft. 11 i n . (58.5 cm); W i d t h : 11 Ys i n .
(28.3 cm); Depth: 8 i n . (20.3 cm)
163. Pair of Wall Lights
Accession number 78.DF.89.1-.2
Paris, circa 1715-1720
A t t r i b u t e d to Andre-Charles Boulle
P R O V E N A N C E
G i l t bronze
[Cameron, London, 1950]; purchased by
Height: 1 ft. 8/16 i n . (51 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 2 in.
J. Paul Getty, 1950.
O n e of a pair
164
(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. 109, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
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
Nice; [Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris, 1982].
165. Wall Bracket
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 :
Pierre Mariette et la F i n de PAtelier
ι ft. 3 /8 i n . (39 cm); Depth: 6 4 i n .
dAndre-Charles Boulle," L'Estampille
(September 1984), pp. 72-73, illus.;
3
3
173
3
(17.2 cm)
Accession number 87.DF.136
165
ΙΟΙ
I02
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
P R O V E N A N C E
Paul Wallraf, L o n d o n (sold, Sotheby's,
H e n r y Seymour, London (with another
London, December 8, 1983, lot 579);
pair); [French and Co., New York (six)];
[La Cour de Varenne, Paris, 1987].
two lights sold to [Arnold Seligmann, Rey
and Co., 1941], later i n the Georges Lurcy
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJi6
(1988),
no. 70, pp. 177-178, illus.
collection, N e w York; Rita Lydig, (?) N e w
York, 1927; Sidney J. Lamon, N e w York
(sold, Christie's, London, November 29,
1973, lot 69); [Frank Partridge and Sons,
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1973]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty.
1 6 6 . Four Wall Lights
Paris, circa 1740
Soft-paste porcelain flowers; gilt bronze
Height: 1 ft. 6 i n . (45.7 cm); W i d t h :
1 6 7 . Pair of Wall Lights
ι ft. 1/4 i n . (34.3 cm); D e p t h : 7% i n .
Paris, circa 1745-1749
(19.7 cm)
G i l t bronze
Accession number 75.DF.4.1—.4
Each light bears one crowned Cfor
1745-1749·
One
of
a pair
167
Height: 2 ft. 4% i n . (72.4 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 6 4 i n . (47.6 cm); Depth: io A i n .
3
l
(26.7 cm)
1 6 8 . Four Wall Lights
Paris, circa 1750
Accession number 89.DF.26.1—.2
A t t r i b u t e d to Jacques Caffieri
P R O V E N A N C E
G i l t bronze
European private collection; [Alexander and
Two lights stamped w i t h a crown flanked by
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
CR for Casa Reale and the inventory n u m
bers C$62.1 and C$62.2 on front near base.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1989," GettyMusJiS
(1990),
no. 53, p. 193, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 177,
illus.
Two other lights stamped similarly C. 1068.1
and
C1068.2.
Height: 3 ft. 1 i n . (94 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 10 4 i n . (57.8 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. iVs i n .
3
(34 cm)
Accession number 84.DF.41.1—.4
One
of
four
166
P R O V E N A N C E
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
Tajan, Paris, December 12,1978, lot 48);
GILT
BRONZE:
WALL
LIGHTS
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
Bremer-David, "Acquisitions 1984," no. 3,
pp. 76-79, illus.; "Acquisitions/1984,"
GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 57, p. 180, illus.;
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
pp. 100,140, illus.; Alvar González-Palacios,
II Tempio del Gusto: Le arti decorative in
Italia fra Chssicismi e barocco ( M i l a n , 1986),
vol. i , p. 206; v o l . 2, pp. 230-231, fig. 453;
Handbook 1986, p. 161, illus. (one).
Two wall lights engraved FAIT
F. T. GERMAIN.
GALLERIES
PAR
SCULP. O RED U ROI AUX
DU LOUVRE.
lower
1756at
right and left. Two stamped w i t h Palais d u
Luxembourg inventory number 1051 LUX
1 and two w i t h 1051 LUX2.,All
punched
w i t h Chateau de Compiégne inventory
marks CP under a crown and N° 28, at
lower rear. Various numbers stamped o n
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
Depth: 1 ft. 4 / 8 i n . (41.0 cm); W a l l Light
.i.b: Height: 3 ft. 1% i n . (94.6 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft.
io /8
5
i n . (57.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. i /s i n .
s
One of four
169
(34.6 cm); Wall Light .2.a: Height:
3 ft. 4/4 i n . (102.9 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 1 i n .
pairs regilded by Feuchére i n the first six
(63.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. iVi i n . (34.3 cm);
months o f 1787 for 500 livres a pair and
Wall Light .2.b: Height: 2 ft. 11 V% i n .
installed i n the Salon des Nobles de la Reine,
(89.2 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. i o / s i n . (56.8 cm);
Chateau de Compiégne, until 1791; Govern
Depth: 1 ft. 3% i n . (40.3 cm)
ment o f France, Palais d u Luxembourg,
Accession number 8 i . D F . 9 6 . i . a - . b and
Paris, after 1792; Baron Mayer Amschel de
3
.2.a-.b
Rothschild, the Great D i n i n g Room,
Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire, late
P R O V E N A N C E
Made for Louis-Philippe, due d'Orléans;
four pairs installed i n the Chambre de
Parade and the Salon des Jeux o f the Palais
Royal, Paris, circa 1756; sold privately i n
1786 by Louis-Philippe-Joseph,
due
d'Orléans, and purchased by the bronzier
Feuchére (probably Pierre-Fran$ois Feuchére)
for Louis X V I ; four pairs purchased by the
One of four
168
Mobilier Royal, Paris, August 30,1786, and
described as having damaged gilding; two
nineteenth century; Hannah de Rothschild
(Countess o f Rosebery, wife o f the 5th Earl,
married 1878, died 1890), Mentmore Towers;
Albert Primrose, 6th Earl o f Rosebery,
Mentmore Towers (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
A p r i l 17,1964, lot 18); [Francois-Gérard
Seligmann, Paris]; private collection,
IO3
I04
F R E N C H
GILT
B R O N Z E :
WALL
LIGHTS
Argentina and Switzerland (offered for sale,
Kronika Zamkowayvy
Sotheby's, Monaco, June 14-15,1981, lot
Jacques Charles et al., De Versailles ä Paris:
lot 787A); [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . ,
Le Destín des collections royales (Paris, 1989),
L o n d o n , 1980].
148a—b, bought i n ) .
(1988), pp. 18-30;
Sotheby's, Los Angeles, October 21, 1980,
illus. p. 143, fig. 2; Jonathan Bourne and
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the Domestic
Denis Diderot and Jean d'Alembert,
Encyclopédie
Interior: Renaissance to ArtNouveau
ou dictionnaire raisonné des
sciences, planches (Paris, 1762), vol. 1, s.v.
p. 180, illus. (one).
"architecture," pis. 32-33; Axelle de Broglie
de Gaigneron, "Le 3
e m e
(London,
1991), illus. p. 75, fig. 237; Handbook 1991,
Témoin de l'art de
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979,"
no. 7, pp. 42-43, illus. (one); Sassoon,
"Acquisitions 1982," no. 10, pp. 52-53, illus.;
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 35, pp. 7 0 - 7 1 , illus.
(one); Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete
F - T h . Germain, bronzier," Connaissance des
Bronzen, pp. 190-191, illus.; Handbook 1986,
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
arts 199 (September 1968), pp. 76-77, illus.;
1
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:
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.
e
La France ä Vencan iy8p-iypp
Height: 2 ft. 1/2 i n . (64.8 cm); W i d t h :
(Fribourg,
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. 145, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 164, illus.
(one); Jean-Louis Baritou and D o m i n i q u e
Foussand, Chevolet-Contant-Chaussard:
Un
Cabinet d'architectes au siecle des lumieres
(Lyon, 1987), pp. 135-140, illus. p. 182;
Verlet, Les Bronzes, pp. 296-299, illus.
p. 30, fig. 18; p. 171, fig. 209; p. 256, fig. 275;
p. 297, figs. 327-329; Ρ- 298, figs. 330-331;
Pallot, L'Art du siege, p. 160, illus.; A n n a
Saratowicz, "Apliki do Sali Rycerskiej,"
P R O V E N A N C E
78.DF.263.1-.4: (?) Sold, Hotel Drouot, Paris,
M a y 26-27,1921, lot 99, to de Friedel; p r i
vate collection, Paris (sold, Etude Couturier
Nicolay, Paris, A p r i l 6,1978, lot 52); [Alex
ander and Berendt, L t d . , London, 1978].
82.DA.35.1-.2: H e n r i Smulders, Amsterdam
(sold, two from a set o f four, Frederik
M u l l e r and Co. [Mensing et Fils], Amster
dam, June 26-27,1934, lot 98); private col
lection, Los Angeles, probably purchased i n
Paris; M r . Lee Greenway, Los Angeles (sold,
O n e o f six
170
F R E N C H
One of four
171
1 7 1 . Four Wall Lights
One of six
ι
172
Six Wall Lights
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
W A L L
L I G H T S
One of a pair
173
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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
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.
(London,
(26.7 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, Palais Galliera, Paris, M a r c h 29,1966,
lot 45, to [ B . Fabre et Fils, Paris, circa 1977];
Accession numbers 74.DF.3.1—.2 and
77.DF.29.1-.4
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
77.DF.29.1—.4: Sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
G i l t bronze
December 2,1976, lot 3; [Alexander and
Height: 1 ft. 8/4 i n . (52.1 cm); W i d t h :
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJzi
i n press, illus.
(1993),
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
IO5
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
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1974]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
p. 243, illus.
1 7 4 . Pair of Wall Lights
Paris, circa 1787
Attributed to Pierre-Philippe T h o m i r e
G i l t bronze
Height: 3 ft. 6Vz i n . (107.9
c
m
) ; Width:
ι ft. 10V16 i n . (57 cm); D e p t h : ιι Λ i n .
7
(30.1 cm)
Accession number 83.DF.23.1—.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Dues de Mortemart, Chateau de SaintVrain, Seine-et-Oise, from the eighteenth
One of a pair
174
One of a pair
175
century, by descent u n t i l 1982; [Maurice
Segoura, Paris, 1982].
175. Pair of Wall Lights
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris, circa 1787-1788
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 11,
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre-Fran£ois or
p. 292, illus.; Verlet, Les Bronzes, pp. 336,
pp. 207-208, 211, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
Jean-Pierre Feuchére
378-379, illus. p. 383, fig. 393.
GettyMusJ12
(1984), no. 13, p. 266, illus.;
G i l t bronze
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
Height: 2 ft. % i n . (61.6 cm); W i d t h :
p. 290, illus. p. 291.
ι ft. /i6 i n . (32 cm); Depth: 7% i n . (18.5 cm)
9
Accession number 78.DF.90.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
J. Bardac, Paris; Paul Dutasta, Paris (sold,
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 4,1926,
lot 105); (?) Rothschild collection, Paris;
[Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York];
purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1953.
F R E N C H
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
GILT
BRONZE:
FIREDOGS
177. Pair of Firedogs
F I R E D O G S
Paris, circa 1735
By Charles Cressent
176. Pair of Firedogs
Paris, circa 1735
G i l t bronze
G i l t bronze
Height: 1 ft. 3% i n . (38.7 cm); W i d t h :
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 .
ι ft. 3 i n . (38.1 cm); Depth: 9 /s i n . (24.4 cm);
(20.6 cm)
Right: Height: 1 ft. 4 i n . (32.3 cm); W i d t h :
Accession number 73.DF.63.1—.2
3
5
3
ι ft. 3 4 i n . (38.7 cm); D e p t h : 8 /s i n .
X
7
P R O V E N A N C E
(22.6 cm)
Private collection, Paris; [Didier Aaron,
Accession number 71.DF.114.1—.2
Paris, by 1971]; [French and Co., N e w York,
1972]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
P R O V E N A N C E
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York]; Anna
E X H I B I T I O N S
T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse
Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Fourth
Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n (sold, Christie's,
International
L o n d o n , June 24, 1971, l o t 18); purchased
CINOA,
One of a pair
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
177
Exhibition
Presented by
M a r c h - M a y 1970, no. 237.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Marie-Juliette Ballot, Charles Cressent:
Sculpteur, ébéniste, collectionneur,
Archives
de Vart frangais: Nouvelle période 10 (Paris,
1919), p. 218; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 17,
p. 34, illus.; Ottomeyer and Pröschel,
Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 112.
Firedog .1
176
Firedog . 2
176
lOJ
Ιθ8
F R E N C H
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
F I R E D O G S
178. Pair of Firedogs
Paris, circa 1775
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre Gouthiére
G i l t bronze; dark blue enamel panels
Stamped i n various places w i t h either the
letters A, E, or EA.
Height: 1 ft. 3% i n . (40 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 3 i n . (38 cm); D e p t h : 5 A i n . (14 cm)
l
Accession number 62.DF.1.1-.2
179
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Louise-Jeanne de D u r f o r t , <luchesse de
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Mazarin, Paris (sold, Paris, December 10-15,
Verlet et al., Chefi d'oeuvre, p. 130, illus.;
Porcelain: Chinese, early eighteenth century
1781, l o t 285); comtesse de Clermont-
Getty, Collecting, p. 150; Ottomeyer and
Lacquer: French, circa 1750
Tonnerre, Paris (sold, H o t e l D r o u o t , Paris,
Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 272, illus.
M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1750
180. Inkstand
October 10-13,1900, lot 290); private col
Hard-paste porcelain, vernis Martin-, gilt-
lection, Paris (sold, H o t e l D r o u o t , Paris,
bronze mounts
February 4, 1909, lot 96); M o r t i m e r L .
Schiff, N e w York (sold by his heir John L .
Height: 8 i n . (20.3 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 2 i n .
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
I N K S T A N D S
Schiff, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 22,1938, lot
45); purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
(35.6 cm); D e p t h : 10 Α i n . (26.7 cm)
τ
Accession number 76.Di.12
179. Inkstand and Paperweights
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, circa 1715
[B. Fabre et Fils, Paris, 1976]; purchased by
G i l t bronze
Inkstand: Height: 4% i n . (10.8 cm); W i d t h :
J. Paul Getty.
ι ft. 2 % i n . (37.2 cm); Depth: πV% i n .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(28.2 cm); Paperweights: Height: 2 /s i n .
W i l s o n et al., Mounted
(6.7 cm); W i d t h : 6 A i n . (16.2 cm); Depth:
no. 14, pp. 68-69, illu-S,
5
3
Oriental
Porcelain,
4 λ i n . (11.4 cm)
ι
Accession number 75.DF.6.1-.3
P R O V E N A N C E
[Michel Meyer, Paris]; [Kraemer et Cie,
Paris, 1975]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
One of a pan
178
180
F R E N C H
GILT
B R O N Z E :
FIGURAL
BRONZES
182. Inkstand
(?) Paris, late nineteenth century
Oak veneered w i t h rosewood; set w i t h hardpaste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts
One plaque bears an unidentified mark i n
script. Base pasted w i t h paper label printed
181
Palace ofPavlovsk i n Russian, inked w i t h the
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
Height: 3% i n . (8.9 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 6 / 2 i n .
(47 cm); D e p t h : 9 V 2 i n . (24.1 cm)
w i t h a French customs stamp. Base painted
Height: 3% i n . (9.8 cm); W i d t h : 11% i n .
Accession number 73.DJ.67
183
L'Etude
1044 i n white and Uh.6$22 i n blue.
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
(28.6 cm); Depth: 7% i n . (18.4 cm)
Accession number 7 1 . D H . 9 7
P R O V E N A N C E
Adolphe L i o n , Paris, 1929; M r s . Benjamin
P R O V E N A N C E
Stern, N e w York (sold, American A r t
Association, N e w York, A p r i l 4-7,1934,
lot 848); [Frederick Victoria, Inc., N e w
York]; [Mallett and Son, L t d . , London,
1973]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Russian Imperial Collections, Palace o f
F I G U R A L
B R O N Z E S
183. Pair of Figures, L'Etude and
La Philosophie
Pavlovsk (near St. Petersburg), u n t i l the
Paris, circa 1780-1785
early twentieth century; [Duveen Brothers,
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre-Philippe Thomire after
New York]; A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose
models by Louis-Simon Boizot
Terrace, Grosse Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n
Patinated and gilt bronze
(sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 24,1971, lot
Male Figure: Height: 1 ft. 1 i n . (33 cm);
33); purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
W i d t h : ι ft. 2 i n . (35.7 cm); Depth: 4V8 i n .
(11.7 cm); Female Figure: Height: 1 ft. 1 i n .
E X H I B I T I O N S
(33 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. i /s i n . (35.2 cm);
7
The D e t r o i t Institute o f Arts, French Taste
in the Eighteenth Century, April-June 1956,
no. 174, illus. p. 50.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Savill, Sevres, v o l . 2, n . 15, p. 860.
182
La Philosophie
183
IO9
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
Depth: 4 /s i n . (11.7 cm)
Height: 9 i n . (22.8 cm); Diameter: 6 i n .
Accession number 88.SB.113.1-.2
(15.2 cm)
5
Accession number 88.DH.127.1-.2
185. Fountain
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, 1661-1663, w i t h English alterations o f
Private collection, Chateau de la Chesaie,
P R O V E N A N C E
Eaubonne (sold, Sotheby's, Monaco,
Marquise de Pompadour, Paris, before 1752;
February 5,1978, lot 20); purchased at that
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris]; private collection,
sale by T h e British Rail Pension Fund.
Paris, purchased circa 1910; [Jean-Luc
century
Silver
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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,"
fleur-de-lys; a crowned R (the warden's
GettyMusJij
PAINTED BRONZE!
(1989), no. 72, p. 142, illus.; Handbook 1991,
FIGURAL
p. 172, illus. (one).
BRONZES
Jean I V Le Roy, probably altered i n L o n d o n
Garden, and again later i n the eighteenth
Chalmin, Paris, 1988].
no. 78, p. 144, illus.
1695, 1758, and circa 1762
i n 1695 by Ralph Leeke, i n 1758 by Phillips
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ 17 (1989),
SILVER
mark used between December 30,1661,
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 :
attributed to Etienne-Simon M a r t i n and
ι ft. 2V8 i n . (35.9 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 2% i n .
5
Guillaume M a r t i n
(36.2 cm)
Painted bronze; silver
Accession number 82.DG.17
The base o f each bronze is stamped w i t h
P R O V E N A N C E
the crowned Cfor 1745-1749. Each silver
I n England by 1694, when probably adapted
element is marked w i t h a crowned F(the
from a lidded one-handled vase w i t h a spout
wardens mark used between October 4,
m o u n t e d higher, and when a matching
1738, and October 12,1739); a fox's head
fountain and two basins were made by Ralph
(the Paris discharge mark for small works
Leeke; Sir Nathaniel Curzon, ist Baron
i n silver and gold used between October 4,
Scarsdale (born 1726, married Caroline
1738, and October 12,1744); and a helmet
Colyear 1750, died 1804), Kedleston H a l l ,
w i t h open visor (the Paris discharge mark
Derbyshire, by 1750; Earls o f Scarsdale,
for works i n gold and small works i n o l d
Kedleston H a l l , by descent (offered for sale,
silver used between October 13,1744, and
Christie's, L o n d o n , July 16,1930, lot 42,
October 9, 1750). The silver also bears an
bought i n ; offered for sale, Christie's,
obliterated mark w h i c h m i g h t be a charge
or maker's mark.
One
of
a pair
184
F R E N C H
S I L V E R
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Jacques Helft, French Master Goldsmiths and
Silversmiths (New York, 1966), pp. 6 0 - 6 1 ,
illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 2, pp. 4-5,
illus.; Gillian Wilson, "The Kedleston Foun
tain: Its Development from a SeventeenthCentury Vase," GettyMusJ 11 (1983), pp. 1-12,
figs. 1-4, 6-7, 9,11,16-17.
186. Pair of Tureens, Liners, and Stands
Paris, 1726-1729
One of a pair
186
By Thomas Germain, w i t h arms added i n
1764 by his son Francois-Thomas Germain
Silver
Marked variously o n tureens, liners, and
stands w i t h a crowned AT (the warden's mark
used between August 13,1726, and August
13,1727); a crowned Μ (the warden's mark
used between August 12,1728, and August
26, 1729); a crowned A overlaid w i t h crossed
ι8
5
Z's (the charge mark used between M a y 6,
and .48^3^2^;
stands engraved w i t h the
weights -48^2^
and -48^^
B°
t n
stands,
one w i t h the added date 1764, engraved
FAIT. PARF. T.GERMAIN.
OYAUX
ORF.SCULP.DU.R
GALLERIES.DULOUVRE.
APARIS.
T h e coat o f arms o f the Mello e Castro
family engraved o n stands and applied on
tureens.
1722, and September 3,1727, under the fer-
Tureens: Height: 6 A i n . (17.4 cm); W i d t h :
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 :
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
22,1732); an artichoke mark (for o l d works
E X H I B I T I O N S
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Louis XIV:
Faste et decors, M a y - O c t o b e r i960, no. 378,
pi. 58.
i n silver to which new parts have been
added, used between November 22,1762,
and December 23,1768); and w i t h three
obliterated marks, probably o f Thomas
Germain. One tureen, stand, and liner
engraved N 1,
0m
the others N '2\
0
tureens
engraved w i t h the weights .^<?^j ^2^
ö
7
7
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Jacques-Samuel Bernard (1686-1753),
comte de Coubert, i n the salle a manger o f
his hotel, 46 rue d u Bac, Paris [information:
B. Pons]; altered by Fran9ois-Thomas
Germain i n 1764 for D . M a r t i n h o de Mello
e Castro, C o u n t o f Galveias, the Portuguese
ambassador i n L o n d o n (1755) and i n Paris
I I I
112
FRENCH SILVER
used i n Paris exclusively from M a y 10, 1838).
from 1760-1761 (temporarily residing i n the
pp. 126-153; Leonor d'Orey, The Silver
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
by J. Paul Getty.
EXHIBITIONS
Lisbon, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Exposicao de arte francesa, May-June 1934,
187
nos. 230-231; Paris, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Les Tresors de I'orfevrerie
eme
siecle en
France (Paris, 1951), no. 192, p. n o , illus.
du Portugal,
November 1954-January 1955, no. 453.
Emile Dacier, LArt au XVIII
187. Lidded
Ecuelle
Paris, 1727
BIBLIOGRAPHY
By Claude-Gabriel Dardet
Daniel Alcouffe, Louis XV: Un Moment de
Silver-gilt
perfection de Vanfrancais"
H o t e l de la
Marked on bowl w i t h the maker's stamp
Monnaie, Paris, 1974, no. 484, p. 358;
o f C.G.D., a dart, and two grains below a
Thomas Milnes-Gaskell, "Thomas Ger
crowned fleur-de-lys; a crowned L (the war
main," Christies Review of the Season
den's mark used between August 13,1727,
(London and N e w York, 1976), pp. 219-221,
and August 12, 1728); a crowned A (the
illus.; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1982," no. 3,
charge mark used between September 3,
pp. 24-28, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 11,
1727, and December 22,1732, under the
pp. 22-23, illus.; A r m i n B. Allen, An
fermier Jacques C o t t i n ) ; a fleur-de-lys
Exhibition
of Ornamental Drawings (New
w i t h i n a pomegranate (the discharge mark
York, 1982), no. 53, illus.; Handbook 1986, p.
used on large silver objects between Septem
157, illus. (one); Bruno Pons, " H o t e l
ber 3,1727, and December 22, 1732); an
Jacques-Samuel Bernard," Le Faubourg
unidentified flower, possibly a lily o f the
Saint-Germain:
valley (a discharge mark used to indicate a
la rue du Bac, Etudes offertes
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
188. Lidded Bowl and Stand
Lacquer: Japanese, early eighteenth century
Mounts: Paris, circa 1727-1738
W o o d lacquered w i t h red and brown
pigments; gold powder; silver-gilt mounts
L i d , bowl, and stand mounts variously
marked w i t h the unidentified maker's stamp
P.L.R. w i t h a crescent, two grains, and a
fleur-de-lys; a crowned bell (the Paris
countermark used between September 3,
1727, and December 22, 1732, under the
fermier Jacques C o t t i n ) ; a crowned S (the
warden's mark used between September 18,
1734, and September 23, 1735); and an
unidentified mark.
FRENCH SILVER
189. Pair of Sugar Castors
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, 1743
Ε J. E. Horstmann (sold, Frederik Müller,
By Simon Gallien
Amsterdam, November 19-21,1919, lot 178);
Silver
Jean-Louis Bonnefoy, Paris; Sir Robert Abdy,
Each castor is marked w i t h the maker's
Bt., N e w t o n Ferrers, Cornwall; by descent to
stamp o f S.G., a sun and two grains below a
Sir Valentine Abdy; [S. J. Phillip^ London].
crowned fleur-de-lys; a crowned C (the war
den's mark used between M a y 30,1743, and
July 6,1744); a crowned A (the charge mark
used between October 4,1738, and Octo
188
ber 13,1744, under the fermierLouis
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
no. 53, p. 178, illus.
Robin);
a fox's head (the discharge mark used o n
Overall Height: $Vi6 i n . (14.1 cm); Bowl:
small silver objects between October 4,1738,
Height: 5M6 i n . (13.2 cm); W i d t h : yVs i n .
and October 13,1744); a salmon's head (the
(18.7 c m ) ; D e p t h : 5 /s i n . (13.6 cm); Stand:
discharge mark used o n small silver objects
Height: Vs i n . (2.3 cm); Diameter: yVi6 i n .
between October 13,1744, and October 10,
(18.2 cm)
1750, under the fermier Antonie Leschaudel);
Accession number 84.DH.74.1.2a— .2b
a fly (the countermark used between Octo
3
ber 13,1744, and October 10,1750, under
P R O V E N A N C E
Hans Backer, L o n d o n ; M a r t i n N o r t o n ,
London.
the fermier Antoine Leschaudel); a laurel
leaf (the countermark used between Octo
ber 13,1756, and November 22,1762, under
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
the fermier'Eloy Brichard); an open right
Nieda, "Acquisitions 1984," no. 2, pp. 72-76,
hand (the countermark used between
illus.; "Acquisitions/1984,"
November 22,1762, and December 23,1768,
(1985), no. 52, p. 177, illus.
GettyMusJi^
under the fermier Jean-Jacques Prévost); an
TV inscribed i n an oval (the D u t c h date letter
for 1822 for works i n precious metal); and
an ax (a D u t c h standard mark used since
1852 for old silver objects returned to circu
lation). The base o f castor .1 is inscribed
409\ the base o f castor .2 is inscribed 409A.
Castor .1: Height: 10%. i n . (26 cm);
Diameter: 4% i n . (11.5 cm); Castor .2:
Height: ιοΥχ i n . (26.6 cm); Diameter:
4 /8
5
i n . (11.7 cm)
Accession number 84.DG.744.1-.2
One of a pair
189
113
114
F R E N C H
S I L V E R
Π90. Pair of Lidded Tureens, Liners,
and Stands
Paris, 1744-1750
By Thomas Germain
Silver
Marked variously o n the tureens, liners,
lids, and stands w i t h a crowned D (the war
dens mark used between July 6,1744, and
November 27,1745); a crowned / (the war
den's mark used between July 18,1749, and
July 15,1750); a crowned
(the warden's
mark used between July 15, 1750, and
January 22,1751); an indistinct mark, pos
sibly a crowned A (the charge mark used
between October 4,1738, and October 13,
1744, under the firmier Louis Robin); a
crowned A (the charge mark used between
October 13, 1744, and October 10,1750,
190
under the firmier A n t o i n e Leschaudel);
a hen's head (the discharge mark used o n
small silver objects between October 10,
Tureens: Height: 11 MO i n . (30 cm); W i d t h :
A p r i l 27,1976, lot 446); private collection,
1750, and October 13, 1756, under the
ι ft. i 4 in. (34.9 cm); Depth: 11 V% i n .
Geneva, 1976.
firmier Julien Berthe); a boar's head (the
(28.2 cm); Stands: Height: i /s i n . (4.2 cm);
discharge mark used o n large silver objects
W i d t h : ι ft. 6V16 i n . (46.2 cm); Depth:
between October 10, 1750, and October 13,
ι ft. 6V16 in. (47.2 cm)
1756); and a laurel leaf (the countermark
Accession number 82.DG.13.1-.2
3
5
used between October 13, 1756, and
November 22,1762, under the firmier Eloy
Brichard); and several obliterated marks.
(?) Archbishop D o m Gaspar de Bragan$a
(1716-1789, archbishop o f Braga 1757),
w i t h DUN
Braga, Portugal; Robert John Smith, 2nd
3; the other w i t h DUN
0
4.
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Les Tresors
de Torfevrerie du Portugal, November 1954January 1955, no. 455, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
One tureen, liner, l i d , and stand engraved
0
E X H I B I T I O N S
Stands scratched w i t h various dealers'
L o r d Carrington (succeeded to the title i n
marks o f twentieth-century date. Originally
1838), England; [S.J. Phillips, L o n d o n ,
engraved w i t h an archbishop's coat o f arms
1920s or 1930s]; M r . and Mrs. Meyer
surrounded by the collar and cross o f the
Sassoon, Pope's Manor, Berkshire, by the
Order o f Christ, now partly erased and
1930s; [S.J. Phillips, London]; [Jacques
replaced w i t h the arms o f Robert John
Helft, Paris]; José and Vera Espirito Santo,
Smith, 2nd L o r d Carrington.
Paris, by 1954 (sold, Christie's, Geneva,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Thomas Milnes-Gaskell, "Thomas Ger
m a i n , " Christies Review of the Season 197$
( L o n d o n and N e w York, 1976), pp. 219-221,
illus.; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1982," no. 7,
pp. 39-45, illus.; Storia degli Argenti,
Kirsten Aschengreen-Piacenti, ed. (Novara,
1987), p. 129, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 173,
illus. (one).
F R E N C H
S I L V E R
P R O V E N A N C E
Marquis de Menars; (?) Junius Spencer
Morgan, N e w York; [Puiforcat, Paris, by
1926, and through 1938]; D a v i d David-Weill,
Paris (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris, N o v e m
ber 24,1971, lot 24); purchased at that sale
by J. Paul Getty.
E X H I B I T I O N S
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Exposition
d'orfevrerie frangaise civile du XVT Steele au
e
191
debut du XIX , A p r i l - M a y 1926, no. 91;
e
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
o f F.T.G., a lamb's fleece, two grains, and a
crowned fleur-de-lys; a crowned A^(the war
used on small silver objects between Novem
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
S. Brauk and Y. Bottineau,
frangaise du XVIII
e
den's mark used between July 15,1750, and
January 22,1751); a crowned A w i t h palm
and laurel branches (the charge mark used
between October 10, 1750, and October 13,
1756, under the firmier Julien Berthe); a
boar's head (the "restricted warranty" o f
.800 m i n i m u m silver standard used i n Paris
L'Orfevrerie
Steele (Paris, 1959), p. 186,
pi. 17; Faith Dennis, Three Centuries of
French Domestic Silver: Its Makers and Its
Marks (New York, i 9 6 0 ) , v o l . 1, p. 116,
fig. 149; H e n r y N o c q , Le Poingon de Paris
(Paris, 1968), v o l . 2, p. 243, illus. opposite
p. 244.
ber 22,1762, and December 23,1768, under
the firmier Jean-Jacques Prévost); a pointer's
head (the discharge mark used on small sil
ver objects between November 22,1762, and
December 23, 1768); a hunting horn (the
countermark used between December 23,
1768, and September 1,1775, under the
firmier Julien Alaterre); a man's slipper (the
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)
stamp o f J . B.C.-, a key and two grains below
countries between July 1,1893, and 1970).
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.
7
Accession number 71.DG.78
and July 13,1763); a crowned A w i t h laurel
115
Il6
F R E N C H
SILVER
Cumberland and Brunswick-Lüneburg,
Height: 4% i n . (12.1 cm;); W i d t h : 5 /s i n .
5
(14.3 cm); Depth: 7% i n . (19.8 cm)
K i n g o f Hanover, 1837; (?) Ernst Augustus,
Accession number 71.DG.76.1—.2
D u k e o f Cumberland and BrunswickLüneburg, 1851 (sold after his death, circa
P R O V E N A N C E
1924); Cartier, L t d . , L o n d o n , by 1926; Louis
Dukes o f Buckingham and Chandos, L o n
Cartier, Paris, by the 1960s; Claude Cartier,
don (sold 1903); J. H . Fitzhenry, L o n d o n
Paris, 1970s (sold, Sotheby's, Monaco,
(sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , November 20,
November 25-27,1979, lot 824, w i t h
1913, lot 214); [Gaston Bensimon, Paris];
another pair o f matching candelabra);
D a v i d David-Weill, Paris (sold, Palais
Veronique Cartier, Paris, 1979.
Galliera, Paris, November 24,1971, lot 14);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
E X H I B I T I O N S
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs,
E X H I B I T I O N S
Exposition
d'orfevrerie frangaise civile du XV siecle au
e
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Exposition
debut du XIX , A p r i l - M a y 1926, no. 144,
e
d'orftvrerie frangaise civile du XV siecle au
e
o n loan f r o m Cartier, L t d . , L o n d o n ; Paris,
debut du XIX , A p r i l - M a y 1926, no. 108, on
e
Galerie Mellerio, LOrfevrerie
loan from D a v i d David-Weill.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Storia degli Argenti, Kirsten AschengreenPiacenti, ed. (Novara, 1987), p. 128, illus.
et le bijou
d'autrefois, 1935, no. 70.
One of a pair
193
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Faith Dennis, Three Centuries of French
and June 4,1783, under the
fermier'Henry
Domestic Silver: Its Makers and Its Marks
Clavel); a j u g (the discharge mark used on
(New York, i 9 6 0 ) , v o l . 1, no. 20, p. 45, illus.
works destined for export between A p r i l 7,
vol. 2, p. 31; Claude Frégnac et al., Les
1781, and June 4,1783); an ant i n a rectangle
Grands orfevres de Louis XIII
Paris, 1779-1782
(the mark o f .800 m i n i m u m standard for
(Collection Connaissance des arts, Paris,
1 9 3 . Pair of Candelabra
a Charles X
By Robert-Joseph Auguste
works imported into France from contract
1965), pp. 240-241, fig. 2; Jacques Helft,
Silver
ing countries as used since July 1,1893); and
French Master Goldsmiths and
Marked variously w i t h maker's stamp o f
the letter G (of u n k n o w n meaning). Each
(New York, 1966), p. 240, fig. 2; Serge
R.J. A. w i t h a palm branch and two grains,
base engraved w i t h the monogram GR III
Grandjean et al., Cinq années
below a crowned fleur-de-lys; a crowned Ρ
under a crown.
ment du patrimoine
Silversmiths
d'enrichisse-
national1975-1980,
(the warden's mark used between July 18,
Height: 1 ft. ioV% i n . (56.1 cm); W i d t h :
Grand Palais, Paris, November 1980-March
1778, and July 21,1781); a crowned S (the
ι ft. 3/8 i n . (38.5 cm) Depth: 1 ft. 2 /s i n .
1981, no. 109, pp. 128-129; "Acquisitions/
wardens mark used between August 1,1781,
(36.5 cm)
1984," GettyMusJi?,
and July 13,1782); the letters P.A.R.I.S. (the
Accession number 84.DG.42.1—.2
illus. (one); Jonathan Bourne and Vanessa
3
Brett, Lighting in the Domestic Lnterior:
charge mark used between September 1,
1775, and A p r i l 7,1781, under the fermier
Jean-Baptiste Fouache); crossed Z's (the
charge mark used between A p r i l 7, 1781,
(1985), no. 63, p. 182,
P R O V E N A N C E
From a service made for George I I I o f
England; (?) Ernst Augustus, Duke o f
Renaissance to Art Nouveau (London, 1991),
illus. p. 108, fig. 344.
F R E N C H
E N A M E L S
E N A M E L S
195. Prudence Commesso Hat Badge
(enseigne)
1550-1560
Gold; white, blue, red, and black enamel;
chalcedony; and a table-cut diamond
Height: 2% i n . (5.7 cm)
Accession number 85.SE.238
P R O V E N A N C E
Baronne James de Rothschild, Paris, 1866;
Thomas Ε Flannery, Jr., Winnetka, Illinois
(sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , December 1, 1983,
lot 288); [David, Inc., Vaduz].
194
Back view
194
E X H I B I T I O N S
G O L D :
J E W E L R Y
Loyola University o f Chicago, The Art of
E X H I B I T I O N S
New York, A La Vieille Russie, The Art of
194. Hercules Pendant
Paris, circa 1540
Gold; white, blue, and black enamel; and
a baroque pearl
Height: 2 /s i n . (6 cm); W i d t h : 2V8 i n .
3
(5.4 cm)
Accession number 85.SE.237
the Goldsmith and the Jeweller, Novem
ber 6-23,1968, no. 8, p. 15.
Jewelry, 1450-1600,1975, no. 9; T h e Fine Arts
Museums o f San Francisco, The Triumph
of Humanism:
Three Phases of Renaissance
Decorative Arts 1450-1600, October 1977January 1978, no. 99.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Yvonne Hackenbroch, "Bijoux de FEcole
de Fontainebleau," Actes du Colloque Inter
nationalsur
I Art de Fontainebleau
(Paris,
1975), p. 71, figs. 1-2; Yvonne Hackenbroch,
P R O V E N A N C E
Renaissance Jewellery (London, 1979),
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Vienna;
dust jacket illus. and p i . 7, nos. 140A-B,
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna;
pp. 63-64; Christies Review of the Season
C. R u x t o n Love, N e w York (sold, Christie's,
1984 (Oxford, 1985), p. 338; Souren
Geneva, November 13, 1984, lot 45); [David,
Melikian, Art and Auction 7 (January 1985),
Inc., Vaduz].
p. 144; "La Cote d u M o i s , " L'Estampille 177
(January 1985), p. 67;"Acquisitions/i985,"
GettyMusJ 14 (19S6),no. 216, pp. 252-253,
illus.; Handbook1991,
p. 204, illus.
195
11J
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
Edouard Liévre, Les Collections célebres
d'oeuvres d'art (Paris, 1866), p i . 49; D o n a l d Ε
Rowe, "The A r t o f Jewellery, 1540-1650,"
Connoisseur188 (April 1975), p. 293, p i . 4;
Yvonne Hackenbroch, Renaissance Jewellery
(London, 1979), pp. 90-92, p i . 8, fig. 236;
Art at Auction: the Year at Sotheby's 1983-1984
(London, 1984), p. 202; "Acquisitions/1985,"
GettyMusJ 14 (1986), no. 217, p. 253, illus.
196. Twelve Plaques with Scenes from the
Passion of Christ
Limoges, 1530s
By Jean I I Pénicaud
Polychrome enamel o n copper w i t h gold
highlights
Each stamped o n back under clear counterenamel w i t h a Ρ surmounted by a crown
(Pénicaud workshop stamp). Also inscribed
SANCT. PETR.
o n Saint Peters robe i n The
Entry into Jerusalem plaque and IOSEP
.
DABAR o n robe o f Joseph i n The Entomb
ment plaque.
Height (each plaque): approx. 3%) i n .
196
(9.4 cm); W i d t h : approx. 2% i n . (7.3 cm)
Accession number 88.SE.4.1-.12
P R O V E N A N C E
Alessandro Castellani, Rome (sold, H o t e l
"The Passion o f Christ: Twelve Enamel
E X H I B I T I O N S
Lille, Exposition retrospective de l'art frangais
Plaques i n the J. Paul Getty Museum,"
au Trocadéro, 1889, no. 1037.
GettyMusJ 18 (1990), pp. 127-140.
D r o u o t , Paris, M a y 12-16," 1884, l o t 472);
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
Ceramics
198. Oval Basin
Saintes, circa 1550
A t t r i b u t e d to Bernard Palissy
Lead-glazed earthenware
Height: 2 /s in.(6.6 cm); Length: 1 ft. 7 i n .
5
(48.2 cm); W i d t h : i f t . 2% i n . (36.8 cm)
Accession number 88.DE.63
P R O V E N A N C E
197
Mars
197. Allegory of Charles IX as Mars
Allegory of Catherine de' Medici as Juno
Limoges, 1573
197
Juno
Carl Becker, Cologne; private collection,
England; British art market.
P R O V E N A N C E
Debruge-Dumenil, 1847; Albert Primrose,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
6th Earl o f Rosebery, Mentmore Towers,
Katalog der Kunst-Sammlung,
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),
Consul Carl
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
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
center o f cloud at left o f Mars. Signed LL at
b o t t o m o f cloud i n b o t t o m center o f Juno.
Inscribed o n backs at a later date C DE
MEDICIS
a n d CHARLES
IX.
de
(1989),
no. 84, p. 146, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Joseph Laborde, Description des objets d'art
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,
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;
bijoux,
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
no. 199, pp. 218-219, illus.
(1987),
198
II9
I20
F R E N C H
CERAMICS
199. (?) Model for a Ceramic Vessel
NIVERNOIS
Paris, circa 1725-1730
Terracotta
2 0 0 . Lidded Jug
Incised under the base EX MUSEO
MONCREIFFE.
Nivernois, 1680-1690
DOCT. ET. SOC.
SORBONICI.
DECANUS.
P.C. DE.
ECLE AE DUEN
Tin-glazed and painted earthenware
(?)SI
Height: 7 A i n . (19.1 cm); W i d t h : 7 / 8 i n .
l
Modeled w i t h the arms, mono
(18.ι cm); D e p t h : 4 i n . (10.2 cm)
gram, and coronet (now partly missing) o f
Accession number 88.DE.126
Louis-Henri, prince de Conde, due de
Bourbon.
P R O V E N A N C E
Height: 1 ft. 4 i n . (32.4 cm); W i d t h : 11 4 i n .
D e Jouvenal collection, France; [Georges
(29.8 cm); D e p t h : 11 4 i n . (29.8 cm)
Lefebvre, Paris, 1988].
3
3
3
Accession number 83.DE.36
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ'17 (1989),
P R O V E N A N C E
no. 65, p. 140, illus.
Louis-Henri, 7th prince de Conde, due de
Bourbon, Chateau de Chantilly
199
(1692-1740); (?) Francois-Augustin Paradis
de M o n c r i f (1687-1770); Pierre-Charles de
SAINT-CLOUD
Moncrif, archbishop o f the cathedral church
d A u t u n , recorded as item 6 i n M o n c r i f s
2 0 1 . Lidded Ewer and Basin
cabinet de curiosités i n the inventory taken
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,"
GettyMusJ12
4338.8 and Charles E. Dunlap. Each silver
(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
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)
Accession number 84.DE.917.a-.b
P R O V E N A N C E
Mrs. H . Dupuy, N e w York (sold, Parke-
203
P R O V E N A N C E
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,
December 3, 1975, lot 231); purchased at
that sale by T h e British Rail Pension Fund.
Moustiers, Olerys manufactory, circa
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^
1740-1760
(1985),
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
A r t , Masterpieces of European
Earthenware; polychrome enamel
ι ft. 5 /8 i n . (44.8 cm)
5
Porcelain,
Accession number 87.DE.25
1949, no. 144; M a l i b u , T h e J. Paul Getty
Museum, o n loan, 1982-1988.
P R O V E N A N C E
[Georges Lefebvre, Paris, 1986].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ 17 (1989),
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
no. 70, p. 141, illus.
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
no. 75, p. 178, illus.
202
121
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
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1982," no. 5,
pp. 33-36, illus.
204
Height: Ύ16 i n . (2.3 cm); W i d t h : 4V16 i n .
CHANTILLY
One
of
a
pair
205
2 0 5 . Pair of Magot Figures
(11.6 cm); Depth: 4 % i n . (11.5 cm); Sugar
C h a n t i l l y manufactory, circa 1740
Bowl: Height: 3/8 i n . (7.7 cm); W i d t h :
Soft-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
Chantilly manufactory, circa 1730-1735
4 /8 i n . (11.ι cm); D e p t h : 4/16 i n . (10.3 cm);
decoration; gilt-bronze mounts
Soft-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
Teapot: Height: 3/2 i n . (8.9 cm); W i d t h :
Height: 7 i n . (18 cm); W i d t h : 7 i n . (18 cm);
decoration
5/8 i n . (13.1 cm); Depth: 3 /i6 i n . (8.4 cm)
D e p t h : 7 i n . (18 cm)
Tray: Height: % i n . (2.1 cm); W i d t h :
Accession number 82.DE.167.1-.5
Accession number 85.DI.380.1—.2
2 0 4 . Tea Service
s
8 % i n . (22.4 cm); Depth: 8 % i n . (22.7 cm);
Cups: Height:
3
i n . (4 cm); W i d t h : 3% i n .
I /I6
9
(8.2 cm); Depth: 2 A i n . (6.7 cm); Saucers:
5
P R O V E N A N C E
[Klaber and Klaber, London, 1980];
[Winifred Williams, L t d . , London, 1982].
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
L U N E V I L L E
P R O V E N A N C E
Miss A . Phillips, L o n d o n (sold, Sotheby's,
L o n d o n , February 28,1961, lot 56); [Wini
fred W i l l i a m s , L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; [Partridge
(Fine Arts) L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14
(1986),
no. 197, p. 245, illus.
2 0 6 . Chamber Pot (bourdaloue)
C h a n t i l l y manufactory, circa 1740
Soft-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
decoration
Painted o n the base w i t h the iron-red
h u n t i n g h o r n mark o f the Chantilly
manufactory.
Height: 3 % i n . (9.8 cm); W i d t h : 7 % i n .
(19.6 cm); D e p t h : 4 A i n . (11.8 cm)
5
207
Accession number 8 2 . D E . 9
LUNEVILLE
P R O V E N A N C E
Pierre de Regainy, Paris, 1957; Wilfred J.
207
Sainsbury, England; [Kate Foster, Rye,
Pair of Busts: Louis X V and
Marie Leczinska
England]; [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc.,
Lünéville manufactory, circa 1755
N e w York, 1977].
Lead-glazed earthenware (faience fine)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Bust o f Louis X V : Height: 1 ft. 8 Λ i n .
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1982," no. 6,
(53 cm); W i d t h : 9 ^ 6 i n . (24 cm); Depth:
7
9 /s i n . (25 cm); Bust o f Marie Leczinska:
7
pp. 36-38, illus.
206
Height: 1 ft. 8 /s i n . (53 cm); W i d t h : 67s i n .
7
(15.5 cm); Depth: 9% i n . (25 cm)
Accession number 86.DE.668.1-.2
123
124
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
M E N N E C Y
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
[Michel Vandermeersch, Paris].
Private collection, Paris (sold, H o t e l Drouot,
Paris, M a r c h 14,1910, lot 44); [Vander
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ 15 (1987),
no. 103, pp. 212-213, illus.
meersch, Paris, late 1940s]; M r . and M r s .
W i l l i a m Brown Meloney, Riverdale, N e w
York, late 1940s; [The Antique Porcelain
Co., Z u r i c h , from late 1950s].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Babette Craven, "French Soft Paste Porce
MENNECY
lain i n the Collection o f M r . and Mrs.
W i l l i a m B r o w n Meloney," Connoisseur143
2 0 8 . Bust of Louis X V
Mennecy manufactory, circa 1750-1755
(May 1959), pp. 135-142, fig. 10; "Acquisi
Soft-paste porcelain
tions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 55,
Height: 1 ft. 5 i n . (43.2 cm); W i d t h : 9 /i6 i n .
p. 179, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 160, illus.;
(24.5 cm); D e p t h : $ Ä6
Handbook 1991, p. 176, illus.
9
n
i n . (14.5 cm)
Accession number 8 4 . D E . 4 6
2 0 9 . Figure of a Street Vendor
Mennecy manufactory, circa 1755-1760
Soft-paste porcelain
209
Impressed o n the right side o f the base w i t h
the Mennecy manufactory mark DV.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Babette Craven, "French Soft Paste Porce
lain i n the Collection o f M r . and M r s .
W i l l i a m B r o w n Meloney," Connoisseur 143
Height: 9 /s i n . (23.9 cm); W i d t h : 4 / 2 i n .
( M a y 1959), p. 142; "Acquisitions/1986,"
(11.5 cm); Depth: 4% i n . (10.7 cm)
GettyMusJ i5
3
Accession number 86.DE.473
P R O V E N A N C E
M r . and M r s . W i l l i a m Brown Meloney,
Riverdale, N e w York; [The Antique Porce
lain Co., N e w York, 1986].
208
r
(1987), no. 104, p. 213, illus.
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
V I N C E N N E S
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
212
P R O V E N A N C E
Florence J. G o u l d , V i l l a E l Patio, Cannes
V I N C E N N E S
(sold, Sotheby's, M o n a c o , June 27,1984,
211. Lidded Bowl and Stand (acuelle ronde
etpfoteau rond)
lot 1588); [The A n t i q u e Porcelain Co.,
London].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
no. 198, p. 245, illus.
212. Watering Can (arrosoir, deuxieme
grandeur)
Vincennes manufactory, 1754
Vincennes manufactory, circa 1752-1753
Painted by Bardet
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu Upis ground color;
Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel
polychrome enamel decoration; gilding
decoration; gilding
Bowl and stand b o t h painted underneath
Painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed
w i t h the blue crossed L s o f the Vincennes
Z's o f the Vincennes manufactory ( w i t h a
manufactory; both incised /.
dot at their apex) enclosing the date letter Β
for 1754, and w i t h the painter's mark o f two
short parallel lines. Incised 4.
Bowl: Height: 5% i n . (14 cm); W i d t h : 8 4 i n .
3
(22.2 cm); D e p t h : 6Vs i n . (16.7 cm); Stand:
Height: 1 Vs i n . (4.1 cm); Diameter: 8 % i n .
(22.8 cm)
Accession number 8 9 . D E . 4 4 . a - . b
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, England; [Alexander and
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1988].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1989," GettyMusJ18 (1990),
no. 51, p. 192, illus.
210
Height: 7% i n . (19.7 cm); W i d t h : 9%; i n .
(24.5 cm); D e p t h : 5/8 i n . (13 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.89
P R O V E N A N C E
Florence, Countess o f Northbrook (wife o f
the 2nd Earl, married 1899, died 1946) (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , November 25,1940, part
o f lot 78); H u g h Burton-Jones, England,
1940; Kathleen Burton-Jones (Mrs. Gifford
I25
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
Adrian Sassoon, "Vincennes and Sevres
Porcelain Acquired by the J. Paul Getty
Museum i n 1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
pp. 89-91, illus.; "Acquisitions/1984,"
Height: 9% i n . (23.4 cm); W i d t h : u A i n .
7
GettyMusJY>, (1985), no. 58, p. 180, illus.;
Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Porcelain,
David Battie, ed. (London, 1990), p. 107,
illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porce
lain, no. ι, pp. 4 - 7 , illus. pp. 5, 7.
(30 cm); Depth: 8 / 2 i n . (21.6 cm)
Accession number 7 3 . D E . 6 4
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) 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
century); [(?) Gilbert Levy, Paris, early
twentieth century]; private collection, Paris;
[Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York,
early 1970s]; purchased by J. Paul Getty..
de Lazare
marchand-bijoutier
213
213. Vase (cuvette ä tombeau, premiere
grandeur)
Vincennes manufactory, 1754-1755
Painted by the crescent mark painter
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu celeste ground
color; polychrome enamel decoration;
gilding
Vincennes manufactory, 1755
M o d e l design by Jean-Claude Duplessis;
painted by Jean-Louis M o r i n after engraved
designs by Francois Boucher
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Le Livre-Journal
214. Pair of Pot-pourriVases (pots-pourris
Pompadour, troisieme grandeur)
Duvaux,
ordinaire du roy,
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu lapis ground color,
carmine red decoration; gilding
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
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
Antoine d'Albis, La Porcekine de Vincennes
Morin's mark Mm blue and two blue dots.
(Paris, 1991), p. 67, illus., and no. 195, p. 180,
Each vase incised 2 under the base.
illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porce
lain, no. 2, pp. 8-10, illus. pp. 9,11.
F R E N C H
Height: 10 i n . (25.5 cm); Diameter: 6 i n .
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
P R O V E N A N C E
(15.2 cm)
Private collection, France (sold, Christie's,
Accession number 8 4 . D E . 3 . 1 - . 2
L o n d o n , June 28,1982, lot 19); [ A r m i n Β .
Allen, N e w York, 1982].
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Sold by the Sevres manufactory between
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1982," no. 8,
August 20, 1756, and September 1756 to the
marchand-mercier
pp. 45-47, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 26,
Lazare Duvaux, Paris, for
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,
215
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
A d r i a n Sassoon, "Vincennes and Sevres
Porcelain Acquired by the J. Paul Getty
M u s e u m i n 1984," GettyMusJ
Savill, Sevres, vol. 2, p. 752; n . 3d, p. 756;
S E V R E S
Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porcehin,
13 (1985),
pp. 91-94, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
La Delegation ä l'Action Artistique de la
Ville de Paris, eds. (Paris, 1987), pp. 76-88;
215. Basket (panier^ deuxieme grandeur)
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
PZ under the base.
Height: 8 /s i n . (22 cm); W i d t h : j A i n .
5
7
(20.1 cm); Depth: y A i n . (18 cm)
l
Accession number 8 2 . D E . 9 2
mark
no. 4, pp. 20-22, illus. pp. 21-22;
1991, p. 181, illus.
Handbook
1TJ
128
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Sons, Retford, Nottinghamshire, July 23,
1970, lot 288); [Winifred Williams, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1970]; Eric Robinson, Mereworth
Castle, Kent (sold, Sotheby's, London,
June 12,1984, l o t 213); [Winifred Williams,
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1984].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Best, Son, and Carpenter, Catalogue of the
Ornamental Furniture, Works of Art, and
Porcehin at Welbeck Abbey (London, 1897),
216
2 i 6 . Ewer and Basin (broc etjatte feuille
d'eau, premiere grandeur)
no. 296, p. 52; A d r i a n Sassoon, "Vincennes
and Sévres Porcelain Acquired by the J. Paul
Getty Museum i n 1984," GettyMusJ 13
The Flute Lesson
217
The Grape Eaters
217
(1985), pp. 95-98, illus.; "Acquisitions/1984,"
Sevres manufactory, 1757
GettyMusJY>> (1985), no. 61, p. 181, illus.;
Possibly modeled after a design by Jean-
Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Porcelain,
Claude Duplessis
D a v i d Battie, ed. (London, 1990), p. 109,
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k ground color;
illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sévres Porce
polychrome enamel decoration; gilding
lain, no. 5, pp. 24-28, illus. pp. 25-27.
Basin painted underneath w i t h the blue
crossed I s o f the Sévres manufactory
enclosing the date letter Ε for 1757, and
w i t h an unidentified painters mark. Ewer
incised .T.m; basin incised C.N.
217. Pair of Figure Groups: The Flute
Lesson (Le Fluteur) and The Grape
Eaters (Les Mangeurs de Raisins)
Sévres manufactory, circa 1757-1766
After designs by Francois Boucher
Ewer: Height: y Ä6 i n . (19.2 cm); W i d t h :
9
5 /8 i n . (14.1 cm); D e p t h : 3 % i n . (8.1 cm);
5
Basin: Height: 2 4 i n . (7.1 cm); W i d t h :
3
Soft-paste biscuit porcelain, traces o f red
pigment
The Flute Lesson incised Fon back.
Accession number 7 0 . D E . 9 8 . 1 - . 2
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)
G o u r y de Rosland, Paris (sold, Galerie
Accession number: 8 4 . D E . 8 8 . a - . b
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
lot 108); M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w York
(?) W i l l i a m John Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott,
W i d t h : 10 i n . (25.4 cm); Depth: 6 i n .
(sold by his heir John L . Schiff, Christie's,
5th D u k e o f Portland (died 1879); Dukes
(15.2 cm); The Grape Eaters: Height: 9 i n .
L o n d o n , June 22,1938, lot 27); purchased
o f Portland, by descent, Welbeck Abbey,
(22.9 cm); W i d t h : 9 4 i n . (24.8 cm); Depth:
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
Nottinghamshire (sold, H e n r y Spencer and
7 i n . (17.8 cm)
3
F R E N C H
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
A n t o i n e d'Albis, "Le Marchand Mercier
Savill, Sevres, vol. 2, n . 3m, p. 589; Sassoon,
CERAMICS:
219. Pair of Cups and Saucers (gobelets
Cafabre et soucoupes)
Lazare Duvaux et la Porcelaine de V i n -
Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain, no. 7,
Sevres manufactory, 1759
cennes," Les Decors des
pp. 36-38, illus. p. 37.
Painted by Charles Buteux pere
boutiquesparisiennes
SEVRES
(Paris, 1987), La Delegation ä l'Action artis-
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k and green ground
tique de la V i l l e de Paris, eds., pp. 76-88,
colors; polychrome enamel decoration;
The Flute Lesson illus. p. 83; Sassoon, Vin-
gilding
cennes and Sevres Porcelain, no. 6, pp. 29-34,
Saucers painted underneath w i t h the blue
illus. pp. 31-33.
crossed L s o f the Sevres manufactory
enclosing the date letter ^ f o r 1759, and
w i t h the painter's mark o f a blue anchor.
One cup incised under the base w i t h an h;
218. Tray {plateau carré, deuxieme
grandeur)
the other cup incised w i t h an indecipherable
mark i n script.
Sevres manufactory, 1758
Soft-paste porcelain; p i n k ground color;
polychrome enamel decoration; gilding
Painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed
I s o f the Sevres manufactory enclosing the
218
date letter ^ f o r 1758, and w i t h an unidenti
fied painter's m a r k o f a blue E. Incised 60
underneath.
Height: Á6 i n . (2.3 cm); W i d t h : 5 i n .
I$
(12.7 cm); D e p t h : 5MO i n . (12.8 cm)
Accession number 7 2 . D E . 7 5
P R O V E N A N C E
A n n e and Deane Johnson, Los Angeles
(sold, Sotheby's, N e w York, December 9,
1972, l o t 27); purchased at that sale by
J. Paul Getty.
219
129
I30
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Cups: Height: 3%. i n . (8.3 cm); W i d t h : 4 i n .
(10.2 cm); D e p t h : 3 Ys i n . (7.9 cm); Saucers:
Height: i /s i n . (4.1 cm); Diameter: 6V16 i n .
5
(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
E. S. Auscher, A History and Description of
French Porcelain (London and N e w York,
1905), p i . 4; Robert Schmidt, Early
European PorceUin as Collected by Otto
Blohm ( M u n i c h and L o n d o n , 1953), p. 101,
Vase .1
220
Vase .1 back view
220
Vase . 2
220
Vase . 2 back view
220
illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 2, pp. 629, 652; n . 2,
p. 637; n . 134, p. 666; Sassoon, Vincennes
and Sevres Porcelain, no. 8, pp. 39-40, illus.
pp. 40-41.
F R E N C H
220. Pair of Vases (pot-pourri ä bobeches)
Painted by Charles-Nicolas D o d i n after
engraved designs by D a v i d Teniers
Nacional de A r t e Decorativo, El Arte de
vivir en francia del siglo XVIII,
Sevres manufactory, 1759
lejeune
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k and green
ground colors; polychrome enamel decora
tion; gilding
One painted underneath w i t h the blue
crossed Z's o f the Sevres manufactory
enclosing the date letter G for 1759, and
w i t h Dodin's mark k. Various paper collec
tors' labels pasted under the bases. One
vase unmarked.
September-
November 1968, no. 427, p l . 221.
CERAMICS:
SEVRES
221. Lidded Pot-pourri Vase (vase or
pot-pourri vaisseau a mat, deuxieme
grandeur)
Sevres manufactory, circa 1760
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Painting attributed to Charles-Nicolas
P. G. Konody, " D i e Kunsthistorische
Sammlung Pierpont Morgans," Kunst und
Kunsthandwerk
Dodin
(Vienna, 1903), no. 6, p. 158;
comte Xavier de Chavagnac, Catalogue
des porcelaines frangaises de M. J . Pierpont
Morgan (Paris, 1910), no. 107, p l . 32; Gillian
Wilson, "Sevres Porcelain at the J. Paul
Getty Museum," GettyMusJ4 (1977),
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),
Height: 9Ψ16 i n . (24.9 cm); W i d t h : 5V16 i n .
(14.4 cm); D e p t h : 3 % i n . (9.4 cm)
Accession number 75.DE.65.1-.2
pp. 64-67, illus. p. 31; Pierre Ennés,
"Essai de réconstitution d'une garniture
de Madame de Pompadour," Journal
of
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-
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.
221
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
Back view
221
131
132
F R E N C H
CERAMICS:
SEVRES
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k and green ground
E X H I B I T I O N S
colors; polychrome enamel decoration;
N e w York, T h e Metropolitan Museum
et la floraison des arts (Montreal, 1988),
gilding
o f A r t , o n loan 1914-1915 from J. Pierpont
pp. 118-123; Savill, Sevres, v o l . 1, p. 192;
Painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed Es
Morgan; Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de
n n . 43-44, p. 55; n . 25, p. 117; n . 3h, p. 196;
(partially abraded) o f the Sevres manufactory.
Bellas Artes, Exposición de obras maestras:
n . 23, p. 197; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres
Height: ι ft. 2 4 i n . (37.5 cm); W i d t h :
Colección Paula de Koenigsberg, October
Porcehin,
ι ft. i / i 6 i n . (34.8 cm); D e p t h : 6 / i 6 i n .
1945, no. 205, illus.; Buenos Aires, Museo
53-55; Handbook 1991, p. 183, illus.
(17.4 cm)
Nacional de Arte Decorativo, El arte de
3
n
I3
Accession number 7 5 . D E . n . a - . b
lain i n America," Madame de Pompadour
vivir enfrancia del siglo XVIII, SeptemberNovember 1968.
222. Pair of Vases (pots-pourris fontaine
or pots-pourris ä dauphins)
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) George W i l l i a m , 6 t h Earl o f Coventry,
no. 10, pp. 49-56, illus. pp. 51,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Croóme Court, Worcestershire; George
George Redford, Art Sales 1628-1887 (Lon-
W i l l i a m , 7 t h Earl o f Coventry, Croóme
don, 1888), v o l . i , pp. 400, 438; comte
Painting attributed to Charles-Nicolas
Court, Worcestershire (sold, Christie's,
Xavier de Chavagnac, Catalogue des porce-
Dodin
L o n d o n , June 12,1874, part o f lot 150,
Uines frangaises de M. J . Pierpont Morgan
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k , green, and bleu
for £10,500); W i l l i a m H u m b l e , ist Earl
(Paris, 1910), no. 109, p l . 33; Frederick
Upis ground colors; polychrome enamel
o f Dudley, Dudley House, L o n d o n , 1874;
Litchfield, "Imitations and Reproductions:
decoration; g i l d i n g
Sevres manufactory, circa 1760
(sold privately, 1885-1886); W i l l i a m J.
Part I—Sevres Porcelain," Connoisseur
Painted underneath the central section o f
Goode, L o n d o n (offered for sale, Christie's,
(September 1917), p. 6; C. C. Dauterman,
one vase w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f the
L o n d o n , July 17,1895, P
J. Parker, and E. Standen, Decorative Art
Sevres manufactory.
a r t
o f lot 147,
bought i n for £8,400; sold, Christie's, L o n -
from the S. Η Kress Collection in the Metro
don, M a y 20,1898, part o f lot 94b, for
politan Museum of Art (London, 1964),
£6,450 to Pilkington); [Asher Wertheimer,
p. 195; Gillian W i l s o n , "Sevres Porcelain at
L o n d o n , 1898]; [Duveen Brothers, N e w
the J. Paul Getty Museum,"
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;
1908-1910 (purchased for £15,500); J. Pier-
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 29, pp. 58-59, illus.;
pont M o r g a n , Jr., N e w York, 1913 (sold,
Pierre Ennés, Nouvelles acquisitions du
GettyMusJ4
Height: 11 4 i n . (29.8 cm); W i d t h : 6/4 i n .
3
(16.5 cm); D e p t h : 5 4 i n . (14.6 cm)
3
Accession number 78.DE.358.1—.2
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, January 8, 1944,
department des objets d'art, 1980-1984 (Musée
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
P R O V E N A N C E
/. Pierpont Morgan, Collector: European Deco
Cleveland (married the 6th D u k e 1815,
rative Arts from the Wadsworth
died 1883); W i l l i a m Goding, before 1862
Atheneum,
Linda H o r v i t z Roth, ed. (Hartford, 1987),
(sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 19,1874,
p. 34, illus. fig. 8, p. 162, and p. 203; Barry
lot 100, to [E. Rutter, Paris] [for the Earl o f
Shifman, "Eighteenth-Century Sevres Porce
FRENCH
CERAMICS: SEVRES
D u d l e y ] , for £6,825); W i l l i a m Humble, ist
Earl o f Dudley (offered for sale, Christie's,
L o n d o n , M a y 21, 1886, lot 194, bought i n
for £2,625, returned to Dudley House,
London); Sir Joseph C. Robinson, Bt.,
acquired circa 1920 w i t h the contents o f
Dudley House, L o n d o n ; Dr. Joseph Labia
(son-in-law o f Sir J. C. Robinson, Bt.),
L o n d o n (sold, Sotheby's, London, February
26,1963, lot 23); [The Antique Porcelain
Co., L o n d o n and N e w York, 1963]; Nelson
Rockefeller, N e w York, 1976-1977; The
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer
Research, N e w York, 1976-1977.
E X H I B I T I O N S
L o n d o n , The South Kensington Museum,
Special Loan Exhibition of Works of Art,
Vase .1
222
Vase .1 back view
222
June 1862, nos. 1281-1282, lent by W i l l i a m
Goding; Memphis, D i x o n Gallery and
Gardens, and N e w York, Rosenberg and
Stiebel, Inc., Louis XV and Madame de
Pompadour: A Love Affair with Style, 1990,
no. 57, p. 97 and p. 84; illus. p. 85, fig. 60;
Handbook 1991, p. 184, illus. (one).
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
George Redford, Art Sales 1628-1887
(London, 1888), vol. 1, pp. 193, 440; Jean
Cordey, Lnventaire des biens de Madame de
Pompadour rédigé apres son déces (Paris, 1939),
p. 39, no. 380; Ronald Freyberger, "Chinese
Genre Painting at Sevres," American Ceramic
Circle Bulletin (1970-1971), pp. 29-44, illus.;
Marcelle Brunei and Tamara Préaud, Sevres:
Des origines ä nos jours (Fribourg, 1978),
p. 68, illus. (one) p i . 22; Wilson, "Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979," p. 44, illus.;
Vase . 2
222
Vase . 2 back view
Rosalind Savill, "Two Pairs o f Sevres Vases
222
I33
134
F R E N C H
CERAMICS:
SEVRES
2 2 4 . Plaques on a Jardiniere
at Boughton House," Apollo n o , no. 210
(August 1979), pp. 128-133, illus.; Madeleine
Paris, circa 1760
Jarry, Chinoiserie (New York, 1981), p. 120,
Painting attributed to Charles-Nicolas
illus. (detail o f one); W i l s o n , Selections,
Dodin
no. 28, pp. 56-57, illus.; A d r i a n Sassoon,
Soft-paste porcelain, green ground color;
"Sevres Vases," Techniques of the Worlds
polychrome enamel decoration; gilding;
Great Masters of Pottery and Ceramics,
gilt-bronze frame
H u g o Morley-Fletcher, ed. (Oxford, 1984),
Height: 6 /i6 i n . (16.6 cm); W i d t h : nYz i n .
pp. 64-67, illus.; Pierre Ennés, "Essai de
(29.2 cm); D e p t h : 5 /s i n . (14.3 cm)
9
5
réconstitution d'une garniture de Madame
de Pompadour," Journal of the Walters Art
One of a pair
223
P R O V E N A N C E
Gallery 42-43 (1984-1985), pp. 70-82; Pierre
Ennés, Nouvelles Acquisitions du department
Accession number 73.DI.62
2 2 3 . Pair of Lidded Chestnut Bowls
Miss Botham (sold after her death, Christie s,
L o n d o n , M a y 5,1817 et seq., l o t 96, for
des ob jets dart, 19 80-19 84 (Musée d u Louvre,
(marronniéres ä ozier)
Paris, 1985), p. 135; Handbook 1986, p. 168,
Sevres manufactory, circa 1760
£61 ios to the Earl o f Yarmouth [later 3rd
illus. (one); Barry Shifman, "Eighteenth-
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu celeste ground
Marquess o f Hertford]); private collection,
Century Sevres Porcelain i n America,"
color; polychrome enamel decoration;
Paris; [Gaston Bensimon, Paris]; purchased
Madame de Pompadour et lafloraison des arts
gilding
by J. Paul Getty.
(Montreal, 1988), pp. 118-123, illus. p . 123;
Bowl .1 incised underneath w i t h the mark j
Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, p. 192; n . 29, p. 68;
and w i t h FR for the répareur.
n n . 24, 33, p. 197; Sassoon, Vincennes and
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Savill, Sevres, v o l . 1, n . 18, p. 191; v o l . 2,
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
Bowl .2: Height: 5% i n . (13.4 cm); W i d t h : 10
Yz i n . (26.7 cm); Depth: 8MO i n . (20.8 cm)
Accession number 82.DE.171.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Swiss art market, 1980; [ A r m i n Β . Allen,
N e w York, 1980].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Savill, Sevres, vol. 2, p . 759; n . 4f, p. 761;
Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain,
no. 12, pp. 64-68, illus. pp. 65, 67.
224
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Geneva, A p r i l 22,1970, lot 18, bought i n ;
sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , October 4,1971,
lot 42); [Olivier Levy, Paris, 1971]; [French
and Co., N e w York, 1971]; purchased by
Cup: Height: 3 /i6 i n . (9.1 cm); W i d t h :
J. Paul Getty.
4 /i6 i n . (10.7 cm); D e p t h : 3 /s i n . (8.6 cm);
9
3
3
Saucer: Height: i A i n . (3.8 cm); Diameter: 6
l
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Gillian W i l s o n , "Sevres Porcelain at the
J. Paul Getty Museum," GettyMusJ 4 (1977),
pp. 19-24, illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, pp. 38,
225
225. Vase (cuvette Mahon, troisieme
grandeur)
V% i n . (15.6 cm)
Accession number 7 9 . D E . 6 2 . a - . b
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
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,
1979, lot 241).
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,
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 .
(23 cm); D e p t h : 4 / i 6 i n . (11.9 cm)
n
Accession number 7 2 . D E . 6 5
P R O V E N A N C E
226. Cup and Saucer (gobelet et soucoupe
enfoncé, premiere grandeur)
Sevres manufactory, 1761
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
factory to Lemaitre, as part o f a garniture
enamel decoration; gilding
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.
no. 15, pp. 78-80, illus.
135
I36
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
B o w l and stand b o t h painted underneath
w i t h the blue crossed I s o f the Sevres manu
factory enclosing the date letter L for 1764,
and w i t h Méreaud s mark S. Bowl incised
DU and O and the stand, I .
Bowl: Height: A /% i n . (12.4 cm); W i d t h :
7
7 4 i n . (19.7 cm); Depth: 6 i n . (15.2 cm);
3
227
Stand: Height: 1V16 i n . (3.9 cm); Diameter:
SV16
i n . (21.ι cm)
Accession number 7 8 . D E . 6 5 . a - x
P R O V E N A N C E
Madame Louise o f France (youngest daugh
ter o f Louis X V ) , 1764; Mrs. Lyne Stephens,
228
Norfolk, L o n d o n , and Paris (sold, Christie's,
L o n d o n , M a y 9 et seq., 1895, lot 733, to
228. Covered Cup and Saucer (gobelet a fait
et soucoupe, deuxieme grandeur)
W i l l i a m Boore for £130); M o r t i m e r L .
Schiff, N e w York (sold by his heir John L .
Schiff, Christie's, London, June 22,1938, lot
25); purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
Barry Shifman, "A Newly Discovered Piece
Stand
227
Soft-paste porcelain; camaieu rose enamel
decoration; gilding
T h e base o f the cup is incised w i t h a reverse
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
o f Royal Sevres Porcelain," GettyMusJ
Sevres manufactory, circa 1760-1765
S above a dot.
6-j
(1978-1979), pp. 53-56, illus.; Wilson, Selec
227. Lidded Bowl on Stand (écuelle ronde
etpfateau rond)
Sevres manufactory, 1764
Painted by Pierre-Antoine Méreaud
l'amé
tions, no. 33, p. 66-67, illus.; Handbook 1986,
p. 169, illus.; Barry Shifman, "Eighteenth-
C u p : Height: 3 /i6 i n . (9.1 cm); W i d t h :
Century Sevres Porcelain i n America,"
5 / 2 i n . (14 cm); D e p t h : 3 /i6 i n . (9.7 cm);
9
I3
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
decoration; gilding
Sevres, vol. 2, pp. 648, 800; n. 33d, p. 663;
Accession number 8 7 . D E . 1 3 4 . a - x
5
i n . (19.3 cm)
n. 99c, p. 665; n . 36, p. 804; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain, no. 16, pp. 81-82,
illus. pp. 82-83; Handbook1991, p. 185, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) 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:
L o n d o n , 1834; (sold, Christie's, London,
M a r c h 25,1985, l o t 9); [Winifred Williams,
Ltd., London].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ\β
(1988),
no. 73, p. 178, illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Sevres Porcelain, no. 17, pp. 84-86, illus.
pp. 85-87.
2 2 9 . Pair of Lidded Vases (vases a tetes
de bouc)
Sevres manufactory, circa 1768
Possibly molded by Michel-Dorothée
Coudray; possibly finished by the
répareur
Nantier
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu nouveau ground
color; gilding
Each incised cd. underneath for the mouleur.
Vase .1 incised Ν 1; Vase .2 incised Ν 2
underneath for the
tépareur.
Height: 1 ft. i%> i n . (34.2 cm); W i d t h :
8 /8 i n . (21.9 cm); D e p t h : 6V% i n . (16.8 cm)
5
Accession number 82.DE.36.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Sold by the Sevres manufactory to
H e n r y Pelham-Clinton, through Sir John
Lambert, October 5,1768, for 600 livres
each; Earls o f L i n c o l n , by descent (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 9,1937, part o f
lot 115); [J. Rochelle Thomas, L o n d o n ] ;
private collection, N e w York (sold, ParkeBernet, N e w York, January 12,1957, l o t
One of a pair
229
SEVRES
137
138
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
247); Christian H u m a n n , N e w York (sold,
Sotheby's, N e w York, A p r i l 22,1982, lot 41);
[ A r m i n Β . Allen, N e w York, 1982].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1982," no. 11,
pp. 54-56, illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Sevres PorceUin, no. 18, pp. 88-92, illus.
pp. 89, 91, 93.
2 3 0 . Pair of Vases ([?] vases oeuf)
Sevres manufactory, 1768-1769
Figure painting attributed to Jean-BaptisteEtienne Genest
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu
Fallotground;
grisaille enamel decoration; gilding; giltbronze mounts
Vase .1 incised w i t h the number 4 o n its
body, foot, and twice o n its l i d ; Vase .2
incised w i t h the number 1 on the body, w i t h
(?) 3 o n its foot, and 2 o n its l i d .
Vase .1
230
Vase .2
230
E d m u n d de Rothschild, Exbury House,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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,"
Height: 1 ft. 5% i n . (45.1 cm); W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
Purchased by Sir H a r r y Fetherstonhaugh,
Uppark, Sussex, from the
marchand-mercier
Rocheux, Paris, September 22,1819; Alfred
de Rothschild, i n the South D r a w i n g Room,
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
Seymour Egerton, 7th Earl o f W i l t o n ,
GettyMusJ 15 (1987), no. 107, p. 214, illus.;
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,
out the vase Héberí)-, Sir Charles Clore,
p. 190; n . 16, p. 191; n . 9, p. 383; Sassoon,
L o n d o n and M o n t e Carlo (sold after his
Vincennes and Sevres Porcehin, no. 19,
death, Christie's, Monaco, December 6,
pp. 94-101, illus. pp. 95-96, 99-101; Hand
1945, lot 6).
book 1991, p. 188, illus.
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Accession number 90.DE.113
P R O V E N A N C E
The Earls o f Sefton, Croxteth H a l l (near
Liverpool) (sold i n the early 1970s); private
collection, England; [Alexander and Berendt,
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1989].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Tray (plateau ovalepolylobe) painted under
neath w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f the Sevres
manufactory and w i t h Le Guay s mark LG
i n gold; also bears the original price label
(no price indicated) and incised w i t h an
"Acquisitions/1990," GettyMusJ 19 (1991),
oval crossed by a line. Teapot
no. 56, p. 161, illus.
Calabre) incised w i t h an arrow and an inde
(théiere
cipherable mark ([?]90i); lidded sugar bowl
(pot ä sucre Cahbre) incised w i t h a square.
232. Tea Service (dejeuner ruban)
Sevres manufactory, circa 1765-1770
Gilded by Etienne-Henri Le Guay
Soft-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
decoration; gilding
One cup (gobelet BouiUard)
painted under
neath w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f the Sevres
manufactory and w i t h the gilder's mark for
Le Guay, LG, i n gold. Second cup incised
w i t h an /"and the same indecipherable mark
as o n the teapot. B o t h saucers (soucoupes)
painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed
231
Z's o f the Sevres manufactory and w i t h the
231. Vase (vase a chaine or vase a cote de
melon)
Sevres manufactory, circa 1765-1770
After a design attributed to Jean-Claude
Duplessis pere\ modeled by Michel-Dorothé
Coudray and possibly Roger pere
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu nouveau ground
color; gilding
Painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed
Z's o f the Sevres manufactory: foot ring
incised CD and foot incised R.
Height: 1 ft. 5% i n . (45 cm); Diameter:
8 /8
5
in.
(22.2
cm)
232
I39
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
Hampshire, 1942 (sold, Christie s, L o n d o n ,
a square.
Tray: Height: i /s i n . (4.8 cm); W i d t h :
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
7
W i d t h : 6 / 2 i n . (16.5 cm); D e p t h : 3 4 i n .
(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.,
3
2 /i6
7
i n . (6.2 cm); Diameter: 3 i n . (7.6
N e w York].
cm);
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
C. Davis, A Description of the Works of
Saucer: Height: 1% i n . (3.2 cm); Diameter:
Art:
Collection of Alfred de Rothschild (London,
54 i n . (3.3 cm)
1884), v o l . 2, fig. 87; C . Gay Nieda, "A
Accession number 89.DE.25.1—.5
Sevres Vase ä Panneaux"
GettyMusJ14
(1986), pp. 127-134, figs. 1-3, 8-9; "Acquisi
P R O V E N A N C E
[Michel Vandermeersch, Paris]; [Bernard
tions/1985," GettyMusJ'14 (1986), no. 199,
Dragesco and D i d i e r Cramoisan, Paris,
p. 246, illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, pp. 278,
1988].
325, and 380; n . 31, p. 244; n . 19, p. 281;
n. 3 c p. 332; n . 21, p. 383; vol. 3, p. 1125;
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1989," GettyMusJ18
Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porcehin,
(1990),
no. 21, pp. 106-110, illus. pp. 107-108,
no. 50, p. 192, illus.
110-111.
233
233. Lidded Vase (vase ä panneaux,
premiere grandeur)
Sevres manufactory, circa 1765-1770
Reserve scene after a painting by Nicolas
Berchem
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu nouveau ground
234. Cup and Saucer (gobelet BouiUard
et soucoupe)
Height: 1 ft. 6 A i n . (47.5 cm); W i d t h :
3
IOVA i n . (26 cm); D e p t h : 8/16 i n . (20.5
cm)
Accession number 85.DE.219.a--b
P R O V E N A N C E
color; polychrome enamel decoration; gild
(?) Comte de Jarnac, Thomastown Castle,
ing; gilt-bronze m o u n t
Ireland (sold, Christies, London, June 23,
T h e interior o f the l i p is incised 2.
1876, l o t 89); W i l l i a m Humble, ist Earl o f
Dudley; possibly sold by his widow; Alfred
de Rothschild, H a l t o n , Buckinghamshire,
by 1884; by descent to Lionel de Rothschild,
Sevres manufactory, 1770
Painted by Jacques Fontaine
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu celeste ground
color; grisaille enamel decoration; g i l d i n g
C u p painted w i t h the blue crossed L s o f the
Sevres manufactory enclosing the date letter
r for 1770, and w i t h Fontaine's mark o f five
dots. C u p incised C; saucer incised 6.
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Cup: Height: 2 / 2 i n . (6.3 cm); W i d t h :
3 /8 i n . (9.2 cm); D e p t h : 2 / i 6 i n . (7.1 cm);
5
I3
Saucer: Height: 1% i n . (3.2 c m ) ; Diameter:
5 /i6 i n . (13.5
5
cm)
Accession number 7 9 . D E . 6 5 . a - . b
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection (sold, Christie's, London,
June 21,1976, l o t 151); M r s . John W .
Christner, Dallas (sold, Christie's, N e w
York, June 9, 1979, l o t 227).
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"
item B, p. 19, illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Sevres PorceUin,
no. 20, pp. 102-105, illus.
pp. 103-104.
235
235. Cup and Saucer {gobeht litron et
soucoupe, deuxieme grandeur)
5
3Κ i n . (8.9 cm); D e p t h : 2V16 i n . (6.6 cm);
Sevres manufactory, 1773
Saucer: Height:
Painted by Etienne-Jean Chabry; gilded by
5%> i n . (13.9 cm)
Michel-Barnabé Chauveaux
Accession number 7 9 . D E . 6 4 . a - - b
ainé
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu celeste ground
color; polychrome enamel decoration;
gilding
Cup and saucer painted underneath w i t h
the blue crossed Z's o f the Sevres manufac
234
Cup: Height: 2 /s i n . (6.7 cm); W i d t h :
I /I6
9
i n . (3.9 cm); Diameter:
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , July 26,1977, l o t
345; M r s . John W . Christner, Dallas (sold,
Christie's, N e w York, June 9,1979, lot 226).
tory enclosing the date letter U for 1773, and
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
w i t h Chabry's mark ch i n blue; also painted
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"
w i t h Chauveaux s mark # i n gold. Saucer
item C, p. 19, illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and
incised da underneath.
Sevres Porcelain, no. 22, pp. 112-114, illus.
pp. 113-114.
I 4 I
142
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
236. Pair of Vases (vases bouc du Barry B)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Sevres manufactory, 1778
Rosalind Savill, "A Pair o f Sevres Vases:
Painted by Fallot; gilded by Jean Chauveaux
From the Collection o f Sir Richard Wallace
lejeune
to the J. Paul Getty Museum," GettyMusJ 14
237. Garniture of Three Vases (vases des
ages: vase des ages a tetes de vieillards^
premiere grandeurs vases des äges a
tetes de jeunes femmes, deuxieme
grandeur)
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
(1986), pp. 135-142, figs. ia~c; Savill, Sevres,
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
Height: u /s i n . (29.5 cm); W i d t h : 7 i n .
5
(17.9 cm); D e p t h : 4 % i n . (12 cm)
Accession number 70.DE.99.1—.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Sir Richard Wallace, Paris, probably
acquired after 1870; Lady Wallace, Paris,
by inheritance, 1890; Sir John M u r r a y
Scott, Paris, by inheritance, 1897; Victoria,
Lady Sackville, Paris, by inheritance, 1912;
Vase .1 ( w i t h the scene "Minerva protects
[Jacques Seligmann, removed to N e w York,
Telemachus and preserves h i m f r o m Cupid's
1916-1917]; M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w York
darts") is incised IΟ Β age le g (for premiere
(sold by his heir John L . Schiff, Christie's,
grandeur) o n the base and JO. Β o n the
L o n d o n , June 22, 1938, lot 26); purchased at
neck. Vase .2 ( w i t h the scene "Venus, i n
order to satisfy her resentment against
that sale by J. Paul Getty.
Telemachus, brings Love to Calypso") is
One of a pair
236
painted underneath w i t h the gold crossed
Z's o f the Sevres manufactory and w i t h LG,
the gilder's mark; i t is incised 39 A o n the
base and A 16 on the neck. Vase .3 ( w i t h the
scene "Telemachus, i n the deserts o f Oasis,
is consoled by Temosiris, Priest o f Apollo")
F R E N C H
1984 "GettyMusJ
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
13 (1985), no. 4, pp.
98-104, figs. 22-23, 25-33; "Acquisitions /
1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 64, p. 182,
illus.; Geoffrey de Bellaigue, Sévres
Porcehin
in the Collection of Her Majesty the
Queen: The Louis XVI Service (Cambridge
and N e w York, 1985), p. 12, fig. 8, and p. 24,
no. 2; Svend Eriksen and Geoffrey de
Bellaigue, Sévres PorceUin:
Vincennes and
Sévres 1740-1800 ( L o n d o n and Boston,
1987), p. 139, no. 147, p. 339, illus. p. 338;
Savill, Sévres, vol. 1, p. 458; n. 25, p. 462,
and vol. 3, p. 1056; n . 16, p. 1017; n. 10, p.
1057; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sévres
Porcelain, no. 25, pp. 126-135, illus. pp.
127-134; Handbook 1991, p. 193, illus.
237
is painted underneath w i t h the gold crossed
P R O V E N A N C E
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
Chateau de Versailles, November 2,1781;
grandeur)
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 .
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
7
(40.8 cm); W i d t h : 9% i n . (24.8 cm); Depth:
7% i n . (18.4 cm); Vase .3: Height: 1 ft. 3 /i6
I5
t o
"FP" [Frank Partridge?]); [The Antique
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);
D e p t h : 7V16 i n . (18 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.718.1—.3
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Pierre Verlet, "Orders for Sévres from the
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
I43
144
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Cup, front view
238
1907), L o n d o n and Ascot, Berkshire (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , M a y 4,1908, lot 289,
to [Harding] for 1629 guineas 15s); R. M .
W o o d , L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
238
M a y 27,1919, lot 96, t o [Mallett's, L o n d o n ] ,
for 152 guineas 12s); H e n r y Walters, N e w
York (sold by his w i d o w , Parke-Bernet, N e w
238. Cup and Saucer (gobelet litron et
soucoupe)
mark. Saucer also painted w i t h the gilder
York, November 30,1943, lot 1009); private
Le Guay s mark LG i n blue. Saucer is incised
collection, N e w York (sold, Christie's, N e w
Sevres manufactory, 1781
44; cup is incised 36a and 6. Saucer bears
York, December 3,1977, lot 166); [ A r m i n Β .
A l l e n , N e w York, 1977].
G r o u n d color painted by Antoine Capelle;
a paper label under the base inked Colin,
the painted reserve and cameos attributed
of the Marchioness of Conyngham ipo8.
to Pierre-André Le Guay; flat gilding by
RM. Wood Esq.
Etienne-Henri Le Guay; enamel jeweling
Sevres Porcelain," GettyMusJ10
by Philippe Parpette
polychrome enamel decora
Cup: Height: 2 4 i n . (6.9 cm); Depth:
3 / i 6 i n . (9.4 cm); Saucer: Height: i /s i n .
and gold foils
(3.6 cm); Diameter: 5/16 i n . (13.5 cm)
Cup and saucer both painted underneath
Accession number 8 i . D E . 2 8 . a - . b
n
L u x u r y for the C o u r t , " Techniques of the
3
w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f the Sevres
for 1781, and w i t h Capelles blue triangular
pp. 80-81, illus.; A d r i a n Sassoon, "Sevres:
3
tion; enamels i n i m i t a t i o n o f jewels; gilding
manufactory enclosing the date letters DD
(1982),
pp. 87-90, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 40,
Soft-paste porcelain, b r o w n ground color
{\f\merded'oie);
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
A d r i a n Sassoon, "Two Acquisitions o f
P R O V E N A N C E
Jane, Marchioness o f Conyngham (wife
o f the 3rd Marquess, married 1854, died
Worlds Great Masters of Tottery and Ceramics,
H u g o Morley-Fletcher, ed. (Oxford, 1984),
pp. 52-57, illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Sevres Porcelain, no. 24, pp. 119-124, illus.
pp. 120-121,123, and 125.
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
W i l l i a m J. Goode (sold, Christie's, London,
5£
July 17-18,1895, l o t 17, as "formerly the
Height: 1 ft. \V% i n . (42.5 cm); W i d t h : 9 i n .
(22.9 cm); Depth: 6 /s i n . (16.8 cm)
property o f the Director o f the Sevres Porcelain Factory," for 39 guineas to Gibson); p r i -
5
Accession number 88.DE.137.1-.2
vate collection, England; [Bernard Dragesco
and D i d i e r Cramoisan, Paris, 1987].
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
[Jacques Seligmann, Paris]; (anonymous
sale, Nouveau D r o u o t , Paris, June 16,1987,
lot 104); [Jean L u p u , Paris, 1988].
Sevres (Paris, 1889), p i . xxvi; "Acquisitions/
1988," GettyMusJ'17 (1989), no. 77, p. 144,
illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porce-
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJYJ
Edouard Gamier, La Porcekine tendré de
(1989),
kin, no. 26, pp. 136-137, illus. pp. 136-137.
no. 76, pp. 143-144, illus.
240. Plate (assiette d'echantillons)
Sevres manufactory, 1782
Ground color painted by Antoine Capelle,
flowers painted by Jacques-Francois-Louis
One of a pair
239
239. Pair of Vases (vases Bolvry a perles or
vases a cartels Bolvry)
de Laroche; gilded by H e n r i - M a r t i n Prévost
jeune
Soft-paste porcelain, (?) fond Capelle ground
color; colored enamel decoration; gilding
Painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed
Sevres manufactory, 1781-1782
I s o f the Sevres manufactory enclosing the
Painted by V i n c e n t Taillandier, M m e
date letter EE for 1782, the painters' marks
Genevieve Taillandier, and Philippe Castel
Hard-paste porcelain, p i n k
fondpointillé\
polychrome enamel decoration; gilding
B o t h vases are painted underneath w i t h
for Capelle, a blue triangle, and Laroche, Lr
i n script, the gilder's mark, an HP i n gold,
and incised 31a.
the crowned, blue crossed L's o f the Sevres
manufactory enclosing the date letter EE for
1781-1782, and w i t h the painter's mark for
Vincent Taillandier, a fleur-de-lys. Vase .1 is
incised gu under the base.
Height: 1 i n . (2.5 cm); Diameter: <) /i6 i n .
5
(23.6 cm)
Accession number 8 8 . D E . 2
240
I45
I46
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Height: 10 ft. (25.3 cm); W i d t h : 7% i n .
(22.5 cm); Depth: 6% i n . (15.9 cm)
Accession number 83.DE.341.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) T h e Rt. H o n . L o r d Ashburton, Buckenham, N o r f o l k (sold, Christie's, London,
February 24,1869, l
o t
64, for 819 guineas to
Rhodes); Baroness Alexis de GoldschmidtRothschild, Switzerland; [Lovice Reviczky
A . G., Z u r i c h , 1983].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 12,
pp. 209-211, 214, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
GettyMusJ 12 (1984), no. 14, p. 266, illus.;
One of a pair
241
2 4 1 . Pair of Vases {vases hollandois
nouveaux, [?] deuxieme grandeur)
Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, p. i n ; n . 2h, p. 116;
Sevres PorceUin, no. 27, pp. 138-141, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
M r s . H . Dupuy, N e w York (sold, ParkeBernet, N e w York, A p r i l 3,1948, l o t 404);
private collection, South America; [P. Cei
Painted by Jacques-Fran9ois-Louis de
Cornaille
242
pp. 139,141.
Sevres manufactory, 1785
Laroche; gilded by Antoine-Toussaint
One of a pair
vol. 3, n . 5, p. 1040; Sassoon, Vincennes and
2 4 2 . Pair of Lidded Bowls {vases cassolettes
a monter)
and E. L u g l i , Florence]; [French and Co.,
N e w York, 1973]; purchased by J. Paul
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
gilding
Thomire
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
Each base painted underneath w i t h the blue
Hard-paste porcelain, bleu nouveau ground
p. 268, illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, n . 17,
crossed I s o f the Sevres manufactory and
color; rouge griotte marble; gilt-bronze
p. 209; n . 51, p. 480; Sassoon, Vincennes
Laroche's mark Lr i n script. Base o f each
mounts
central section incised 2$; one base section
Height: 1 ft. 2 4 i n . (37.5 cm); W i d t h :
incised O.
ι ft. 1/4 i n . (34.3 cm); Depth: 10% i n .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
and Sevres Porcelain, no. 28, pp. 142-144,
3
(26.1 cm)
Accession number 73.DI.77.1-.2
illus. p. 143.
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Majesty the Queen: The Louis XVI Service
P R O V E N A N C E
Made for Louis X V I , ordered i n 1783 for
(Cambridge and N e w York, 1986), no. 149,
the Chateau de Versailles and delivered i n
pp. 28, 45, 52, 55-56, 64, 222, 259, 266;
December 1790; (?) Musée National, Paris,
Handbook 1986, p. 178, illus.; Sassoon,
sold 1797-1798; Robert Napier, Glasgow,
Vincennes and Sevres Porcehin, no. 29,
the Shandon collection, by 1862 (sold,
pp. 146-150, illus. pp. 147,149,151; Hand-
Christie's, L o n d o n , A p r i l 11,1877, l o t 347,
book 1991, p . 197, illus.
for £262 ios to Goode); W i l l i a m J. Goode,
London (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , July 17,
1895, lot 136, for 230 guineas to Waller);
T. W. Waller, Esq. (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
243
2 4 3 . Wine Bottle Cooler (seau ä bouteille
ordinaire)
Sevres manufactory, 1790
M o d e l designed by Jean-Claude Duplessis;
painted decoration attributed to Charles-Eloi
Asselin after engraved designs b y Charles
M o n n e t and Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre;
June 8,1910, l o t 171, for £630 to A . Wertheimer); [Asher Wertheimer, London] (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 16,1920, l o t 30, for
£84 to Clements); private collection (sold
as nineteenth century, Sotheby's, Begravia,
A p r i l 24,1980, l o t 162); private collection,
England (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , October 21,1980, lot 207); [Winifred Williams,
Ltd., L o n d o n , 1980].
gilding attributed to Etienne-Henri Le Guay
E X H I B I T I O N S
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu nouveau ground
London, T h e South Kensington Museum,
Cooler
.1
244
color; polychrome enamel decoration;
Special Loan Exhibition
gilding
June 1862, no. 1323, p. 122; Leeds, England,
B o w l incised 38 underneath; foot ring
Exhibition Offices, National Exhibition
incised $. M o n o g r a m WJG for the owner
Works of Art at Leeds, 1868, no. 2102 or 2103
Sevres manufactory, 1791
W i l l i a m J. Goode scratched o n the under-
under Ornamental Arts, p. 262, loaned by
M o d e l designed by Jean-Claude Duplessis;
side i n t w o places.
Robert Napier.
gilded by Jean-Jacques D i e u
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
p l a t i n u m and gold decoration
of Works of
Art,
of
2 4 4 . Pair of Wine Bottle Coolers (seaux ä
demi-bouteittes ordinaires)
Hard-paste porcelain, black ground color;
J. C. Robinson, Catalogue of the Works of
Height: y /i6 i n . (18.9 cm); W i d t h :
7
(25.8 cm)
Accession number 8 2 . D E . 5
IO /I6
3
in.
Art Forming the Collection of Robert Napier
(London, 1865), no. 3501 or 3502, p . 260;
Adrian Sassoon, "Two Acquisitions o f
Sevres Porcelain," GettyMusJ\o
(1982),
pp. 91-94, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 48,
pp. 96-97, illus.; Geoffrey de Bellaigue,
Sevres Porcelain in the Collection of
Her
Each cooler painted underneath w i t h the
gold crossed Z's o f the Sevres manufactory
enclosing the date letters 00 i n gold for
1792-1793, all under a crown for hard paste;
each cooler also painted w i t h Dieu's t r i angular mark (abraded o n one).
Répareurs
mark AB incised o n one; BS incised o n
the other.
147
148
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Mounted Oriental Porcelain
246. Ewer
Height: 6 Ä6 i n . (16.3 cm); W i d t h : 9 /i6 i n .
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722),
(23.4 cm); D e p t h : y Á6 i n . (18.6 cm)
circa 1660
Accession number 72.DE.53.1-.2
M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1700-1710
3
7
5
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
(13.8 cm)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
245
Wilson, Selections, no. 49, pp. 98-99, illus.;
The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Wine: Cele
bration and Ceremony (New York, 1985),
p. 97, illus. (one); Sassoon, Vincennes and
Sevres Porcelain, no. 30, pp. 152-156, illus.
pp. 153,155,157.
245- Teapot (théiere litron)
Sevres maufactory, late eighteenth century,
Accession number 82.D1.3
P R O V E N A N C E
Edward R. Bacon, N e w York, by 1919;
painted decoration later
[Gaston Bensimon, Paris] (sold, H o t e l
Soft-paste porcelain, carmine red enamel;
D r o u o t , Paris, November 18-19, 1981,
gilding
lot 103).
Painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed
Z's o f the Sevres manufactory. Incised 26
and 48.
Height: f Ä 6 i n . (8.8 cm); W i d t h : 4 % i n .
(11.9 cm); D e p t h : 2 % i n . (6.8 cm)
Accession number 7 9 . D E . 6 3 . a - . b
P R O V E N A N C E
M r s . John W . Christner, Dallas (sold,
Christies, N e w York, June 9,1979, lot 204).
Cooler .2
244
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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
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
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,
pp. 85-86, illus.; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
Oriental Porcelain, no. 1, pp. 21-23, illus.;
Handbook 1986, p. 146, illus.;
Handbook
1991, p . 163, illus.
Mounts,
D . F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches
E X H I B I T I O N S
N e w York, T h e China Institute i n America,
und japanisches Porzellan in
Chinese Porcelains in European
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p. 59, illus.
Mounts,
October 1980-January 1981, no. 14, illus.
europäischen
p. 250, fig. 151; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
Oriental Porcehin, no. 4, pp. 32-35, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
D . R Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches
und japanisches Porzeüan
in
europäischen
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p. 60,
illus. pp. 252-253, figs. i58a-b; W i l s o n
et al., Mounted
OrientalPorcehin,
no. 2,
pp. 24-27, illus.
2 4 8 . Pair of Lidded Vases
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1680)
Mounts: Paris, circa 1715-1720
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
247
decoration; gilt-bronze mounts
Mounts stamped w i t h the crowned Cfor
2 4 7 . Pair of Lidded Vases
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
1745-1749·
Height: 1 ft. iVx i n . (34.2 cm); W i d t h :
M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1710-1715
ι ft. 4 i n . (32.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 1 i n . (33 cm)
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
Accession number 75.DI.5.1-.2
decoration; gilt-bronze mounts
3
P R O V E N A N C E
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.
One of a pair
248
149
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
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(the Paris discharge m a r k for small works
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"
used between December 22,1732, and
no. 5, pp. 8-9, illus.; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
October 3,1738); and a salmon's head
Oriental Porcelain, no. 3, pp. 28-31, illus.;
(the Paris discharge mark for small silver
Handbook 1986, p. 148, illus.; Handbook
works used between October 13, 1744, and
1991, p. 164, illus.
October 9, 1750).
Height: 8 4 i n . (22.3 cm); W i d t h : i o / s i n .
3
5
(27.1 cm); D e p t h : 8 /s i n . (21.2 cm)
3
Accession number 74.Di.27
P R O V E N A N C E
Consuelo Vanderbilt ( M m e Jacques Balsan);
[ M a t t h e w Schutz, L t d . , N e w York, 1974];
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
2 4 9
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
D . F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches
2 4 9 . Lidded Bowl
und japanisches Porzellan in
Porcelain: Japanese (Imari), circa 1700
Mounts: Paris, circa 1717-1722
illus. p. 403, flg. 439; W i l s o n et al.,
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
Mounted
decoration; gilding; silver mounts
Height: 11 i n . (27.9 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. i /s i n .
(34 cm); Depth: io A i n . (27.5 cm)
7
Accession number 79.Di.i23.a-.b
250
P R O V E N A N C E
2 5 0 . Lidded Bowl
Park, Hertfordshire, by 1933; Major General
Porcelain: Japanese (Imari), circa 1680
Sir George Burns (grandson o f M r s . Walter
Mounts: Paris, circa 1717-1727
Hayes Burns), N o r t h M y m m s Park (sold,
Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue deco
Christie's, N o r t h M y m m s Park, Septem
ration; polychrome enamel; gilding; silver
ber 24-26, 1979, l o t 45).
mounts
E X H I B I T I O N S
fleur-de-lys w i t h o u t a crown (the Paris dis
Silver elements marked variously w i t h a
L o n d o n , 25 Park Lane, Three French Reigns,
February-April 1933, no. 226; N e w York,
The Frick Collection, Mounted
Oriental
Porcelain, December 1986-March 1987,
no. 13, illus.
Oriental Porcelain, no. 5, pp.
36-38, illus.
3
M r s . Walter Hayes Burns, N o r t h M y m m s
europäischen
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p. 114,
charge mark for small silver works used
between October 23,1717, and M a y 5,1722);
a butterfly (the countermark used between
M a y 6,1722, and September 2,1727, under
the fermier Charles Cordier); a dog's head
F R E N C H
251. L i d d e d B o w l
M O U N T E D
ORIENTAL
PORCELAIN
PROVENANCE
Gift o f M m e Simone Steinitz, Paris, 1991.
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Mounts: Paris, circa 1722-1727
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hard-paste porcelain; enamel decoration;
"Acquisitions/1991," GettyMusJ20 (1992),
gilding; silver mounts
no. 75, p. 174, illus. (one).
Each silver m o u n t bears a dove (the Paris
discharge mark for small silver works used
between M a y 6,1722, and September 2,
253. Figure o f G u a n y i n
1727, under the fermier Charles Cordier).
Height: 8 i n . (20.3 cm); Diameter: 9% i n .
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
(25.1 cm)
Mounts: Paris, circa 173 5-1740
Accession number 87.DI.4
Hard-paste porcelain; gilt-bronze m o u n t
Height: 1 ft. 1% i n . (33.6 cm); W i d t h : 5% i n .
PROVENANCE
(14.6 cm); Depth: 4 i n . (10.2 cm)
[Jacques Kugel, Paris, 1986].
Accession number 78.Di.64
252
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJi6 (1988),
no. 71, p. 178, illus.
252. Pair o f L i d d e d Vases
Porcelain: Chinese (Dehua), Kangxi
(1662-1722), circa 1700
Mounts: Paris, circa 1722-1727
Hard-paste porcelain; silver mounts
Each l i d and base m o u n t bears a dove (the
Paris discharge mark for small silver works
used between M a y 6,1722, and September 2,
1727, under the fermier Charles Cordier); a
boar s head facing right (the Paris discharge
mark for small and o l d works used between
December 23,1768, and September 1,1775,
under the fermier Julien Alaterre); and the
profile head o f Minerva (the mark for .800
standard silver works sold i n France after
May 10,1838).
Vase .1: Height: y Δ6 i n . (19.2 cm); W i d t h :
9
251
3% i n . (8.3 cm); Depth: 2 /s i n . (7.3 cm);
7
Vase .2: Height: y A i n . (19.4 cm); W i d t h :
5
3 4 i n . (8.3 cm); Depth: 2 A i n . (7.3 cm)
X
7
Accession number 91.DI.103.1-.2
*53
151
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
M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w York (sold by
A n n e Beddard (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
his heir John L . Schiff, Christies, L o n d o n ,
June 15,1973, lot 36); [Frank Partridge, L t d .
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
N e w York, T h e China Institute i n America,
Chinese PorceUins in European Mounts,
October 1980-January 1981, no. 9, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
D . F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches
und japanisches Porzelhn in europδischen
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), illus.
p. 406, fig. 451; W i l s o n et aL, Mounted
Oriental Porcehin, no. 6, pp. 39-41, illus.
Group
.1
255
Group
.2
255
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
254
254. B o w l o n S t a n d
Mounts: Paris, circa 1740-1745
H a r d - and soft-paste porcelain; polychrome
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
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
decoration; gilding; gilt-bronze mounts
Bowl painted w i t h unidentified coat o f arms.
Height: y Ys i n . (18.7 cm); Diameter: y /i6 i n .
13
(19.9 cm)
Accession number 74.Di.28
PROVENANCE
H . J. K i n g (sold, Christie's, London, Febru
ary 17,1921, lot 13, to [Duveen]); Edgar
Worsen, N e w York, 1928; Robert Ellsworth,
New York, 1975; (sold, Robert C. Eldred Co.,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Inc., N e w York, August 29-30,1975, lot 151);
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979,"
Alan Hartman, N e w York; [Matthew Schutz,
no. 5, pp. 40-41, illus.; Wilson et al.,
L t d . , N e w York, 1977].
Mounted Oriental PorceUin, no. 7, pp. 42-44,
illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 172, illus. (one).
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
BIBLIOGRAPHY
M o u n t s stamped w i t h the crowned C for
D . F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches
1745-1749. M o u n t s o f ewer .1 also stamped
undjapanisches Porzelhn in europδischen
No and No i6\ painted under the base i n red
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p. 63, illus.
Β-ιγ-α. M o u n t s o f ewer .2 stamped No i6\
p. 260, fig. 175; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
painted under the base i n red B-27-b.
Oriental PorceUin, no. 8, pp. 45-47, illus.
Height: 1 ft. nVs i n . (60 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. ι i n . (33 cm); D e p t h : 8/2 i n . (21.5 cm)
Accession number 78.DI.9.1-.2
257. Pair o f E w e r s
Ives, comte de C a m b a c ι r ι s , Paris; Germaine
Mounts: Paris, circa 1745-1749
Ancel, Paris; [Francois-Gιrard Seligmann,
Hard-paste porcelain, celadon ground color;
Paris]; [Jacques Helft, Paris]; [Hans Stiebel,
underglaze blue and copper red decoration;
Paris]; H e n r y Ford I I , Grosse Pointe Farms,
gilt-bronze mounts
O n e o f a pair
256
PROVENANCE
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
M i c h i g a n (sold, Sotheby, Parke, Bernet,
N e w York, February 25, 1978, lot 56).
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
Height: 1 ft. Vx i n . (31.8 cm); W i d t h : 1ft. 4i n .
x
(31.2 cm); D e p t h : 854 i n . (21.6 cm)
Accession number 72.DI.41.1-.2
PROVENANCE
Baroness van Z u y l e n van Nyevelt van de
Haar, Paris (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris,
June 8,1971, l o t 42); [ M i c h e l Meyer, Paris];
[Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York,
1971]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e C h i n a Institute i n America,
Chinese Porcehins in European Mounts,
October 1980-January 1981, no. 16, illus.
257
153
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
illus. p. 29.
Arts), L t d . , L o n d o n , 1973]; purchased by
pp. 58-61, illus.; F. J. B . Watson, "Chinese
J. Paul Getty.
Porcelains i n European M o u n t s , " Orienta
EXHIBITIONS
illus. p. 31.
tions YL (September 1981), no. 9, pp. 26-33,
258. L i d d e d B o w l
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722),
circa 1700-1720
Mounts: Paris, circa 1745-1749
Hard-paste porcelain, celadon ground color;
no. 6, pp. 9-10, illus.; W i l s o n et al.,
Mounted Oriental Porcelain, no. 11,
N e w York, T h e China Institute i n America,
Chinese Porcelains in European Mounts,
October 1980-January 1981, no. 19, illus.
gilt-bronze mounts
BIBLIOGRAPHY
M o u n t s stamped w i t h the crowned C for
Wilson'et al., Mounted OrientalPorcehin,
1745-1749. Inside o f bowl incised w i t h a
no. 10, pp. 53-57, illus.
six-character Chinese reign mark o f the
M i n g emperor Xuande. Base painted w i t h
the t w o characters zenyou (precious jade).
Height: 1 ft. 3% i n . (40 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 3/4 i n . (39.3 cm); Depth: 11 i n . (27.8 cm)
Accession number 74.Di.19
259. P a i r o f Vases
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1745-1749
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
PROVENANCE
decoration; gilt-bronze mounts
Sold, Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris,
M o u n t s for each vase stamped w i t h the
December 14,1933, lot 107; M m e H e n r y
crowned Cfor 1745-1749.
Farman, Paris (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris,
Height: 1 ft. Vz i n . (31.7 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 2 i n .
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
O n e of a pair
259
F R E N C H
M O U N T E D
ORIENTAL
PORCELAIN
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
D . F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches
(?) M . Jullienne, Paris (sold by C. F. Julliot,
undjapanisches Porzellan in europδischen
Paris, 1767, no. 1403); (?) Pierre-Louis
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p. 94, illus.
Randon de Boisset, Paris (sold, Paris,
p. 330, fig. 318; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
February 3, 1777, lot 603, to the duchesse
Oriental Porcelain, no. 12, pp. 62-64, illus.
de Mazarin for 600 livres); (?) C. F. Julliot,
Paris (sold, Paris, November 20,1777, lot
331); (?) Radix de Sainte-Foix, Paris (sold,
261. Pair o f Pot-pourri
Paris, A p r i l 22,1782, lot 55, for 130 livres
Vases
Porcelain: Japanese (Arita or early Hirado
kilns), late seventeenth century
Paris (sold, Paris, A p r i l 11,1791, lot 698, for
120 livres to M . Paillet, w h o was probably
Mounts: Paris, circa 1750
Hard-paste porcelain, celadon ground color;
polychrome enamel decoration; gilt-bronze
mounts
the commissaire-priseur); [Didier Aaron and
Claude Levy, Paris, 1970s]; [Etienne Levy,
Paris, 1977].
Height: 6 i n . (15.2 cm); W i d t h : y A i n .
EXHIBITIONS
(18.7 cm); D e p t h : 6V2 i n . (16.5 cm)
N e w York, T h e Frick Collection, Mounted
3
260
to Lebrun; (?) Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Lebrun,
Oriental Porcehin, December 1986-March
Accession number 77.DI.90.1-.2
1987, no. 27, pp. 82-83,
2 6 0 . Vase
U 1 U S
-
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Porcelain: Chinese, Yongzheng, circa 1730
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979,"
M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1745-1750
no. 2, p. 37, illus.; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
Hard-paste porcelain, celadon ground color;
OrientalPorceUin, no. 13, pp. 65-67, illus.;
gilt-bronze mounts
Genevieve Mazel, "1777, La Vente Randon
Height: 1 ft. 2 /z i n . (36.8 cm); W i d t h : 6 i n .
I
de Boisset et le m a r c h ι de Fart au i 8 siιcle,"
e
(15.2 cm); D e p t h : 4% i n . (11.5 cm)
VEstampille 202 (April 1987), p. 47, illus.;
Accession number 75.Di.69
M i c h e l Beurdeley, "Paris 1777: La Vente
PROVENANCE
Randon de Boisset o u le m ι c a n i s m e secret
Trustees o f Swinton Settled Estates (sold,
des ventes publiques au X V I I I siιcle," Trois
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.
e
EXHIBITIONS
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.
O n e of a pair
261
155
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
262. Vase
PROVENANCE
Porcelain: Chinese, Q i a n l o n g (1736-1795)
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1960s]; H e n r y Ford
Mounts: Paris, circa 1750-1755
I I , Grosse Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n (sold,
Hard-paste porcelain, celadon ground color;
Sotheby, Parke, Bernet, N e w York, Febru
gilt-bronze mounts
ary 25, 1978, l o t 61); [Partridge (Fine Arts)
One m o u n t marked o n inside w i t h a
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1978].
double T.
EXHIBITIONS
Height: 1 ft. 2/2 i n . (36.9 cm); W i d t h :
N e w York, T h e C h i n a Institute i n America,
ι ft. 4% i n . (41.2 cm); D e p t h : 11 i n .
Chinese Porcehins in European Mounts,
(27.9 cm)
October 1980-January 1981, no. 11, illus.
Accession number 72.Di.42
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1977 t o m i d 1979,"
[Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York,
no. 9, p p . 45-46, illus.; W i l s o n et al.,
1972]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Mounted Oriental Porcehin, no. 16,
pp. 74-76, illus.; F. J. B . Watson, "Chinese
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e C h i n a Institute i n America,
263
Chinese Porcelains in European Mounts,
October 1980-January 1981, no. 8, illus.
Porcelains i n European M o u n t s , " Orienta-
tionsiz (September 1981), no. 9, p. 30.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
D . F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches
undjapanisches Porzellan in europδischen
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p. 95, illus.
p. 334, fig. 326; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
Oriental PorceUin, no. 15, pp. 70-73, illus.
2 6 4 . P a i r o f M o u n t e d Vases
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1770-1775
Hard-paste porcelain, black g r o u n d color;
gilding; gilt-bronze mounts
Vase .1 bears a paper label (torn) underneath
reading HELIOTFILS.
263. L i d d e d P o t
Vase .2 is
stamped once w i t h EM o n the base m o u n t .
(1662-1722)
Height: 1 ft. 7% i n . (49 cm); W i d t h : 9% i n .
Mounts: Paris, circa 1765-1770
(24.7 c m ) ; D e p t h : j A i n . (20 c m )
Hard-paste porcelain; gilt-bronze mounts
Accession number 92.DI.19.1—.2
Porcelain l i d impressed w i t h a seal mark.
Height: 9% i n . (25.1 cm); W i d t h : yVs i n .
(18.7 cm); D e p t h : 6Y i n . (15.9 cm)
4
262
ellL...
Porcelain: Chinese (Dehua), Kangxi
Accession number 78.Di.359
7
PROVENANCE
Laurent H e l i o t , (?) Paris (sold, H o t e l
D r o u o t , Paris, December 3,1985, l o t 55);
[B. Fabre et Fils, Paris].
F R E N C H
M O U N T E D
ORIENTAL
PORCELAIN
PROVENANCE
(?) Princesse Isabella Lubormirska, Castle
Lancut, Poland; by descent to C o u n t Alfred
Potocki (great-great-grandson o f Princess
Isabella Lubormirska), Castle Lancut,
removed 1944; [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc.,
N e w York, 1953]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty, 1953.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 132, illus.;
Getty, Collecting, p. 162; Geoffrey de
Bellaigue, Sevres PorceUin from the Royal
Collection: The Queens Gallery (London,
1979-1980), no. 11, pp. 31-32; D . F.
264
Lunsingh Schleurleer, Chinesisches und
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Compagnie des Commissaires-Priseurs de
Paris, Drouot, 1985-1986, l'art et les encheres
(Paris, circa 1986), p . 302, illus. p. 210;
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJzi (1993),
i n press, illus.
265
266. Standing Vase
265. M o u n t e d Vase
Porcelain: Chinese, Qianlong (1736-1795),
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1622-1722)
mid-eighteenth century
M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1785
Mounts: Paris, circa 1785
Hard-paste porcelain, purple ground color;
Mounts attributed to Pierre-Philippe
gilt-bronze mounts
Thomire
Height: 1 ft. 9% i n . (54.2 cm); W i d t h :
Hard-paste porcelain, blue ground color;
io /8 i n . (27 c m ) ; D e p t h : 9% i n . (25 cm)
gilt-bronze mounts; rouge griotte marble
Accession number 87.Di.137
Bowl painted underneath w i t h an indistinct
5
date (?) 1781.
PROVENANCE
[Michel Meyer, Paris, 1987].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Height: 2 ft. 7% i n . (81 cm); Diameter:
ι ft. 10 i n . (56.5 cm)
Accession number 70.Di.115
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJi6 (1988),
no. 74, p p . 178-179, illus.
266
157
158
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
japanisches Porze٧an in europδischen
2 6 7 . P a i r o f Vases
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p . 86,
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
illus. p . 308, fig. 275; M i c h e l Beurdeley,
Mounts: French (possibly German), circa
La France δ Pencan ιγ8ρ-ιγρρ (Fribourg,
1860-1870
1981), p. 118, illus.; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
M o u n t s attributed to Bormann
OrientalPorceUin, no. 17, pp. 77-81, illus.;
Hard-paste porcelain, blue ground color;
Wilson, Selections, no. 45, pp. 90-91, illus.;
gilt-bronze mounts
Ottomeyer and Prφschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
Height: 1 ft. iiVx i n . (59.7 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft.
p. 269, illus. p. 268; Handbook 1986, p. 177,
(30.6 cm); D e p t h : nVs in. (28.2 cm)
illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, p. 469; n . 10,
Accession number 78.DI.240.1—.2
p. 475; Handbook 1991, p. 195, illus.
PROVENANCE
M r s . Evelyn Saint George, C a m House,
London (sold, Sotheby's, London, July 24-25,
1939, l o t 81); purchased at that sale by
J. Paul Getty.
EXHIBITIONS
Woodside, California, Filoli, o n loan, 19791991; N e w York, T h e Frick Collection,
Mounted Oriental Porcelain, December
1986-March 1987, no. 44, pp. 116-117, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
W i l s o n et al., Mounted Oriental Porcelain,
O n e o f a pair
268
no. 18, pp. 82-84, illus.; F. J. B. Watson,
" M o u n t e d Oriental Porcelain," The Maga
zine Antiques (April 1987), pp. 813-823, illus.
PROVENANCE
M m e Louis Burat, Paris (sold, Galerie Jean
Charpentier, Paris, June 17-18,1937, l o t 55);
(sold anonymously, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
268. P a i r o f Vases
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
L o n d o n , 1966]; purchased by J. Paul Getty,
Mounts: Paris, circa 1870-1900
1967.
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
decoration; gilding; gilt-bronze mounts
O n e o f a pair
267
July ι, 1966, l o t 38); [Frank Partridge, L t d . ,
Height: 1 ft. 10 Vi i n . (57.2 cm); Diameter:
8% i n . (21.2 cm)
Accession number 78.DI.239.1-.2
BIBLIOGRAPHY
W i l s o n et al., Mounted Oriental Porcelain,
no. 19, p p . 85-87, illus.
F R E N C H
Mounted Hardstones
M O U N T E D
HARDSTONES
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions/1983," no. 9,
pp. 199-201, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
2 6 9 . Vase
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 :
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
5
O n e o f a pair
270
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
270. Pair o f Vases
no. 2, p p . 4-5, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Richard, 4th Marquess o f Hertford (1800-
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"
1870), rue Lafitte, Paris; (?) Sir Richard
Paris (possibly Italian), circa 1765-1770
Wallace (1818-1890), rue Lafitte, Paris, by
After an engraving by Benigo Bossi o f a
inheritance; (?) Lady Wallace (died 1897),
design by Eunemond-Alexandre Petitot
rue Lafitte, Paris, by inheritance; Sir John
Porphyry, red marble; gilt-bronze mounts
M u r r a y Scott, rue Lafitte, Paris, until 1912;
Height: 1 ft. 3% i n . (38.7 cm); W i d t h :
(?) Victoria, Lady Sackville, rue Lafitte,
ι ft. 4/8 i n . (41 cm); D e p t h : io /s i n .
Paris, by inheritance; [(?) Jacques Selig-
(27.7 cm)
mann, Paris]; Baronne de Gunzburg, ave
Accession number 83.DJ.16.1-.2
nue Foch, Paris; [Maurice Segoura, Paris].
7
P R O V E N A N C E
Sir Everard Joseph Radcliffe, 5th Bt. (18841969), Rudding Park, Yorkshire; [Lovice
Reviczky A . G . , Z u r i c h , 1982].
269
E X H I B I T I O N S
Barnard Castle, County D u r h a m , T h e
Bowes Museum, French Art of the Seven
teenth and Eighteenth Centuries from
Northern Collections, July-August 1965,
no. 37.
271
159
ΐ6θ
F R E N C H
M O U N T E D
H A R D S T O N E S
273. P a i r o f U r n s
BIBLIOGRAPHY
F. J. B. Watson, Walkce Collection
Catalogues: Furniture (London, 1956), pi. 120;
"Ajcquisitions/1989," GettyMusJiS (1990),
Paris, circa 1780
Porphyry; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: ι ft. 2 i n . (35.6 cm); Diameter: 9 i n .
(22.9 cm)
no. 57, p. 195, illus.
Accession number 74.DJ.24.1-.2
PROVENANCE
272. L i d d e d B o w l
[Matthew Schutz, L t d . , New York, 1974];
Paris, circa 1770
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Porphyry; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 1 ft. 4 i n . (40.6 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 4/2 i n . (41.9 cm); D e p t h : 9% i n .
274. P a i r o f Standing Tazzas
(24.1 cm)
Paris, circa 1785
Accession number 73.Dj.88
Jaune foncι marble and (?) breche violette;
gilt-bronze mounts
PROVENANCE
I . Rosenbaum, Frankfurt am M a i n (sold,
One mount, a replacement, stamped BY
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, December 5-6,
for the bronzier Louis-Auguste-Alfred
1946, lot 309); [Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w
Beurdeley.
York, 1973]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Height: 1 ft. zVs i n . (37.8 cm); W i d t h :
O n e o f a pair
273
9 /8 i n . (24.3 cm); Depth: 9% i n . (25.2 cm)
5
Accession number 74.DJ.4.1-.2
PROVENANCE
Napoleon Lannes, 2nd due de Montebello;
Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley, Paris, by
1882; Alfred-Emanuel-Louis Beurdeley (son
o f Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley), Paris
(sold, M a y 19-20,1899, lot 178); L i n d o n
collection (sold, Sotheby's, London, June
26,1964, lot 87; [R. L . Harrington, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1967]; [Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w
York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
272
O n e of a pair
274
F R E N C H
275. P a i r o f V a s e s
TEXTILES
{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
276
[Mallett at B o u r d o n House, L t d . , London,
1988].
Textiles
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJvj (1989),
no. 79, p. 144, illus.
276. L e n g t h o f
Passementerie
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
[Juliette Niclausse, Paris, 1986].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi<) (1987),
no. 98, p. 210, illus.
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
O n e of a pair
275
Linen embroidered w i t h silk and wool;
linen l i n i n g
Panel .1: Height: 11 ft. 2 4 i n . (342 cm);
3
W i d t h : 3 ft. Ys i n . (91.7 cm); Panel .2:
Height: 11 ft. 3 Ye i n . (343 cm); W i d t h :
3ft.Vs i n . (93 cm)
Accession number 85.DD.266.1-.2
O n e of a pair
277
l6l
l62
F R E N C H
T E X T I L E S
279. S i x P a i n t e d Panels
PROVENANCE
L t . C o l . A . Heywood-Lonsdale, Shavington
Paris, circa 1780
H a l l , Salop; [Partridge (Fine Arts), L t d . ,
Gouache o n silk w i t h gold paint
L o n d o n , 1985].
One panel painted w i t h the monograms
MJL and LSXot the comte and comtesse de
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Provence.
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14 (1986),
Height: 4 ft. 9 i n . (144.8 cm); W i d t h : 7 i n .
no. 189, p. 242, illus.; A n n e Ratzki-Kraatz,
(17.8 cm)
"Two Embroidered Hangings i n the Style
Accession number 73.DH.89.1—.6
o f Daniel M a r o t , " GettyMusJ 20 (1992),
pp. 89-106, illus.
PROVENANCE
Made for Louis-Stanislas-Xavier and MarieJosephine-Louise, comte and comtesse de
Provence (sold as part o f a set o f eight panels
278. H a n g i n g s for a B e d
f r o m the "Bureaux des Bailments [ d u R o i ] , "
French, circa 1690-1715
July 15,1794 [27 messidor, an I I ] , l o t 16112,
Silk satin, cording, velour, silk embroidery,
for 150 Uwes to citoyen Bouchard [informa
damask panels; linen linings
t i o n : C. Baulez]); Baron Louis de R o t h
Height: 15 ft. 7 /s i n . (415 cm); W i d t h :
3
schild (sold, Parke-Bernet, N e w York,
5 ft. 11 Vi i n . (182 cm); D e p t h : 6 ft. (183 cm)
M a y 13,1955, l o t 165); [Dalva Brothers, Inc.,
Accession number 79.DD.3
N e w York, 1973]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chateau de M o n t b r i a n , near Messimy,
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 43, pp. 86-87, illus.
Aix-en-Provence; [P. Bertrand et Cie, Paris,
1933]; [Gerald C. Paget, L o n d o n and N e w
York, 1970s].
EXHIBITIONS
Paris, Salon des Arts M ι n a g e r s , Grand
278
Palais, L'Exposition retrospective de la
chambre δ coucher, January-February 1933,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
no. 129, illus.; Versailles, Chateau de Ver
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979,"
sailles, Salon de la Guerre, June 1936.
no. 12, pp. 48-49, illus.; Anne Ratzki-Kraatz,
"A French L i t de Parade Μ la Duchesse'
1690-1715," GettyMusJ'14 (1986), pp. 81-104,
illus.
F R E N C H
TEXTILES
279
163
164
F R E N C H
CARPETS
PROVENANCE
Louis X I V , by 1667; Church o f Saint-Andrιdes-Arts, Paris, 1769; (?) Parguez-Perdreau,
Paris, M a r c h 1914; [Arnold Seligmann,
Paris, March-June 1914]; George A . Kessler,
June 1914; M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w York
(sold by his heir John L . Schiff, Christie's,
L o n d o n , June 22,1938, lot 77); purchased at
that sale by J. Paul Getty.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jules Guiffrey, Inventaire general du mobilier
de U couronne sous Louis XIV: Tapis (Paris,
1885-1886), (?) no. 18, p. 378; Verlet et al.,
Chefi d'oeuvre, pp. 134-135, illus.; Pierre
Verlet, The James A. de Rothschild Collection
at Waddesdon Manor: The Savonnerie (Fribourg, 1982), p. 174; n n . 5,11, p. 421; W i l s o n ,
Selections, no. 1, pp. 2-3, illus.
280
281. C a r p e t
Carpets and Screens
Savonnerie manufactory, before M a y 3,1680
Woven under the direction o f the Lourdet
280. C a r p e t
Savonnerie manufactory, circa 1663
family after the design o f Fran$ois Francart
and Baudoin Yvart (lepereV) according to
Probably made i n the workshops o f
the scheme o f Charles Le B r u n
Philippe Lourdet
Wool
W o o l and linen
Length: 29 ft. 9% i n . (908.6 cm); W i d t h :
Length: 21 ft. uVs i n . (669 c m ) ; W i d t h :
15 ft. 7 i n . (472.1 cm)
14 ft. 5 i n . (440 cm)
Accession number 85.DC.515
Accession number 70.DC.63
PROVENANCE
Delivered to the garde meuble on M a y 3,
1680, by "Veuve" Lourdet for Louis X I V ,
Galerie d u bord de l'eau, Louvre, Paris;
on loan to Pierre-Paul, marquis d'Ossun
(1713-1788), Ambassadeur Extraordinaire et
Plιnipotentiaire de France, 1759, from
281
F R E N C H
SCREENS
circa 1769-1775; [(?) Jacques Seligmann,
Paris, 1926]; M m e Jorge Ortiz-Linares
(nιe Graziella Patino), Paris; by descent
to Georges O r t i z , Geneva.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Pierre Verlet, The James A. de Rothschild
Collection at Waddesdon Manor: The Savonnerie (Fribourg, 1982), p. 203; 72nd carpet p.
491; n n . 119, 123, p. 430; n . 143, p. 432;
n . 149, p. 433; and included as a line drawing
i n a folding plan o f the Galerie d u bord
de l'eau; "Acquisitions/1985,"
GettyMusJi^
(1986), no. 187, p. 240, illus.
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
282
[Belain or Blin] de Fontenay and AlexandreFran$ois Desportes
W o o l and linen; m o d e r n velvet backing;
wooden frame
EXHIBITIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Paris, Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins,
Pierre Verlet, The James A. de Rothschild
Height: 8 ft. 11 4 i n . (273.6 c m ) ; W i d t h :
Tapis de L· Savonnerie, December 1926-
Collection at Waddesdon Manor: The
6 ft. 4/8 i n . (193.2 cm)
January 1927,^0. 96; Paris, Bibliothιque
Savonnerie (Fribourg, 1982), p. 301; n . 82,
3
Accession number 83.DD.260.1-.2
PROVENANCE
Nationale, Le Siede de Louis XLV, February-
pp. 457-458; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1983,"
A p r i l 1927, no. 1268; Paris, M u s ι e des Arts
no. 2, pp. 180-183, illus.; "Acquisitions/
Dιcoratifs, Louis XLV: Faste et decors, M a y -
1983," GettyMusJ 12 (1984), no. 4, p. 262,
(?) M m e d'Yvon, Paris (sold, Galerie
October i960, no. 774, p i . 52; R i c h m o n d ,
illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 150, illus. (one)
Georges Petit, Paris, M a y 30-June 4,1892,
Virginia, Experts' Choice: One Thousand
p. 151; Catherine H a m r i c k , "European
lot 673); [Jacques Seligmann, Paris] (sold,
Years of the Art Trade, A p r i l 22-June 12,1983,
Folding Screens: M i r r o r s o f an Enduring
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, M a r c h 9-12,
pp. 82-83, illus., lent by Dalva Brothers, Inc.
Past," Southern Accents (April 1990), pp. 30,
1914, l o t 343); [Germain Seligmann, Paris,
32, 34, 38, 40, illus. p. 34; Handbook 1991,
1927]; [Fran$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].
165
l66
F R E N C H
SCREENS
Tapestries
284. F r a g m e n t o f a Verdure Tapestry
French, circa 1630
Wool
Height: 10 ft. 10 i n . (330.5 cm); W i d t h :
7 ft. uVx in. (242.5 cm)
Accession number 69.DD.37
P R O V E N A N C E
283
Gift o f Dr. Albert Best, Los Angeles, 1969.
283. F o u r - p a n e l Screen
Savonnerie manufactory, woven between
1719 and 1769
Woven after designs by Alexandre-Fran£ois
285. Tapestry, The Offering
to
Bacchus
from the Grotesque Series
Desportes
Beauvais manufactory, circa 1685-1730
W o o l and linen; modern velvet backing;
After a design by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer
wooden frame; brass nails
W o o l and silk
Height: 6 ft. Vs i n . (185.1 cm); W i d t h :
Height: 9 ft. 5% i n . (289 cm); W i d t h :
8 ft. 6 i n . (259.1 cm)
6 ft. 7% i n . (201 cm)
Accession number 75.DD.1
Accession number 86.DD.645
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
The Earl o f Caledon, Tyttenhanger Park,
Rothschild collection, Vienna; (anonymous
Hertfordshire; [Alexander and Berendt,
sale, Christies, L o n d o n , June 22,1939,
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1973]; private Australian
lot 159); (sold, Christies, L o n d o n , July 1,
collection; [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . ,
1982, l o t 3, to [Bernheimer Fine Arts, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1975]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
London]).
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Pierre Verlet, The James A. de Rothschild
Collection at Waddesdon Manor: The Savon
nerie (Fribourg, 1982), p. 15; n . 20, p. 467;
284
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ 1$ (1987),
no. 99, pp. 210-211, illus.
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 12, pp. 24-25, illus.
285
F R E N C H
286. S i x Tapestries f r o m The Story of the
TAPESTRIES
PROVENANCE
markt," Cicerone 18 (1926), pp. 271-272;
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
1983," no. ι, pp. 173-181, illus.; "Acquisi
Emperor
of China
Series
nansal, Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, and Jean-
Rot o f the Chateau de Rambouillet i n 1718;
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
(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);
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,
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,
Rhode Island, 1970s.
illus.
Signature VERNANSAL.INT.ET.PU
l
The Astronomers:
Height: 13 ft. 9 i n . (419 c m ) ;
W i d t h : 10 ft. 5 Yz i n . (319 cm)
Accession number 83.DD.338
The Emperor on a Journey:
Height: 13 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (415 cm);
woven
EXHIBITIONS
The Preservation Society o f Newport,
Rhode Island, C h α t e a u - s u r - M e r , 1970S-1989
(89.DD.62 only).
W i d t h : 8 ft. 4 i n . (254 cm)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Accession number 83.DD.339
M o n t i ι and de D i o n , "Quelques docu
The Return from the Hunt:
ments sur le D u c h ι p a i r i e de Rambouillet,"
Woven BEHAGLE at lower right.
Mιmoires et documents publiιs par h Sociιtι
Height: 13 ft. 8/2 i n . (418 cm);
archιologique de Rambouillet 7 (1886),
W i d t h : 9 ft. 6 i n . (290 cm)
pp. 208, 227; Jules Badin, La Manufacture
Accession number 83.DD.340
de tapisseries de Beauvais depuis ses origines
The Empress's Tea:
jusquδ nosjours (Paris, 1909), p. 13; George
Height: 13 ft. 9 i n . (419.1 cm);
Leland Hunter, The Practical Book of
W i d t h : 6 ft. 3 i n . (195 cm)
Tapestries (Philadelphia, 1925), p. 162;
Accession number 89.DD.62
Dr. Szokolny, " V o m amerikanischen Kunst
e
l6j
l68
F R E N C H
TAPESTRIES
286
The Astronomers
The Emperor on a Journey
The Harvesting of Pineapples
286
The Return from the Hunt
286
The Collation
286
2-
86
The Emp ress's Tea
286
F R E N C H
TAPESTRIES
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
(?) Sold, H o t e l D r o u o t , Paris, M a y 27,1910,
one o f four sold as lots 131-134; ([?] sold,
Christies, L o n d o n , M a r c h 6,1923, lot 629,
as one o f a pair); [(?) B. Fabre et Fils, Paris];
Thenadey collection, Paris; [Mayorcas, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1985].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ'15 (1987),
287
287. Tapestry, Le Cheval Rayé
Anciennes
from
the
Indes Series
PROVENANCE
(?) Jean-Baptiste-Elie Camus de Pontcarré,
Gobelins manufactory, circa 1690-1730
seigneur de Viarmes (1702-1775), and his
After a cartoon by Albert Eckhout and
wife Fran£oise-Louise Raoul de la Guibour-
Frans Post, retouched by Jean-Baptiste
gére; by descent to L o u i s - J e a n - N é p o m u c e n e -
Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste Belin [Belain or
Francois-Marie Camus de la G u i b o u r g é r e
Blin] de Fontenay, R e n é - A n t o i n e Houasse,
(1747-1794); by descent to Alexandre-
F r a ^ o i s Bonnemer, and Alexandre-Fran£ois
Prosper Camus de la G u i b o u r g é r e (1793-
Desportes
1853), Chateau de la G u i b o u r g é r e , Bretagne;
W o o l and silk
[Bernard Blondeel, Antwerp, Belgium, 1991].
Woven w i t h the arms o f the Camus de
P o n t c a r r é de Viarmes de la G u i b o u r g é r e
families.
Height: 10 ft. 10 i n . (326 cm); W i d t h :
no. 100, p. 211, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJ 21 (1993),
i n press, illus.
18 ft. 10 i n . (580.2 cm)
Accession n u m b e r 92.DD.21
288
169
IJO
F R E N C H
TAPESTRIES
2 8 9 . Tapestry, Le Mots de
Le Chateau
LesMaisons
de Monceaux
Decιmbre,
from
RoyalesSeries
Gobelins manufactory, before 1712
the direction o f Jean de la Croix
PROVENANCE
W o o l and silk
C o m t e de C a m o n d o , Paris (sold, Galerie
T h e lower right galon bears the woven sig
Georges Petit, Paris, February 1-3, 1893,
nature I.D.L.
lot 291); Gaston Menier, Paris (sold, Galerie
CROX.
The cartoon painted by Fran$ois van
Height: 10 ft. 4% i n . (316 cm); W i d t h :
Charpentier, Paris, November 22,1936,
der Meulen, Baudrain Yvart le pere, Jean-
10 ft. 9 in. (328 cm)
lot i n ) ; Baron Gendebien-Salvay, Belgium;
Baptiste Monnoyer, Pierre (Boulle) Boels,
Accession number 85.DD.309
[Vincent Laloux, Brussels].
Guillaume Anguier, Abraham Genoels after
BIBLIOGRAPHY
designs by Charles Le B r u n . Woven under
Le Journal des arts, January 28,1893 (Paris);
Maurice Fenaille, Etat general de U Manu
facture des Gobelins, 1600-ipoo (Paris,
1903-1923), v o l . 2, pp. 161-162; Charissa
Bremer-David, "Tapestry 'Le Chateau de
Monceaux' f r o m the series Les Maisons
Royales" GettyMusJ 14 (1986), pp. 105-112,
figs. ia~b; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ
14 (1986), no. 192, pp. 242-243, illus.;
Jacqueline Boceara, Ames de Laine et de Sote
( S a i n t - J u s t - e n - C h a u s ι e , 1988), p. 207, illus.
p. 209; E d i t h Α . Standen, "The J a r d ν n des
Plantes: A n Entrefenιtre for the Maisons
Royales Gobelins Tapestry Series," Bulletin
du Centre internationale d'etudes des textiles
anciennes(& (1990), p. 49; illus. p. 51, fig. 4;
Handbook 1991, p. 162, illus. p. 163.
2 9 0 . Tapestry, Char de
Triomphe
Gobelins manufactory, 1715-1716
Woven from the cartoon by Baudrain Yvart
le pere after a design by Charles Le B r u n
W o o l and silk
Part o f the original backing bears the
inscription No. 194 Ports. Du CharJ 6: Sur 5:
au[ne], de haut/ 2: au[ne] 1/2 de Cours over
10-6 six pieces 8 $20. Woven w i t h the arms
o f France and Navarre.
28Q
F R E N C H
TAPESTRIES
Height: 11 ft. 4 Η i n . (347 cm); W i d t h :
8ft.9 % i n . (267 cm)
Accession number 83.DD.20
PROVENANCE
Delivered to the Garde Meuble de la
Couronne o n October 27, 1717; M m e
Fulco de B o u r b o n , Patterson, N e w York;
Michael de B o u r b o n (son o f M m e Fulco
de B o u r b o n ) , Pikeville, Kentucky.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Maurice Fenaille, Etat general des tapisseries
de la Manufacture des Gobelins (Paris, 1903),
vol. 2, pp. 16-22; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 8,
291
pp. 16-17, illus.; Bremer-David, "Acquisi
tions 1983," no. 3, p p . 183-185, 187, illus.;
2 9 1 . Tapestry, The Loves of the
"Acquisitions/1983," GettyMusJ12 (1984),
Bacchus and Ariadne,
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
Woven after paintings by Fransois Boucher
Badin, La Manufacture de tapisseries de
Beauvais depuis ses origines jusqu a nos
W o o l and silk
jours (Paris, 1909), p. 61, illus.; George L .
Gods:
Jupiter
and
BIBLIOGRAPHY
M . Vaucaire, "Les Tapisseries de Beauvais,"
Height: 12 ft. (366 cm); W i d t h : 24 ft. 9 i n .
Hunter, "Beauvais-Boucher's
(754 cm)
Arts and Decoration (March 1919), p. 246;
Tapestries,"
Accession number 63.DD.6
George L . Hunter, The Practical Book of
PROVENANCE
George L . Hunter, "Americas Beauvais-
Tapestries (Philadelphia, 1925), p. 173;
(?) Royal family o f Portugal; Jules Paul
Porgιs, Portugal and later Paris; C . Ledyard
Blair; [French and Co., N e w York, 1937];
purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1937.
Boucher Tapestries," Lnternational Studio
(November 1926), pp. 26-28, illus.; H e i n
rich G φ b e l , Wandteppiche (Leipzig, 1923),
vol. 2, part ι, p. 227; E r i k Zahle, " F r a ^ o i s
EXHIBITIONS
Boucher's dobbelte billedavaening," Det
New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, French
Danske Kunstindustrimuseum: Virksomhed
and English Art Treasures of the United States,
3 (1959-1964), p . 68; Madeleine Jarry, "A
December 20-30,1942, no. 241, p. 39.
Wealth o f Boucher Tapestries i n American
Museums," Antiques (August 1972), p. 224,
fig. 2; E d i t h Standen, "The Loves o f the
290
Gods," European Post-Medieval Tapestries
and Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum
I 7 I
172
FRENCH
TAPESTRIES
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
2 9 2 . Tapestry,
[for Le Blond] are woven i n t o the galon o f
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
designs by Guy-Louis Vernansal and Claude
c
m
)
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 :
8ft.10 V i n . (270 cm)
4
Wallace, Paris, before 1890; by inheritance
292
Accession number 65.DD.5
to Lady Wallace, Paris, 1890; by inheritance
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
London, June 22,1938, l o t 74); purchased
Paris, U n i o n Centrale des Beaux-Arts
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
Appliques δ l'Industrie, Musιe rιtrospectif
1865, no. 5734; Paris, Exposition d'artfrangais
BIBLIOGRAPHY
duXVIII
e
Maurice Fenaille, Etat
siecle, 1916, no. 113., p . 87, illus.
des tapisseries
de h Manufacture des Gobelins (Paris, 1904),
BIBLIOGRAPHY
vol. 3, p. 139; H e i n r i c h G φ b e l , Wandteppiche
Maurice Fenaille, Etat
general
(Leipzig, 1923), vol. 2, part 1, p p . 172-173;
general
de la Manu
facture des Gobelins, 1600-1900 (Paris, 1903),
Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p . 133, illus.;
vol. 3, p p . 310-314; H e i n r i c h G φ b e l ,
E d i t h Standen, "Portiere w i t h the Chauvelin
Wandteppiche (Leipzig, 1923), vol. 2, part 1,
Arms," European Post-Medieval Tapestries
and Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum
p. 156; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ\4
(1986), no. 196, pp. 244-245, illus.; Hand
of Art (New York, 1985), vol. 1, pp. 361-364.
293
book 1991, p . 170, illus.; detail illus. p. 154.
F R E N C H
T A P E S T R I E S
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Madeleine Jarry, "A Wealth o f Boucher
Tapestries i n American Museums," Antiques
(August 1972), pp. 222-231.,,
2 9 5 . Tapestry, The Toilet of
Psyche
Beauvais manufactory, circa 1741-1770
Woven after a painting by F r a ^ o i s Boucher,
296
under the administration o f Nicolas Besnier
and the direction o f Jean-Baptiste O u d r y
Beauvais manufactory, circa 1749
W o o l and silk
Signature BESNIER-ET-
Woven after a painting by Fran9ois Boucher,
OVDRY'A
BEAUVAIS woven i n lower right galon.
Height: 9 ft. 4 i n . (284.5
c
m
) ; Width:
2 9 4 . Tapestry, The Toilet of Psyche
Height: 10 ft. (305 cm); W i d t h : 15 ft. 6 i n .
Accession number 68.DD.23
(472.5 cm)
PROVENANCE
Accession number 71.DD.470
Beauvais manufactory, circa 1741-1753
Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, 2nd
Woven after a painting by Fran£ois Boucher,
Earl o f Iveagh (1874-1967), Pyrford C o u r t ,
under the administration o f Nicolas Besnier
Surrey (sold, Christie's, Pyrford C o u r t ,
and the direction o f Jean-Baptiste O u d r y
June 4,1968, l o t 206); purchased at that sale
W o o l and silk
by J. Paul Getty.
Signature BESNIER
BEAWAISwoven
under the administration o f Nicolas Besnier
and the direction o f Jean-Baptiste O u d r y
W o o l and silk
13 ft. 5 i n . (409 cm)
294
2 9 6 . Tapestry, The Toilet of Psyche
PROVENANCE
D u e de Gramont, Paris (sold, Galerie
Georges Petit, Paris, M a y 22, 1925, lot 73);
[Duveen Brothers, L o n d o n , 1933]; A n n a
T h o m p s o n Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse
& OVDRY - A
Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n (sold, Christie's,
at lower right.
L o n d o n , June 24,1971, l o t 137); purchased
Height: 11 ft. (335 cm); W i d t h : 8 ft. 9 i n .
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
(267 cm)
Accession number 63.DD.2
EXHIBITIONS
L o n d o n , 25 Park Lane, Three French Reigns,
PROVENANCE
F e b r u a r y - A p r i l 1933, no. 528, p i . 88; San
Sir A n t h o n y de Rothschild, L o n d o n ; H e n r y
M a r i n o , California, T h e Henry E. H u n t i n g
Walters, Baltimore (sold by his widow,
ton Library and A r t Gallery, January-
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, A p r i l 26,1941,
July, 1989.
lot 739, to [French and Co., N e w York]);
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
295
173
174
FRENCH
TAPESTRIES
2 9 8 . Tapestry, Psyche at the
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Basketmakers
Jules Badin, La Manufacture de tapisseries de
Beauvais manufactory, circa 1750
Beauvais depuis ses origines jusquδ nos jours
Woven after a p a i n t i n g by Fran$ois Boucher,
(Paris, 1909), p. 60; Duveen and Co., A
under the administration o f Nicolas Besnier
Catalogue of Works of Art of the Eighteenth
Century in the Collection of Anna Thomson
W o o l and silk
Dodge (Detroit, 1933), i n t r o d u c t i o n pp. i i i - i v
Signature f Boucher woven at lower left and
and non-paginated entry, illus.
the arms o f France and Navarre at the t o p ,
and the direction o f Jean-Baptiste O u d r y
center.
Height: 11 ft. 4 i n . (345.5 cm); W i d t h :
2 9 7 . Tapestry, The Abandonment
of
8 ft. 3 i n . (251.5 cm)
Psyche
Accession number 6 3 . D D . 4
Beauvais manufactory, circa 1750
Woven after a painting by Fran$ois Boucher,
P R O V E N A N C E
under the administration o f Nicolas Besnier
Edward Cecil Guinness, ist Earl o f Iveagh
and the direction o f Jean-Baptiste O u d r y
(1847-1927), L o n d o n ; Walter Guinness,
W o o l and silk
L o n d o n ; [Jacques Seligmann, Paris, b y
Signature f Boucher woven at lower left.
297
Height: 11 ft. iiVz i n . (364.5 cm); W i d t h :
1931 (inv. no. 1346)]; purchased b y J. Paul
Getty, 1938.
9 ft. 2 i n . (280 cm)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Accession number 63.DD.3
Jules Badin, La Manufacture de tapisseries de
Beauvais depuis ses origines jusquδ nos jours
P R O V E N A N C E
Sir A n t h o n y de Rothschild, L o n d o n ; Ε . M .
(Paris, 1909), p. 60; George L . Hunter, The
Hodgkins, Paris; [French and Co., N e w
Practical Book of Tapestries (Philadelphia,
York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1937.
1925), p. 144; Madeleine Jarry, "A Wealth o f
Boucher Tapestries i n American Museums,"
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Antiques (August 1972), pp. 222-231; Geral-
Jules Badin, La Manufacture de tapisseries
dine C . Hussman, "Boucher's Psyche at the
de Beauvais depuis ses origines jusquδ nos
Basketmakers: A Closer Look," Getty Mus]4
(1977), ΡΡ· 45"50.
jours (Paris, 1909), p. 60; George L . Hunter,
The Practical Book of Tapestries (Philadel
phia, 1925), p p . 169, 249; Madeleine Jarry,
"A Wealth o f Boucher Tapestries i n A m e r i
can Museums," Antiques (August 1972),
pp. 222-231.
298
FRENCH TAPESTRIES
3 0 0 . F o u r Tapestries f r o m The Story
Don
Quixote
Height: 12 ft. 2 i n . (371 cm); W i d t h :
of
13ft.6 i n . (411 cm)
Series
Accession number 82.DD.69
Gobelins manufactory,, 1772-1773
Central narrative panels designed by CharlesAntoine Coypel and the alentours designed
by Jean-Baptiste Belin [Belain or Blin] de
Fontenay, Claude A u d r a n III, Francois
Desportes, and Valade; woven i n the w o r k
299
2 9 9 . Tapestry, Psyche at Cupid's
PaUce
Beauvais manufactory, circa 1750
Woven after a painting by Fran$ois Boucher,
under the administration o f Nicolas Besnier
and the direction o f Jean-Baptiste O u d r y
W o o l and silk
Height: 10 ft. 11 i n . (322.7 cm); W i d t h :
18 ft. 7 4 i n . (568.4 cm)
3
Accession number 63.DD.5
shop o f M i c h e l A u d r a n
QUIXOTTE
PARLA
SAGES
GUERI
DE SA
FOLIE,
[sic]:
Signature AUDRAN woven at b o t t o m right
corner and w i t h the date 7773 i n the galon.
Height: 12 ft. 2 i n . (371 cm); W i d t h :
M a r i e Antoinette), D u k e and Duchess
o f Saxe-Teschen, Joint Governors o f the
12 ft. 10 i n . (391 cm)
LE REPAS DE SANCHO, DANS VILE
Joseph Lorenz, D u k e o f Teschen, 1822;
Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf, Duke o f Teschen,
1847; Friedrick M a r i a Albrecht W i l h e l m
Karl, D u k e o f Teschen, Schloss H a l t b u r n ,
Burgenland, Austria, 1895, removed to
L o n d o n , 1936; Alice Bucher, Lucerne,
Switzerland (offered for sale, Sotheby's,
Accession number 82.DD.66
BARATARIA
Given by Louis XVI o n August 20,1786,
to A l b e r t and Marie-Christine (sister o f
Austrian Netherlands; Karl L u d w i g Johann
W o o l and silk
DON
PROVENANCE
DE
[sic]:
L o n d o n , December 8,1967, lot 1, bought
in); [Galerie R φ m e r , Z u r i c h , 1981] (sold,
Sotheby's, Monaco, June 14,1982, lot 571).
PROVENANCE
Signature AUDRAN and date 7772 woven
Sir A n t h o n y de Rothschild, L o n d o n ; Ε. M .
i n the galon and the border at the b o t t o m
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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)
teppiche (Leipzig, 1923), vol. 2, part 1, p. 163;
Accession number 82.DD.67
Bremer-David, "Acquisitions 1982," no. 13,
l
Jules Badin, La Manufacture de tapisseries
de Beauvais depuis ses origines jusquδ nos
jours (Paris, 1909), p. 60; Madeleine Jarry,
"A Wealth o f Boucher Tapestries i n A m e r i
can Museums," Antiques (August 1972),
pp. 222-231.
ENTREE
DE SANCHO DANS VILE
BARATARIA
DE
[sic]:
pp. 60-66, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 36,
pp. 72-73, illus.; E d i t h Standen, "The
Signature AUDRAN woven at the b o t t o m
Memorable Judgment o f Sancho," European
right corner and w i t h the date 1772 i n
Post-Medieval Tapestries and Hangings in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York,
the galon.
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)
p. 172, illus. (82.DD.66 only); Jonathan
Accession number 82.DD.68
Bourne and Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the
3
POLTRONERIE
CHASSE
DE SANCHO A LA
[sic]:
Domestic Interior: Renaissance to Art
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.
I75
176
FRENCH
TAPESTRIES
Don Quixote gueri de sa folie
Entree de Sancho
300
Le Repas de Sancho
3°°
300
Poltronerie de Sancho
3°°
F R E N C H TAPESTRIES
3 0 1 . F o u r H a n g i n g s from the Tentures
Boucher
de
Series
Venus and Vulcan:
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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:
direction o f Jacques Neilson
Signature neilson, ιx. woven at lower right.
Maurice Fenaille, Etat general des tapisseries
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
PROVENANCE
Ackerman, Tapestry: the Mirror of
Civilization (New York, 1933), p. 277, p i . 45;
and F.Boucher i n the medallion o f Vertum
nus and Pomona.
Height: 12 ft. 7 i n . (383.5 c m ) ; W i d t h :
20 ft. 6 i n . (624.8 cm)
Accession number 71.DD.466
Venus on the Waters-.
Signature neilson. ιx. woven at lower right.
Height: 12 ft. 7 i n . (383.5 c m ) ; W i d t h :
10 ft. 5 i n . (317.5 cm)
Accession number 71.DD.467
Given by Louis X V I i n 1782 to the Grand
D u k e Paul Petrovitch (later Czar Paul I ) and
Grand Duchess M a r i a Feodorovna o f
Russia; h u n g at the Palace o f Pavlovsk (near
St. Petersburg) u n t i l circa 1925 (sold by the
Soviet government); [Duveen Brothers,
New York]; N o r t o n Simon (sold, ParkeBernet, N e w York, M a y 8,1971, l o t 233);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
E d i t h Standen, "The Tapestry Room from
C r o σ m e C o u r t , " Decorative Art from the
Samuel H. Kress Collection at the Metropoli
tan Museum of Art (London, 1964), p. 52;
Madeleine Jarry, "A Wealth o f Boucher
Tapestries i n American Museums," Antiques
(August 1972), pp. 222-231; W i l s o n , Selec
tions, no. 38, pp. 76-77, illus.; Edith
Standen, " C r o σ m e C o u r t Tapestries,"
Pennsylvania, T h e A l l e n t o w n A r t Museum,
European Post-Medieval Tapestries and
Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Great Periods of Tapestry, February 19 61.
(New York, 1985), vol. 1, p. 397.
EXHIBITIONS
YJJ
I78
FRENCH
TAPESTRIES
301
Diana and Callisto, Vertumnus and Pomona
Venus and Vulcan
301
Aurora and Cephalus
3
Venus on the Waters
301
Q I
F R E N C H DECORATIVE DRAWINGS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
Maurice Fenaille, Etat general des tapisseries .
de la Manufacture des Gobelins (Paris, 1904),
F. A . M a g l i n , 1902; [Fran9ois-Gerard Seligmann, Paris].
vol. 4, pp. 285-289, illus.; Hermann Schmitz,
Bildteppiche, Geschichte der Gobelinwirkerei
(Berlin, 1919), p. 304; Stephane Faniel et al.,
French Art of the Eighteenth Century (Collec
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi*) (1987), no.
105, p. 213, illus.
tion Connaissance des arts, N e w York, 1957),
vol. i , p. 161, fig. c; E d i t h Standen, "The
Tapestry R o o m from C r o σ m e Court," Deco
302
302. Tapestry, Neptune
f r o m the Tentures
andAmymone
de Boucher
Series
Gobelins manufactory, circa 1781-1783
Central scene after a painting by Fran9ois
Boucher; alentour after designs by Maurice
rative Art from the Samuel H. Kress
Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of
Art (London, 1964), p. 52; E d i t h Standen,
" C r o σ m e C o u r t Tapestries," European Post-
Medieval Tapestries and Hangings in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York,
1985), vol. ι, p. 397.
Jacques and Louis Tessier; woven under the
direction o f Jacques Neilson
W o o l and silk
F.Boucher. Pix woven i n central oval panel
and neilson ιx. woven i n the lower right o f
the alentour.
Height: 12 ft. % i n . (368 cm); W i d t h :
15 ft. 6 i n . (472.5 cm)
Accession number 73.DD.90
Decorative Drawings
303. D r a w i n g for a W a l l L i g h t
(See entry no. 169)
Paris, circa 1760-1780
A t t r i b u t e d to Contant d ' l v r y
PROVENANCE
Pen and black i n k o n paper
One o f four tapestries given by Louis X V I i n
Inscribed (recto) i n i n k i n the lower right
1784 to Prince H e n r y o f Prussia; Jules Porgιs
(S) Girandolle de dessus h chem[inιe] [...?]/
de Jeu dans VElevation No. 6.... Inscribed
(sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 18,
1924, no. 244); (sold, Galerie Charpentier,
(verso) i n pencil Bachelier and, i n i n k , below
Paris, M a y 28, 1954, no. 145); private collec
F. A. Maglin 1902. Inscribed i n pencil o n
tion, France, 1957; conte Francesco Castel-
separate rectangles glued to the reverse Ir and
barco A l b a n i , Italy (sold, Sotheby's, Palazzo
Thre Van Thulden. Unidentified watermark.
Capponi, Florence, M a y 22,1973, lot 79);
Height: 10%; i n . (26.5 cm); W i d t h : 6 4 i n .
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
(17.ι cm)
3
Accession number 86.GA.692
303
I79
ΐ8θ
FRENCH DECORATIVE
DRAWINGS
3 0 5 . D r a w i n g for a E w e r
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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 :
to ArtNouveau (London, 1991), illus. p. n o ,
10/16 i n .
% . 353·
Accession number 79.GA.180
I3
(25.6 cm)
PROVENANCE
M a i s o n O d i o t , Paris (sold, Sotheby's,
Monaco, November 26,1979, l o t 610).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Claude Frιgnac et al., Les Grands Orfevres de
Louis XIII δ Charles X (Collection Connaissance des arts, Paris, 1965), p. 194, illus.;
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 t o m i d 1980,"
i t e m B , p. 12, illus.; Savill, Sevres, v o l . 1,
p. 469; n . 7, p. 475.
304
3 0 4 . D r a w i n g for a W a l l L i g h t
3 0 6 . D r a w i n g for U r n s a n d Vases
Paris, circa 1775
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 .
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.
3
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
Maison O d i o t , Paris (sold, Sotheby's,
m
)
Accession number 79.GA.178
Monaco, November 26,1979, l o t 609).
305
PROVENANCE
M a i s o n O d i o t , Paris (sold, Sotheby's,
Monaco, November 26,1979, l o t 584).
F R E N C H DECORATIVE DRAWINGS
3θ6
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,'
Maison O d i o t , Paris (sold, Sotheby's,
item A , p. 11, illus.
Monaco, November 26, 1979, lot 612).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
307. D r a w i n g for a n I n k s t a n d
Paris, circa 1780
Wilson, "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,
item E, p. 16, illus.
A t t r i b u t e d to Robert-Joseph Auguste
Pen and black i n k w i t h blue and yellow
wash o n paper
Unidentified watermark.
Height: 1 ft. $Vi6 i n . (44 c m ) ; W i d t h :
ι ft. 3 /i6 i n .
5
(38.9
cm)
Accession number 79.GA.181
307
l8l
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
ι ft. Vx i n . (31.8 cm)
Accession number 79.GA.182
PROVENANCE
Maison O d i o t , Paris (sold, Sotheby's,
Monaco, November 26, 1979, l o t 627).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"
item D , pp. 14-15, illus.
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
Earls o f Warwick, W a r w i c k Castle; [Frank
Partridge and Sons, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; pur
309
chased by J. Paul Getty.
E X H I B I T I O N S
The Fine Arts Museums o f San Francisco,
The Triumph of Humanism, September 29,
1977-January 18,1978, p. 91, fig. 107; Tulsa,
The Philbrook A r t Center, Gloria dell'arte:
A Renaissance Perspective, October 26,
1979-January 27,1980 (Tulsa, 1979), no. 85,
p. 53, illus.
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
(61.8 cm)
Accession number 78.DA.120
310
ITALIAN CASSONI
P R O V E N A N C E
[ H . Blairman a n d Sons, L o n d o n , 1963];
purchased by J. Paul Getty for Sutton Place,
Surrey; distributed b y the estate o f J. Paul
Getty t o the J. Paul Getty Museum.
E X H I B I T I O N S
Tulsa, T h e P h i l b r o o k A r t Center, Gloria
delVarte: A Renaissance Perspective, Octo
ber 26,1979-January 27,1980 (Tulsa, 1979),
no. 86, p. 53, illus.
dei Conti di Coccorone e di Antignano detti
[poi?] dei Conti 0 dei Comitibus abitanti
in FolignOy esi[stenti?] questi [in?] casa di
Contessa Pressilla moglie del Contι Cesare
Bentivogli seniore, il di cui matrimonio seguν
circa V[anno] 1$$[9?] onde e verisimile che
tanto questo quanto I'altro simil cassone
fossero fatti in congiuntura dei loro sponsali
et erano ne٧a maggior parte dorati come pud
ancor vedersi da diverse reliquie discoperte
nel ripulirli e son fattuta del celebre scultore
Maffei.
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, England; [Same A r t ,
Ltd., Zurich].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ 17 (1989),
no. 87, pp. 147-148, illus.
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 .
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 .
hand L'arme che si vede nel mezzo della parte
d'avanti di questo cassone e delh famiglia
(73.75 cm)
3
312
312. C r e d e n z a
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
[Ugo Bardini, i960]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty for Sutton Place, Surrey; distributed
by the estate o f J. Paul Getty to the J. Paul
Getty Museum.
E X H I B I T I O N S
Woodside, California, Filoli, o n loan,
1983 -1992.
One of a pair
3
1 1
185
l86
ITALIAN
CASSONI
COMMODES
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1983," GettyMusJiz (1984),
314. C o m m o d e
Venice, circa 1745-1750
no. 17, p. 267, illus.; Handbook 1986,
p. 191, illus.
Painted, gilt, and silvered oak
Height: 2 ft. 8/8 i n . (81.5 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. 9% i n . (147 cm); Depth: 2 ft. Vs i n .
(62.5 cm)
Accession number 83.DA.282
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) O r s i n i Family, Italy; (sold, Saint-Malo,
France, 1982) [Didier Aaron, Paris]; (sold,
313
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , July 15,1983, lot 114);
[Alexander and Berendt, L o n d o n ] .
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
4 ft. 1% i n . (124.46 cm); D e p t h : 1ft.IOVZ i n .
(57.15 cm)
Accession number 78.DA. 109
P R O V E N A N C E
[Ugo Bardini, i960]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty for Sutton Place, Surrey; distributed
by the estate o f J. Paul Getty to the J. Paul
Getty Museum.
314
ITALIAN TABLES
316.
Octagonal
Table
Northern Italian (possibly Mantua),
circa 1550
Rosso di Verona inlaid w i t h new antico and
cipollina marble
Height: 2 ft. 9% i n . (84.5 cm); W i d t h (of
top): 3 ft. 9/2 i n . (115.5 cm)
315
Accession number 90.DA.33
TABLES
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Palazzo Gonzaga, Mantua (exh. cat.,
315.
Table
Stedelijk Museum, 1934); private collection,
Tuscany, sixteenth century
3i6
the Netherlands, 1934; private collection,
Walnut
Paris, since 1975; [Alain M o a t t i , Paris].
Height: 2 ft. 10 i n . (86.4 cm); W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
[Same A r t , L t d . , Z u r i c h ] .
8 ft. 6 i n . (259 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 10 i n .
E X H I B I T I O N S
(86.4 cm)
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Italiaansche
Accession number 78.DA. 121
Kunst in Nederlandsch Bezit, July 1- Octo
ber ι, 1934, no. 1008.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi^ (1987),
no. 117, pp. 217-218, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
[Ugo Bardini, 1963]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty for Sutton Place, Surrey; distributed
by the estate o f J. Paul Getty to the J. Paul
Getty M u s e u m .
317.
Table
The Vιneto, late sixteenth century
Rosso di Verona marble
Height: 2 ft. yVs i n . (81 cm); W i d t h :
9 ft. n / 8 i n . (308 cm); D e p t h : 4 ft. /s i n .
5
5
(123.5 cm)
Accession number 86.DA.489
317
187
l88
ITALIAN
TABLES
318
Top
318
318. Pietre Dure
Table
PROVENANCE
319 C o n s o l e T a b l e
Florence or Rome
Corsini, Florence, by at least the nineteenth
(?) Piedmont, circa 1730
Tabletop: circa 1580-1600
century; by descent i n the Corsini family;
Carved and gilt w o o d w i t h sarrancolin
Pietre dure and marble mosaic including
[Same A r t , L t d . , Z u r i c h , 1991].
marble top
breccia di Tivoli (or Quintilina), giallo antico,
new antico, breccia rossa, breccia cenerina,
breccia verde, broccatello, bianco e new
antico, serpentine, alabaster fiorito and
alabaster a tartaruga, lapis lazuli, coral, rock
crystal, and yellow and black jasper
Length: 4 ft. 5% i n . (136.5 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft.
8/2
i n . (113 cm);
Base: circa 1825
Carved and gilt w o o d
Height: 2 ft. n /s i n . (89.9 cm)
3
Accession number 92.DA.70
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Leonardo G i n o r i Lisci, I Palazzi di Firenze
nelk storia delTarte (Florence, 1972), vol. 1,
p. 152 (reproduces nineteenth-century
Height: 2 ft. 10% i n . (86.9 cm); W i d t h :
6 ft. 5 4 i n . (196.2 cm); D e p t h : 3 ft. 6 4 i n .
J
(78.1 cm)
Accession number 78.DA.118
archival photograph o f object); Alessandra
PROVENANCE
Guicciardini Corsi Salviati, AJJreschi di
Elsie de Wolfe, N e w York.
Pahzzo Corsini a Firenze ι6$ο~ιγοο (Florence,
1989), p i . 23 (reproduces same photograph
as above); "Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJzi
(1993), i n press, illus.
3
ITALIAN TABLES
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Baroness Lionel de Rothschild (nιe
Charlotte v o n Rothschild), Gunnersbury
Park, Middlesex; Alfred de Rothschild
(1842-1918), H a l t o n , Buckinghamshire, by
1884;
D
y descent to E d m u n d de Rothschild
(b. 1916), Exbury, Hampshire; [Frank
Partridge and Sons, L t d . , London, 1972];
[French and Company, N e w York, o n con
signment from Frank Partridge and Sons,
L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Gillian Wilson, Decorative Arts in the J . Paul
Getty Museum (Malibu, 1977), no. 49, p. 38,
illus.
319
320,
Center Table
Top: Florence or Rome, circa 1600-1620
Support: See entry no. 85 under French
Furniture
Pietre dure and marble mosaic top
W i d t h : 6 ft. 5 /8 i n . (197.1 c m ) ; Depth:
5
5 ft. 3 /8 i n . (115.8 cm)
5
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 58
lop
320
189
I90
ITALIAN
TABLES
322
321
321. Side Table
322. Side Table
323. Side Table
Italian, circa 1760-1770
Rome, circa 1670
Rome, circa 1720-1730
Design attributed to Johann Paul Schor,
G i l t pine
Carved and g i l t - w o o d base surmounted by
called Giovanni Paolo Tedesco
Height: 3 ft. 1 i n . (93.9 cm); W i d t h : 6 ft. 3 i n .
a marble top
Carved and gilt w o o d
(190.5 cm); D e p t h : 3 ft. 2 i n . (96.5 cm)
Height: 3 ft. 5 /i6 i n . (105 cm); W i d t h :
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 .
(74 cm)
7 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (225 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 9%; i n .
(85 cm)
Accession number 86.DA.7
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, England; Belgian art
market; [Jacques Kugel, Paris, 1981].
[International Patent Trust Reg., Vaduz,
Liechtenstein].
Accession number 87.DA.135
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, Switzerland; [Danae A r t
P R O V E N A N C E
Rudolph Hegetschweile, Z u r i c h , since 1947;
5
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Handbook 1986, p. 188, illus.; Handbook
1991, p. 215, illus.
International, S.A., Panama].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
no. 79, p. 181, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 216,
illus.
ITALIAN TABLES
324
323
Height: 2 ft. Vs i n . (77.8 cm); W i d t h :
324. Table
(?) Naples, 179(F)
10% i n . (87.5 cm); Depth: io Α6 i n . (87.5 cm)
By Francesco A b b i a t i
Accession number 84.DA.77
7
Oak, walnut, and poplar veneered w i t h
P R O V E N A N C E
purplewood, satinwood, ebony, and various
fruitwoods
Brothers, Inc., N e w York].
Signed and dated i n the central roundel o f
marquetry o n the top, FRANCO
179(0·
ABBIATI
Private collection, Cleveland, O h i o ; [Dalva
I
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
'Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] 13 (1985),
no. 254, p. 258, illus.
Top
324
191
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
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].
325. S i d e
Chair
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
copying the original silk
Park (sold, Christie's, N o r t h M y m m s Park,
Height: 4 ft. 2 /s i n . (118.5 cm); W i d t h :
September 24-26,1979, lot 215 [one o f five]);
ι ft. 9% i n . (55.6 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 3 /s i n .
[Partridge (Fine Arts), L t d . , London,
(69.5 cm)
1979-1983].
5
3
Accession number 83.DA.281
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
no. 78, pp. 180-181, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1983," GettyMusJ 12 (1984),
no. 16, p. 267, illus.
3 2 6 . Set
of F o u r
Armchairs
Venice, circa 1730-1740
Carved, gessoed, and gilt walnut; upholstered
i n modern Genoese velvet
Armchair .1: Height: 2 ft. io 4 i n . (137.8 cm);
3
W i d t h : 2 ft. 9Κ i n . (85.1 cm); Depth:
2 ft. 10 4 i n . (88.3 cm); Armchair .2: Height:
3
4 ft. yYs i n . (140 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n .
(86 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 10% i n . (87.3 cm);
Armchair .3: Height: 4 ft. 6% i n . (138.5 cm);
W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n . (85.8 cm); Depth:
2 ft. 11 4 i n . (89.8 cm); Armchair .4: Height:
3
4 ft. 7% i n . (140.3 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n .
(86 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 9% i n . (84.5 cm)
Accession number 87.DA.2.1—.4
325
One of four
326
I T A L I A N SEAT F U R N I T U R E
328. D a y b e d
Accession number 86.DA.511
Turin, designed between 1832-1835
By Filippo Pelagio Palagi (born i n Bologna
1775-1860)
Maple inlaid w i t h mahogany
O n back o f frame, 3421 stenciled i n green
paint from Racconigi inventory o f 1900
(obscured by upholstery), Dazio Verificato
ink stamp, PPR 3421 incised stamp. O n
P R O V E N A N C E
K i n g Carlo Alberto, Racconigi Palace
(near Turin), u n t i l 1922; 1938-1980 i n a p r i
vate Swiss collection; [ H e i m Gallery, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1980].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi ) (1987),
1
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
327. F o l d i n g Stool
a pencil design for inlay.
Height: 2 ft. iVx i n . (80 cm); W i d t h :
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
Carved and gilt w o o d
(69 cm)
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
Chateau de Fontainebleau d u r i n g the nine
teenth century; [ M a t t h e w Schutz, L t d . ,
N e w York].
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 7June 13,1975.
328
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Gillian W i l s o n , Decorative Arts in the J . Paul
Getty Museum, 1977, p. 33, no. 42, illus.
I93
194
ITALIAN
METALWORK
Metalwork
EXHIBITIONS
T h e Los Angeles C o u n t y Museum o f A r t ,
"Curator's Choice," December 11,1978-
329. Mortar
February 11, 1979.
Venice, circa 1550
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.
lot 156; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ;
[Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York];
Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Princeton, N e w
331. Basin
Jersey; [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w
Genoa, 1620-1625
York].
By a D u t c h or Flemish artist w o r k i n g i n
Genoa after a design b y Bernardo Strozzi
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Silver
Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
330
no. 222, p. 254, illus.
Diameter: 2-ft. 5 4 i n . (75.5 cm)
3
Accession number 85.DG.81
3 3 0 . Virgin Mourning
the Dead
Christ
PROVENANCE
Venice, 1586-1587
By Cesare Targone
(?) Commissioned by the Genoese Doge
Finely chased repousse gold o n obsidian (in
Alessandro Giustiniani-Longo d i Luca,
a black nineteenth-century w o o d frame)
1544-1624; L o n g h i Giustiniani; Giovanna
Signed
Musso Piantelli, 1892; [Aetas A n t i q u a , S.A.,
OPUS-CAESARIS-TAR-VENETI-
Panama].
below Christ's feet.
G o l d Relief: Height: n /s i n . (29 cm);
3
W i d t h : 10% i n . (26 cm); Obsidian Plaque:
Height: 1 ft. 3/8 i n . (38.5 cm); W i d t h :
10V16 i n . (26.5 cm)
Accession number 84.SE.121
PROVENANCE
Sir Julius Wernher, Bt. (died 1912); by
descent to Sir H a r o l d Wernher, Bt.; (sold,
329
Christie's, L o n d o n , November 16,1950,
lot 157, to D a v i d Black, Sr.); [Bernard Black
(Black-Nadeau, L t d . ) , M o n t e Carlo].
ITALIAN METALWORK
EXHIBITIONS
Genoa, Esposizione artνstico archeologico
industrνale aperta nelle Sale dell'Accademia
Ling٧istica, 1868, no. 55, p. 115; Genoa,
Palazzo Bianco, Mostra dArte Antica, 1892,
no. 86, p. 75; Genoa, Palazzo Spinola and
Palazzo Reale, Genova neWEta Barocca,
M a y 2-July 26,1992; Frankfurt, Schirn
Kunsthalle, Kunst in der Republik Genua,
September 4-November 8,1992.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
H u g h Macandrew, "A Silver Basin Designed
by Strozzi," Burlington Magazine 113 (Janu
ary 1971), pp. 4-11; Ronald W. Lightbown,
"A N o t e o n the Silver Basin," Burlington
Magazine 113 (January 1971), p. 11; H u g h
Macandrew, "Genoese Silver o n Loan to the
Ashmolean Museum," Burlington Magazine
114 (September 1972), pp. 611-620; Carl
Hernmarck, The Art of the European Silver
smith 1430-1830 (London and New York,
977)> ° 1 · i> P- 33; Handbook 1991, p. 212,
I
ν
2
illus.; D a v i d A . Scott, "Technological,
Analytical, and Microstructural Studies o f
a Renaissance Silver Basin," Archeomaterials
5, no. ι ( W i n t e r 1991), pp. 21-45; Franco
Boggero and Farida Simonetti, Argenti
genovesi da parata tra cinque e seicento
(Turin, 1992), no. 7, p. 233, pis. 20-23;
pp. 132,135-143·
331
I95
196
ITALIAN
METALWORK
332
332. W a l l
Plaque
Southern Italian, 1730-1740
By Francesco Natale Juvara
Silver and lapis lazuli
Height: 2 ft. 3V16 i n . (70 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 8/4 i n . (52 cm)
Accession number 85.SE.127
Italiana [ M i l a n , 1936], no. 316); [Siran
H o l d i n g Company, Geneva].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ"14 (1986),
no. 223, p. 254, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 216,
illus.
333
333.
Pair o f Candelabra
N o r t h e r n Italian, circa 1830-1840
By Pelagio Palagi
G i l t and chased bronze
Height: 2 ft. 11% i n . (90 cm)
Accession number 85.DF.22.1-.2
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
(?) Palazzo Reale, T u r i n ; Jacob Rothschild,
(?) House o f Savoy, since its pendant is last
L o n d o n , 1983; [P. and D . Colnaghi and Co.,
recorded as belonging to a member o f that
London].
family (Antonio Morassi, Antica Oreficeria
ITALIAN CERAMICS
E X H I B I T I O N S
Height: 1 ft. %. i n . (31.1 cm); Diameter
L o n d o n , P. and D . Colnaghi and Co., The
(at l i p ) : 5 /8 i n . (14.3 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h :
Adjectives of History: Furniture and Works of
n 4 i n . (29.8 cm)
Art 1550-1870,1983, no. 47.
Accession number 85.DE.56
5
3
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l h e l m von Bode, Berlin; Glogowski,
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ'14 (1986),
Berlin (sold, Sotheby's, London, June 8,
no. 224, p. 255, illus.
1932, lot 58); August Lederer, Vienna; Erich
Lederer, Geneva.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Ceramics
H e n r y Wallis, Oak-Leaf Jars: A Fifteenth-
334. J u g w i t h P e c k i n g B i r d
Century Italian Ware Showing Moresco
(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
majolique italienne, vol. 2 (Paris, 1949),
(16.2 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.95
334
fig. 648; Galeazzo Cora, Storia della maiolica
di Firenze e del contado delXIV e del XV
P R O V E N A N C E
secσlo (Florence, 1973), vol. 1, p. 76; vol. 2,
Private collection, the Netherlands; [Rainer
pis. 61-62, 63c; Giovanni Conti, LArte delU
maiolica in Italia, 2nd ed. (Milan, 1980),
Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
pis. 45-46; A n n a M o o r e Valeri, "Florentine
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
'Zajfera a Rilievd Maiolica: A N e w L o o k at
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
the 'Oriental Influence,'" Archaeologia
no. 155, pp. 239-240, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
medievale 2 (1984), pp. 477-500, fig. 4b;
no. 3, pp. 17-19.
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
no. 211, p. 251, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 5,
pp. 23-25; Handbook 1991, p. 200, illus.
335.
Two-handled " O a k - L e a f " D r u g Jar
(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
197
I98
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
336. C y l i n d r i c a l " O a k - L e a f " J a r
(albarello)
Giovanni C o n t i , L'Arte della maiolica in
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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,
3 /i6 i n . (9.7 cm); M a x i m u m Diameter:
pp. 26-27.
I3
4 / i 6 i n . (12.2
I3
vol. ι, p. 4, fig. 4; Galeazzo Cora, Storia
della maiolica di Firenze e del contado
delXIVe delXVsecσlo (Florence, 1973),
cm)
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
John Rothenstein, "Shorter Notices:
Two-handled "Oak-Leaf" Jar
(orciuolo
Two Pieces o f Italian Pottery," Burlington
biansato)
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
Accession number 84. D E . 9 7
337
P R O V E N A N C E
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
Tin-glazed earthenware
Height: i 4 i n . (4.4 cm); Diameter: 9 % i n .
3
(25.3 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.94
Galeazzo Cora, Storia della maiolica di
Firenze e del contado del XIV e del XVsecσlo
(Florence, 1973), v o l . 1, pp. 83, 457; v o l . 2,
p i . 112; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] 13
P R O V E N A N C E
(1985), no. 157, p. 240, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
E. R. Paget, L o n d o n ; Alfred Pringsheim,
no. 7, pp. 28-30.
M u n i c h ; A . Kauffmann, London; [Rainer
Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
336
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
ITALIAN CERAMICS
339
Two-handled " O a k - L e a f " D r u g Jar
PROVENANCE
(qrciuolo
Stefano Bardini, Florence; Elie Vblpi,
biansato)
Florence, circa 1431
Florence (sold, Jandolo and Tavazzi, Rome,
Tin-glazed earthenware
A p r i l 25-May 3,1910, lot 777); (sold,
Painted w i t h a copper green and manganese
Lempertz, Cologne, M a y 6,1953, lot 414);
purple crutch o n each handle and marked
Dr. Bak, N e w York; (sold, Sotheby's, N e w
w i t h a six-pointed asterisk surrounded by
York, December 7,1965, lot 15); August
dots below each handle.
Lederer, Vienna; Erich Lederer, Geneva.
Height: 9% i n . (25 cm); Diameter (at lip):
4 % i n . (12.5 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h : 9V8 i n .
(24.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.98
8
Galeazzo Cora, Storia delU maiolica di
Firenze e del contado del XIV e del XV secσlo
(Florence, 1973), vol. 1, p. 80; vol. 2,
fig. 107b; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14
PROVENANCE
3 3
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sir Thomas Ingilby, Bt., N o r t h Yorkshire
(1986), no. 212, p. 251, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
(offered for sale, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , July 2,
no. 9, pp. 34-35.
1974, l o t 261, withdrawn) (sold, Sotheby's,
London, A p r i l 14,1981, lot 13); [Rainer
Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
John Cuadrado, "Prized Pottery Triumphs
o f the Italian Renaissance," Architectural
Digest 41 (February 1984), p. 127; "Acquisi
tions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985), no. 158,
p. 240, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 182, illus.;
Hess, Maiolica, no. 8, pp. 31-33.
340. T w o - h a n d l e d J a r (prciuolo
biansato)
Florence, circa 1432-1450
Tin-glazed earthenware
Marked below each handle w i t h a sixpointed asterisk surrounded by dots.
339
Height: 6Yz i n . (16.5 cm); Diameter (at l i p ) :
4/8 i n . (10.5 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h : 7 i n .
(17.8 cm)
Accession number 85.DE.58
340
I99
200
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
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
J. Chompret, Paris (sold, H o t e l Drouot,
Paris, December 15,1976, lot 19); [Rainer
Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
343
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJii (1985),
no. 156, p. 240, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
(albarello
no. 10, pp. 36-38.
Tin-glazed earthenware
AMA. DIO painted o n one side.
Height: 8 4 i n . (22.2 cm); Diameter (at
3
(albarello)
r i m ) : 4% i n . (11.4 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h :
Florentine area, circa 1440-1450
9 /i6 i n .
3
Tin-glazed earthenware
Height: y Α6 i n . (18.6 cm); Diameter (at r i m ) :
4/8 i n . (10.5 cm); M a x i m u m Diameter:
5
(23.4
cm)
Accession number 84. D E . 9 9
5
4 /8
biansato)
Florentine area or U m b r ν a , circa 1450-1500
341
341. C y l i n d r i c a l J a r
343. T w o - h a n d l e d A r m o r i a l J a r
P R O V E N A N C E
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
Sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , November 22,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
1983, lot 194; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
O t t o v o n Falke, Majolikasammlung Pring
sheim in M٧nchen (The Hague, 1914-1923),
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
vol. ι, no. 11, p i . 8; M a r i o Bellini and
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
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 ;
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
P- 39·
no. 159, p. 240, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 12,
pp. 40-42.
342
ITALIAN
344 J u g w i t h B u s t M e d a l l i o n
CERAMICS
(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
Savile family, Rufford Abbey, N o t t i n g h a m
(sold, K n i g h t , Frank and Rutley i n associa
tion w i t h Christies, London, October 11-20,
1938, lot 879); [Alfred Spero, L o n d o n ] ;
(sold, Sotheby's, London, December 4,
1956, l o t 24); Robert Strauss, L o n d o n (sold,
344
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 21,1976, l o t 7);
345
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Christies Review of the Season 1975 (Lon
don and N e w York, 1976), p. 394; MorleyFletcher and Mcllroy, European Pottery, p. 26,
fig. 3; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13
(1985), no. 154, p. 239, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
no. 13, pp. 43-45.
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?).
Alternate view
344
Height: 9 i n . (22.9 cm); Diameter (at l i p ) :
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
Alternate view
345
20I
202
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , October 3,1983,
Sir W i l l i a m Stirling-Maxwell, Bt., K.T;
lot 237; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
Lt. C o l . W . J. Stirling, Keir (sold, Sotheby's,
L o n d o n , June 18,1946, lot 79); F. D . Lycett-
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ i$ (1985),
no. 160, p. 240, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
Green, Goudhurst, Kent (sold, Sotheby's,
L o n d o n , October 14, i960, lot 24); Robert
Strauss, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, London,
no. 14, pp. 46-48.
June 21,1976, lot 14); [Cyril Humphris,
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
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.;
Hess, Maiolica, no. 15, pp. 49-51.
Height: 2/4 i n . (6.3 cm);
Diameter: 1 ft. 3 /s i n . (39 cm)
3
Accession number 84.DE.103
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
347
lip): 4 /8 i n . (11.1 cm); M a x i m u m Diameter:
3
4 A in. (12.4 cm)
7
Accession number 84.DE. 104
Charles D a m i r o n , Majoliques italiennes (pri
P R O V E N A N C E
vately printed, 1944), no. 27; "Acquisitions/
Alfred Pringsheim, M u n i c h ; (sold, Sotheby's,
1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 161, p. 241,
London, June 7,1939, lot 9); Charles
illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 17, pp. 55-57;
D a m i r o n , Lyons; Paul Damiron; (sold,
Handbook 1991, p. 202, illus.
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , November 22,1983,
346
tery and Porcelain (London, 1925), fig. 117;
lot 212); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
O t t o von Falke, Majolikasammlung Pring
sheim in M٧nchen (The Hague, 1914-1923),
vol. ι, no. 22, p i . 15; E m i l Hannover, Pot-
ITALIAN CERAMICS
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
π /! i n . (59.7 cm); D e p t h : 10*4 i n . (26 cm)
1
Accession number 87.SE.148
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, Belgium; (sold, Sotheby's,
London, A p r i l 7,1987, lot 44); [Rainer
Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Burlington Magazine 129 (March 1987), illus.
348
p. 1; Ilgiornale delVarte, no. 45 (1987), p. 90,
350
fig. 50; "Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ 16
348.
Plate with Saint
Peter
Faenza or (?) Cafaggiolo, circa 1500
(1988), no. 77, p. 180, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
no. 16, pp. 52-54.
350.
AUa Porcettana
D i s h
(tondino)
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 ) ;
([?]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
7
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
Private collection, Switzerland; [Rainer
9
(24.3 cm)
Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
Accession number 84.DE.109
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R O V E N A N C E
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
Charles Loeser, Torri Gattaia (sold, Sotheby's,
no. 170, p . 242, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 20,
L o n d o n , December 8,1959, l o t 55); Robert
pp. 64-65.
Strauss, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
June 21,1976, lot 19); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . ,
London].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Galeazzo Cora and Angiolo Fanfani, La
349
maiolica di Cafaggiolo (Florence, 1982),
p. 66, fig. 48; Morley-Fletcher and Mcllroy,
203
204
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
European Pottery, p. 44, fig. 1; "Acquisitions/
1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985), no. 171, p. 242,
illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 21, pp. 66-68.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bernard Rackham, IsUmic Pottery and
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
Distaff
a n d
(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 ) :
5Me i n . (12.9 cm); M a x i m u m Diameter: Jar .1:
Jar.ι
352
6% i n . (15.9 cm); Jar .2: 6Ys i n . (16.Ι cm)
351
351. L u s t e r e d
Bust
Display
(piaito
da
Plate with
Female
pompa)
Deruta, circa 1500-1530
Accession number 84.DE.112.1-.2
PROVENANCE
J. Pierpont Morgan, N e w York; Joseph E.
Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania (sold,
Tin-glazed earthenware
Samuel Τ Freeman and Co., Philadelphia,
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,
ι ft. 4% i n . (42.8 cm)
N e w York (sold, Sotheby's, New York, June 5,
Accession number 84.DE.110
1979, lot 356); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
R. W . M . Walker, London; (sold, Christies,
Bernard Rackham, "A New Chapter i n
London, July 25,1945, lot 73); Adda col
the History o f Italian Maiolica," Burlington
lection, Paris; (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
Magazine 27 (May 1915), p. 50; Inventory of
the Ob jets d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins
Park, Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener
November 20,1967, lot 87); [Rainer Zietz,
Ltd., London].
(privately printed, Philadelphia, 1935),
Jar
.2
352
ITALIAN
pp. 67-68; M a r i o Bellini and Giovanni
P R O V E N A N C E
C o n t i , Maioliche italiane del rinascimento
Alessandro Castellani, Rome (sold, H o t e l
CERAMICS
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"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
Bernard Rackham, "The D a m i r o n Collec
tion," Apollo 25 (1937), p. 256, fig. 7; Joseph
Chompret, Repertoire delamajolique italienne, vol. 2 (Paris, 1949), p i . 13, fig. 93;
Christies Review of the Season 1975 (London
and N e w York, 1976), p. 396; MorleyFletcher and Mcllroy, European Pottery,
p. 66, fig. 3; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ
13 (1985), no. 174, p. 243, illus.; Hess, Maio
lica, no. 29, pp. 29-31.
354
354. D i s h w i t h a Scene from the Aeneid
(coppd)
353
Faenza, circa 1515-1520
Tin-glazed earthenware
353. D i s h w i t h a C u p i d o n a H o b b y h o r s e
Marked o n the underside w i t h a crossed
{tondino)
circle w i t h a smaller circle i n each o f the
(?) Castel Durante, circa 1510-1520
four quarters.
Tin-glazed earthenware
Height: 2/8 i n . (5.4 cm); Diameter: 9 /i6 i n .
Height: % i n . (2.4 cm); Diameter: 9% i n .
(24.6 cm)
(23.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.106
n
Accession number 8 4 . D E . 116
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , November 21,
1987, l o t 42; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
205
2θ6
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
Stora, Paris; W h i t n e y Warren, N e w York
Ralph Bernal, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's,
(sold, Parke-Bernet, N e w York, October 7,
L o n d o n , M a r c h 5,1855, l o t 1767); (sold,
1943, lot 448); (sold, Sotheby's, London,
Christies, L o n d o n , A p r i l 12, 1976, lot 179,
November 22,1983, l o t 197); [Rainer Zietz,
p i . 13); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
Ltd., London].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Morley-Fletcher and M c l l r o y , European
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
Pottery, p. 65,fig.8; "Acquisitions/1984,"
no. 166, p. 242, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 25,
GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no. 175, p. 243, illus.;
pp. 82-84.
Hess, Maiolica, no. 30, pp. 97-100.
356. A r m o r i a l Plate w i t h The Ffoying
of
Marsyas
Urbino, mid-i520s
By Nicola (di Gabriele Sbraghe) da Urbino
Tin-glazed earthenware
Height: 2% i n . (5.7 cm); Diameter:
ι ft. 4V16 i n . (41.4 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.117
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
357
painted o n the
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
Produced i n the workshop o f Maestro
Diameter: 6/4 i n . (16.5 cm)
Giorgio A n d r e o l i
Accession number 84.DE.105
Tin-glazed earthenware
Signed and dated M° G° 1524 o n the
reverse.
356
Height: 2 /s i n . (7.3 cm);
7
Diameter: 1 ft. 3 % i n . (39.9 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.111
ITALIAN
359. Plate w i t h The Abduction
PROVENANCE
CERAMICS
of Helen
U r b i n o , 1534
Sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , November 21,
1978, l o t 41; [Cyril H u m p h r i s , L o n d o n ] ;
By Francesco Xanto Avelli
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dated and inscribed o n the reverse,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
.M.D.XXXIIII/Quest
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] v*, (1985),
e'lpastor che mal
miro l bell'volto 1'D'Helena Greca, e, quel
no. 173, p. 243, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 23,
famoso rapto/pel qualful mondo sotto sopra
pp. 72.-74.
volto. / a n d signed .Fra[ncesco]:Xa[n]to.
A[velli]. Ida Rovigo, i[η]/Urbino.
Height: 2/4 i n . (6.3 cm);
358. Plate w i t h Hero and Leander
Diameter: 1 ft. 6 λ i n . (46.1 cm)
ι
(taglierι)
Accession number 84.DE.118
Faenza, circa 1525
Tin-glazed earthenware
PROVENANCE
M a r k e d w i t h a swan o n the reverse.
Sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , November 21,
Height: i / 4 i n . (3.8 cm); Diameter:
1 ft. 5 /i6 i n . (44
5
1978, l o t 44; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , London].
cm)
Accession number 84.DE.113
EXHIBITIONS
P. and D . Colnaghi and Co., London,
PROVENANCE
Objects for a "Wunderkammer,'Ί981, no. 65,
H e n r i Gautier, Paris (sold, H o t e l Drouot,
pp. 124-125. .·-
Paris, M a y 4, 1929, l o t 28); George D u r lacher, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, London,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A p r i l 7, 1938, l o t 26); H e n r y S. Reitlinger,
Christies Review of the Season 197$ (London
L o n d o n ; Robert Strauss, L o n d o n (sold,
and N e w York, 1976), p. 397; "Acquisitions/
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 21, 1976, l o t 25);
1984," GettyMus]Y*> (1985), no. 176, p. 243,
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 31, pp. 101-103;
Handbook 1986, p. 184, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Joseph Chompret, Repertoire de la majolique italienne, v o l . 2 (Paris, 1949), fig. 458;
Christies Review of the Season 19-/$ (London
and N e w York, 1976), p. 397; MorleyFletcher and M c l l r o y , European Pottery,
p. 36, fig. 5; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus]
13 (1985), no. 165, p. 241, illus.; Hess, Maio
lica, no. 26, pp. 85-87.
359
20J
208
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMUS/13 (1985),
Charles D a m i r o n , Majoliques italiennes
(privately printed, 1944), no. 79; Joseph
no. 168, p . 242, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 27,
Chompret, Repertoire de h majolique itali-
pp. 88-90.
enne, vol. 1 (Paris, 1949), p. 77; illus. p. 2,
fig. 500; Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby's
(London, 1983-1984), p. 290; "Acquisitions/
1984," GettyMusJii (1985), no. 167, p. 242,
illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 19, pp. 61-63.
360
36ο.
D i s h with Three Saints
(coppa)
Faenza, circa 1535
By Baldassare Manara
Tin-glazed earthenware
Obverse painted w i t h a shield containing a
holy cross flanked by Μ and C below annu
lets; inscribed o n the scroll PETRE
DILIGIS
ME and signed o n the reverse, Baldasara
Manara fa [e]η [tino] or Baldasara Manara
fa[e]n[za].
Diameter: 8%> i n . (21.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.107
362
361
Height: i K i n . (3.8 cm);
361.
Molded
D i s h with a n Allegory o f Love
362.
J u g with
Berettino
G r o u n d
(boccale)
(crespina)
Faenza, 1536
P R O V E N A N C E
Faenza, circa 1535
Tin-glazed earthenware
Stora, Paris; Charles D a m i r o n , Lyons (sold,
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dated 1536 o n each o f four tablets under the
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , June 16,1938, l o t 20);
Height: x /s i n . (7.3 cm);
medallions and marked Elixeo beside a
Paul D a m i r o n (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
Diameter: 11 i n . (28 cm)
bearded and turbaned o l d man.
November 22,1983, l o t 209); [Rainer Zietz,
Accession number 84.DE. 114
7
Ltd., L o n d o n ] .
Height: 1 f t . / i 6 i n . (32.5 cm); Diameter (at
I3
lip): 5% i n . (13.3 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
Prince T h i b a u t d ' O r l ι a n s , Paris (sold,
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , February 5,1974,
lot 30); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
10 %. i n . (26 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.115
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
Alessandro Castellani, Rome (sold, H o t e l
Thomas F. Flannery, Jr., Winnetka, Illinois
D r o u o t , Paris, M a y 27-29,1878, lot 230);
(sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , November 22,
J. Pierpont M o r g a n , N e w York; George R.
1983, lot 160); [Edward L u b i n , N e w York];
H a n n , Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
(sold, Christie's, o n the H a n n premises,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Treetops, Sewickley Heights, M a y 19, 1980,
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
lot 91); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
no. 177, pp. 243-244, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
no. 32, pp. 104-107.
EXHIBITIONS
The Metropolitan Museum o f Art, New
York, 1913-1916.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
363
no. 169, p. 242, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 28,
pp. 91-93.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Joseph Marryat, A History of Pottery and
Porcehin (London, 1857), P- 34> fig- 8 ;
J
3 ($3. A
CandelieriPlate
Christies Review of the Season 1975 (London
Venice, circa 1540-1560
and N e w York, 1976), p. 400; Morley-
Tin-glazed earthenware
Fletcher and Mcllroy, European Pottery, p.
M a r k e d o n the obverse .S.P.Q.R
86, fig. 1; "Acquisitions/ 1984," GettyMusJ13
Height: 2% i n . (5.7 cm);
(1985), no. 178, p. 244, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
Diameter: 1 ft. 6 4 i n . (47.7 cm)
no. 33, pp. 108-111.
?
Accession number 84.DE.120
PROVENANCE
Royal collection (see Marryat, below);
364. P i l g r i m F l a s k a n d C o v e r w i t h M a r i n e
Robert Strauss, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's,
Scenes (fiasca da
L o n d o n , June 21, 1976, l o t 52); [Rainer
Urbino, circa 1560-1570
Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
Produced i n the workshop o f Orazio
pellegrino)
Fontana
364
Tin-glazed earthenware
Height: 1 ft. 5 /s i n . (44.1 cm); M a x i m u m
3
W i d t h : II54 i n . (28.6 cm).
Accession number 84.DE.ii9.a-.b.
209
2IO
ITALIAN
C E R A M I C S
Height: i o / s i n . (26.4 cm); Diameter (at
3
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Antiquitδten-Zeitung 25 (1985), p. 611;
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ 15 (1987),
no. 114, p. 216, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 34,
pp. 112-115, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 206,
illus.
l i p ) : 1V16 i n . (4 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h :
y /s i n . (20 cm)
7
Accession number 86.DE.630
PROVENANCE
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
365
da
pellegrino)
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.
Santa M a r i a del Fiore accompanied by F; a
mark resembling 3 scratched under the glaze
365. B a s i n w i t h Deucalion
(bacile
and
Pyrrha
trilobato)
H o t e l des Commissaires-Priseurs, Paris,
Florence, the M e d i c i porcelain factory, circa
and painted w i t h blue glaze; on r i m , three
hatch marks inscribed before glaze
firing.
EXHIBITIONS
Paris, Exposition retrospective du Trocadιro,
1878.
U r b i n o , circa 1565-1571
BIBLIOGRAPHY
By Orazio Fontana or produced i n his
A l b e r t Jacquemart, "La porcelaine des
workshop
M ι d i c i s , " Gazette des beaux-arts 3 (Decem
Tin-glazed earthenware
ber 1859), p. 276; A l b e r t Jacquemart and
Height: 2/2 i n . (6.3 cm);
E d m o n d Le Blant, Histoire artistique:
Diameter: 1 ft. 6% i n . (46.3 cm)
Industrielle et commerciale de la porcelaine
Accession number 86.DE.539
(Paris, 1862), p. 644, no. 5; Alessandro Foresi,
Sulleporcelhne medicee (Florence, 1869),
PROVENANCE
pp. 15ft., 29, reprint f r o m Piovani Arlotto
Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris,
(July 1859); Alfred Darcel, "Les faiences
between 1870 and 1890; Baron Maurice
francais et les porcelaines au T r o c a d ι r o , "
de Rothschild, Paris, u n t i l 1916; [Duveen
Gazette des beaux-arts 18 (November 1878),
Brothers, N e w York]; private collection,
p. 762; Baron Jean Charles Davillier, Les
Stuttgart; (sold, Reimann and Monats-
Origines de la porcelaine en Europe (Paris,
berger, Stuttgart, January 1986); [Alain
1882), no. 29, pp. 39-41,114-115; Charles de
M o a t t i , Paris].
Grollier, Manuel de Vamateur de porcelaine
(Paris, 1914), no. 2309; Seymour de Ricci,
366
"La porcelaine des Medicis," Faenza, Museo
Internazionale delle Ceramiche: Lopera dun
decennio, ipo8~ipi8 (Faenza, 1918), p. 29,
ITALIAN CERAMICS
Jar .ι
no. 22; Giuseppe Liverani, Catalogo delle
367
Jar
.2
367. Pair o f D r u g Jars
porcellane dei Medici (Faenza, 1936), no. 28,
Northern Italian, circa 1580-1590
p. 31; A r t h u r Lane, Italian PorceUin (Lon
Painted and gilt terracotta
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
lain Pilgrim Flask," GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
pp. 119-126, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 36,
pp. 120-123, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 205,
illus.
PROVENANCE
Private collection, London; [Siran H o l d i n g
Company, Geneva].
36
7
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1990," GettyMusJ 19 (1991),
no. 57, p. 164, illus.
211
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
QUISQUE
FABER;
SUAE
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
Diameter: 1 ft. 11Κ i n . (59.7 cm)
Accession number 8 6 . D E . 533
P R O V E N A N C E
Earl o f Warwick, Warwickshire; (sold,
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 4,1986, l o t 24);
[Winifred Williams, Ltd., London].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Jacqueline G u i l l a u m i n , "Majoliques tardives:
δ prospecter," Connaissance des arts 419
(1987), p. 12, fig. 4; "Acquisitions/1986,
GettyMusJ 15 (1987), no. 116, p. 217, illus.;
G u i d o Donatone, "Pasquale Criscuolo e
la Maiolica Napoletana dell'Etδ Rococo,"
368
Centro Studi per U Storia delh Cerαmica
Meridionale: Quaderno (1988), fig. 1; Hess,
Maiolica, no. 35, pp. 116-119.
ITALIAN CERAMICS
Vase .1
369. P a i r o f Vases
Vase .2
369
Neptune Vase: Height: 1 1 % i n . (30 cm);
369
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);
(Venice, 1982), p. 53; "Acquisitions/1988,"
H y b r i d soft-paste porcelain
Diameter: 10 4 i n . (27.3 cm)
One jar inscribed and dated Primo Esperi-
Accession number 88.DE.9.1—.2
GettyMusJij (1989), no. 85, p. 146, illus.;
Sotheby's Concise Encychpedia ofPorcelain,
mento in Grande fatto li 1$ Maggio iyσp Ne٧a
Privil[egiata] fabbrica di Geminiano Cozzi
PROVENANCE
in Canalregio (First large experiment [ i n
porcelain] executed M a y 15,1769, i n the
3
3
D a v i d Battie, ed. (London, 1990), pp. 9-10;
Sig. Centanini, Venice, by 1889; E d m u n d de
Unger, Surrey.
Catherine Hess, "'Primo Esperimento i n
Grande': A Pair o f Vases from the Factory
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),
213
214
ITALIAN
GLASS
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e Corning Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass,1958,
no. 7, p. 32.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJis
(1985),
no. 181, p. 244, illus.
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
370
Glass
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e Corning Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass, 1958,
3 7 0 . Goblet
Venice, late fifteenth or early sixteenth
century
no. 17, p. 39.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass w i t h gild
ing and enamel decoration
Height: 7% i n . (18.14
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
c m
)
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJii (1985),
no. 182, p. 244, illus.; Journal of Glass Studies,
no. 12, p. 101.
Accession number 84.DK.533
PROVENANCE
Spitzer, Paris (sold, O b j e t s d'art et de haute
curiositie," Paris, A p r i l 17-June 16,1893,
vol. 2, lot 1977); John Edward Taylor,
L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , July 4,
1912, l o t 346); R u t h and Leopold Blumka,
N e w York.
372
ITALIAN GLASS
374. Calcedonio
F o o t e d B o w l (coppa)
Venice, circa 1500
Free-blown chalcedony glass
Height: 4% i n . (12.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.660
PROVENANCE
Fritz Biemann, Z u r i c h (sold, Sotheby's,
L o n d o n , June 16,1984, lot 48); [David, Inc.,
Vaduz].
EXHIBITIONS
D٧sseldorf, Stδdtische Kunsthalle, Meister
werke der Ghskunst aus internationalem
Privatbesitz, 1968, no. 59; Cologne, Kunst
gewerbemuseum, Berlin, Kunstgewerbe
museum, and Z u r i c h , Museum Bellerive,
Venice, early sixteenth century
Sammlung Biemann Ausstellung $00 Jahre
Glaskunst, 1978-1979, no. 43; Lucerne,
Kunsthalle, 3000 Jahre Glaskunst von der
Antike bis zum Jugendstil, 1981, no. 661;
Free-blown soda glass w i t h enamel
Free-blown and molded soda glass w i t h
Venice, Palazzo Ducale, Museo Correr,
decoration
gilding and enamel decoration
Height: 5 A i n . (14 cm)
Height: i 4 i n . (4.5 cm); Diameter: 1 ft.
Mille Anni diArte del Vetro a Venezia, 1982,
no. 93.
373
373. Plate
372. G o b l e t
Venice, sixteenth century
l
Accession number 84.DK.540
3
(30.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.536
PROVENANCE
R u t h and Leopold B l u m k a , N e w York.
PROVENANCE
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ Υ*, (1985),
no. 192, p. 246, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
no. 189, p. 245, illus.
374
215
2l6
ITALIAN
GLASS
376
375
BIBLIOGRAPHY
EXHIBITIONS
PROVENANCE
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.
Biemann (Zurich, 1978), no. 43, pp. 106-107;
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
no. 184, p. 245, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 183,
illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 204, illus.
(sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , February 23, 1976,
l o t 175); [David, Inc., Vaduz].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJii (1985),
no. 189, p. 245, illus.
EXHIBITIONS
Venice, Palazzo Ducale, Museo Correr,
Mille Anni di Arte del Vetro a Venezia, 1982,
no. 122.
375. F o o t e d B o w l
(coppa)
Venice, circa 1500
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n glass w i t h gilding
and enamel decoration
Height: 7 i n . (17.8 cm); Diameter (at
m o u t h ) : 9 / 2 i n . (24.1 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.535
PROVENANCE
Prince o f Liechtenstein, Vaduz; R u t h and
Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
376. F o o t e d B o w l w i t h Papal A r m s
(coppa)
Venice, circa 1513-1534
Free-blown soda glass w i t h gilding and
enamel decoration
Arms o n the interior, i n enamel, or six balls
gules surmounted by a papal miter.
Height: 6Yz i n . (16.5 cm); Diameter (at
m o u t h ) : 11 4 i n . (29.9 cm)
3
Accession number 84.DK.655
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
no. 187, p. 245, illus.
ITALIAN GLASS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 179, p. 244, illus.; Journal of Ghss Studies,
no. 10, p. 101; Handbook 1991, p. 202, illus.
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
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
377
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Ghss, 1958,
377. E w e r
Venice, late fifteenth or early sixteenth
no. 39, p. 55; N e w York, T h e Metropolitan
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
Ages, 1975, no. 45, p. 47.
enamel decoration
Height: 11 i n . (27.9 cm)
378
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Accession number 84.DK.512
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
no. 180, p. 245, illus.
PROVENANCE
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
Eumorfopoulos, L o n d o n (sold, Sotheby's,
379. Footed B o w l
(coppa)
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
N e w York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass, 1958,
no. 23, p. 45.
m o u t h ) : 8% i n . (21.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.5n
379
21/
2l8
ITALIAN
GLASS
380. P i l g r i m F l a s k
PROVENANCE
Prince o f Liechtenstein, Vaduz; R u t h and
Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
Venice, first quarter o f the sixteenth century
Free-blown soda glass w i t h gilding and
enamel decoration
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass, 1958,
no. 29, p. 49.
Height: 1 ft. V16 i n . (31.3 cm)
Accession number 88.DK.539
PROVENANCE
H o l l i n g w o r t h Magniac, Colworth (sold,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 188, p. 245, illus.; Journal ofGUss Studies,
no. 11, p. 101.
Christies, L o n d o n , July 2-4,1892, lot 868);
Durlacher, London; Edward Steinkopff, L o n
d o n (sold, Christie's, London, M a y 22-23,
1935, lot 72); (?) Riddell, London; (?) Alex
ander v o n Frey, Paris; private collection,
Paris; (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris, Novem
ber 29-December 3,1965, lot 157); Ruth
and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
381
Sir John Charles Robinson, Notice of the
Principal Works of Art in the Collection of
Hollingworth Magniac, Esq. (London, 1861),
no. 152, p. 82; Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 191, p. 246, illus.
13 (1985), no. 185, p. 245, illus.; Journal of
GUss Studies, no. 13, pp. 102-103.
382. Ice-glass S i t u l a
{secchiello)
Venice, 1550-1600
381. D o u b l e - h a n d l e d Filigrana
Vase
Free-blown soda glass w i t h applied
Venice, mid-sixteenth century
decoration
Free-blown soda glass or cristallo, vetro a
Height: 4 /s i n . (11.2 cm)
retorti, and vetro a fili w i t h applied canes o f
Accession number 8 4 . D K . 657
3
vetro a retorti
Height: S A i n . (22.5 cm)
7
Accession number 84.DK.654
PROVENANCE
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; [ D a v i d , Inc.,
Vaduz].
PROVENANCE
[David, Inc., Vaduz],
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJY$ (1985),
380
no. 198, p. 247, illus.
ITALIAN GLASS
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. and A . Silberman, Vienna; Oscar Bondy,
Vienna; R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w
York.
E X H I B I T I O N S
3
8ι
N e w York, The C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass, 1958,
no. 92, p. 90.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
no. 194, p. 246, illus.; Journal of GUss Studies,
no. 31, p. 107.
384. Standing Covered Filigrana
384
Cup
Glass: Venice, mid-sixteenth century
Mounts: German (Augsburg), circa
1580-1600
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass or cristallo
and kttimo, vetro a retorti; silver-gilt mounts
Stamped o n the edge o f the l i p mount, a
pinecone for the city o f Augsburg and a tree
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
P R O V E N A N C E
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 1?, (1985),
no. 190, p. 246, illus.; Journal of Gkss Studies,
no. 15, pp. 102-103.
219
220
ITALIAN
GLASS
Engraved o n the l i p mount, -SEI
BIBLIOGRAPHY
WILLKUMEN
Johanna Lessmann, "Meisterwerke der
UND
MEIN
TRINK AUS
HINAUS
HAUS - SEZ AN
- TRAG FRID NIT
- . Stamped o n the b r i m o f the
cover, a pinecone for the city o f Augsburg
and the monogram MB, the maker's mark
Glaskunst aus Renaissance u n d Barock,"
Weltkunst 47, no. 8 (April 15,1977), p. 791;
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi?, (1985),
no. 194, p . 246, illus.
o f Mathaeus Waldbaum (active i n Augsburg
1582-1630/32).
Height: 1 ft. % i n . (31.3 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.513
PROVENANCE
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJii (1985),
no. 193, p. 246, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 208,
illus.
386. U m b o Filigrana
Vase
Venice, late sixteenth century
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass or cristallo
and httimo, vetro a retorti
Height: 8V3 i n . (21.6 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.656
PROVENANCE
385
John M a l c o l m , Poltalloch (1805-1893);
Col. George M a l c o l m , Poltalloch (sold,
385. C o v e r e d Filigrana
Pokal
Glass: Venice, t h i r d quarter o f the sixteenth
Christie's, L o n d o n , February 8,1977,
lot 241); [David, Inc., Vaduz].
century
Mounts: German, circa 1585-1600
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass or cristallo
and httimo, vetro a reticelh w i t h silver-gilt
mounts
EXHIBITIONS
Venice, Palazzo Ducale, Museo Correr,
Mille Anni di Arte del Vetro a Venezia, 1982,
p. 31; no. 163, p. 124.
386
ITALIAN GLASS
387. Filigrana
Kuttrolf
(?) Venice, late sixteenth or early seven
teenth century
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass or cristallo
and Uttimo, vetro a retorti
Height: 9 % i n . (24 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.661
PROVENANCE
Fritz Biemann, Z u r i c h ; (sold, Sotheby's,
L o n d o n , June 16,1984, l o t 48); [Rainer
Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; D a v i d , Inc., Vaduz.
EXHIBITIONS
D٧sseldorf, Stδdtische Kunsthalle, Meister
werke der Glaskunst aus internationakm
Privatbesitz, 1968, no. 65, p. 29; Cologne,
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, Kunst
gewerbemuseum, and Z u r i c h , Museum
Bellerive, Sammlung Biemann Ausstellung
$00 Jahre Ghskunst, 1978-1979, no. 55, p. 113;
Lucerne, Kunsthalle, 3000 Jahre Glaskunst
von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil, 1981,
no. 668, p. 159.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Fritz Biemann, "Der Kuttrolf: Sonderling
unter den Glasgefδssen," Keramik-Freunde
der Schweiz, Mitteilungsblatt 76 (April 1968),
p. 13, pl. 10; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ
13 (1985), no. 196, p. 247, illus.; Journal of
GUss Studies, no. 16, pp. 102-103.
387
221
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
[(?) Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; R u t h and
Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 228, p . 252, illus.
388
388 Filigrana Stemmed Bowl
Venice or the Netherlands ([?] Antwerp),
circa 1600
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass or cristallo
and lattimo, vetro a retorti, ana vetro a fili
Height: 3 /i6 i n . (10 cm)
I5
Accession number 84.DK.652
PROVENANCE
Sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , February 23,1976,
lot 175; [David, Inc., Vaduz].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ada Polak, "Venetian Renaissance Glass:
The Problems o f D a t i n g vetro a filigrana"
Connoisseur 192, no. 774 (August 1976),
p. 3; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 197, p. 247, illus.
389
ITALIAN MOSAICS
Mosaics
Marble, lapis lazuli, mother-of-pearl, lime
stone, and calcite (some overpainted paper
3 9 1 . Portrait
One of a pair
of Pope Clement
VIII
or fabric cartouches) o n a silicate black
(Ippolito A l d o b r a n d i n i )
stone i n original gilt-bronze frame
Florence, 1600-1601
Height (with frame): 3 ft.
Designed by Jacopo Ligozzi; produced i n
W i d t h (with frame): 2 ft. 5 /s i n . (75.2 cm);
the Galleria de' Lavori i n pietre dure by
Height (without frame): 3 ft. 2 /i6 i n . (97 cm);
Romolo d i Francesco Ferrucci, called
W i d t h (without frame): 2 ft. 2 4 i n . (68 cm)
del Tadda
Accession number 92.SE.67
I3
in. (101.7 cm);
5
3
3
390
Hardstones
390.
3 /i6
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
Accession number 92.DJ.68.1-.2
PROVENANCE
Sold, Sotheby's, M o n t e Carlo, M a r c h 3,
1990, l o t 70; [ D i d i e r A a r o n , Paris]; [Same
Art, Ltd., Zurich].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJ 21 (1993),
i n press, illus.
391
223
224
ITALIAN
MOSAICS
PROVENANCE
Given by Grand D u k e Ferdinando I de'
Medici to Giovanni Bardi i n 1601; Corsini,
Rome, from at least 1853 through 1891;
[Same A r t , L t d . , Z u r i c h , 1991].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A n t o n i o Z o b i , Notizie storiche sulTorigine e
progressi dei Uvori di commesso in pietre dure
nelll. e R. stabilimento di Firenze (Florence,
1853), pp. 184-186; Guida delle RR. Cappelle
Medicee e R. Opificio delle Pietre Dure in
Firenze, Edoardo M a r c h i o n n i , ed. (Florence,
1891), pp. 99-100; L u d w i g v o n Pastor, The
History of the Popes (London, 1952), v o l . 23,
p. 32; A n n a M a r i a Giusti et al., IIMuseo
delTOpificio dette Pietre Dure (Florence,
1978), p. 282; A n n a M a r i a Giusti, Palazzo
Vecchio: Committenze e collezionismo medicei
(Florence, 1980), p. 239; "Acquisitions/1992,"
GettyMusJ21 (1993), i n press, illus.
392
392. Portrait
of Cantillo
Rospigliosi
PROVENANCE
Circa 1630-1640
According to its paper label, this w o r k
A t t r i b u t e d to Giovanni Battista Calandra
belonged to the nephew o f Giovanni
Mosaic i n gilt-wood frame
Battista Rospigliosi (1646-1722); private col-
Inscribed o n a paper label attached to the
lection, Z u r i c h ; [Danae A r t International,
gilt frame, Questro ritratto in mosaico del
S.A., Panama].
Ball Camillo Rospigliosi fratello del Papa
Clem. I X e di proprieta di mió ñipóte [Don?]
Giöv. Battista Rospigliosi.
Height (without frame): 2 ft. /s i n . (62 cm);
3
W i d t h (without frame): 1 ft. 7/16 i n .
(48.5 cm)
Accession number 87.SE.132
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987,"
no. 88, p. 185, illus.
GettyMusJ\6,1988,
GERMAN
DECORATIVE ARTS
226
GERMAN
CABINETS
Furniture
CABINETS,
AND
CASKETS,
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
Private collection, Sweden; [J. Kugel, Paris,
since the mid-1970s].
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
Dieter Alfter, Die Geschichte des Augsburger
Kabinettschranks (Augsburg, 1986), no. 23,
pp. 69-70, pis. 56-58; "Acquisitions/1989,"
GettyMusJiS (1990), no. 58, pp. 196-197,
illus.; Handbook 1991, p . 213, illus.
393
G E R M A N
CASKETS
A N DC O M M O D E S
394
395
London, June 19,1882, lot 2185, to W i l l i a m
394· Casket
395
Commode
Southern German, circa 1680-1690
K i n g for £242,10s); Christopher Becket-
Circa 173 5-1740
W o o d veneered w i t h brass, mother-of-pearl,
Denison, Esq. (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
Gessoed, painted, and gilded pine;
pewter, copper, stained a n d painted horn,
June 6, 1885, l
marble top
and rosewood; gilt-bronze mounts
Willshaw, by 1958 (sold, Sotheby's, Monaco,
Height: 2 ft. 9 i n . (83.8 cm); W i d t h :
One foot stamped w i t h the crowned Cfor
June 24,1976, lot 21); purchased at that sale
4 ft. 6/2 i n . (138.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 9/2 i n .
1745-1749·
by The British Rail Pension Fund.
Height: 5/8 i n . (12.9 c m ) ; W i d t h : i /s i n .
o t
685); A r t u r o Lopez-
(32.1 cm); D e p t h : 10V% i n . (26.5 cm)
Accession number 8 8 . D A . I I I
E X H I B I T I O N S
M a l i b u , The J. Paul Getty Museum, o n
loan, 1982-1988.
Palace, Lanarkshire, Scotland (sold, Christie's,
P R O V E N A N C E
Michael Taylor, San Francisco (sold, Butterfield's, San Francisco, A p r i l 7,1987, lot 340).
P R O V E N A N C E
W i l l i a m , 12th D u k e o f H a m i l t o n , H a m i l t o n
(54.5 cm)
Accession number 87.DA.47
5
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Stephane Faniel et al., LeXVIII
e
siede
frangais (Collection Connaissance des arts,
Paris, 1958), p. 206; "Acquisitions/1988,"
GettyMusJ ij (1989), no. 81, p. 145, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1987" GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
no. 75, p. 179, illus.
227
228
GERMAN
COMMODES
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
(?) Louis X V I , cabinet du Roi, Palais des
Tuileries; later moved to the Chateau de
Versailles; removed i n 1793 to Russia; (?)
C o u n t Iljinski, Castle o f Romanova, near
One of a pair
396
St. Petersburg, 1793-1852; [ M . C o u r t , r u é de
la Madeleine, Paris, 1857] (sold, M . le comte
396. P a i r o f C o m m o d e s
M a r c h 1,1882, l o t 165, for 210 guineas;
[Jacques Helft, N e w York]; Georges Lurcy
M u n i c h , circa 1745
Carving attributed to Joachim D i e t r i c h ;
(1891-1953), N e w York (sold, Parke-Bernet,
side panels after engraved designs by
N e w York, November 9,1957, l o t 383);
Fran£ois de Cuvilliés
[Frank Partridge, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; Maha-
Gessoed, painted, and gilded pine; gilt-
ranee o f Baroda, Paris; [Frank Partridge,
bronze mounts; jaune rosé de Brignolles
L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
marble tops
Height: 2 ft. 8 4 i n . (83.2 cm); W i d t h :
3
c
m
) ; D e p t h : 2 ft. Vs i n .
(61.9 cm)
Accession number 72.DA.63.1—.2
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Anonymous sale, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
to M i g e o n ) [above information: Patrick
Leperlier]; [(?) Samson Wertheimer, London]
(sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 15,1892,
lot 637, to Jackson); C o u n t J α n o s Pαlffy,
Palais Pαlffy, V i e n n a (sold, Gl٧ckselig u n d
Warndorfer, Vienna, M a r c h 7,1921, l o t 209,
to Castiglione); Baroness M a r i e de Reitz,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Vienna; [French and Co., N e w York, 1960s];
Thomas E. N o r t o n , One Hundred Years of
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
3
4 ft. i 4 i n . (126.4
de Μ . . . , Paris, November 12,1859, l o t 1,
Collecting in America: The Story ofSotheby,
Parke, Bernet (New York, 1984), p. 166, illus.
(one); Handbook1986, p. 156, illus. (one);
Handbook 1991, p. 171, illus. (one).
E X H I B I T I O N S
Washington, D . C . , T h e State Department,
o n loan, 1960s.
GERMAN DESKS
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
La Gazette de France (October 30,1857);
Alois C. Riegel, Der Wiener Congress
(Vienna, 1898), fig. x; Heinrich Kreisel,
Die Kunst des deutschen Mφbels (Munich,
1973), vol. 3,fig.17; Hans H u t h , Roentgen
Furniture: Abraham and David Roentgen:
European Cabinetmakers (London and
N e w York, 1974), illus. 64-68; Josef Maria
Greber, Abraham und David Roentgen:
Mφbelf٧r Europa (Starnberg, 1980), vol. 2,
figs. 683, 684; D i e t r i c h Fabian, Die Ent
wicklung der Roentgen-Schreibmφbel (Bad
Neustadt, 1982), p. 45, figs. 66~6y; W i l s o n ,
Selections, no. 44, pp. 88-89, illus.; Dietrich
Fabian, Roentgenmφbel aus Neuwied: Leben
und Werk von Abraham und David Roentgen
(Bad Neustadt, 1986), p. 96, illus. p. 134,
figs. 307-310; Handbook 1986, p. 176, illus.;
Pradιre, Les Ebιnistes, illus. p. 417, fig. 514;
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 727; Handbook
1991, p. 194, illus.
397
229
230
G E R M A N
SECRETAIRES
Clock face painted Mollinger a Berlin.
TABLES
Height: 8 ft. (243.8 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. 8 i n .
(111.8 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. (60.9 cm)
Accession number 84.DA.87
P R O V E N A N C E
Purchased by Frederick W i l l i a m I I I , K i n g
o f Prussia (1770-1840), for Schloss Pots
dam, circa 1802; private collection, Berlin;
Ragaller, Berlin; (sold, Weinm٧ller, M u n i c h ,
M a y 2-5,1956, l o t m i ) ; (sold, W e i n m ٧ l l e r
[Neumeister], M u n i c h , October 23-24,
1974, l o t 861); private collection, M u n i c h ;
[Juan Pσrtela, N e w York].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Claudia Freytag, Bruckmanns Mφbel-Lexikon
( M u n i c h , circa 1978), illus. p. 298; Michael
St٧rmer, Handwerk und hφfische Kultur
Europδische Mφbelkunst in Munich ( M u n i c h ,
1982), p. 193, p i . 102; Dietrich Fabian, Die
Entwicklung der Roentgen-Schreibmφbel
(Bad Neustadt, 1982), pp. 53-55, figs. 77d-g;
H e i n r i c h Kriesel, Die Kunst des deutschen
Mφbels, v o l . 3 ( M u n i c h , 1983), illus. p. 264;
398
Dietrich Fabian, Kinzing und Roentgen
Uhren aus Neuwied (fiza Neustadt, 1984),
398. Secretaire
Berlin, circa 1798-1799
p. 147; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1984," no. 5,
pp. 83-88, illus; "Acquisitions/1984,"
By Johann Andreas Beo; clock movement
GettyMusJ Y*, (1985), no. 68, p. 184, illus.;
by Christian M o l l i n g e r
Dietrich Fabian, Roentgenmφbel aus Neuwied
Pine and oak veneered w i t h mahogany,
(Bad Neustadt, 1986), p. 312, illus. p. 305,
satinwood, bloodwood, ebony, and k i n g -
figs. 72-4-727.
wood; white marble; bronze; enameled
metal; gilt-bronze mounts
399. C o n s o l e T a b l e
M u n i c h , circa 1730
Design attributed to Joseph Effner; carving
attributed t o Johann A d a m Pichler
L i m e w o o d ; Tegernsee marble top
Height: 2 ft. 9% i n . (86.5 cm); W i d t h :
5 ft. 1/2 i n . (156 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. ιΥ i n .
4
(64 cm)
Accession number 88.DA.88
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Karl Albrecht (Charles V I I , 1697-1745),
Elector o f Bavaria, 1726, and H o l y Roman
Emperor, 1742, i n the Kaisersaal at Kloster
Ettal; Paris (art market o r private collection),
1960s; private collection, Germany (sold,
Nouveau D r o u o t , Paris, December 5,1980,
lot 99); [Bernheimer Fine Arts, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1988].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ YJ (1989),
no. 82, p . 145, illus.
GERMAN TABLES
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
(108.6 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9 i n . (53.3 cm)
Accession number 85.DA.319
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Germany; [Capricorn A r t
International S.A., Panama].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14 (1986),
no. 206, p. 248, illus.
399
400
23I
232
GERMAN
TABLES
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
H e i n r i c h Kreisel, Die Kunst des deutschen
Mφbels-Spδtbarok und Rokoko (Munich,
1970), v o l . 2, pp. 294, 428, fig. 992; Hans
H u t h , Roentgen Furniture: Abraham and
David Roentgen, European Cabinetmakers
(London and N e w York, 1974), fig. 110;
Josef M a r i a Greber, Abraham und David
Roentgen: Mφbelfur Europa (Starnberg,
1980), vol. 2, pp. 32-33, pis. 57-58; Dietrich
Fabian, "Entwicklung der Roentgen:
Mehrzwecktische-Funktion, Konstruktion,
Oberflachenschmuck, Einrichtung," Alte
und moderne Kunst-174-175 (1981), pp. 18-26,
figs. 14,14a; Georg Himmelheber, "Abraham
Roentgen and the Archbishop o f Trier,"
401
401. R e a d i n g a n d W r i t i n g S t a n d
Neuwied, circa 1760-1765
By Abraham Roentgen
Pine, oak, and walnut veneered w i t h pali
Antiques127 (January 1985), pp. 245-259,
fig. 12; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14
(1986), no. 207, p . 248, illus.; Dietrich
Fabian, Roentgenmφbel aus Neuwied (Bad
Neustadt, 1986), p. 29, illus. p. 33, figs, n-14;
Handbook 1991, p. 185, illus.
One-quarter of floor
402
P R O V E N A N C E
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N e w
York, deaccessioned, 1970; [Dalva Brothers,
Inc., N e w York, 1970].
sander, alder, rosewood, ebony, ivory, and
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
mother-of-pearl; gilded metal fittings
The tabletop bears the archepiscopal coat
o f arms and the monogram JPC for Johann
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979,"
Architectural Woodwork
Philipp Churfurst.
Height: 2 ft. 6 / 2 i n . (76.8 cm); W i d t h :
402. F l o o r
2 ft. 4% i n . (71.7 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 7% i n .
(?) German, circa 1725
(48.8 cm)
Pine veneered w i t h kingwood, bois satinι,
Accession number 85.DA.216
sycamore, t u l i p w o o d , and olive
Length: 10 ft. 11 i n . (332.7 cm); W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
Johann Philipp v o n Walderdorff, Prince
Archbishop and Elector o f Trier; by descent
to C o u n t Emanuel v o n Walderdorff.
9 ft. 11 i n . (302.2 cm)
Accession number 78.DH.360.1-.4
no. 10, p . 46, illus.
GERMAN CLOCKS
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
Michael Kφnig, M u n i c h ; [Alexander and
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1985].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ'15 (1987),
no. 113, p. 215, illus.
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;
403
bronze; gilt-bronze mounts; enamel dial;
PROVENANCE
glass; blued steel
Edward Joseph, L o n d o n (sold, Christie s,
The movement is inscribed Roentgen &
L o n d o n , M a y 1890, lot 374 to "Payne");
Kinzing δ Neuwied. Inside the chest o f
private collection, France; [Aveline et Cie,
bellows is the penciled inscription Jean
Paris, 1984].
Guittaume Weyl Fait a Neuwied h 16 May
178 p] No. 18.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Height: 6 ft. 3 Κ i n . (192 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 1V2 i n . (64 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9/2 i n .
(54.5 cm)
Accession number 85.DA.116
Dietrich Fabian, Kinzing und Roentgen
Uhren aus Neuwied (fiza Neustadt, 1984),
no. 51, p. 235; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ
14 (1986), no. 208, p. 249, illus.
233
234
GERMAN
METALWORK
Metalwork
Europe: X-XTVvv," Arkheohgiia SSSR (1966),
pi. 89; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ'14
(1986), no. 219, p. 253, illus.
405. C a r o l i n g i a n R e l i q u a r y
Upper Rhine, reconstructed at a later date
o f elements attributed to the eighth century
G i l t copper, silver, cabochon hardstones,
4 0 7 . Ewer and Basin
and glass pastes
Augsburg, 1583
Height: 5 Vs i n . (13 cm)
By Abraham Pfleger I
Accession number 85.SE.53
Parcel-gilt silver w i t h enamel plaques
and engraving
P R O V E N A N C E
Richard v o n Kauffmann, Berlin; Erich
Coat o f arms o f Pαlffy and Fugger families
Lederer, Geneva.
o n basin, base, and cover o f ewer.
Ewer: Height: 9% i n . (25 cm); Basin:
Diameter: 1 ft. j A i n . (50.5 cm)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
7
O t t o v o n Falke, Die Sammlung Richard von
Accession number 85.DG.33.1—.2
Kaufmann (Berlin, 1917), no. 413, pp. 63-64;
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ \\ (1986),
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, Christie s, Geneva, November 15,1984,
no. 219, p. 253, illus.
406
4 0 6 . Romanesque
Aquamanile
Lower Saxony (Hildesheim or Magdeburg),
circa 1220
Bronze
Height: 10 % i n . (26 cm)
Accession number 85.SB.55
P R O V E N A N C E
A . Seligmann, Paris; Robert von Hirsch,
Basel (sold, Sotheby's, London, June 22,
1978, lot 206); [David Carritt, L o n d o n ] ;
Erich Lederer, Geneva.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
O t t o v o n Falke and Erich Meyer, Bronze
gerδte des MitteMters, vol. 1 (Berlin, 1935),
no. 332, p. 53, figs. 309a~b; Vladislav Petro405
vich Darkevich, "Proizvedeniia zapadnogo
khudozhestvennogo remesia ν Vostochnoi
lot 606; [David, Inc., Vaduz].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ\\ (1986),
no. 220, p. 254, illus.; Handbook 1991,
p. 208, illus.
GERMAN METALWORK
407
408. P a i r o f Stags
Augsburg, circa 1680-1700
proper right shoulder): Height: 2 ft. 2V16 i n .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
(66.$ cm); W i d t h : io /s i n . (27 cm); D e p t h :
Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby's 1983-1984
(London, 1984), p. 288; Deutscher Kunst
handel im Schloss Charlottenburg (Berlin,
1985), pp. 74-75; "Acquisitions/1985,"
GettyMusJ 14 (1986), no. 221, p. 254, illus.;
5
By Johann L u d w i g Biller the Elder
8 Vs i n . (22 cm)
G i l t silver
Accession number: 85.SE.442.1-.2
Stamped ILB o n one antler o f each model;
ILB and Augsburg m a r k stamped five times
on each base: (1) o n t o p border o f upper r i m
o f spool; (2) o n underside o f same; (3) o n
top border o f lower r i m o f spool; (4) o n
underside o f same; (5) o n t o p o f border
PROVENANCE
Possibly i n the collection o f K i n g Fer
nando I I , Portugal, by 1882; (sold, Sotheby's,
Geneva, M a y 15,1984, lot 66); [Albrecht
Neuhaus, W ٧ r z b u r g ] .
around foot o f base.
EXHIBITIONS
Stag .1 ( w i t h head bent over proper left
(?) Lisbon, Exposigδo Retrospectiva de Arte
Ornamental, 1882, vol. 1, no. 57, p. 245;
vol. 2, no. 37.
shoulder): Height: 2 ft. 1 i n . (63.5 cm);
W i d t h : 1154 i n . (28.5 c m ) ; D e p t h : 8/2 i n .
(21.5 c m ) ; Stag .2 ( w i t h head bent over
408
Lorenz Seelig, "Jagdliche Motive i n der
Goldschmiedekunst des. 16 bis 18 Jahr
hunderts," Weltkunst 59, (February 1989),
p. 234, p i . 2.
235
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 Johanneum 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
(11.1 cm); D e p t h : 3% i n . (9.5 cm)
Accession number 85.DE.231
PROVENANCE
Augustus the Strong, Elector o f Saxony,
Japanese Palace, Dresden (sold, Rudolph
Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin,
409
October 12-14,1920, lot 59 or 60); [Kate
Foster, L t d . , England, 1985].
4 1 0 . Standing C u p and Cover
EXHIBITION
Meissen manufactory, circa 1710-1715
T h e Los Angeles C o u n t y M u s e u m o f A r t ,
A t t r i b u t e d to Johann Friedrich Bφttger
September 1987 t o present.
Stoneware; silver-gilt mounts
Height: 9% i n . (25 cm); Diameter: 4V16 i n .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14 (1986),
no. 201, p . 247, illus.
(11 cm)
Accession number 85.Di.286
PROVENANCE
[Bent Peter Bronιe, Copenhagen].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
no. 202, p. 247, illus.
410
GERMAN CERAMICS: MEISSEN
411. Teapot
413. Figure ([?] Beltrame
di
Milano)
Meissen manufactory, circa 1715-1720
Meissen manufactory, circa 1720
A t t r i b u t e d t o Johann Friedrich Bφttger
Hard-paste porcelain
Stoneware; silver-gilt mounts and chain
Height: 6K i n . (16.5 cm); W i d t h : 2 % i n .
Height: 5/2 i n . (14 cm); W i d t h : 6V16 i n .
(6.8 cm); D e p t h : 2 /s i n . (6.5 cm)
(15.4 cm); D e p t h : \ A i n . (12.4 cm)
Accession number 8 6 . D E . 542
5
7
Accession number 85.Di.287
P R O V E N A N C E
412
P R O V E N A N C E
[Bent Peter B r o n ι e , Copenhagen].
Dr. Marcel Nyffeler, Switzerland (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 9,1986, lot 21).
412. Leaf-shaped D i s h
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
no. 203, p . 247, illus.
Porcelain: Meissen manufactory, circa
1715-1720
Painted decoration: Breslau, circa 1715-1725
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ 1$ (1987),
no. 112, p . 215, illus.
Painting attributed to Ignaz Preissler
Hard-paste porcelain; painted decoration;
gilding
Height:
I /i6
9
i n . (4 cm); W i d t h : 3% i n .
(8.3 cm); D e p t h : 4 /s i n . (11.1 cm)
3
Accession number 86.DE.541
P R O V E N A N C E
Dr. Marcel Nyffeler, Switzerland (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 9,1986, lot 183).
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, "Two Pieces o f
Porcelain Decorated b y Ignaz Preissler i n
the J. Paul Getty Museum," GettyMusJ'15
(1987), pp. 35-52, figs, ioa-e; "Acquisitions/
1986," GettyMusJ'15 (1987), no. i n , p. 215,
411
illus.
413
237
238
GERMAN CERAMICS:
MEISSEN
416. A s s e m b l e d Set o f F i v e Vases
414. W i n e Pot
Meissen manufactory, circa 1725
Meissen manufactory, circa 1730
Painting attributed to the studio o f Johann
Painting attributed to Johann Gregor
Gregor H φ r o l d t
H φ r o l d t ; largest vase molded by Schiefer
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
decoration; gilding
decoration; g i l d i n g
Height: 5/2 i n . (14 cm); W i d t h : 6 % i n .
Each vase painted under its base w i t h the
(17 cm); D e p t h : 3V2 i n . (8.9 cm)
blue AR m o n o g r a m o f Augustus the Strong,
Accession number 85.DE.381
Elector o f Saxony. Largest lidded vase
incised w i t h Schiefers mark o f a cross w i t h
P R O V E N A N C E
four dots.
Private collection, Torquay, England (sold,
L i d d e d Vase .1: Height: 1 ft. 2 /i6 i n .
n
Bearne s A u c t i o n House, Torquay, M a y 2,
(37.3 cm); W i d t h : 9% i n . (24.1 cm); L i d d e d
1984, l o t 224); [ W i n i f r e d Williams, L t d . ,
Vases .2-.3: Height: 1 ft. % i n . (32.2 cm);
London].
W i d t h : 7 /8 i n . (19.4 cm); Open Vases .4-.5:
5
Height: 10% i n . (27.6 cm); W i d t h : 7 i n .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14 (i<)$6),
415
no. 204, pp. 247-248, illus.
415 B e l l
(17.8 cm)
Accession number 83.DE.334.1-.5
P R O V E N A N C E
Meissen manufactory, circa 1725-1730
Private collection (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
Painting attributed to the studio o f Johann
M a r c h 5,1957, l o t 123); [The A n t i q u e
Gregor H φ r o l d t
Porcelain Co., L o n d o n , 1957]; Alamagna
Hard-paste porcelain, mauve and pale green
family, M i l a n , 1961-1982; [The A n t i q u e
ground colors; polychrome enamel decora
Porcelain Co., L o n d o n , 1982].
tion; gilding
Height: 3 /s i n . (8.6 cm); Diameter: ζ /ιβ i n .
3
7
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(6.5 cm)
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 16,
Accession number 85.DE.203
pp. 217-222, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
GettyMusJ 12 (1984), no. 18, pp. 267-268,
P R O V E N A N C E
Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Frank
furt am M a i n ; Christoph Hoffman-Frey,
Z u r i c h ; [Lovice Reviczky A . G., Z u r i c h ] .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
414
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJi4 (1986),
no. 205, p. 248, illus.
illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 153, illus.
GERMAN CERAMICS:
MEISSEN
4i6
i 7 . P a i r o f L i d d e d Vases
Height: 1 ft. 2 i n . (35.5 cm); Diameter:
Vases: Meissen manufactory, before 1733
y /s i n . (20.1 cm)
Lids: Possibly Meissen porcelain replace
Accession number 73.DE.65.1-.2
ments, circa 1760
One vase probably m o l d e d by Rehschuck
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
decoration; gilding
Each vase painted under its base w i t h the
7
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Z u r i c h (sold, Sotheby's,
London, M a r c h 27,1973, lot 39); purchased
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
blue AR m o n o g r a m o f Augustus the Strong,
Elector o f Saxony; each incised w i t h a cross
under the base; one vase w i t h a simple
cross (probably the m a r k o f the molder
Rehschuck), the other w i t h a cross hatched
at each extension.
One of a pair
417
239
240
G E R M A N
CERAMICS:
M E I S S E N
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
8% i n . (20.6 cm); Depth: 4% i n . (10.5 cm);
Basin: Height: z A i n . (7.3 cm); W i d t h :
7
ι ft. Yz i n . (31.8 cm); Depth: 10 i n . (25.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.918.1-.2
Ewer
418
P R O V E N A N C E
Sir H u g h Smithson, first Duke o f N o r t h
V a s e .1
419
V a s e .2
419
umberland and Earl Percy (1714-1786);
by descent to Algernon Heber-Percy (sold,
Christies, L o n d o n , October 30,1967,
lot 154); Dr. and M r s . E. Pauls-Eisenbeiss
(sold, Christie's, Geneva, November 12,
1976, l o t 197); (anonymous sale, Christies,
L o n d o n , June 25,1979, lot 177); private col
lection, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, London,
December 3,1984, l o t 275, to [The Antique
Porcelain Co., L o n d o n ] ) .
Basin
418
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porce
lain of the Eighteenth Century (London,
1972), vol. ι, pp. 484-487; "Acquisitions/
1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 67, p. 183,
illus.
GERMAN CERAMICS
419. Pair o f Vases M o u n t e d w i t h Flowers
Bowls: Meissen manufactory, before 1733
PROVENANCE
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
blue AR m o n o g r a m o f Augustus the Strong,
Elector o f Saxony. M o u n t s struck w i t h the
crowned C for 1745-1749.
Height: 1 ft. 3V8 i n . (39.7 c m ) ; W i d t h :
ι ft. 3/8 i n . (38.3 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. i /s i n .
3
(34 cm)
Accession number 79.DI.59.1—.2
BIBLIOGRAPHY
M . A . Pfeiffer, " E i n Beitrag zur Quellenge
421
schichte des E u r o p δ i s c h e n Porzellans,"
Werden und Wirken: Ein Festgruss f٧r Karl
W Hiersemann (Leipzig, 1924), p. 285;
421. B o w l
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722),
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 17,
circa 1700
pp. 222-224, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
Decoration: German (Breslau), circa
GettyMusJ12 (1984), no. 19, p. 268, illus.
1715-1720
PROVENANCE
Painted decoration attributed to
Consuelo Vanderbilt ( M m e Jacques Balsan);
Ignaz Preissler
[ M a t t h e w Schutz, L t d . , N e w York].
Hard-paste porcelain; underglaze blue and
black enamel painted decoration; gilding
Height: 2% i n . (7.3 cm); Diameter: 5 A i n .
7
(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)
Liberec, Czech Republic), 1912; private
Accession number 83.Di.271
collection, Germany; [Kate Foster, L t d . ,
9
L o n d o n , 1986].
420
24I
242
G E R M A N
GLASS
423. D r i n k i n g B o w l
BIBLIOGRAPHY
(Maigeletn)
Zeitschrift des Nordbφhmischen Gewerbe
(?) Lower Rhineland or the Netherlands,
museums. Neue folge: VII Jahrgang, Reichen
second h a l f o f the fifteenth century
berg ( N o . 3,1912), p. 95; Gustave Ε .
M o l d - b l o w n potash-lime glass
Pazaurek, Deutsche Fayence- und Porze٧an-
Height:
Hausmaler (Leipzig, 1925), vol. 1, p. 214;
Accession number 84.DK.521
I
I 5
/I6
i n . (4.9 cm)
Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, "Two Pieces o f
PROVENANCE
Porcelain Decorated by Ignaz Preissler i n
Leopold H . Seligmann, Cologne (sold,
the J. Paul Getty Museum," GettyMusJ'15
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , June 30,1932, l o t 33);
(1987), pp. 35-52, figs, i a - h ; "Acquisitions/
K a r l R u h m a n , Vienna; R u t h and Leopold
1986," GettyMusJ i5 (1987), no. n o , p. 215,
r
Blumka, N e w York.
illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
422
Franz Rademacher, " D i e gotischen Glδser
der Sammlung S e l i g m a n n - K φ l n , " Pantheon
Glass
8 (1931), pp. 290-294, fig. 3 (upper left);
idem, Die deutschen Glδser des Mittelalters
422. B e a k e r
(Maigelein)
(Berlin, 1933), pp. 94Νf., p i . 22c; Jaroslave
Lower Rhineland, Hesse or (?) Franconia,
Vavra, Das Glas und die Jahrtausende (Prague,
first half o f the fifteenth century
1951), no. 95, p i . 38; "Acquisitions/1984,"
M o l d - b l o w n potash-lime glass
GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no. 199, p. 247, illus.
Height: 3 i n . (7.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.522
PROVENANCE
Leopold H . Seligmann, Cologne (sold,
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , June 30,1932, lot 35);
Baron Maurice de Rothschild, Paris; Alex
ander v o n Frey, Paris; Ruth and Leopold
Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Franz Rademacher, " D i e gotischen Glδser
der Sammlung Seligmann-Kφln," Pantheon
8 (1931), pp. 290-294, fig. 3 (lower left);
idem, Die deutschen Glδser des Mittehlters
(Berlin, 1933), pp. 94ff., p i . 24c; "Acquisi
tions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no. 200,
p. 247, illus.
423
G E R M A N GLASS
424· Beaker
(Maigelein)
PROVENANCE
(?) Spessart, late fifteenth or early
Hohenzollern Museum, Sigmaringen;
sixteenth century
Leopold H . Seligmann, Cologne (sold,
M o l d - b l o w n potash-lime glass
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , June 30,1932,
Height: 3 %6 i n . (9 cm)
lot 24); Kreitz; (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
Accession number 84.DK.523
November 10, 1938, l o t 56); A . Vecht,
Amsterdam; Alexander v o n Frey, Paris;
PROVENANCE
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
Alexander v o n Frey, Paris; R u t h and Leo
p o l d B l u m k a , N e w York.
EXHIBITIONS
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Catalogus van de
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
no. 202, p. 248, illus.
425
425.
Krautstrunk
Last quarter o f the fifteenth century
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
decoration
Height: 2% i n . (6.2 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.524
PROVENANCE
Tentoonstelling van oude Kunst uit het bezit
van den internationalen Handel, 1936,
no. 687.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Franz Rademacher, " D i e gotischen Glδser
der Sammlung S e l i g m a n n - K φ l n , " Pantheon
8 (1931), pp. 290-294, fig. A (upper right);
idem, Die deutschen Glδser des Mittelalters
(Berlin, 1933), p. 113, p i . 45b; "Acquisitions/
1984," GettyMusJii (1985), no. 203, p. 248,
illus.
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
no. 201, p. 247, illus.
426. P r u n t e d B e a k e r
Late fifteenth or early sixteenth century
424
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
decoration
Height: 3% i n . (9.9 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.526
426
243
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
Accession number 84.DK.532
PROVENANCE
Alexander v o n Frey, Paris; R u t h and Leo
p o l d Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
no. 241, p. 255, illus.
427
427.
Krautstrunk
429
(?) Southern German or Swiss, first t h i r d o f
429. Prunted
the sixteenth century
Humpen
First h a l f o f the sixteenth century
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
decoration
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
Height: 4/8 i n . (10.5 cm)
decoration
Height: 9 % i n . (25.2 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.525
Accession number 84.DK.510
PROVENANCE
Hohenzollern Museum, Sigmaringen;
PROVENANCE
Leopold H . Seligmann, Cologne (sold,
Hans G r a f Wilczek, B u r g Kreuzenstein;
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , June 30, 1932, lot 23);
Franz R u h m a n n , Vienna; R u t h and Leo
Alexander v o n Frey, Paris; R u t h and Leo
p o l d B l u m k a , N e w York.
p o l d Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alfred Walcher-Molthein, " D i e deutschen
Franz Rademacher, " D i e Glδser der Samm
Renaissanceglδser a u f Burg Kreuzenstein, I , "
l u n g S e l i g m a n n - K φ l n , " Pantheon 8 (1931),
Belvedere 9-10, no. 3 (March 1926), p. 41,
pp. 290-294, fig. 4 (lower right); idem,
fig. 18; Wolfgang B o r n , "Five Centuries o f
Die deutschen Glδser des Mittelalters (Berlin,
1933), pp. i i i f f . , p l . 42d; "Acquisitions/1984,"
GettyMusJ 13 (1985), no. 232, p. 253, illus.
428
Glass: I , T h e Franz R u h m a n n Collection
at Vienna," Connoisseur 101 (January
GERMAN
1938), pp. 12-13, fig. 6; "Acquisitions/1984,"
GLASS
432. R i n g B e a k e r
GettyMusJ 13 (1985), no. 204, p. 248, illus.;
First half o f the sixteenth century
Journal of GUss Studies, p. 100, fig. 8.
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
decoration
Height: 4% i n . (12.1 cm)
430. Rφmer
Accession number 84.DK.531
(Berkemeyer)
(?) Southern Germany or lower Rhineland
PROVENANCE
([?] 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
R u t h and Leopold B l u m k a , N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 237, p. 254, illus.
431
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
mouth): 2/8 i n . (5.4 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.509
PROVENANCE
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 231, p. 253, illus.; Journal of Glass Studies,
430
p. 99, fig. 6.
432
245
24-6
GERMAN
GLASS
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Ghss, 1958,
no. i n .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi?, (1985),
no. 233, p. 253, illus.
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
433
433. G o b l e t
Central German or Bohemian, second half
o f the sixteenth century
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n glass w i t h gilding
and enamel decoration
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
scimitar as in the shield, between two eagles
wings gules, each ensignedwith a bend—
dexter transformed into a bar—or, charged
with three escutcheons azure; on the center
section o f the opposite side, azure, a fallow
deer salient with tail, armed or; crest, a demifallow deer salient, as in the shield. Dated on
the side o f the vessel, i n enamel, 1586.
Height: 8 % i n . (21 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.554
Height: 8 i n . (20.3 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.550
PROVENANCE
Hans Graf Wilczek, Burg Kreuzenstein;
PROVENANCE
Alexander v o n Frey, Paris; R u t h and Leo
p o l d Blumka, N e w York.
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
434
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alfred Walcher-Molthein, "Deutschen
Renaissanceglδser auf Burg Kreuzenstein I I , "
Belvedere 9-10, no. 4 (April 1926), p. 57,
fig. 28; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi?,
(1985), no. 205, p. 248, illus.; Journal of Glass
Studies, no. 25, p. 105.
G E R M A N GLASS
holding a stone; (6) quarterly one and four,
a rose and two and three lozengy in bend
sinister, o n an inescutcheon and a pale the
lettering SMD in pale, sable; (7) a gem ring;
(8) an ox rampant armed; (p) a stag standing
in profile; (10) flanking a tree a goat rampant
and a man; (n) as 2; (12) as 7; (13) quarterly
one and four a bendy with tree and two and
three a chevron with three bezants; (14) a
shield tripart theflorettes;(JJ) as 2 and 11;
(16) Forstmarke MS; (17) Hausmark IG Η;
(i8) a crescent between three mullets; (ip)
blank; (20) blank.
Height: io Δ6 i n . (27.5 cm)
I3
Accession number 84.DK.551
P R O V E N A N C E
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
435
no. 249, p. 256, illus.
436
lieblich aber nur ihr ehr vreidt mich ich lieb
eich aus hertzen Igrundt. wollt godt eur maul
unndt mein maul war ein mundt. ich lieb
eich / noch von grundt meinnes hertzen ob ich
so [lit] nicht mitt eich darffschertzn I drink
allen valschen hertzen. Ich wolt sie miesten
alle ehr hengen. I die mier undt eich nichts
ginnen.; at the end o f the inscription,
dated 1631.
Height: 2 4 i n . (7 cm)
3
Accession number 84.DK.561
435. G o b l e t w i t h the A r m s o f Bregenz a n d
of L o c a l Patricians
Southwestern German (Baden), probably
P R O V E N A N C E
436. T u m b l e r
{Stehaufbecher)
the southern Schwarzwald, after 1621-
Central German, Franconian (possibly
circa 1635
Fichtelgebirge, Bishofsgrun), or northwest
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h diamond-
ern Bohemian (Falkenau or Kreibitz), 1631
Franz Ruhmann, Vienna; Hans Graf W i l czek, B u r g Kreuzenstein; Ruth and Leopold
Blumka, N e w York.
p o i n t etching
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h enamel
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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
nid[er] Steh ich auffso vil mich wider, gib
mich deinen I nechsten wider, ich lieb was
wein ist obs gleich nicht mein ist. unndt mier
nicht wertten khan I so hab ich gliech wol
mein vreidt daran, liebt ihr mich wie ich
eich nicht mehr veger ich I von eich, vilsint
(unnumbered) a patchwork of pelts, a pale
ermine-, (1) a swan with wings open; (2) quar
terly one andfour on a mount a lion rampant
holding a gem ring and two and three on a
pale three bezants', (5) an ox rampant armed;
(4) a pale three trees; (5) issuantfrom a mount
vert, a cross between two arms, vested, each
Belvedere 9-10, no. 4 (April 1926), p. 64,
fig. 41; Tilde Ostertag, Das Fichtelgebirgsglas,
Beitrδge zur Frδnkischen Kunstgeschichte 2
(Erlangen, 1933), p l . 22a; Axel von Saldern,
German Enameled Glass, p. 149, fig. 266;
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 243, p. 255, illus.
247
248
GERMAN
GLASS
PROVENANCE
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
no. 239, p. 254, illus.
438. Pattern-molded
Humpen
German or Netherlandish, first half o f the
seventeenth century
Pattern-molded glass w i t h applied decoration
Height: 6 i n . (11.2 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.530
PROVENANCE
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 247, p. 256, illus.
439. Rφmer
(Berkemeyer)
German or Netherlandish, second or t h i r d
quarter o f the seventeenth century
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
437
decoration
Height: 7% i n . (18.5 cm)
437. J o k e G l a s s (Scherzgefδss)
or
Siphon Glass
German or Netherlandish, early seventeenth
century
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
decoration and silver mounts
Height: 1 ft. 1*4 i n . (33.7 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.520
Accession number 84.DK.528
PROVENANCE
Snouck Hurgronje, The Hague (sold,
Frederick Muller, Amsterdam, July 8,1931,
lot 56); A . Vecht, Amsterdam; Alexander
v o n Frey, Paris; R u t h and Leopold Blumka,
N e w York.
438
G E R M A N
GLASS
EXHIBITIONS
Height: 4Ύ16 i n . (12.5 cm)
Height: 8 /i6 i n . (21.5 cm)
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Tentoonstelling
Accession number 84.DK.529
Accession number 84.DK.562
van oude Kunst uit het Bezit van den internationlen Handel, 1936, no. 692.
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 246, p . 256, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 207, p . 248, illus.
9
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
no. 209, p. 249, illus.
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,
440
440. Thick-walled Beaker
(?) Central German, 1643
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
Sie meckert dass sie muss mit dem zu fusse
fort I Mit dem sie vor stets fuhr an iede Stell
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
decoration
barrel Mea Constientia; o n his staff Unicum
Etched around the l i p i n diamond-point,
et fragile; from the personification o f the
Trinck mich auss und wirffmich Nider I
Hebb mich auffund vill mich wider and
w i n d Vindicta divina / Vindicta divina;
dated Anno 1643.
painted i n a modern hand, 3822 and 1180.
below the l i p , dated 1.6.6.0; o n the b o t t o m ,
441
249
250
GERMAN
GLASS
the inscription, dated i6jr, o n the arcade
over the figures, inscribed Drinckt und est
Gott I nich vergest.
Height: 10 4 i n . (27.3 cm)
3
Accession number 84.DK.563
PROVENANCE
Oscar Bondy, Vienna; Ruth and Leopold
Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 210, p. 249, illus.
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
442. C o v e r e d J u g
V i k t o r Schick, Prague (sold, Sotheby's,
Thuringia, 1671
L o n d o n , M a y 4,1939, lot 34); R u t h and
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h enamel
Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
decoration and unmarked pewter mounts
Inscribed around the vessel wall, i n enamel,
Wirtt komt die ein Gast so drag ihm fur
wass du hast, ist er Erbau und Wohlgemutt I
so nimbt er mitt einen drunckt und Brodt
ver gutt ist er aber ein schalckin I der hautt
geborhn so ist alle gutt thut an ihm verlohrn,
Gott beh٧tte und erhalte I Dass gantze
l٧bliehe handtwerck der k٧frschjner.; below
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
no. 208, p. 249, illus.; Journal of Ghss Studies,
no. 37, p. 109.
444. C o v e r e d G o b l e t
Silesia, Schaffgotsch glassworks (Hermsdorf),
1691-1694
By Friedrich W i n t e r
Glass w i t h wheel-engraved, high-relief deco
ration (Hochschnittglas)
Wheel-engraved o n the vessel wall above the
handle, Aucun temps ne le change.
Height: 1 ft. Ye i n . (31.2 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.568
PROVENANCE
K a r l R u h m a n n , Vienna; R u t h a n d Leopold
Blumka, N e w York.
GERMAN
IVORY
Ivory
445
Covered G o b l e t
1631
By Marcus Heiden
Lathe-turned and carved ivory
Marked MARCUS
COBURGENSIS.
HEIDEN.
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
Presumed to have been made for D u k e
Johann Casmir o f Saxe-Coburg and seized
by Colonel Giovanni Giovacchino Keller
o f Schaikaine during the sack o f Coburg
in 1632; private collection, Germany;
[Same A r t , L t d . , Z u r i c h , 1990].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Eugen v o n Philippovich, Elfenbein
(Bibliothek f٧r Kunst- u n d
444
A n t i q u i t δ t e n f r e u n d e , M u n i c h , 1982), v o l .
17, p. 422, fig. 372; Klaus Maurice, Der
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Wolfgang B o r n , "Five Centuries o f Glass: I I , "
Connoisseur 101 (March, 1938), p. 121, fig. 1;
Drechselnde Souverδn, Materialen zu einer
f٧rstlichen Maschinenkunst (Zurich, 1985),
pp. 74,152, fig. 78.
Ignaz Schlosser, Das alte Ghs: Ein Handbuch
f٧r Sammler und Liebhaber (Brunswick,
1965), 226, p l . 185; Axel v o n Saldern,
"Unbekannte Glδser v o n Johann Wolfgang
Schmidt, Friedrich W i n t e r and Franz
Gondelach," Anzeiger des Germanischen
Nationalmuseums (1970), n o ; "Acquisitions/
1984," GettyMusJ'(1985), no. 230, p. 253,
illus.; Journal of Glass Studies, no. 38, p. 109.
445
251
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
Accession number 92.SE.69
PROVENANCE
Corsini family, Florence, by 1730; [Same
A r t , L t d . , Z u r i c h , 1991].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJ τι (1993),
i n press, illus.
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
Prince o f Liechtenstein, Vaduz; R u t h and
Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
no. 234, pp. 253-254, illus.; Journal of Ghss
Studies, no. 23, p. 105.
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
449
(?) Bohemian, 1525-1575
Free-blown soda glass w i t h gilding, enamel,
449. C o v e r e d T a n k a r d
and etched decoration
1578
Height: SVs i n . (22 cm); Diameter (at
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h enamel
m o u t h ) : 7% i n . (19 cm)
decoration; pewter mounts
Accession number 84.DK.547
Inscribed around central zone o f vessel,
Konig. Herodis . Lest. Die I unschuldigen
kindlein elendiglich todten-, dated 1578.
PROVENANCE
Robert v o n Hirsch, Basel (sold, Sotheby's,
L o n d o n , June 22,1978, lot 256); R u t h and
Height: io /s i n . (27 cm); Diameter (at
Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
base): 5% i n . (14.5 cm)
5
Accession number 84.DK.553
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The History of Glass, D a n Klein and W a r d
PROVENANCE
Lloyd, eds. (London, 1984), p. 74, illus.;
Wilczek, Schloss Eisgrub; R u t h and Leo
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
no. 211, p. 249, illus.; Journal of Ghss Studies,
no. 22, p. 104.
p o l d Blumka, N e w York.
448
B O H E M I A N GLASS
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,
p. 251, illus.; Journal of GUss Studies, no. 24,
p. 105.
EXHIBITIONS
New York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
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
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 186, p. 245, illus.; Journal of GUss Studies,
no. 14, p. 102.
451. Stangenglas w i t h the A r m s o f P u c h n e r
(?) Northwestern Bohemian or German,
Saxon ([?]Erzgebirg), 1587
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h enamel
decoration
Arms, o n the central zone o f the vessel wall,
450
450. G o b l e t w i t h the A r m s o f Liechtenberg
in enamel, tiercedper chevron or, in chief
sable a lion or, armed and languedgules and
in base, azure, on a mount vert a [beech]
tree proper, crest, lion issuant between two
buffaloes' horns, couped dexter azure and or,
sinister or and sable, issuant from each flames
451
PROVENANCE
(?) Southern Bohemian, before 1580
gules. Inscribed o n upper and lower vessel
Free-blown soda glass w i t h gilding and
enamel decoration
wall, i n enamel, AujfGott mein hoffnung I
Paulus Puchner Churtz: S: Zeug I meister
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,
upon a cushion gules, tasseled or, afishargent,
in front of a panache of peacock's feather proper.
dated ι$8γ.
Jahre Gkskunst: Sammlung Biemann (Zurich,
1978), p. 309; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ
13 (1985), no. 206, p. 248, illus.; Journal of
GUss Studies, no. 26, p. 106.
Height: 9% i n . (23.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.537
Height: 1 ft. %. i n . (31.2 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.555
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
255
256
BOHEMIAN
GLASS
w i t h the A r m s o f H i r t
452. Stangenglas
and
Maier
(?) Southwestern Bohemian, B φ h m e r Wald,
1590
Free-blown potash-lime glass and enamel
decoration
Arms, gules, a pale argent, three rosettes gules-,
on the opposite side, azure, a stork argent.
Inscribed o n band above the cresting, i n
enamel, ALLES ALLES
MIT
GOTTES
below the arms, HANS HIRT V
HVLF;
WEISSENAV
FVRST /
BRAVNSCHWEIGIS-
CHER VND LVNEBVRGIISCHER
RATH
AM KAYs I HOFF; o n the
VND AGENT
opposite side above the cresting, HIE
ZEITLICHS
FREVD;
LEID BRINGT
D
below the arms, MARIA
VON
WEISSENAU
VON
SANTI
/ GEBORNE
GILGEN
ALLES ALLES
STEIN
MIT GOTTES
EWIGE
HIRTIN
MAIER
IN
HAVSFRAV
HVLF; and
just below the upper bands, dated Patientia
Durum Frango ifpo.
Height: 4V8 i n . (10.4 cm)
Accession number 85.DK.214
452
453
453.
Jagdhumpen
PROVENANCE
Bohemian or central German, 1593
V i k t o r Schick, Prague; Mrs. Hedwig Schick,
Free-blown potash-lime glass and enamel
Prague (sold, Sotheby's, London, M a y 4,
D a t e d 1593.
1939, l o t 17); R u t h and Leopold Blumka,
Height: n /s i n . (28.9 cm)
New York.
Accession number 8 4 . D K . 556
3
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
L . Fusch, " D i e fr٧hen s ٧ d d e u t s c h e n
Hans G r a f Wilzcek, Burg Kreuzenstein;
Wappenhumpen," M٧nchener Jahrbuch
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.
Ε. and A . Silberman, Vienna; Oscar Bondy,
B O H E M I A N GLASS
455. B e a k e r
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"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.
454. Reichsadler
W٢STEN
Humpen
.AN/NO.
IN. DER I
1.5.9.9.
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
Axel van Saldern, German Enameled Glass
I
(Corning, 1965), p. 446; "Acquisitions/1984,"
VRG; o n the banderoles
BRANDENB
GettyMus] 13 (1985), no. 221, p. 251, illus.
attached to each feather and o n the bands
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
AVGSBVRG
ILVBECKI
4 SEMPER
I METZ
FREIEN
/ACH
ILVNDBVRG
WES Τ ERB VRG / THVSSIS
4 Β VRG GRA VEN /
BERG I REMECKI
GRAVEN
SCHWEIG
LVTRING;
VICARII
BRANDENB
VRG I
IBRVAN-
I BAIRN I SCHWABEN
I
I
HAGENAWI
I BAMBERG
SLETSTATI
ABVRGILVTZELBVRGIR
ALTENBVRG;
I
VLMI
4 BIRG I MADO TT EN Β VR GI
below the r i m , opposite the
eagles, dated 1599.
Height: n / i 6 i n . (29.9
9
cm)
Accession number 84.DK.558
and o n the sinister wing, 4
BRABAND IΝ
WESTERBVRG
SACHSEN
I SCHLESTI
/ DVRING
HESSEN
/ LEVCHTERBERG
/ CLEVE
/ SAPHOYI
I 4 RITTER
SENBACH
/ 4 MAR-
/ 4 SEIL
GRAVEN
ZILL1
/ 4 DORFFER
MAIDBVRGINVRN-
/ BADEN
454
/
I ALTWALTEN
STANBERG
/ ERCHERNI
MEISCHEN
STETTI
4
/
LAND-
IEDELSASI
I 4
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
GRAVEN
SCHWARZBVRGI
IANDELAWI
P R O V E N A N C E
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] 13 (1985),
no. 236, p. 254, illus.
WEIS
IFRAWENBERGISTVNDECK
455
257
258
BOHEMIAN
456.
GLASS
457.
Stangenglas
Huntpen
Southern Bohemian, 1600
Southern German or Bohemian, 1614
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h diamond-
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h diamond-
point etching
p o i n t etching
Inscribed i n the upper paralled bands,
Arms, (?) gules, three swords, a right one in
pale, between two others of different shape, hilt
and pommel or, together enfiled in a coronet
FRISCHAUF
JUNG
GESEL
WOL GEM٢
ND Τ GAR WOL I MIR DAS
THUT.
FRIEDELN
or, the charges o f the shield, repeated.
Inscribed over the couple, Lieb
haben und nicht genissenn I Thut manchen
Etched o n one side Daniel Weger 1.6.1.4.,
gar sehrferl driessen I. Inscription flanking
and o n the other side Fein Undficht du zu
the couple, Ich aber thut genissen I dass thuet
ganz nicht vorfriessen. Inscribed over the
naked woman, Halte feste kom I men frembde
gaste I Frisch auff-, dated 1600 twice o n cen
mir her I ein. Und Uss dein K٧rschneri / sehen
huffen sein. Mich dunckt du Iforcht dich fur
den streichenn. Drumb wirdt dass I glass am
dich Nicht reichenn. Dated 1614 on central
tral zone o f vessel wall.
zone o f vessel wall.
Height: 1 ft. 1V16 i n . (34.5 cm)
Height: io /s i n . (26.3 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.559
Accession number 84.DK.560
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
Richard Leitner, Vienna; Oscar Bondy,
K a r l R u h m a n n , Vienna; R u t h and Leopold
Vienna (sold from his collection, June 16,
Blumka, N e w York.
3
1922); R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w
BIBLIOGRAPHY
York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ignaz Schlosser, Das alte Glas: ein Handbuch
fur Sammler und Liebhaber (Brunswick,
Hans Zedinek, " D i e G l a s h ٧ t t e zu H a l l i n
1956), pp. 152,159, fig. 131; Erich Egg, Die
T i r o l , " Altes Kunsthandwerk ι, no. 3 (1927),
Glassh٧tte zu Hall und Innsbruck im 16.
pp. 98-117, p i . 89; W i l f r e d Buckley, Dia-
Jahrhundert, Tiroler Wirtschaftsstudien,
meterond Engraved Glasses of the Sixteenth
Century with Particular Reference to Five
Attributed to Giacomo Verzelini (London,
1929), p. 16, pi. 31; Erich Egg, Die Glash٧tte
zu Hall und Innsbruck im 16. Jahrhundert,
vol. 15 (Innsbruck, 1962), p. 80;
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no.
242, p. 255, illus.; Journal of Glass Studies,
no. 33, p. 108.
Tiroler Wirtschaftsstudien, vol. 15 (Inns
bruck, 1962), p. 80; "Acquisitions/1984,"
GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no. 222, p. 251, illus.;
Journal of GUss Studies, no. 32, p. 108.
456
B O H E M I A N GLASS
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
Fritz Biemann, Z u r i c h (sold, Sotheby's,
London, June 16,1984, lot 46); [David, Inc.,
Vaduz].
EXHIBITIONS
Lucerne, Kunstmuseum Luzern, 3000 Jahre
Glaskunst von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil,
1981, no. 705, p. 161, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dagmar Hnikova, " B φ h m i s c h e s Glas,"
Orbis Pictus, v o l . 61 (Bern and Stuttgart,
1974); Brigitte Klesse and Axel v o n Saldern,
$00 Jahre Glaskunst: Sammlung Biemann
(Zurich, 1978), p. 15, fig. 12; p. 118, no. 65;
"Acquisitions/ 1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 223, p. 251, illus.
457
458
259
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
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Olga Drahotava, "Dans le sphere d u m a ν t r e
graveur d u goblet d i t de Koula," Cristal de
Boheme (1965), pp. 29-32; "Acquisitions/
1984," GettyMusJ"13 (1985), no. 224, p. 252,
illus.
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 fleurde-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
Sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , December 5,1983,
4 6 0 . C u p a n d Saucer
lot 177; [Winifred Williams, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
(trembleuse)
Vienna, D u Paquier manufactory, circa 1740
Hard-paste porcelain, black enamel decora
tion; gilding
Cup: Height: 2% i n . (7.1 cm); W i d t h : 3 /s
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
no. 181, p. 239, illus.
5
i n . (9.2 cm); D e p t h : 2%6 i n . (6.2 cm);
Saucer: Height: i /s i n . (3.5 cm); W i d t h : 6
3
% in.
(17 cm); D e p t h : 4% i n . (12.2 cm)
Accession number 85.DE.375.1-.2
461
AUSTRIAN GLASS
PROVENANCE
Wormser, Paris; R u t h and Leopold Blumka,
N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 218, pp. 250-251, illus.; Journal of GUss
Studies, no. 28, p. 106.
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
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
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
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 219, p. 251, illus.; Journal of GUss Studies,
no. 30, p. 107.
462
263
264
AUSTRIAN
GLASS
463. G o b l e t
465.
(Kelchpokal)
Goblet
H a l l , circa 1540-1560
H a l l , circa 1535-1555
Workshop o f Wolfgang V i t l or that o f
(?) Workshop o f Sebastian H φ c h s t e t t e r
Sebastian H φ c h s t e t t e r
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass w i t h
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass w i t h
gilding
Height: 10 i n . (25.4 cm)
gilding
H e i g h t : y /i6
7
i n . (18.9
Accession number 84.DK.544
cm)
Accession number 84.DK.542
PROVENANCE
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
PROVENANCE
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
BIBLIOGRAPHY
no. 216, p . 250, illus.
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 212, pp. 249-250, illus.
464
464. Goblet
(Kelchpokal)
H a l l , circa 1540-1560
(?) Workshop o f Sebastian H φ c h s t e t t e r
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass w i t h
gilding
Height: 7% i n . (19 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.543
PROVENANCE
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 213, p. 250, illus.
465
463
AUSTRIAN GLASS
PROVENANCE
Hans Graf Wilzcek, Burg Kreuzenstein;
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 217, p. 250, illus.; Journal of Ghss Studies,
no. 27, p. 106.
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
Accession number 84.DK.515
PROVENANCE
Graf von Trautmannstorff, Schloss Gleichen
466
466. Goblet
(Trichterpokal)
berg bei Graz; Ε. and Α . Silberman, Vienna;
467
Oscar Bondy, Vienna (acquired i n 1932);
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
EXHIBITIONS
Trappisches W i l k o m m g l a s , " Der Schiern 40
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass w i t h
New York, The M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f
(1966), pp. 120-122; Rainer R٧ckert, Die
applied decoration
Art, T h e Cloisters, The Secuhr Spirit: Life
and Art at the End of the Middle Ages, 1975,
no. 279.
H a l l , circa 1550-1560
(?) Workshop o f Sebastian H φ c h s t e t t e r
Height: 1 ft. 3% i n . (38.3 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.545
Dr. Oswald Trapp, " D i e Geschichte eines
Ghssammlung des Bayerischen National
museums M٧nchen I (Munich, 1982), p. 79;
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 214, p. 250; Journal of Ghss Studies,
no. 21, p. 104.
265
266
AUSTRIAN
GLASS
468
468. B o w l
Innsbruck, 1570-1591
Royal glassworks, (?) executed by M u r a n o
craftsmen
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Brian J. R. Blench, letter to the editor, Jour
nal ofGhss Studies 26 (1984), pp. 155-157;
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] 13 (1985),
Colorless soda glass w i t h diamond-point
no. 215, p. 250, illus.; Journal of GUss Studies,
etching, gilding, and cold enamel decoration
no. 29, p. 107.
Height: 6V16 i n . (16 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.653
PROVENANCE
Magdelene Sharpe Erskine, D u n i m a r l e
Castle, Culross, Fife, Scotland (sold,
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , June 26,1978, l o t 26);
[David, Inc., Vaduz].
ENGLISH
DECORATIVE ARTS
268
ENGLISH
CABINETS
Furniture
CABINETS
469. Cabinet on Stand
Circa 1690-1700
Painted, gessoed, and silvered w o o d ;
brass mounts
Cabinet: Height: 2 ft. 854 i n . (82.5 cm);
EXHIBITIONS
W i d t h : 3 ft. ι i n . (93.9 cm); D e p t h :
L o n d o n , T h e V i c t o r i a and Albert Museum,
ι ft. 7 Κ i n . (49.5 cm); Stand: Height:
The Orange and the Rose: Holknd
2 ft. 7% i n . (79.3 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. 5% i n .
Britain
(104.7
c m
) ; D e p t h : 1 ft. 11% i n . (59.6 cm)
and
in the Age of Observation, 1600-1750,
October 1964-January 1965, no. 220; N e w
York, T h e C o o p e r - H e w i t t M u s e u m and
Accession number 78.DA.117
Pittsburgh, T h e Carnegie Museum, Courts
PROVENANCE
M r s . Geoffrey H a r t , London; purchased by
J. Paul Getty, 1961.
and Colonies: The William and Mary Style in
Holland, EngUnd, and America,
November
1988-May 1989, no. 107, p. 157, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
R. W . Symonds, "The C i t y o f Westminster
and Its Furniture Makers," Connoisseur 100
(July 1937), pp. 3-9, illus. pp. 2, 9; R. W .
Symonds, " T h e Age o f Charles I I , "
Con
noisseur111 (June 1943), illus. p. 125; Horace
Shipp, "A H o m e and Its Treasures: M r s ;
Geoffrey Hart's Collection at H y d e Park
Gardens, "Apollo
62 (December 1955), illus.
p. 181; R. W . P. Luff, "Oriental Lacquer and
English Japan: Some Cabinets from the C o l
lection o f M r . J. Paul Getty at Sutton Place,
Surrey," The Antique
Collector
(December
1962), pp. 256-261, illus. p. 259, fig. 5.
469
E N G L I S H SEAT F U R N I T U R E
SEAT
472. A r m c h a i r
FURNITURE
L o n d o n , circa 1750-1760
W a l n u t w i t h pine and oak; traces o f gesso,
470. Side C h a i r
(?) L o n d o n , late seventeenth century
paint, and gilding; remnants o f original
Gessoed a n d gilded walnut; modern
w o o l upholstery
upholstery
Height: 3 ft. 3 i n . (99 cm); W i d t h :
Height: 3 ft. 10 i n . (116.8 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 1/4 i n . (64.7 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 1 i n .
ι ft. i o K i n . (57.1 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 1 i n .
(63.5 cm)
(63.5 cm)
Accession number 85.DA.120
Accession number 75.DA.62
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
(?) D a v i d Garrick, L o n d o n (1717-1779); an
[Frederick Victoria, Inc., N e w York]; Nicolas
upholsterer, outside Philadelphia; [Glenn
Landau, Paris; purchased by J. Paul G e t t y
Randall, N e w York, 1984].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
One of a pair
471
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMus] 14 (1986),
no. 186, p. 240, illus.
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
R. W. M i l l e r (sold, Christies, L o n d o n , Janu
ary 21, i960, l o t 43, to Pallott); [A. Cook,
London]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, i960.
470
472
269
270
E N G L I S H
FRAMES
Accession number 78.DG.149
PROVENANCE
Dukes o f Westminster; [Frank Partridge,
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1967]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty, 1967.
EXHIBITIONS
T h e Los Angeles C o u n t y M u s e u m o f A r t ,
o n loan, 1982-present.
EXHIBITIONS
T h e Minneapolis Institute o f Arts, on loan,
November 1988-present.
475. P a i r o f Sugar C a s t o r s
L o n d o n , 1730
By Paul de Lamerie
Silver-gilt
Metalwork
Bodies and lids marked w i t h the maker s
stamp o f LA. between an arched crown
474. M o n t e i t h
w i t h a star and a fleur-de-lys ( i n use around
L o n d o n , 1705
1720-173 2); a lion's head erased (the assay
By John Rand
mark o f L o n d o n ) ; the figure o f Britannia
Silver
Marked w i t h the maker's stamp o f Ra; a
lions head erased (the assay mark o f L o n
don); the figure o f Britannia (the standard
mark indicating .9583 silver content); the
letter / ( t h e date letter for 1705). Engraved
473
w i t h an unidentified coat o f arms.
Castor .1 engraved 1730 and N 2=27-12;
c}
Castor .2 engraved 1730 and N°i=27;
both
engraved w i t h Garter coat o f arms and the
H o w a r d crest.
Height: 9 /s i n . (23.8 cm); Diameter: 3% i n .
3
Height: 10 i n . (25.5 cm); Diameter:
Architectural Woodwork
and Fixtures
(the standard mark indicating .9583 silver
content); the letter Ρ (the date letter for 1730).
(9.9 cm)
ι ft. 2/2 i n . (36.8 cm)
Accession number 78.DG.180.1-.2
PROVENANCE
Dukes o f N o r t h u m b e r l a n d ; [S. J. Phillips,
FRAMES
L o n d o n ] ; purchased by J. Paul Getty
around 1938.
473. F r a m e for a M i r r o r
L o n d o n , circa 1740-1745
EXHIBITIONS
A t t r i b u t e d to Matthias L o c k
T h e Minneapolis Institute o f A r t , o n loan,
Gessoed and gilded pine details o n an oak
1980-1981; T h e Los Angeles C o u n t y
support; m i r r o r glass
M u s e u m o f A r t , o n loan, 1982-1988; L o n
Height: 7 ft. (213.3 cm); W i d t h : 4 ft. 2 i n .
don, Goldsmith's H a l l , Paul de Lamerie,
(127 cm)
M a y 16-June 22,1990, no. 65, p. 109, illus.
Accession number 78.DH.243
474
ENGLISH METALWORK
Height: 11% i n . (28.6 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 6 i n .
EXHIBITIONS
(45.7 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 4 i n . (32.4 cm)
T h e Minneapolis Institute o f A r t , o n loan,
Accession number 78.DG.130.1-.2
1980-1981; W i l l i a m s t o w n , Massachusetts,
PROVENANCE
on loan, 1983-1988.
3
Sterling and Francine Clark A r t Institute,
Charles, 4th D u k e o f R i c h m o n d and
Lennox (succeeded 1806, L o r d Lieutenant
o f Ireland 1807-1813); Dukes o f R i c h m o n d
and Gordon, G o o d w o o d House, Sussex, by
descent (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , July 20,
1938, l o t 114); purchased by J. Paul Getty.
One of a pair
475
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
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.
One of a pair
476
2J1
272
ENGLISH MOUNTED ORIENTAL
PORCELAIN
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
Joseph Downs, W i n t e r t h u r , Delaware;
W i l l i a m Heere (sold, Christie s, N e w York,
October 29,1983, l o t 32); [Aveline et Cie,
Paris].
E X H I B I T I O N S
N e w York, T h e Frick Collection, Mounted
Oriental Porcehin, December 1986-March
1987, no. 9, pp. 46-47, illus.
One of a pair
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14 (1986),
no. 185, p . 240, illus.; F. J. B . Watson,
" M o u n t e d Oriental Porcelain," The Maga
zine Antiques 131 (April 1987), p p . 813-823,
illus. p. 823.
477
NETHERLANDISH
DECORATIVE ARTS
274
NETHERLANDISH
FURNITURE
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
5 ft. 2% i n . (158 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 5 /s i n .
3
(74.5 cm)
Accession number 88.DA. 10
P R O V E N A N C E
Prince d'Arenberg, Egmont Palace, Brussels;
[Axel Vervoordt, s Gravenwezel, Belgium].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ 17 (1989),
no. 86, pp. 146-147, illus.; Handbook1991,
p. 209, illus.
478
NETHERLANDISH METALWORK
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Orangezaal, Royal Palace, Huis ten
Bosch, H o l l a n d ; Neues Palais, Potsdam,
Museum voor Kunstambachten, Tentoon
stelling Kunstvoorwerpen uit Verzamelingen
in de Provincie Antwerpen (Exhibition o f
1895 (purchased i n Amsterdam, 1895); dis
Decorative Arts from Collections i n the
played i n the Japis Galerie, 1926; (sold,
Province o f Antwerp), 23 A p r i l - 2 July 1961,
Palais Galliera, Paris, December 9,1963, l o t
no. 245, p. 34.
93); [Fabius Frιres, Paris, 1970s].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Burkhard Meier, Potsdam Schlφsser und
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMus]YJ (1989),
no. 88, p. 148, illus.
Gδrten aufgenommen von der Staatliche
Bildstelle (Berlin, 1926), fig. 46; W i l s o n ,
"Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979," no. 13,
pp. 49-51, illus. (one); M a r t e n Loonstra,
The Royal PaUce Huis ten Bosch in a Histori
cal View (Zutphen, 1985), p. 75, illus. p . 74.
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)
Accession number 88.DH.62
One of a pair
479
P R O V E N A N C E
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
Gessoed, painted, and gilded w o o d ; crushed
glass
Height: 6 ft. uVs i n . (212.4
c m
) ; Width:
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
E X H I B I T I O N S
Antwerp, Tentoonstelling van Oude Vlaamsche
Kunst (Exhibition o f O l d Flemish A r t ) , 1930,
" D 178"; Duerne-Antwerp, Provinciaal
480
275
Xy6
NETHERLANDISH
GLASS
Glass
PROVENANCE
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
481. G o b l e t
Southern Netherlandish, 1560-1600
Made by a glasshouse i n the region o f
Chimay, (?) Hainault
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n glass or cristallo
Height: 8/2 i n . (21.6 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.549
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass, 1958,
no. 115, p. 105.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJY>, (1985),
no. 248, p. 256, illus.
481
482. Ice-glass B e a k e r
Late sixteenth century
Free-blown soda glass w i t h applied
decoration
Height: S Α6 i n . (21.5 cm)
7
Accession number 84.DK.564
PROVENANCE
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; R u t h and
Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
482
N E T H E R L A N D I S H
GLASS
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 225, p. 252, illus.
Alexander v o n Frey, Paris; R u t h and Leo
pold B l u m k a , N e w York.
EXHIBITIONS
New York, The C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass, 1958,
no. 112, p. 103.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 238, p. 254, illus.
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
Accession number 84.DK.516
PROVENANCE
Karl Ruhmann, Vienna; A . Vecht, Amster
dam; R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ignaz Schlosser, Das alte Ghs: Ein Handbuch
f٧r Sammler und Liebhaber (Brunswick,
1965), p. 210, p l . 161; "Acquisitions/1984,"
483
GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 245, p. 255, illus.;
Journal of GUss Studies, no. 34, p. 108.
483. G o b l e t
Southern Netherlandish or French, late
sixteenth or early seventeenth century
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n cobalt glass
Height: 8/4 i n . (21.6 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.517
484
277
278
NETHERLANDISH
485. Filigrana
GLASS
Beaker
Southern Netherlandish, 1650-1700
Free-blown soda glass or cristallo and
lattimo, vetro a fili
Height: 5 A i n . (14 cm)
l
Accession number 84.DK.658
PROVENANCE
[David, Inc., Vaduz].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJY>> (1985),
no. 244, p. 255, illus.
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
PROVENANCE
Commissioned by the Counts o f Benavente;
(offered for sale, Christies, London, A p r i l 24,
1986, lot 34, withdrawn); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . ,
London].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi^ (1987),
no. 120, p. 219, illus.
4
Ceramics
8
7
PROVENANCE
Leonardo Lapiccirella, Florence; (sold,
4 8 7 . H i s p a n o - M o r e s q u e Deep D i s h
(brasero)
Valencia, mid-fifteenth century
Blue and copper luster-glazed earthenware
Marked IHS i n the center o f the obverse.
Height: 4% i n . (10.8 cm); Diameter: 1 ft. 7 / 2
i n . (49.5 cm)
Accession number 85.DE.441
486
Christie's, L o n d o n , July 1,1985, l o t 270);
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Giovanni C o n t i , L'Arte de٧a maiolica in
Italia ( M i l a n , 1973), p i . 8; Apollo 122 (1985),
no. 5, p. 405; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ
14 (1986), no. 214, p. 252, illus; Hess, Maio
lica, no. 2, pp. 14-15, illus; Handbook 1991,
p. 201, illus.
SPANISH
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
6 A i n . ( n o cm); Square Tiles: Length:
7
4%6 i n . to 4 /s i n . (11.2 to 12.4 cm);
7
Hexagonal Tiles: Length: 8 % i n . to 8 /i6 i n .
9
(21 to 21.8 cm); W i d t h : 4% i n . to 4 /s i n .
3
(10.8 to 11.ι cm)
Accession number 84.DE.747
PROVENANCE
Grassi collection, Florence, before 1920;
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
EXHIBITIONS
A l l e n t o w n A r t Museum, Beyond Nobility:
Art for the Private Citizen in the Early
Renaissance, September 1980-January 1981,
no. 122, pp. 115-116.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A n n a Berendsen et al., Tiles (London, 1967),
p. 76; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus) i3
r
(1985), no. 151, p. 239, illus; Hess, Maiolica,
no. ι , pp. 12-13.
488
CERAMICS
28l
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
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] Y>, (1985),
no. 227, p. 252, illus.; Journal of Glass Studies,
no. 17, p. 103.
489
CHINESE,
JAPANESE, PERSIAN,
AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN
DECORATIVE ARTS
284
CHINESE CERAMICS
Chinese Ceramics
491. P a i r o f L i d d e d Vases
Chinese, K a n g x i (1662-1722)
Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue
490. G a r n i t u r e o f T h r e e L i d d e d Vases a n d
T w o O p e n Vases
decoration
Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Height: 1 ft. 5 i n . (43.2 cm); Diameter: 10 i n .
Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue
(25.4 cm)
decoration
Accession number 72.DE.73.1-.2
Lidded Vases: Height: 1 ft. A i n . (31.8 cm);
l
P R O V E N A N C E
Diameter: 10 4 i n . (27.3 cm); O p e n Vases:
3
Dukes o f N o r t h u m b e r l a n d (probably sold
Height: 11 Ys i n . (28.3 cm); Diameter: 5 i n .
circa 1910); [Ralph Chait, N e w York and
(12.7 cm)
L o n d o n , 1970s]; [Neil Sellin, N e w York,
Accession number 72.DE.72.1—.5
1972]; purchased b y J. Paul Getty.
One of two
490
P R O V E N A N C E
Dukes o f Northumberland (probably sold
circa 1910); [Ralph Chait, N e w York and
L o n d o n , 1970s]; [Neil Sellin, N e w York,
1972]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
One of three
490
One of a pair
491
CHINESE CERAMICS
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
[Spink and Son, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
no. 183, p. 239, illus.
492
494
492. L i d d e d Vase
494. L i d d e d Vase
Chinese, Kangxi (168 2-1722)
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
glaze blue.
Accession number 86.DE.629
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
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
no. 182, p . 239, illus.
493
285
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
ι ft. ι i n . (33 cm)
Accession number 72.DE.62.1-.2
PROVENANCE
Alfred M o r r i s o n , Fonthill House, Wiltshire;
John Greville M o r r i s o n , L o r d Margadale
o f Islay, Fonthill House, by descent (sold,
Christies, L o n d o n , June 5,1972, lot 29);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
495
495. W i n e Bottle
One of a pair
(kendt)
Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
496
4 9 7 . Figure o f a n E l e p h a n t
Stoneware
Chinese, Q i a n l o n g (1736-1795)
Height: y Vi i n . (20.1 cm); W i d t h : 5 /s i n .
Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel
(14.3 cm); D e p t h : 4Ύ16 i n . (12.5 cm)
decoration; gilding
Accession number 85.DE.232
Height: 1 ft. 9% i n . (55.2 cm); W i d t h :
s
PROVENANCE
[Kate Foster, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
EXHIBITIONS
The Los Angeles C o u n t y M u s e u m o f A r t ,
September 1987-present.
ι ft. ιVx i n . (34.2 cm); Depth: 10 i n . (25.4 cm)
Accession number 72.DE.61
PROVENANCE
George Christie (sold, Christie s, London,
June 5,1972, l o t 24); purchased at that sale
by J. Paul Getty.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14 (1986),
no. 184, p . 239, illus.
497
PERSIAN
Chinese Textiles
(for Italian export)
CARPETS
Persian Carpets
500. C a r p e t
Herat or Isfahan, late sixteenth century
498. Wall Hanging
Chinese, late seventeenth t o early eighteenth
Wool
century
Length: 25 ft. 10% i n . (788 cm); W i d t h :
Silk brocade
10ft.3 *4 i n . (313 cm)
Length: 11 ft. 10 i n . (360.5 c m ) ;
Accession number 78.DC.91
W i d t h : 7 ft. 4 4 i n . (225.5
3
c
m
)
PROVENANCE
Accession number 87.DD.37
Hagop Kevorkian (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
PROVENANCE
December 5,1969, lot 20); purchased at that
Private German collection; [Rainer Zietz,
sale by J. Paul Getty.
Ltd., London].
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e M e t r o p o l i t a n Museum o f
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ i6 (1988),
r
no. 87, p . 185, illus.
One of three
499
A r t , Collection of Rare and Magnificent
Oriental Carpets (1966), no. 5, pi. 3.
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
Diameter: 7 i n . (17.8 cm)
Accession number 87.DE.26.1-.3
PROVENANCE
[Spink and Son, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1986].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
no. 76, p . 179, illus.
498
Detail
500
287
288
SOUTHEAST ASIAN
FURNITURE
Southeast Asian Furniture
502. Set o f Twelve C h a i r s (five armchairs
a n d seven side chairs)
(?) D u t c h colonial from Indonesia or Sri
Lanka (Ceylon), circa 1680-1720
Ebony and ebonized wood, some details
inlaid w i t h ivory
Armchairs: Height: 3 ft. 6 i n . (106.7
c m
);
W i d t h (at front): 2 ft. (61 cm); W i d t h
(at back): 1 ft. 8 i n . (50.8 cm); Depth:
ι ft. j /i6
7
i n . (49.4 cm); Side Chairs: Height:
3 ft. 4 i n . (101.6 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 9% i n .
(55.2 c m ) ; D e p t h : 1 f t . 6 /i6 i n . (47.5
n
cm)
Accession number 92.DA.24.1—.12
PROVENANCE
(?) Thomas Thynne, ist Viscount
W e y m o u t h , Longleat Castle, Wiltshire,
One of five
502
One of seven
5°
circa 1700; Marquess o f Bath, Longleat
Castle, Wiltshire, circa 1700; (sold,
501
Christies, L o n d o n , November 17,1988, l o t
75); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
5oi. "Polonaise" C a r p e t
Kashan, circa 1620
Silk w i t h metallic thread
Length: 9 ft. 1 i n . (277 cm); W i d t h : 5 ft. 7 i n .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions /1992" GettyMusJxi
(1993),
i n press, illus.
(170 cm)
Accession number 68.DC.6
PROVENANCE
Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris (sold,
Palais Galliera, Paris, March 18,1968, lot 104);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
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INDEXES
290
I N D E X
O F
MAKERS
INDEX OF MAKERS
The following index includes the names o f
makers and artists. Please note that references are
to entry numbers, not page numbers.
Β
Badin (bronze castor; active last quarter o f the
eighteenth century), 16
A
Bailleul, Nicolas, lejeune (engraver; active 1740s),
146
Abbiati, Francesco (cabinetmaker; active late
eighteenth century), 324
Bardet (Sevres painter; active 1751-1758), 212
Andreoli, Maestro Giorgio (ceramic artist; direc
tor o f maiolica workshop i n Gubbio; late
i470s-circa 1553), 357
Anguier, Guillaume (painter; 1628-1708), 289
Asselin, Charles Eloi (Sevres painter; active
1765-1804), 243
Audran, Claude, I I I (painter and designer;
1658-1734), 292, 300
Audran, Michel (tapestry weaver; high-warp
weaver at the Gobelins manufactory from 1732;
1701-1771), 300
Baudouin, Fran9ois, pere (Sevres gilder; active
1750-1800), 49
Baumhauer, Joseph, I {ιbιniste; ιbιnisteprivilegiι
du Roi circa 1749; died 1772), 13, 29, 44, 64
Blakey, William, I I (clock springmaker; before
1714-after 1788), 139
Boels, Pierre (Boulle), (painter; active second half
o f the seventeenth century), 289
Boizot, Simon-Louis (sculptor; 1743-1809), 154,
183
Bono, Etienne-Henry (Sιvres rιpareur; active
1754-1781), 237
Bonnemer, Francois (painter and engraver;
1638-1689), 287
Bιhagle, Philippe (director o f the Beauvais tapes
try manufactory from 1684; 1641-1705), 286
Borde, Louis (cartographer and engraver; graveur
du Roi et des affaires ιtrangιres; active 1730-1740S),
146
Bιlanger, Fran9ois-Joseph (architect; dessinateur
des menus-plaisirs 1767; 1744-1818), 173
Borman (bronze castor; dates unknown), 267
Belin [Belain or Blin] de Fontenay, Jean-Baptiste,
lejeune (painter; 1653-1715), 282, 286, 287, 300
Bossi, Benigo (engraver and plasterer; 1727-1792),
270
Bellangι, Alexandre-Louis {ιbιniste; 1799-1863), 54
Bφttger, Johann Friedrich (Meissen alchemist and
designer; 1682-1719), 409-411
Auguste, Robert-Joseph (silversmith; maitre 1757;
circa 1723-1805), 193, 305, 307
Benneman, Guillaume (ιbιniste; maitre1785;
employed by the Garde-Meuble de h Couronne
1786-1792; died 1811), 16
Boucault, Jean (menuisier; maitre 1728; circa
1705-1786), 98
Avelli, Francesco Xanto (ceramic artist; poet; circa
1486/87-circa 1544), 359
Beo, Johann Andreas (ιbιniste; dates unknown),
Avisse, Jean (menuisier; maitre1743; 1723-after
1796), 94
398
Berchem, Nicolas (painter; 1620-1683), 233
Besnier, Nicolas (silversmith; orfιvre du Roi 1715;
administrator o f the Beauvais tapestry manufac
tory 1734-1754), 294-299, 302
Beurdeley, Louis-Auguste-Alfred (furniture maker
and bronze castor; 1808-1882), 274
Biller, Johann Ludwig the Elder (goldsmith and
silversmith; 1656-1732), 402
Boucher, Francois (painter; designer at the
Beauvais tapestry manufactory from 1734; active
at the Vincennes and Sevres manufactory
1749-1754; artistic director at the Gobelins manu
factory from 1754; 1703-1770), 71, 214, 217, 291,
294-299, 301
Bouillat, Edme-Fran9ois (Sιvres painter;
1739/40-1810), 49, 50
Boulle, Andrι-Charles (ιbιniste; maitre before
1666; ciseleur-doreur-sculpteur du Roi 1672;
1642-1732), 3, 4, 7, 8, 21, 58-61, 63,106,107,127,
129,131,132,158,163
INDEX OF MAKERS
Bradshaw, W i l l i a m (chairmaker; active
1736-1745), 471
British Royal Collection, 363
Buteux, Charles, pere (Sevres painter; 1719-1782,
active from 1756), 219
Chauveaux, Michel-Barnabι, Tainι (Sιvres
painter and gilder; born circa 1729, active
1752-1788), 235
Cheret, Jean-Baptiste-Frangois (silversmith;
mattre^1759; died after 1791), 192
Cochois, Charles-Michel (ιbιniste; mattre circa
1730; died 1764), 21
c
CafHeri, Jacques (sculptor; mattre 1714, fondeurciseleur des bδtiments du Roi 1736; 1678-1755), 137,
168
Cafneri, Philippe (sculptor; mattre by 1743;
sculpteur-ciseleur ordinaire du Roi 1755;
1714-1774), 170,171
Capelle, Antoine (Sevres painter; born circa 1722,
active 1745-1800), 238, 240
Carlin, M a r t i n (ιbιniste; mattre 1766; circa
1730-1785), 47, 50, 74-76, 79
Cornaille, Antoine-Toussaint (Sevres painter and
gilder; 1735-1812), 241
Coudray, Michel-Dorothιe (Sevres molder;
1718-1775, active 1753-1774/75), 229, 231
Couturier, Claude (Sevres painter; active
1762-1775, died 1775), 47
Coypel, Charles-Antoine (painter; premierpeintre
du Roi 1747; 1694-1752), 300
Cozzi, Geminiano (founder o f Cozzi porcelain
factory; active 1764-1812), 369
Carlini, Agostino (painter and sculptor; active
1760-1790), 479
Cressent, Charles (sculptor and marchandιbιniste; ιbιniste to the due d'Orlιans 1719;
1685-1768), 12, 34,133,134,139,177
Castel, Philippe (Sevres painter and gilder; born
1746/^.7, active circa 1771-1797), 239
Cuvellier, E. J. (ιbιniste; mattre1753), 10
Caton, Antoine (Sevres painter; 1726-1800, active
1749-1798), 237
Cuyilliιs, Fran9ois de (architect and designer;
circa 1695-1768), 396
D
Chaillot (peintre-doreur; active last quarter of the
eighteenth century), 102
Daguerre, Dominique (marchand-mercier; circa
1740-1796), 79
Chapelle, Jacques (modeler or painter at
Sceaux manufactory; born 1721, active at
Sceaux 1750-1763), 210
Dardet, Claude-Gabriel (silversmith; mattre 1715),
Chauveaux, Jean, lejeune (Sevres gilder;
1735—circa 1807, active 1764-1800), 236
Delorme, Adrien Faizelot (ιbιniste; mattre1748;
died after 1783), 30, 69
Deparis, Jean-Francois (Sevres designer, painter,
and rιpareur; active 1746-1797), 237
Desfarges (upholstery fabric manufacturer or sup
plier; dates unknown), 102
Desportes, Alexandre-Francois (painter;
1661-1743), 282, 283, 287, 300
Deumier, Pierre (serrurier des bδtiments du Roi;
active from the 1760s), 73
Dietrich, Joachim (menuisier; died 1753), 396
Dieu, Jean-Jacques (Sevres painter and gilder;
active 1777-1791,1794-1798, and 1803-1811), 244
Digue (clockmaker and mιcanicien; dates
unknown, active 1770s), 134
Dodin, Charles-Nicolas (Sevres painter;
1734-1803, active 1754-1802), 71, 220-222, 224
Doirat, Etienne (ιbιniste; 1675/80-1732), 22
Dominicι, Jean-Francois (clockmaker; 1694-after
1754), 130
Donner, Johann (Meissen modeler; active circa
1710), 409
Chabry, Etienne-Jean (Sevres painter, born before
1749, active 1764-1787), 235
Chaulnes, Michel-Ferdinand, 5th due de (scien
tist; 1714-1769), 147
Delafosse, Jean-Charles (architect and ornιmaniste; 1734-1789), n o
187
Darnault, Francois-Charles (marchand-mercier;
active 1 7 3 0 S - 1 7 8 0 S ) , 29
Deck, Jacques (painter and enameler; active by
1742-died after 1764), 10
Dubois, Jacques (ιbιniste; mattre 1742;
1694-1763), 35, 38, 43
Dubois, Rene (ιbιniste; mattre 1755; ιbιniste de k
Reine 1779; 1737-1799), 48
Dubuisson (enameler; mattre1769; died circa
1820), 144
Duplessis, Jean-Claude (designer, silversmith, and
sculptor; directeur artistique at Sevres 1745/481774, sculpteur-fondeur-doreur du Roi 1747, orflvre
du Roi 1758; died 1774), 214, 216, 231, 243, 244
29I
292
INDEX
O F MAKERS
Durand, F., fils {ιbιniste; active late
nineteenth-early twentieth century), 49
Fontaine, Jacques (Sevres painter; 1734/35-1807,
active 1752-1800), 234
Germain, Fransois-Thomas (silversmith; orfévre
du R0Í174S-1764;
1726-1791), 169,186,191
Ε
Fontana, Orazio (ceramic artist; director o f
maiolica workshop i n Urbino; 1510-1571), 364, 365
Germain, Thomas (silversmith; 1673-1748, maitre
1720, orfévre du Rot 1723; 1673-1748), 186, 190
Eckhout, Albert van der (painter; circa
1610-1665), 287
Forestier, Etienne-Jean (bronze castor; maitre
1764), 16
Girardon, Frangois (sculptor; 1628-1715), 132
EfFner, Joseph (architect and designer; 1687-1745),
Forestier, Pierre-Auguste (bronze castor;
399
i755-i835)> 16
Golle, Pierre (ébéniste; maitre menuisierand
ébéniste ordinaire du Roi before 1656; circa
1620-1684), 57
Fortier, Alexandre (scientist and mécanicien; circa
1700-1770), 138
Gondouin, Jacques (designer and architect; active
last quarter o f the eighteenth century), 100
Foullet, Antoine {ébéniste; maitre 1749; circa
1710-1775), 141
Gouthiére, Pierre (gilder; maitre 1758; doreur ordinaire des menus-plaisirs 1767; circa 1620-1684),
153,173,178,397
F
Fallot (Sevres painter and gilder; active
1764-1790), 236
Ferrucci, Romolo d i Francesco (called del Tadda)
(sculptor; hardstone carver; died 1621), 391
Francart, Fran£ois (painter; 1622-1672), 281
Feuchére, Jean-Pierre (gilder; maitre 17 67), 175
G
Feuchére, L.-F. (bronze castor; active from the
i78os-died 1828), 155
Galle, Andre (bronze castor; 1761-1844), 16,160
Feuchére, Pierre-Fran£ois (gilder; maitre 17 63),
169, 175
Fieffé, Jean-Jacques, pere (clockmaker; maitre
1715; circa 1700-1770), 133
Filippo, Jacopo d i Stefano d i (ceramic artist;
director o f maiolica workshop i n Cafaggiolo;
[?]i490-after 1576), 350
Fistulator, Blausius (scagliola artist; head o f scagliola workshop; active 1587-1622), 446
Folin, Nicolas-Alexandre (clockmaker; maitre
1789), 145
Foliot, Fran9ois-Toussaint {menuisier; maitre
1749),
100
Foliot, Nicolas-Quinibert (menuisier; maitre circa
1730; 1706-1776), 96
Gallien, Simon (silversmith; maitre 1714; died
1757), 189
Grue, Francesco Saverio I I Maria (ceramic artist;
director o f the gabinetto dipittura and tornante o f
the royal porcelain factory, Capodimonte;
1731-1809), 368
Gudin, Paul, called G u d i n lejeune, (clockmaker;
marchand-horloger du Roi suivant la cour et conseil
de sa Maj'esté1739), 132
Gambier (designer; dates unknown, active circa
1787), 42
Garden, Phillips (silversmith; active 1738-1763),
185
Η
Hackwood, W i l l i a m (Wedgwood modeler; active
1769-1832, died 1839), 7
J
Gamier, Pierre (ébéniste and marchand-ébéniste;
maitre 1741; circa 1720-1800), 39
Gaudron, Antoine, I (clockmaker; maitre 1675;
circa 1640-1714), 127
Gaul tier, Jacques (menuisier; active first half o f the
eighteenth century), 119
Genest, Jean-Baptiste-Etienne (Sevres painter;
1722/23 or 1730-1789, active from 1752), 230
Genoels, Abraham (painter; 1620-1723), 289
Georges, Paul (menuisier; maitrebeiore 1747), 115
Heiden, Marcus (ivory turner and sculptor; active
by at least 1618-died after 1664), 445
Herold, Christian Frederich (Meissen painter;
1700-1779), 418
Hertaut, Nicolas (menuisier; maitre 1753;
1720-after 1771), 95
Hochstetten Wolfgang (glassblower; director o f
glass workshop; 1540-1569), 463-467
H φ r o l d t , Johann Gregor (Meissen painter; chief
painter 1720-1756 and 1763-1765; 1696-1775),
414-416
INDEX O F MAKERS
Houasse, Renι-Antoine (painter; 1644/45-1710),
287
Howzer, Wolfgang (goldsmith; active 1652-circa
1688), 477
L
La Croix, Jean de (tapestry weaver; active at the
Gobelins manufactory 1662-1712), 289
Lalonde, Richard de (designer; active last decades
of the eighteenth century), 88,172, 304
I
Ivry, Contant d ' (architect; 1698-1777), 86, 303
Lamerie, Paul de (silversmith; 1688-1751, active
from 1712), 475
Lanfant [marbrier; dates unknown), 16
Lapina (clockmaker; dates unknown), 141
J
Jacob, Georges {menuisier; maitre 1765-1796;
1739-1814), 97, 102, 103, I I I
Laroche, Jacques-Francois-Louis de (Sevres
painter; 1740/41, active 1759-1802), 240, 241
Jacob-Desmaltier et Cie (firm o f menuisiers
formed by Georges Jacob's younger son, FrancoisHonorι-Georges [1770-1841, retired 1824]; after
1825 the business was run by Frangois's son
Georges-Alphonse Jacob-Desmaltier [1799-1870,
active until 1847]), 4
Latz, Jean-Pierre {ιbιniste; ιbιniste privilegiι du
Roi before May 1741; circa 1691-1754), 27, 36, 37,
i o
Jacques, Maurice (painter and designer; circa
1712-1784), 301, 302
138
Le Blond, Etienne-Claude (tapestry weaver;
active at the Gobelins manufactory 1727-1751),
292, 293
Joubert, Gilles {marchand-ιbιniste; ιbιniste ordi
naire du Garde-Meuble de la Couronne 1758;
ιbιniste du Roi 1763-1774; 1689-1775), 32
Le Brun, Charles (painter and designer; directeur
de la manufacture royale des Gobelins from 1662;
directeur de Tacadιmie royale de peinture et de
sculpture 1663; premierpeintre du Roi 1664;
1619-1690), 117, 281, 289, 290
Juvara, Francesco Natale (goldsmith and silver
smith; 1673-1759), 332
Ledoux, Claude-Nicolas (architect; 1736-1806),
124
Leeke, Ralph (silversmith; active 1679-after 1714),
Le Noir, Pierre Etienne (clockmaker; born circa
1725, maitre YJ43), 140
Lepaute, Pierre-Bazile (clockmaker; 1750-1843),
130
Le Roy, Charles (clockmaker; maitre 1733;
1709-1771), 142
Le Roy, Jean, IV (silversmith; maitre 1625), 185
Le Roy, Julien, II (clockmaker; maitre 1713-, horlogerdu Roi 1739; 1686-1759), 131,136,137
Ligozzi, Jacopo (painter and designer; circa
1547-1626), 391
Limosin, Leonard (enameler; head o f Limoges
workshop; circa 1505-1575/77), 197
Lock, Matthias (furniture designer and maker;
circa 1710-1765), 473
Louis, Victor (architect and designer; 1737-1807),
73
Lourdet, Philippe (director o f the Chaillot work
shops at the Savonnerie carpet manufactory from
1667; died 1671), 280, 281
Lullier {marchand-mercier; active 1750s), 35
Μ
Maelrondt, Philippe Claude {marchand; died
1824), 54
Κ
185
Kandier, Johann Joachim (Meissen modeler;
active 1731; chief modeler 1733; 1706-1775), 420
Le Guay, Etienne-Henri (Sevres gilder;
1719/20-circa 1799), 238, 243, 237, 232, 47
Maffei, Antonio (sculptor; woodcarver; born circa
Kinzing, Peter (clockmaker; 1745-1816), 404
Le Guay, Pierre-Andrι, fils ainι (Sevres painter;
active 1772-1818), 238
Manara, Baldassare (ceramic artist; active circa
1526-1547), 360
Leleu, Jean-Francois {ιbιniste; maitre 1764, retired
1792; 1729-1807), 45, 72
Marot, Daniel (architect and designer; circa
1663-1752), 277
Le Noir, Etienne, II (clockmaker; maitre 1717;
1699-1778), 10, 35,140
Martin, Etienne-Simon {vernisseur; died 1770),
146; 184
Koula Beaker, Master o f (glassblower; late seven
teenth century), 459
1530), 311
293
294
I N D E X
O F
MAKERS
Martin, Gilles-Fransois (sculptor and modeler;
circa 1713-1795), 16
Martin, Guillaume (vernisseur; died 1749), 146,
184
Martincourt, Etienne (sculptor and bronze castor;
maitre 1762; died 1791), 142,151
Martiniιre, Antoine-Nicolas (enameler; maitre
1720; ιmailleur etpensionnaire du Roi 1741;
1706-1784), 35,136,137
Masson, Pierre (clock springmaker; 1714-1788),
140
Mιreaud, Pierre-Antoine, Tainι (Sevres painter
and gilder; circa 1735-1791, active from 1754), 227
Merlet, Georges-Adrien (enameler; active from
1780s), 145
Meulen, Francois van der (painter; 1632-1690), 289
Meunier, Etienne {menuisier; active second quar
ter o f the eighteenth century), 92
Ν
Petit, Nicolas (ιbιniste; maitre 1761; 1732-1791), 30
Nan tier (Sιvres rιpareur; active 1767-1776), 229
Petitot, Eunemond-Alexandre (architect and
ornιmaniste; 1727-1801), 270
Neilson, Jacques (tapestry weaver; director o f the
Gobelins manufactory low-warp looms from
1759; circa 1718-1788), 301, 302
Nollet, Jean-Antoine (scientist; 1700-1770), 146
Mollet, Armand-Claude (architect; 1660-1742),
119
Mollinger, Christian (clockmaker; 1754-1826), 398
Molitor, Bernard (ιbιniste; maitre 17S7;
1755-1833X42
Monnet, Charles (painter; 1732-after 1808), 243
Pichler, Johann Adam (carver; active m i d eighteenth century), 399
O
Pierre, Jean-Baptiste-Marie (painter and" designer;
premierpeintre du Roi 1770; 1713-1789), 243
Oeben, Jean-Francois (ιbιniste; ιbιniste du Roi
1754, maitre 1761; 1721-1763), 31, 36, 37, 66, 67,
70
Pierre, Jean-Jacques, lejeune (Sevres painter; born
1745/46, active 1763-1800), 47
Oppenordt, Gilles-Marie (designer; 1672-1742),
130
Osmond, Robert (bronze castor; maitre 1746;
died 1789), 140
Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (painter; director o f the
Beauvais tapestry manufactory 1734; 1668-1755),
294-299
Micaud, Jacques-Fran9ois (Sevres painter;
1732/35-1811, active from 1757), 75
Moitte, Jean-Guillaume (sculptor; 1746-1810),
308
Pfleger, Abraham, I (silversmith; active 1558-died
1605), 407
Pineau, Nicolas (architect and designer;
1684-1754), 35
Post, Frans (painter; 1612-1680), 287
Preissler, Ignaz (Hausmalen 1676-1741), 412, 421
Prιvost, Henri-Martin (Sιvres gilder; active
1757-1797), 240
R
Ρ
Palagi, Filippo Pelagio (architect; portrait painter;
furniture designer; ornamentalist; 1775-1860),
328,333
Rand, John (silversmith; active from 1704-after
I7i3)> 4 7 4
Raskin, Henry (restorer; active first half o f the
twentieth century), 4
Palissy, Bernard (ceramic artist; painter; glassblower; designer; [?]i5io-i59o), 198
Raux, fils ainι (Sιvres painter; active 1766-1779),
Parent, Aubert-Henri-Joseph (sculptor, designer,
and architect; 1753-183 5), 112,113
Rehnisch (clockmaker; active circa 1740), 403
Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (painter; 1636-1699),
285-289
Parpette, Philippe (Sevres enameler; active
1755-1757 and 1773-1806; 1736-circa 1808), 237,
238
Montigny, Philippe-Claude (ιbιniste; maitre 1766;
1734-1800), 15, 46
Pιnicaud, Jean, I I (enameler; head o f Limoges
workshop; active 1531-1549), 196
Morin, Jean-Louis (Sevres painter; 1732-1787,
active from 1754), 214, 225
Perrot, Pierre-Josse (painter; active at the
Gobelins manufactory 1715-1749), 293
50
Rehschuck (Meissen modeler, active first half o f
the eighteenth century), 417
Reinicke, Peter (Meissen modeler; 1715-1768), 152
R ι m o n d , Francois (bronze castor; maitre1774;
circa 1747-1812), 42, 397
Richard, Claude (clock springmaker; maitre' 1759,
active until 1769; died after 1789), 141
INDEX OF MAKERS
Richard, Etienne-Claude (clock springmaker;
mδitre 177 z; 1747-before 1785), 142
Stollenwerck, Michel {mιcanicien; maitre 1746;
died 1768), 130
Riesener, Jean-Henri {ιbιniste; active from circa
1754; maitre 1768; ιbιniste ordinaire du Roi
1774-1785; retired 1801; 1734-1806), 53, 77
Storr, Paul (silversmith; active by 1792;
1771-1844), 476
Risenburgh, Bernard van, I I {ιbιniste; maitre
before 1730; after 1696-circa 1766), 10-12, 24, 26,
28, 33, 41, 65, 68
Roentgen, Abraham {ιbιniste; 1711-1793), 401
Roentgen, David {ιbιniste; active i n Neuwied
1772-1795; maitre o f the Paris guild 1780; ιbιnistemιcanicien du Roi et de la Reine 1785; 1743-1807),
397> 404
Roger pere (Sιvres rιpareur; active 1754—1784), 231
Romilly, Jean (clockmaker; maitre 1752;
1714-1796), 139
Rousseau de la Rottiιre, Jean-Simeon, called
Rousseau (sculptor; born 1747), 124
s
Saint-Germain, Jean-Joseph de (bronze castor;
maitre 1748; active until after 1772), 134, 139
Saunier, Claude-Charles {ιbιniste; maitre 1752;
1735-1807), 49
Schiefer (Meissen molder; active first half o f the
eighteenth century), 416
Schor, Johann Paul (called Giovanni Paolo
Tedesco) (painter and designer; 1615-1674), 321
Schwinger, Hermann (glassblower; 1640-1683),
443
Strozzi, Bernardo (painter and designer;
1581-1644), 331
Valade (painter; active at the Gobelins manufac
tory middle o f the eighteenth century), 300
Vallois, Nicolas (sculptor; born 1738, active
through the 1780s), 101
Vandι, Jean-Baptiste-Emmanuel, pere (Sιvres
gilder; active 1753-1779), 78
Τ
Taillandier, Genevieve (Sevres painter; active
1780-1798), 239
Taillandier, Vincent (Sevres painter; active
1753-1790), 239
Tandart, Jean-Baptiste, Tainι (Sιvres painter;
active 1754-1800; 1729-1816), 49
Targone, Cesare ([?] sculptor and goldsmith;
active 1575-1590), 330
Templetown, Elizabeth, Lady (designer;
1747-1823), 17
Teniers, David, lejeune (painter; 1610-1690), 220
Vandercruse, Roger (called Lacroix) {ιbιniste;
maitre Y]4% 1728-1799), 14
Varin, Jean, III (medalist, sculptor, and goldsmith;
circa 1604-1672), 7
Vernasal, Guy-Louis (painter; 1648-1729), 286,
292
Vincent, Henry-Francois, lejeune (Sιvres gilder;
born 1723, active 1753-1806), 51
V i t l , Wolfgang (glassblower; director o f glass
workshop; 1534-1540), 461-463
Voisin, Charles (clockmaker; maitre 1710;
1685-1761), 135
Tessier, Louis (painter; circa 1719-1781), 301, 302
Thomire, Pierre-Philippe (bronze castor; maitre
1772; active at the Sιvres manufactory 1783—1815;
1751-1843), 16, 144,154, 174, 183, 242, 266
w
Weisweiler, Adam {ιbιniste; maitre 1778; active
until 1809; 1744-1820), 17,18, 51
Tilliard, Jean-Baptiste (engraver; circa 1740-1813),
237
Weil, Johann Wilhelm (organ builder; 1756-1813),
404
Tilliard, Jacques-Jean-Baptiste (called JeanBaptiste, II) {menuisier; maitre1752; 1723-1798),
99,105
Winter, Friedrich (glassblower; died 1711/12), 444
Triquet, Pierre-Claude (sculptor; active second
half of the eighteenth century), 102
Sene, Jean-Baptiste-Claude {menuisier; maitre
1769; 1748-1803), 101
Spohn, P. (restorer; dates unknown), 27
V
u
Urbino, Nicola (di Gabriele Sbraghe) da (ceramic
artist; circa 1480-1537/38), 356
Y
Yvart, Baudrain, le pere (painter; 1611-1690), 281,
289, 290
295
296
INDEX OF PREVIOUS
OWNERS
INDEX OF PREVIOUS
OWNERS
Ardmore House (Middlesex), 57
Bardac, J., 175
Arenberg, duchesse Mathildis d', 20
Bardi, Giovanni, 391
Arenberg, dues d', 20
Bardini, Stefano, 340
Arenberg, prince d', 478
Bardini, Ugo, 1, 312, 313, 315
A
Argyll, Dukes of, 41
Bargigli, de, 225
Aaron, Didier, 5,16, 39, 44, 83,177,199, 261, 314,
Arlatan, Jean d' (marquis de la Roche and baron
Barker, Alexander, 72
The following index includes the names o f
private owners and dealers. Named residences
are also listed. Please note that references are to
entry numbers, not page numbers.
390
de Lauris), 202
Abdy, Sir Robert, Bt., 29, 41, 76,189
Arto is, comte d', 19
Abdy, Sir Valentine, 189
Ashburton, Rt. H o n . Lord, 241
Adda collection, 351
Ashwick House (Somerset), 55
Aetas Antiqua, S.A., 331
Astor, Lord, 197
Alamagna family, 416
Atholl, 8th Duke o f (John George Murray,
Marquess o f Tullibardine), 67
Albani, conte Francesco Castelbarco, 302
Alexander and Berendt, Ltd., 13, 25, 57, 58, 62, 93,
Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, 409,
Baroda, Maharanee of, 18, 396
Bath, Marquess of, 502
Baudoint family, 56
Becker, Carl, 198
Beckett-Denison, Christopher, 18, 394
Beckford, William, 18
Beddard, Anne, 254
105,141,143,167,170,172, 211, 231, 247, 259, 283,
314, 326, 403
417, 419
Benavente, Counts of, 486
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
Antiquaires de Paris, Les, 13,
Bak, Dr., 340, 352
Antique Porcelain Company, The, 67, 208-210,
Ball, C , 28
214, 222, 233, 237, 416, 418
Ball, W , 54
Bertrand et Cie, P., 278
Best, Dr. Albert, 284
I N D E X
Bιthune-Pologne, comtesse de (AntoinetteLouise-Marie Crozat de Thiers), 90
Beurdeley, Alfred-Emanuel-Louis, 274
Beurdeley, Louis-Auguste-Alfred, 274
Biemann, Fritz, 374, 387, 458
Billarderie, comte de la (Alexandre de Flahaut),
60
Billy, Monsieur de, 46
Biron, 12th marquis de (Guillaume de GontautBiron), 146
Black, Bernard, 330
Black-Nadeau, L t d . , 330
Black, David, Sr., 330
Blair, C. Ledyard, 291
Blairman and Sons, H . , 310
O F PREVIOUS
Boore, William, 227
c
Botham, Miss, 224
Caledon, Earl of, 283
Botibol, J. M . , 14, 21, 30, 65, 68, 80
Cam House (London), 267
Bouchard, citoyen, 279
Cambacιrιs, dues de, 54
Bourbon, Louis-Henri, due de (7th prince de
Cambacιrιs, Ives, comte de, 104, 257
Conde), 199
Bourbon, Louise-Marie-Adιlaνde de, 286
Bourbon, Michael de, 290
Bouvier, 248
Braganca, Archbishop D o m Gaspar de, 190
Branicka, Christine, 35
Branicki, Count Jan Klemens, 35
British Rail Pension Fund, 73,183, 201, 394
Bronιe, Bent Peter, 41o, 411
OWNERS
Cameron, 61, 66,164
Camondo, comte de, 289
Camus de la Guibourgιre family, 287
Camus de Pontcarrι family, 287
Capricorn A r t International, 400
Carlhian, Andre, 119
Carlhian, Maison, 124
Carlhian, R. and M . , 122,124
Carnarvon, Countess o f (Almina Wombwell),
Brougham, Lords, 21
74» 75
Brunswick-L٧neberg, Dukes of, 193
Carlo Alberto o f Savoy, King, 328
Bucher, Alice, 300
Carrington, 2nd Lord (John Robert Smith), 190
Buckingham and Chandos, Dukes of, 58,192
Carritt, David, 406
Burat, Mme Louis, 268
Cartier family, 193
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, Baroness, 10
Cartier, Ltd., 193
Burdett-Coutts, H o n . William Bartlett, 10
Cassel van D o o m , Baron and Baroness, 48
Bolingbroke, 2nd Viscount (Frederick, 3rd
Viscount St. John), 214
Burgess, H . , 57
Castellani, Alessandro, 196, 353, 362
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
Bonnemet, M . d'Eustache, 20
Burton-Jones, Hugh, 212
Cavendish-Bentinck, Miss H . , 71
Block, Sidney, J., 37
Blohm, Otto and Magdalena, 219
Blondeel, Bernard, 287
Blumka, Ruth and Leopold, 370-373, 375,
377-380, 383-385» 389> 422.-444, 447-457/459»
461-467, 481-484, 487, 489
Bode, W i l h e l m von, 335
Burton-Jones, Kathleen (Mrs. Gifford-Scott), 212
297
298
INDEX OFPREVIOUS
OWNERS
Cei, P., 242
Coigny, Hotel de, 142
Cronier, Ernest, 61
Centanini, 369
Colbert family, 24
C r o σ m e Court (Worcestershire), 221
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
Chanteloup, Chateau de, 97
Compiιgne, Chateau de, 101,169
Currie, Laurence, 36
Chantilly, Chateau de, 199
Consolo, Philip R., 36
Curzon, Sir Nathaniel (ist Baron Scarsdale), 185
Chappey, Edouard, 61,157
Contini-Bonacossi, 338
Chαteau-sur-Mer (Newport, Rhode Island), 102,
Conyngham, Jane, Marchioness of, 238
D
Cook, Α., 471
Dalva Brothers, Inc., 52, 76,102,112,128, 244,
286
Chesaie, Chateau de la (Eubonne), 183
Chester Beatty, Sir Alfred and Edith, 29, 32,
63,76
Chinese Palace (Oranienbaum, near St.
Coope, Octavius E., 42
Cornbury Park (Oxfordshire), 2
Cornillion, Chateau de (Loire), 56
272, 274, 279, 282, 324, 402
Damiron, Charles, 347, 353, 360
Damiron, Paul, 347, 360
Damour family, 56
Petersburg), 64
Cornwallis West, William, 40
Choiseul, due de, 97
Corsini family, 318, 391, 446
Cholmondeley, Marchioness o f (Sybil Sassoon), 8
Cotte, Jules-Francois de, 8
Chompret, J., 342
Cotte, Jules-Robert de, 8
Christie, George, 497
Cotterstock Hall (Northamptonshire), 62
Christner, Mrs. John W , 226, 234, 235, 245
Coty, Francois, 61
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
Crag Hall (Lancashire), 25
Demidov, Anatole, Prince o f San Donato, 4,154
Cramoisan, Didier, 232, 240
Demidoff, Paul, 4
Cressart, Guillaume, 119
Despencer, family, Le, 58
72
Clore, Sir Charles, 230
Clumber (Nottinghamshire), 14
Cockshut, John, 71
Cressart, Hotel (Paris), 119
Danae A r t International, 323, 392
Dange, Francois Balthazar, 41
Dange, Marie-Emilie-Francoise, 41
D a n g e de Bagneux, Louis-Balthazar, 41
Daval, 11
David, Inc., 195, 374, 376, 381, 382, 386, 388, 407,
I N D E X
O F PREVIOUS
OWNERS
Digby, Α . Ε . H . , 60
Durlacher, George, 22, 358
F
D i ñ o Andia y Talleyrand-Périgord, due de, 146
Duselschon, M m e , 27
Fabius Frιres, 479
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
Donaldson, 18
Donjeux, Vincent, 18,130
Dorrance, Jr., John Thompson, 286
Dorrance, Sr., John Thompson, 286
Duvaux, Lazare, 213, 214
Duveen, 49, 255
Duveen and Co., 79
Duveen Brothers, 6, 23, 64, 67, 92, 98,100,109,
119,134,139,176,182, 220, 221, 296, 301, 365
Double, Leopold, 100
Ε
Douilla, Goupil de, 31
Egmont Palace (Brussels), 478
Downs, Joseph, 477
Eisgrub, Schloss, 449
Dragesco, Bernard, 232, 240
Elizabeth, Empress o f Russia, 64
Drey, David, 11
Ellsworth, Robert, 255
Dubois, Antoine-Alexandre, 107
Eist, Violet van der, 7
D u c h é family, 119
Ephrussi, Maurice, 138
Duché, Elisabeth-Louis (wife o f Jacques
Bertrand, marquis de Scépeaux et de Beaupreau),
Erlestoke Mansion (Wiltshire), 53
Dudley House (London), 58
Fahrbach, Georg, 124
Fane, Lieutenant Colonel H o n . Henry, 62
Farman, M m e Henry, 258
Faucigny-Lucinge, Pierre de, 163
Faucigny-Lucinge, princesse de, 106
Doucet, M m e , 122
119
180, 264, 288
Ernst Augustus I , Duke o f Cumberland and
Brunswick-Liineburg, King o f Hanover, 193
Faunce, Maria Sophia ( H o n . Mrs. Wilfred
Brougham), 21
Fenston, Felix, 117
Fernando I I o f Portugal, King, 408
Ferneres, Chateau de (Tarn), 133
Fetherstonehaugh, Sir Harry, 230
Feuchιres, baronne de (Sophie Dawes), 119
Fielden family, 12
Fitzhenry, J. H . , 192
Fitzmaurice, Lady Emily, 60
Ernst Augustus I I , Duke o f Cumberland and
Brunswick-Liineburg, 193
Flahaut de la Billarderie, comte de (Auguste-
Dudley, Earls of, 7, 58, 221, 222, 233
Dumont, 77
Erskine, Magdelene Sharpe, 468
Flannery, Thomas E, Jr., 195
Dundas family, 62
Espirito Santo, Josι and Vera, 10,190
Fleury, 97
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
Durier, Jeanne, 127
Durlacher, 380
Brownlow), 130
Charles-Joseph), 60
Fonthill House (Wiltshire), 263, 496
299
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
Fouquet, Nicolas, 117
Founιs, S., 27
Fournier, 124
Foz, marquis da, 4,143
France, government of, 168
Freda, Mrs. Rose, 94
Frederick Augustus I I I , Elector o f Saxony and
Hamilton), 67
Gawn, Roger, 86
Gendebien-Salvay, Baron, 289
George I I I , King o f England, 193
Georgian Court (Lakewood, New Jersey), 23,139
Gibbs, Christopher, 115,117
Gibson, 240
Gramont, due de, 122, 296
Grassi, Ugo, 336
Grassi collection, 488
Gravenwezel, s, 478, 480
Greenway, Lee, 170
Greffulhe, Henri, comte de, 11,100
Grimston Park (Yorkshire), 12
King of Poland, 28
Gignoux, Α., 126
Frederick W i l l i a m I I I , King o f Prussia, 398
Giustiniani, Longhi, 331
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,
225, 226, 242, 291, 292, 294, 297, 299, 320, 397
Givenchy, Hubert de, 91
Guibourgιre, Chateau de la (Bretagne), 287
Gleichenberg bei Graz, Schloss, 467
Guibourgιre, Raoul de la, Francoise-Louise, 287
Glogowski, 335
Guinness, Walter, 298
455» 483
Godefroy, Francois-Ferdinand-Joseph, 39
Guiraud, M . and M m e Louis, 145, 247
Fribourg, M m e Lucienne, 143
Goding, William, 222
Gunnersbury Park (Middlesex), 32
Friedel, de, 170
Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Baroness Alexis de, 241
Gwydir, ist Lord (Sir Peter Burrell), 130
Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Baron Maximilian von,
Gwydir, 2nd Lord (Sir Peter Burrell), 130
Freppa, Giovanni, 366
Frey, Alexander von, 380, 424, 426-428, 433, 439,
Fulco de Bourbon, Mme, 290
Grimsthorpe, Edmund, ist Lord, 72
Grosbois, marquis de (Germain-Louis de
152
G
Gallet, Gerard, 20
Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Erich, 415
Gonzaga, Palazzo (Mantua), 316
Η
Haddington, 12th Earl o f (George Baillie-
Galveias, Count o f (D. Martinho de Mello e
Castro), 186
Gonzales Lopez-Garcia, Manuel, 131
Hamilton), 115
Goode, W i l l i a m J., 221, 240, 243
Haggin, Mrs. James B., n o
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
Gastinet, 98
Gould, Anna (duchesse de Talleyrand), 4, 23
INDEX OF PREVIOUS OWNERS
Hamilton, i o t h Duke o f and 7th Duke o f
Brandon (Alexander Archibald Douglas), 18, 53
Hamilton, Duchess o f (Susan Beckford), 18
Hamilton Palace (Lanarkshire, Scotland), 18, 53,
394
Hamilton Place (London), 32
Hamsterly H a l l (Durham), 7
Hann, George R., 362
Heliot, Laurent, 264
I
Hennequart, 106
Iljinski, Count, 397
Henry, Prince o f Prussia, 302
Inchmery House (Exbury), 32
Hertford House (London), 228
Ingilby, Sir Thomas (Bt.), 339
Hertford, 3rd Marquess o f (Earl of Yarmouth),
Inval, Jean-Louis M i l o n d \ 119
224
Hertford, Richard, 4th Marquess of, 50, 271, 293
Hertford, 2nd Marchioness o f (Isabella Anne
Harbord, Felix, 117
Ingram-Shepherd), 228
Harcourt, 39
Hever Castle (London), 197
Harding, 71, 238
Heywood-Lonsdale, L t . Col. Α., 277
Harlaxton Manor (Lincolnshire), 7
Hillingdon, Lords, 70,129
Harrington, R. L . , L t d . , 274
Hirsch, Henry, 65
Harris, Jonathan, 86
Hirsch, Robert von, 406, 447
Harris, Moss, 18
Hodgkins, Ε. M . , 48, 297, 299
Hart, Mrs. Geoffrey, 469
Hoffman-Frey, Christoph, 415
Hartman, Alan, 255
Hohenzollern Museum (Sigmaringen, Germany),
Harvey, Lady, 67
Hastings, Barons of, 86
Haurι, Jean, 101
Heathfield Park (Sussex), 72
Heber-Percy, Algernon, 418
Hebert, 102
Heere, W i l l i a m , 477
Hegetschweile, Rudolph, 321
Heilbrunner, Galaries, n o
Iveagh, ist Earl o f (Edward Cecil Guinness), 298
Iveagh, 2nd Earl o f (Rupert Edward Cecil Lee
Guinness), 295
Inveraray Castle (Argyll, Scotland), 41
J
426, 427
Hoorn van Vlooswyck, Baron Pierre-Nicolas, 106
Horstmann, F. J. Ε., 189
Hosten, Maison (Paris), 124
Houghton Hall (Norfolk), 8
Howden, 2nd Baron (Sir John Hobart Caradoc),
Jackson, 397
Jarnac, comte de, 233
Jeremy, L t d . , 143
Johnson, Barbara Piasecka, 329
Johnson, Anne and Deane, 218, 219
Joseph, Edward, 404
Josse, Η . Η . Α., 6ι
Joubert, 97
Jouvenal, de, 200
Jullienne, Μ . , 261
Julliot, C. F., 4, 261
12
Humann, Christian, 229
Κ
Humphris, Cyril, 197, 346, 353, 357
Kahn, Samuel, 163
Hurgronje, Snouck, 439
Kaiser, Joachim, 124
H e i m Gallery, Ltd., 328
Karl Albrecht (Charles V I I I ) , Elector of Bavaria,
Helft, Jacques, 153,185,190, 257, 396
399
3OI
302
I N D E X
O F PREVIOUS
O W N E R S
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
60
Keller, Colonel Giovanni Giovacchino, 445
Kerin, Gerard, 83
Kessler, George Α., 280
Kevorkian, Hagop, 500
Kieslinger, F., 450
King, Η . J., 255
King, William, 394
Klaber and Klaber, 204
Koenigsberg, Claus de, 220, 221
Koenigsberg, Paula de, 220, 221
Konig, Michael, 403
Kraemer, Raymond, 12, 67
Kraemer et Cie, 12,13, 33, 46, 87,103,116,142,
150,156,158-160,173,179,184, 263
Kugel, Jacques, 91,113, 135,136,159, 251, 322, 393
Kugel, Mrs. Kila, 147
Lapiccirella, Leonardo, 448
Launay, Suzanne de, 8
Leαge, Francois, 121,162
Le Brun, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre, 261
Lederer, August, 335, 336, 340
Lederer, Erich, 335, 336, 340, 405, 406
Lee, Ronald, 58
Lefortier, Annette, 96
Lefebvre, Georges, 200, 203
Legere, M m e , 222
Leitner, Richard, 456
Lelong, M m e C , 124
Lemaitre, 225
Londesborough, Countess o f (Lady Grace
Adelaide Fane), 68
Londesborough, Barons and Earls, 12
Longari, Nella, 338
Longleat Castle (Wiltshire), 502
Longueil, marquis de, 19
Lopez-Willshaw, Arturo, 73, 185, 394
Lopez-Willshaw, Patricia, 185
Louis XIV, King o f France, 56, 280, 281
Louis XV, King o f France, 64,142
Louis XVI, K i n g o f France, 16, 42, 77,169, 237,
243, 300-302, 397
Louis, Dauphin o f France (1729-1765), 28
Louis, Grand Dauphin o f France (1661-1711), 57
Louise-Elisabeth o f France, Madame (Duchess o f
Lerouge, 46
Parma), 168
Leverghem, Count G. della Faille de, 480
Louise o f France, Madame, 32, 227
Levy, 58
Louis-Philippe d'Orlιans, King o f the French,
Levy, Claude, 261
L
Levy, Etienne, 12, 31,132, 261
Labia, Dr. Joseph, 58, 222
Levy, Gilbert, 213
Lacroix, Leon, 19
Levy, Olivier, 225, 226
Laird, Henry James, 57
Lewis and Simmons, 67
Laloux, Vincent, 289
Leyland, Captain Thomas, 40
Lambert, Sir John, 229
Liechtenstein, Prince of, 375, 379, 448
Lincoln, Earls of, 229
286
Louvre, Galerie d u Bord de l'eau (Paris), 281
Love, C. Ruxton, 194
Lowengard, Jules, 51
Lubin, Edward, 364
Lubormirska, Princess Isabella, 266
Luneville, M . de, 4
Lugli, E., 242
INDEX OF PREVIOUS OWNERS
Lupu, Jean, 239
Marin, M . , 18
Meyer, Michel, 60,157,159,161,179, 256, 265
Lurcy, Georges, 166, 396
Marismas del Guadalquivir, marquise de Las
(Mme Alexandre Aguado), 119
Michailoff, Grand Duke Nicolai, 104
Luxembourg, Palais d u (Paris), 101,169
Luxembourg, Palais Petit (Paris), 142
Lycett-Green, F. D . , 346
Lydiard Park (Wiltshire), 214
Lydig, Rita, 166
Marly-Le-Roi, Chateau de (Yvelines), 120
Marly, Chateau de (Paris), 142
Marquis, M . , 187
Masurel family, 259
Max Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, 40
Μ
Maclean, 18
Maglin, Ε Α., 303
Mayorcas, Ltd., 288
Mazarin, duchesse de (Louise-Jeanne de Durfort),
178, 261
Michailoff, Palais (St. Petersburg), 104
Michel, 101
Michel, Charles, 54
M i d t o w n Antiques, n o
Miller, R. W., 471
Mills, Sir Charles, 70
Moatti, Alain, 127, 316, 365
Mobilier Royal, 169
Moltke, Count Joachim Godske, 213
Magniac, Hollingworth, 380
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Helen, Duchess o f
(Princess o f Saxe-Altenburg), 64
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
Marais, Chateau de (Seine-et-Oise), 4
Melville Castle (Scotland), 62
Morrison, Alfred, 496
Margadale o f Islay, Lord (John Greville
Morrison), 496
Menars, marquis de, 191
Mortemart, dues de, 174
Menier, Gaston, 289
Moulinet family, 187
Mentmore Towers (Buckinghamshire), 45,155,
Murray Scott, Sir John, 48, 50, 236, 271, 293
Maria Feodorovna, Czarina o f Russia, Grand
Duchess, 79, 301
Marie-Antoinette, Queen o f France, 77,100-102
169,197
Mereworth Castle (Kent), 56, 216
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The, 402
Moncrif, Fran9ois-Augustin Paradis de, 199
303
304
I N D E X
O F PREVIOUS
O W N E R S
Ν
Orleans, Prince Thibaut d', 361
Napier, Robert, 243
Orsini Family, 314
Narishkine, Prince, 49
Ortiz, Georges, 281
Neidhardt Antiquitδten, G m b H , 125
Ortiz-Linares, M m e Jorge, 46, 281
Neues Palais (Potsdam), 479
Ossun, marquis d' (Pierre-Paul), 281
Neuhaus, Albrecht, 408
O t i n , Michel, n o
Archibald Douglas), 14
Ρ
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Dukes of, 14
Paget, E. R., 37
Niclausse, Juliette, 276
Paget, Gerald C , 278
Nicolier, 202
Paillet, 261
Niewenhuys, 50
Pαlfiy, Palais (Vienna), 397
Nordbφhmischen Gewerbemuseums, 421
Palffy, Count Jαnos, 132, 397
N o r t h Mymms Park (Hertfordshire), 249, 325
Pallott, 471
Northbrook, Florence, Countess of, 212
Parguez-Perdreau, 280
Northumberland, Dukes of, 475, 490, 491
Parpart, Familie von, 421
Northumberland, ist Duke o f (Sir Hugh
Partridge, Frank, and Sons, Ltd., 31, 36, 38, 48, 55,
Norton, Martin, 188
70, 77, 85, 89,155,166, 230, 233, 237, 254, 268,
309, 320, 396, 473
Norton Simon Foundation, 6
Partridge (Fine Arts) L t d . , 168, 205, 258, 263, 277,
Nyffeler, Dr. Marcel, 412, 413
325
Pasquale, Edward de, 94
Patino, Antenor, 11,158
o
Odiot, Maison, 304-308
Ojjeh, Akram, 35
Bourbon), 286
Perman, 22
Perrin, n o
Petit Trianon (Versailles), 77,100,102
Phillips, 57
Phillips, Miss A , 205
Newcastle, 7th Duke o f (Henry Pelham
Smithson), 418
Penthiιvre, due de (Louis-Jean-Marie de
Paul I , Czar o f Russia, 301
Pauls-Eisenbeiss, Dr. and Mrs., 418
Pavlovsk, Palace o f (near St. Petersburg), 79,182,
Orleans, Louis-Philippe I I , due d', 169
301
Orleans, Louis-Philippe-Joseph, due d', 169
Payne, 404
Peel, David, 112
Pelham-Clinton, Henry, 229
Phillips, S. J., 189,190, 475
Piantelli, Giovanna Musso, 331
Pichler, Gabriel, 432
Pilkington, 221
Piot, Eugene, 366
Platrier, 106
Pless, Princess o f (Mary-Theresa Olivia), 40
Pompadour, Hotel (Paris), 222
Pompadour, marquise de, 184, 222
Pope's Manor (Berkshire), 72,151,190
Porgιs, Jules Paul, 291, 302
Pσrtela, Juan, 398
Portland, Dukes of, 216
Portland, 5th Duke o f (William John CavendishBentinck-Scott), 216
Portugal, royal family, 291
Potocka, Marianna (Szymanowska), 35
Potocki, Count Alfred, 266
Potsdam, Schloss, 398
Powis, Earls of, 16
Powis Castle (Wales), 16
INDEX O FPREVIOUS OWNERS
Provence, Louis-Stanislas-Xavier and MarieJosephine-Louise, comte and comtesse de, 279
Pringsheim, Alfred, 337, 343, 347
Puiforcat, 191
Pyrford Court (Surrey), 295
Riddell, 380
Rivoli, due de, 124
Robert, Christie, 82
Robinson, Eric, 216
Robinson, Sir Joseph C , Bt., 58, 222
Rockefeller, Mrs. John D . , Jr., (Martha Baird), 67
Q
Quandt, Frau, 143
Rockefeller, Nelson, 222
Rocheaux, 102,130
Romanova, Castle o f (near St. Petersburg), 397
R
Racconigi Palace (near Turin), 328
Radcliffe, Sir Everard Joseph, 5th Bt., 270
Ragaller, 398
Rφmer, Galerie, 300
Rose, Palais (Paris), 4
Rosebery, 7th Earl o f (Neil Primrose), 45
Rosebery, 6th Earl of (Albert Primrose), 45, 78,
Rambouillet, Chateau de, 286
155,169,197
Randall, Glenn, 472
Rosenbaum, I . , 272
Randon de Boisset, Pierre-Louis, 106, 261
Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., 24, 35, 41, 43, 47, 51,
Reale, Palazzo (Turin), 333
69, 71, 82, 83,114,130,138,149,152,175, 206, 213,
220, 221, 256, 262, 266, 286, 329
Redfern, 58
Redford, W i l l i a m , 93
Regainy, Pierre de, 206
Reitlinger, Henry S., 358
Reitz, Baroness Marie de, 397
Residenz (Dresden), 28
Reviczky A . G., Lovice, 241, 270, 415
Rhodes, 241
Richmond and Gordon, Dukes of, 476
Richmond and Lennox, Charles, 4th Duke of,
476
Rothschild, Sir Anthony de, Bt., 27, 85, 294, 297,
299
Rothschild, Baronne Cecilie de, 8
Rothschild, Baroness Clarice de, 35, 38, 47, 51, 149
Rothschild, Baron David de, 34
Rothschild, Edmond de, 10
Rothschild, Edmund de, 32, 55, 85, 230, 233, 237,
320
Rothschild, Baron and Baronne Edouard de, 50
Rothschild, Baron Edouard de, 34,133
Rothschild, Baron Eric de, 107
Rothschild, Baron Gustav de, 138
Rothschild, Baron Gustave Salomon de, 8,107
Rothschild, Baron Guy de, 34, 50,133
Rothschild, Hannah de (Countess o f Rosebery),
45> i55> 169
Rothschild, Baron Henri cle, 153
Rothschild, Jacob, 333
Rosenberg, Paul, 44
Rothschild, Baron James de, 107
Rose Terrace (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan),
Rothschild, Baronne James de, 196
28, 64, 79, 92, 98, 100,101,109,134,139,176,
182, 296
Rothschild, Leopold de, 32, 55, 230
Rossignol, Jean, 186
Rothschild, Baron Adolphe de, 365, 501
Rothschild, Baron Alain de, 107
Rothschild, Alexandrine de, 10
Rothschild, Alfred de, 74, 75, 85, 230, 233, 320
Rothschild, Baron Alphonse de, 35, 38, 47, 51,
149,194
Rothschild, Annie de (Hon. Mrs. Eliot Yorke), 27
Rothschild, Baron Lionel de, 55, 230, 233, 237
Rothschild, Baroness Lionel de, 85, 320
Rothschild, Lionel Nathan de, 32
Rothschild, Baron Lionel Nathan de, 32
Rothschild, Baron Louis de, 279
Rothschild, Baroness Marie-Hιlιne de, 366
Rothschild, Baron Maurice de, 365, 422
305
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INDEX OF PREVIOUS
OWNERS
Rothschild, Baron Mayer de, 45
St. John, Frederick, 3rd Viscount, 214
Rothschild, Baron Mayer Alphonse de, 34,133,
Saint-Severin, Dupille de, 56
149
Sainte-Foix, Radix de, 261
Rothschild, Baron Mayer Amschel de, 45,155,169
Rothschild, Baron Nathaniel de, 35, 38, 47, 51,
149,194
Rothschild, Baron Robert de, 107
Rothschild collection, 175, 285
Saint-Vrain, Chateau de (Seine-et-Oise), 174
Same Art., Ltd., 107,196, 311, 317, 318, 390, 391,
Schutz, Matthew, L t d . , 94, 95,108, 248, 250, 255,
273> 32<7>4i9
Segoura, Maurice, 27,106,146,171,174, 271
Seilliιre, Baron Achille, 6,15
Seligmann, 72
445, 446
Seligmann, Α., 406
Samson, Anne-Marie, 41
Seligmann, Arnold, 11,15, 280, 406
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,
Ruhmann, Franz, 429, 436
Sassoon, Violet (Mrs. Derek C. Fitzgerald),
Ruhmann, Karl, 444, 457, 484
Ruthin Castle (Denbighshire), 40
Russian Imperial Collections, 79,182
Rutter, E., 222
s
Sabet, Habib, 50, 79
Sackville, Lady Victoria, 50, 236, 271, 293
72,151
Seligmann, Leopold H . , 422, 423, 426, 427
Sauphar, Lucien, 455
Sellin, Neil, 490, 491
Savedra, Carreras, 153
Sιre, Claude, 155
Savile family, 344
Seymour, Henry, 166
Savoy, House o f (Racconigi, Turin), 325, 332
Shandon collection, 243
Saxe-Coburg, Duke o f (Johann Casmir), 445
Shavington H a l l (Salop), 277
Saxe-Teschen, Albert and Marie-Christine, Duke
Shrigley-Feigel, Mrs. S., 25
and Duchess of, 300
Scιpeaux de Beaupreau, Elisabeth-Louise-
Sainsbury, Wilfred J., 206
Adιlaνde de, 119
Saint-Andrι-des-Arts, Church o f (Paris), 280
Scarsdale, Earls of, 185
Saint-Brice-sous-Forιt, Chateau de (Val d'Oise),
Schick, Mrs. Hedwig, 452
146
Saint-Cloud, Chateau de, 16, 42
239, 248, 271, 281, 282, 293, 298
Schick, Viktor, 443, 452
Schiff, John L., 4, 42, 74, 75, 99,178, 217, 227,
Saint-Cloud, marquis de, 142
236, 253, 280, 292
St. George, Mrs. Evelyn, 267
Schiff, Mortimer L., 42, 74, 75, 99,178, 217, 227,
236, 253, 280, 292
Schnyder von Wartensee, Paul, 420
Silberman, E. and A , 383, 453, 467
Simmons, Η . J., 10
Simon, Norton, 6,119, 301
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research,
The, 222
Smith, Sir Herbert, 7
Smolen, 131
Smulders, Henri, 170
I N D E X
OF PREVIOUS
OWNERS
Sonnenberg, Benjamin, 352
Τ
u
Sorel, Cιcile, 30
Taillepied, Charles-Claude, 96
linger, Edmund de, 369
Souza, Guedes de, 31, 48
Talleyrand, due de, 146
Union Artistique, Paris, 119
Spence, W i l l i a m , 366
Talleyrand, duchesse de (Anna Gould), 4
Uthemann, Ε Ε, 63
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
Spitzer, 370
Taylor, 370
V
Steinitz, Bernard Baruch, 56, 80, 97, H I , 148,154,
Taylor, John Edward, 377
Vanderbilt, Alice, 53,130
Taylor, Michael, 395
Vanderbilt, Consuelo (Mme Jacques Balsan), 250,
163, 259
Steinitz, M m e Simone, 252
Steinkopff, Edward, 380
Stephens, Mrs. Lyne, 227
Stern, Mrs. Benjamin, 181
Stiebel, Hans, 257
Stirling, L t . Colonel W. J., 346
Stirling-Maxwell, Sir W i l l i a m (Bt., Κ. T.), 346
Stora, 355, 360
Stowe House (Buckinghamshire), 58
Strauss, Robert, 344, 346, 350, 353, 358, 363
Style, David, 40
Sutch, 22
Sutherland, 2nd Duke o f (George Granville
Sutherland-Leveson-Gower), 15
Teschen, Dukes of, 300
Thenadey collection, 288
419
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 53,130
Thomas, J. Rochelle, 229
Vanderbilt, Gladys Moore (Countess Laszlo
Szιchιnyi), 53, 130
Thomastown Castle (Ireland), 233
Vandermeersch, 208
Thorne, Mrs. Landon K., 30, 248
Vandermeersch, Michel, 207, 232
Thugny, Chateau de (Ardennes), 90
Vandyck, 42
Thynne, Thomas (ist Viscount Weymouth),
Varenne, La Cour de, 9, 52,165
Toulouse, comte de, and due de Penthiιvre
(Louis de Bourbon), 97
Vaudreuil, marquis de (Joseph-Fran9ois de Paule),
Toulouse, comte de, and due de Penthiιvre
(Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon), 286
Vaux-le-Vicomte, Chateau de, 117
Trautmannstorff, Graf von, 467
Trιvise, 5th due de (Edouard Morder), 104
Trevor and Co., 11
46
Vecht, Α., 426, 439, 455, 484
Vernon House (London), 129
Versailles, Chateau de, 32, 96, 98,100, 237, 243,
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
307
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INDEX
OF PREVIOUS
OWNERS
Villafranca, Marquess of, 50
Wettin, Prince Ernst Heinrich von, 28
Volpi, Elie, 340
Widener, Joseph E., 352
Vorontsov, Count, 64
Wildenstein, Daniel, 35
Vorontsov Palace (St. Petersburg), 64
Wildenstein, Georges, 35
Wildenstein and Co., 35
w
Wilson, Mrs. Orme, 44,143
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
.
'
Wallace, Lady, 48, 50, 236, 271, 293
Wallace, Sir Richard, 48, 50, 236, 271, 293
Waller, T. W , 243
Wallraf, Paul, 165
Walters, Henry, 48, 49, 238, 294
Warren, Whitney, 355
Warwick, Earls of, 309, 368
Warwick Castle (Warwickshire), 309
Wilzcek, Hans Graf, 429, 434, 436, 453, 466
Wimbourne, Viscount (Sir Ivor Churchill Guest),
89 Widey Court (Worcestershire), 7
Wolfe, Elsie de, 319
Wolff, Otto, 124
Wood, R. M . , 238
Wormser, 461
Worsch, Edgar, 255
Watney, O. V , 2
Watson Taylor, George, 53
Weiller, Rene, 12, 24
Y
Yvon, Madame d \ 282
Welbeck Abbey (Nottinghamshire), 216
Wernher, Sir Harold, 330
Wernher, Sir Julius (Bt.), 330
Ζ
Zietz, Rainer, Ltd., n , 334, 337~339>
4
34 ~3^
1
Wertheimer, Asher, 221, 243
387,389,482,486,488,498,502
Wertheimer, Samson, 53, 397
Zork Co., David, 90
Westminster, Dukes of, 86, 473
Zuylen van Nyevelt van der Haar, Baroness van,
Westmorland, Jane, Countess of, 62
Wetmore, Edith Μ . K. and Maude A. K., 102
82,256
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ARTS
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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
Peggy Fogelman
·
Peter Fusco
Department
of European
and Works of
T H E
J . P A U L
G E T T Y
·
M U S E U M
Catherine Hess
Sculpture
Art
M A L I B U ,
C A L I F O R N I A
1993
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DATA
J. Paul Getty Museum.
Decorative arts: an illustrated summary catalogue o f the
collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum / Charissa Bremer-David.
p.
Photographers
Donald H u l l , Thomas M o o n ,
Penelope Potter, Jack Ross, and
cm.
Charles Passela
Rev. and expanded version of the 1986 ed.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Previous edition published as
Decorative Arts: A Handbook of the
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editor, and Patrick Dooley, designer.
CONTENTS
F O R E W O R D
PREFACE
6
A N D
A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S
7
ABBREVIATIONS
9
French Decorative Arts
Furniture
12
Architectural W o o d w o r k and Fixtures
76
Clocks and Barometers
82
Scientific Instruments
93
Metalwork
94
Ceramics
119
M o u n t e d Oriental Porcelain
148
M o u n t e d Hardstones
159
Textiles
161
Carpets and Screens
164
Tapestries
166
Decorative Drawings
179
Italian Decorative Arts
Furniture
184
Metalwork
194
Ceramics
197
Glass
214
Hardstones
223
Mosaics
223
Netherlandish Decorative Arts
German Decorative Arts
Furniture
226
Furniture
274
Architectural W o o d w o r k
232
Metalwork
275
Clocks
233
Glass
276
Metalwork
234
Ceramics
236
Spanish Decorative Arts
Glass
242
Metalwork
280
Ivory
251
Ceramics
280
Scagliola
252
Glass
282
Chinese, Japanese,
Bohemian Decorative Arts
Glass
254
Persian, and Southeast Asian
Decorative Arts
Austrian Decorative Arts
Ceramics
262
Glass
262
English Decorative Arts
Furniture
268
Architectural W o o d w o r k and Fixtures
270
Metalwork
270
M o u n t e d Oriental Porcelain
272
Chinese Ceramics
284
Chinese Textiles
287
Japanese Ceramics
287
Persian Carpets
287
Southeast Asian Furniture
288
Indexes
Index o f Makers
290
Index o f Previous Owners
296
6
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
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
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
Between editions there have been 115
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.
whose taste can be detected everywhere i n
7
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Decorative Arts, contributed information
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: 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.
covers the area o f N o r t h e r n Europe from 1650
This summary catalogue is based o n
A number o f colleagues have generously
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
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;
T h e format remains the same: objects
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
A m i c o , former Assistant Curator i n the
is given: place o f manufacture, date, artist
contributed to the summary catalogue: 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
8
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
D e l l , w h o k i n d l y reviewed and corrected the
Peverelli, Francesca Bewer, A n n a Zagorsky,
Berlin; Michael H a l l , London; John Hardy,
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
Collection, London; Anne Ratzki-Kraatz,
Leslie Thomas Fitch, for her fine design; and
We also wish to acknowledge the
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
9
ABBREVIATIONS
T h e following abbreviations have been
H A N D B O O K
O T T O M E Y E R
1986
employed i n referring to frequently cited
The J . Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the
works.
Collections (Malibu, 1986).
A N D
P R Ö S C H E L ,
V E R G O L D E T E
B R O N Z E N
Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel,
Vergoldete Bronzen: Die Bronzearbeiten des
" A C Q U I S I T I O N S
H A N D B O O K
1982"
Spätbarock
I 9 9 I
Gillian W i l s o n , A d r i a n Sassoon, and
The J . Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the
Charissa Bremer-David, "Acquisitions
Collections (Malibu, 1991).
Made by the Department o f Decorative
Arts i n 1982," The J . Paul Getty Museum
Journal, vol. 11 ( M a l i b u , 1983), pp. 13-66.
P A L L O T ,
H E S S ,
und Klassizismus ( M u n i c h ,
1986), vol. i .
L ' A R T
D U
S I E G E
Bill G . B. Pallot, UArt du siege
M A I O L I C A
Catherine Hess, Italian Maiolica:
Catalogue
auXVIIF
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
(Malibu, 1988).
1983"
S A S S O O N ,
Gillian W i l s o n , A d r i a n Sassoon, and
Charissa Bremer-David, "Acquisitions
V I N C E N N E S
A N D
S E V R E S
P O R C E L A I N
J O U R N A L
O F
G L A S S
Adrian Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres
S T U D I E S
Made by the Department o f Decorative
"Recent Important Acquisitions Made by
Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collections, The
Arts i n 1983," The J . Paul Getty Museum
Public and Private Collections i n the
J . Paul Getty Museum (Malibu, 1991).
Journal, vol. 12 ( M a l i b u , 1984), pp. 173-224.
United States and Abroad," Journal
ofGUss
Studies, vol. 28 (1986).
" A C Q U I S I T I O N S
S A V I L L ,
1984"
Gillian W i l s o n , Charissa Bremer-David,
K J E L L B E R G ,
D I C T I O N N A I R E
and C . Gay Nieda, "Selected Acquisitions
Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier frangais du
Made by the Department o f Decorative
XVIII
Arts i n 1984," The J . Paul Getty Museum
menuisiers (Paris, 1989).
e
V E R L E T ,
E U R O P E A N
C O L L E C T I N G
York, 1965).
G E T T Y M U S J
The J . Paul Getty Museum
Journal
L E S
B R O N Z E S
Pierre Verlet, Les Bronzes dores frangais du
M O R L E Y - F L E T C H E R
J. Paul Getty, The Joys of Collecting (New
Catalogue of the Sevres Porcelain (London,
1988), vols. 1-3.
siede: Dictionnaire des ébénistes et des
Journal, v o l . 13 ( M a l i b u , 1985), pp. 6 7 - 8 8 .
G E T T Y ,
S E V R E S
Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection:
A N D
M C I L R O Y ,
XVIIF
siecle (Paris, 1987).
P O T T E R Y
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
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).
ΙΟ
W I L S O N ,
" A C Q U I S I T I O N S
1977
T
O
M
I
D
1979"
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
P O R C E L A I N
Gillian Wilson, "Acquisitions Made by the
Gillian W i l s o n , F. J. B . Watson, and
Department o f Decorative Arts, 1977 to
A n t h o n y Derham, Mounted
m i d 1979," The J . Paul Getty Museum
Porcelain in the J . Paul Getty Museum
Journal, vol. 6 - 7 (Malibu, 1978-1979),
(Malibu, 1982).
Oriental
pp. 37-52.
EDITOR'S
W I L S O N ,
" A C Q U I S I T I O N S
I979
T O
M I D
I980"
NOTE:
I n the provenance sections,
the lack o f a semicolon before a sale i n paren
theses indicates that the object was sold from
Gillian W i l s o n , "Acquisitions Made by the
the collection o f that person, dealer, or gallery;
Department o f Decorative Arts, 1979 to
dealers are set o f f by brackets; and unless
m i d 1980," The J . Paul Getty Museum
otherwise noted, the year i n w h i c h an object
Journal, vol. 8 (Malibu, 1990), pp. 1-22.
was acquired either by the J. Paul Getty
Museum or by J. Paul Getty is reflected i n the
W I L S O N ,
" A C Q U I S I T I O N S
I981"
Wilson, "Acquisitions Made by the
Department o f Decorative Arts,
1981-1982," The J . Paul Getty Museum
Journal, vol. 10 (Malibu, 1982), pp. 63-86.
W I L S O N ,
S E L E C T I O N S
Gillian W i l s o n , Selections from the
Decorative Arts in the J . Paul Getty Museum
(Malibu, 1983).
W I L S O N ,
" S E V R E S "
Gillian W i l s o n , "Sevres Porcelain at the
J. Paul Getty Museum," The J . Paul Getty
Museum Journal, vol. 4 (Malibu, 1977).
first two digits o f the accession number.
FRENCH
DECORATIVE ARTS
12
F R E N C H
B O X E S ,
C H E S T S ,
C O F F E R S
Furniture
2. Coffer
Second half o f the sixteenth century
BOXES, CHESTS, AND
Oak and iron
COFFERS
Height: 3 ft. i 4 i n . (95.5 cm); W i d t h :
3
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
O . V. Watney, Cornbury Park, Charlbury,
Oxfordshire, England (sold, Christie's,
C o r n b u r y Park, M a y 22,1967, lot 93); pur
3
chased by J. Paul Getty for Sutton Place,
ι
ι. Chest
Late fifteenth century
Carved walnut
Height: 3 ft. i /s i n . (94.9 cm); W i d t h :
3
6 ft. 10% i n . (208.9
c m
Surrey; distributed by the estate o f J. Paul
Getty to the J. Paul Getty Museum.
3.
Box
Paris, circa 1675-1680
A t t r i b u t e d to Andre-Charles Boulle
E X H I B I T I O N S
O a k veneered w i t h ebony, boxwood, natural
Woodside, California, Filoli, on loan,
and stained sycamore, mahogany, padouk,
1983-1992.
walnut, amaranth, cedar, pear, satinwood,
brass, h o r n , and pewter stringing
) ; Depth: 2 ft. 3 i n .
Height: 1 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (31.9 cm); W i d t h :
(68.6 cm)
2 ft. 2 i n . (66.1 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 5 i n .
Accession number 78.DA.108
(43.2 cm)
Accession number 84.DA.971
P R O V E N A N C E
[Ugo Bardini, i 9 6 0 ] ; purchased by J. Paul
P R O V E N A N C E
Getty for Sutton Place, Surrey; distributed
[B. Fabre et Fils, Paris, 1984].
by the estate o f J. Paul Getty to the J. Paul
Getty Museum.
E X H I B I T I O N S
Woodside, California, Filoli, o n loan,
1983-1991.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
2
'A.cquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 46, p. 175, illus.
F R E N C H
C O F F E R S
4. Two Coffers on Stands
Paris, circa 1684-1689
A t t r i b u t e d to Andre-Charles Boulle
O a k and walnut veneered w i t h plain and
red painted tortoiseshell, blue painted horn,
ebony, amaranth, pewter, and brass; set w i t h
m i r r o r glass; gilt-bronze mounts
One stand stamped HY. RASKIN
at top o f
back for H e n r y Raskin, an early twentiethcentury French restorer. Some mounts on
each coffer and stand are stamped w i t h
the crowned C f o r 1745-1749.
82.DA.109.1: Overall Height: 5 ft. \ V% i n .
(156.6 cm); Coffer
(premiere-partie):
Height: 2 ft. 2 /s i n . (67 cm); W i d t h :
3
2 ft. n / 8 i n . (89.9 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 1 0 i n .
3
(55.8 cm); Stand: Height: 2 ft. 11 % i n .
(89.6 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 7% i n . (80.9 cm);
D e p t h : ι ft. 9 Κ i n . (54.7 cm)
82.DA.109.2: Overall Height: 5 ft. iYz i n .
(156.2 cm); Coffer (contre-partie): Height:
2 ft. 2 /e i n . (67 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. π % i n .
3
(89.4 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 10 i n . (55.8 cm);
4
Stand: Height: 2 ft. 11 Ys i n . (89.2 cm);
W i d t h : 2 ft. 7% i n . (79.4 cm); Depth:
ι ft. 8 i n . (50.7 cm)
Accession number 8 2 . D A . i o 9 . i . a - . b and
.2.a-.b
Marquis da Foz, Lisbon; M o r t i m e r L . Schiff,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
New York (sold by his heir John L . Schiff,
Alfred de Champeaux, Le Meuble (Paris,
Christies, L o n d o n , June 22,1938, l o t 68,
1885), vol. 2, p. 78, illus. p. 65, fig. 12;
to Gaston Bensimon for 1,080 guineas);
A . Genevay, Le Style Louis XIV: Charles Le
P R O V E N A N C E
Anna G o u l d (duchesse de Talleyrand),
Brun, decorateur: Ses oeuvres, son influence,
82.DA.109.1: (?) C. F. Julliot (sold, Paris,
Palais Rose, Paris; Violette de Talleyrand
ses collaborateurs et son temps (Paris, 1886),
November 20,1777, l o t 706, to M . de
(Mme Gaston Palewski), Chateau de
p. 241, fig. 31; H e n r y Havard, Les Boulle
Luneville for 590 livres).
Marais, Seine-et-Oise (offered for sale,
(Paris, 1892), p. 40, illus. pp. 41, 45; Emile
82.DA.109.1—.2: Anatole Demidov, Prince o f
Sotheby's, Monaco, M a y 26,1980, lot 619,
Molinier, Histoire genérale des arts appliques
San Donato (1813-1870), San Donato Palace,
for 3,800,000 FF, bought i n ) .
ä l'industrie, vol. 3, Le Mobilier au XVII
e
et
siede (Paris, 1896-1911), p. 74,
Pratolino (near Florence) (offered for sale
au XVIII
by his nephew Paul Demidoff, Prince o f
illus.; Gerald Reitlinger, The Economics of
e
San Donato [died 1885], San Donato Palace,
Taste, vol. 2 (London, 1963), p. 415; Pierre
M a r c h 15, 1880, lots 1421-1422, bought i n ) ;
Verlet, "A Propos de Boulle et d u Grand
13
14
F R E N C H
BOXES
Dauphin,"
NederlandKunsthistorisch]aar
CABINETS
buch 3 (1980), pp. 285-288, illus.; Wilson,
"Acquisitions 1982," no. 1, pp. 13-18, illus.;
Wilson, Selections, no. 6, pp. 12-13, illus.;
Handbook1986,
p. 143, illus. (one); Pradére,
6. Cabinet
Burgundy, circa 1580, w i t h late nineteenthcentury additions
Les Ebénistes, p. 68, nos. 131-132, p. 104;
Based o n engraved designs by Jacques I
illus. p. 68, fig. 14; Handbook 1991, p. 157,
Androuet D u Cerceau (active 1549-1584)
illus. (one).
and Jan Vredeman de Vries (1527-1604)
Carved walnut set w i t h painted panels
The number 1580 painted o n one panel.
Overall Height: 10 ft. i/s i n . (308.3 cm);
5. Pipe Box
W i d t h : 5 ft. 5 /s i n . (166.2 cm); Depth:
3
Lorraine, circa 1710-1715
ι ft. 10 Vz i n . (57.1 cm)
Bois de Sainte-Lucie (cerasus mahaleb)
Accession number 71.DA.89
Height: 2 % i n . (6.5 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. i o / 8 i n . (59.5 cm); Depth: 8*4 i n .
P R O V E N A N C E
(21 cm)
Baron Achille Seilliére, Chateau de Mello,
5
Accession number 88.DA.61
Oise, France (sold, Galerie Georges Petit,
Paris, M a y 9,1890, lot 540); Gauthiot
P R O V E N A N C E
d'Anchier, Governor o f B e s a r o n , France;
[Didier Aaron, Paris].
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York, 1930s];
N o r t o n Simon Foundation (sold, Parke-
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJvj
Bernet, N e w York, M a y 7,1971, lot 193);
(1989),
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
no. 69, p. 141, illus.
6
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
E d m o n d Bonnaffé, "Le Meuble en France
au X V I siécle," Gazette des beaux-arts
e
(1886), pp. 60-63, illus.; E d m o n d Bonnaffe,
Le Meuble en France auXVI
e
Steele (Paris,
1887), pp. 84-85,166-167, illus.; Georg
H i r t h , Formenschatz (French ed.: L'Art
pratique), M u n i c h , 1891, p i . 7; Alfred de
5
Champeaux, Le Meuble (Paris, 1906), vol. 1,
pp. 198-199, illus. p. 195.
7. Cabinet on Stand
Paris, circa 1675-1680
A t t r i b u t e d to Andre-Charles Boulle. Medals
after Jean Varin
O a k veneered w i t h ebony, tortoiseshell,
pewter, brass, ivory, h o r n , boxwood,
pear, thuya, stained and natural sycamore,
satinwood, beech, amaranth, cedar,
walnut, mahogany, ash; w i t h drawers
o f l i g n u m vitae; painted and gilded wood;
bronze mounts
F R E N C H
C A B I N E T S
Height: 7 ft. 6 A i n . (229.9 cm); W i d t h :
l
4 ft. 11% i n . (151.2 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 2% i n .
(66.y cm)
Accession number 77. D A . 1
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) W i l l i a m W a r d , n t h Baron W a r d (born
1817, created ist Earl o f D u d l e y i860, died
1885), W i t l e y C our t, Worcestershire (house
acquired, w i t h contents, i n 1838, from L o r d
Foley); (?) W i l l i a m H u m b l e , 2nd Earl o f
Dudley (born 1867, died 1932), W i t l e y
Court, Worcestershire, circa 1920 (sold
w i t h the house to Sir Herbert Smith, W i t l e y
Court) (sold, Jackson-Stops and Staff,
W i t l e y Cour t , September 29, 1938, lot 582);
Violet van der Eist, Harlaxton Manor,
Lincolnshire (sold, Christies, L o n d o n ,
A p r i l 8,1948, lot 142); John Prendergast,
6th Viscount G o r t , Hamsterley H a l l ,
C o u n t y D u r h a m (sold by his heirs, 1976).
E X H I B I T I O N S
Barnard Castle, C o u n t y D u r h a m , The
Bowes Museum, o n loan, 1950s; London,
T h e Victoria and A l b e r t Museum, on loan,
August 1978-February 1979.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"A La découverte," Connaissance des arts 35
(January 15,1955), p. 58, illus.; Stephane
Faniel et al., LeXVTII
e
Steele frangais
(Collection Connaissance des arts, Paris,
1958), illus. p. 53; "Current and Forth
coming Exhibitions," Burlington
Magazine
120 (December 1978), p. 93, illus.; W i l s o n ,
"Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979," no. 1, p. 37,
illus.; M a r v i n D . Schwartz, "Boulle Furni
ture," Art and Antiques 6 (April 1983), illus.
7
15
l6
F R E N C H
C A B I N E T S
p. 72; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 3, pp. 6-7,
illus.; Gillian W i l s o n , "A Late SeventeenthCentury French Cabinet at the J. Paul Getty
Museum," The Art Institute of Chicago
Centennial Lecture; Museum Studies 1 0
(1983), pp. 119-131, illus.; Handbook 1986,
p. 145, illus. p. 144; Lorenz Seelig, "Eine
Reiterstatuette Kurfürst M a x Emanuels v o n
Bayern aus dem Jahr 1699," Anzeiger des
germanischen Nationalmuseums
(1986), n . 34,
p. 73; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, p. 94; p. 104,
no. 103; illus. p. 93, fig. 49; Handbook 1991,
p. 158, illus. p. 159.
8. Cabinet (cabinet des médailles)
Paris, circa 1710-1715
A t t r i b u t e d to André-Charles Boulle
Oak veneered w i t h ebony, brass, and
tortoiseshell; gilt-bronze mounts;
8
sarrancolin des Pyrenees marble top
Height: 2 f t . 8 / 2 i n . (82.5 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. 7*4 i n . (140 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 4 / 2 i n .
(72.5 cm)
Accession number 8 4 . D A . 58
(Marchioness o f Cholmondeley, wife o f
(1985), no. 47, pp. 175-176, illus.; Pradére,
H a l l , Norfolk, by descent, after 1939 (sold,
Les Ebénistes, no. 157, p. 104, illus. p. 109,
Christie's, L o n d o n , A p r i l 12,1984, lot 164).
fig. 65; Handbook 1991, p. 162, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
Suzanne de Launay and Jules-Robert de
Cotte, Paris; inventoried after their deaths
as one o f a pair o f medal cabinets on
illus.; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13
the 5th Marquess, married 1913), H o u g h t o n
E X H I B I T I O N S
L o n d o n , 25 Park Lane, Three French Reigns,
February-April 1933, no. 71, illus.
November 20,1767; by descent to their
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
son, Jules-Fran$ois de Cotte; inventoried i n
F. J. B . Watson, "The Marquess o f
his collection o n M a y 13,1782 (sold, Paris,
Cholmondeley," Great Family Collections,
March 8,1804, l o t 34); Baron Gustave
Douglas Cooper, ed. (Zurich, 1963),
Salomon de Rothschild, Paris; Baronne
p. 228, illus.; Pierre Verlet, La Maison du
Cecilie de Rothschild (née Ansbach,
XVIII
1840-1912), Paris; Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt.,
mobilier (Paris, 1966), p. 38, fig. 21;
London, by descent, 1912; Sybil Sassoon
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1984," pp. 67-71,
e
Steele en France: Société, decoration,
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
Private collection, France; [La Cour de
Varenne, Paris].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJii
(1985),
no. 50, pp. 176-177, illus.
10. Cartonnier with Bout de Bureau
and Clock
Paris, cartonnier and bout de bureau
circa 1740
Clock, 1746
Cartonnier and bout de bureau by Bernard I I
van Risenburgh. Maker o f the clock case
9
10
u n k n o w n . T h e clock movement by Etienne
I I Le Noir. T h e clock dial enameled by
o f the striking train is dated IJ46 and the
o f St. Albans; Angela Georgina, Baroness
Jacques D e c k
back o f the dial bears the enameled inscrip-
Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906, stepgrand-
O a k veneered w i t h ebonized w o o d and
tion ,decU.ij46.
daughter o f Harriot, Duchess o f St. Albans),
painted w i t h vernis Martin; enameled and
o f cartonnier engraved AngeWs 183$; also a
L o n d o n , probably given to her i n 1835 on
painted metal; glass; gilt-bronze mounts
torn typed label w i t h M....xandrine
her twenty-first birthday; H o n . W i l l i a m
Cartonnier and bout de bureau stamped
Height: 6 ft. 3 /s i n . (192 cm); W i d t h :
Bartlett Burdett-Coutts M P . (husband
BVRB o n the back; cartonnier uso stamped
3 ft. 4 / i 6 i n . (103 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 4 / 8 i n .
o f Angela, Baroness Burdett-Coutts), by
w i t h the name o f E.J. CUVELLIER, w h o
(41cm)
descent, 1906 (sold, Christie's, London,
possibly restored i t . Several mounts on
Accession number 83.DA.280
M a y 9,1922, lot 144, for 4,200 guineas to
P R O V E N A N C E
schild, Paris; confiscated after the German
Metal plaque on the rear
de.....
5
9
clock case stamped w i t h the crowned Cfor
1745-1749. T h e clock dial and movement
are signed Etienne LeNoir ¿París. The spring
H . J. Simmons); Alexandrine de Roth(?) H a r r i o t M e l l o n Coutts (1777-1837?),
w i d o w o f Thomas Coutts and later Duchess
occupation o f Paris i n 1940; E d m o n d de
YJ
l8
F R E N C H
C A B I N E T S
Rothschild, Paris, 1972; José and Vera
Height: 3 ft. 9 /s i n . (115.8 cm); W i d t h :
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
5
Accession number 77.DA.91
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 6,
P R O V E N A N C E
Daval {marchand-mercier,
(1984), no. 8, pp. 263-264,
illus.; Handbook1986,
p. 159, illus. p. 158;
Jean-Dominique Augarde, "1749 Joseph
O a k veneered w i t h bois satiné, k i n g w o o d ,
and cherry; gilt-bronze mounts
pp. 193-197, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
GettyMusJvi
12. Pair of Cabinets
died circa 1821),
Paris, before 1822; H e n r i , comte de Greffulhe, Paris (sold by his widow, Sotheby's,
London, July 23,1937, lot 50, to both
Each cabinet is stamped ΒV.R. Β. o n back.
Height: 4 ft. ιο /δ i n . (149 cm); W i d t h :
5
3 ft. 3 4 i n . (101 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 7 i n .
3
(48.3 cm)
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
book 1991, p. 175, illus. p. 174.
Patino, Paris, circa 1957; [Aveline et Cíe,
(?) Sir John H o b a r t Caradoc, 2nd Baron
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
11. Cabinet
Charles Guellette, "Les Cabinets d'amateurs
Paris, circa 1745-1750
ä Paris—La Collection de Μ . H e n r i de
Attributed to Bernard I I van Risenburgh
Greffulhe, Part 2: Ameublement," Gazette
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
and cherry; gilt-bronze mounts; breche
Reitlinger, The Economics of Taste (London,
d'Alep top
1963), vol. 2, p. 426; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions
Inscribed DAVAL twice o n the back.
1977 to m i d 1979," no. 3, p. 37, illus.;
Pradére, Les Ebénistes, p. 190, illus. p. 185,
1850; (?) W i l l i a m H e n r y Forester, created
Earl o f Londesborough, Grimston Park
(sold w i t h the contents o f Grimston Park
i n 1872 to John Fielden); Captain John
Fielden (great-nephew o f John Fielden)
(sold, H e n r y Spencer and Sons, at G r i m s t o n
Park, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, M a y 29-31,1962,
lot 372); [Etienne Levy and Rene Weiller,
fig. 168.
II
F R E N C H
Accession number 79.DA.58
13. Cabinet
Paris, circa 1765
By Joseph Baumhauer
Oak veneered w i t h ebony, tulipwood, and
amaranth; set w i t h panels o f seventeenthcentury Japanese kijimaki-e lacquer; giltbronze mounts; yellow jasper top
Stamped JOSEPH
between two fleur-de-lys
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1930-1939]; private
collection, Brussels; [Lucien Delplace,
Brussels]; [Les Antiquaires de Paris, circa
1976]; [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1977].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Height: 2 ft. π 4 i n . (89.6 cm); W i d t h :
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"
3 ft.
pp. 6-7, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 34,
II /8
3
i n . (120.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 117s i n .
(58.6 cm)
1
P R O V E N A N C E
under the apron.
x
One of a pair
C A B I N E T S
pp. 68-69, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 171,
2
Paris, 1962]; [Raymond Kraemer, Paris,
1960s]; [Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1970s].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJii
no. 54, pp. 178-179, illus.;
(1985),
Handbook1986,
p. 164, illus. (one); Pradére, Les Ebénistes,
illus. p. 188, fig. 174; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
p. 139; Handbook 1991, p. 180, illus. (one).
13
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20
F R E N C H
C A B I N E T S
illus.; Jean-Dominique Augarde, "1749
Stamped RVLC
Joseph Baumhauer, ébéniste privilegié d u
at top right-hand side. Paper label glued
and J ME inside the drawer
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
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 .
CLUMBER.
4
(43.8 cm)
Accession number 70.DA.81
15
P R O V E N A N C E
Dukes o f Newcastle-under-Lyme, Clumber,
Nottinghamshire; H e n r y Pelham Archibald
Douglas, 7th Duke o f Newcastle (18641928), Clumber, Nottinghamshire, by
descent (sold by his heir, Christie's, London,
June 9,1937, lot 253); [J. M . Botibol,
London]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938.
P R O V E N A N C E
George Granville Sutherland-LevesonGower, 2nd D u k e o f Sutherland (17861861), the Picture Gallery, Stafford House,
L o n d o n , by 1848, and still present i n 1895;
[ A r n o l d Seligmann, Paris] (sold, Galerie
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Jean Charpentier, Paris, June 4-5,1935,
Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 125, illus.;
lot 192); [Fran$ois-Gerard Seligmann,
Getty, Collecting, illus. p. 155.
Paris]; [French and Co., 1972]; purchased
by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
15. Cabinet
Η
14. Cabinet
Paris, circa 1765
By Roger Vandercruse Lacroix
Oak veneered w i t h bois-de-rose, amaranth,
and green stained wood; gilt-bronze mounts;
white marble interior shelf
F. J. B. Watson, Louis XVI
Furniture
Paris, circa 1785-1790, w i t h marquetry
(London, i 9 6 0 ) , no. 236, illus.; Jean
panels and some gilt-bronze mounts o f the
Meuvret and Claude Frégnac,
late seventeenth century
du XVIII
Attributed to Philippe-Claude M o n t i g n y
illus.; Michael Stürmer, Handwerk
Oak veneered w i t h ebony, brass, pewter,
höfische Kultur: Europäische
e
Ebénistes
Steele frangais (Paris, 1963), p. 37,
und
Möbelkunst
tortoiseshell, and amaranth; gilt-bronze
im 18. Jahrhundert
mounts; bhnco et new antico marble top
pp. 156, 288; M a r v i n D . Schwartz, "Boulle
( M u n i c h , 1982), illus.
Height: 3 ft. 5% i n . (104.8 cm); W i d t h :
Furniture," Art and Antiques 6 (April 1983),
5 ft. 4 /8 i n . (164.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 10% i n .
illus. p. 67; Alexandre Pradére, "Boulle de
(57.1cm)
Louis X I V sous Louis X V I , "
Accession number 72. D A . 7 1
LObjet
5
LEstampille-
dart o (June 1987), pp. 56-57,118;
illus. p. 62.
F R E N C H
C A B I N E T S
E X H I B I T I O N S
L o n d o n , T h e Victoria and Albert Museum,
o n loan, 1969-1974.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Powis Castle, Montgomeryshire, the Seat o f
the Earl o f Powis," Country Life 23 (May 9,
1908), illus. p. 670; Jean Meuvret and
Claude Frégnac, Les Ebénistes du XVIII
e
siecle frangais (Paris, 1963), pp. 306-307,
illus.; A n t h o n y Coleridge, "Clues to the
Provenance o f an Outstanding French
Commode," Connoisseur162 (July 1966),
pp. 164-166, illus.; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions
1977 to m i d 1979," no. 11, pp. 46-49, illus.;
Gillian W i l s o n , "A Pair o f Cabinets for
Louis XVTs Bedroom at Saint-Cloud:
Their Present Appearance," Journal of the
Furniture History Society τι (1985), pp. 4-47;
ι6
Verlet, Les Bronzes, p. 213, illus. p. 46,
fig. 39; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, illus. p. 406,
Height: 3 ft. % i n . (92.2 cm); W i d t h :
16. Cabinet
fig. 502; Pierre Verlet, Le Mobilier royal
5 ft. 5/8 i n . (165.4 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. iY i n .
Paris, 1788
4
frangais, vol. 4, Meubles de la couronne
By Guillaume Benneman; gilt-bronze
(64.1 cm)
conserves en Europe et aux Etats-Unis (Paris,
mounts cast by Forestier (either Etienne-
Accession number 78.DA.361
1990), pp. 116-121, illus.; Handbook 1991,
Jean or his brother Pierre-Auguste) and
Badin f r o m models by Gilles-Fransois
M a r t i n , chased by Pierre-Philippe T h o m i r e
and gilded by André Galle; marble top
supplied by Lanfant
O a k veneered w i t h ebony, mahogany, and
lacquer, set w i t h pietre dure plaques o f
seventeenth- and eighteenth-century date;
gilt-bronze mounts; bleu turquin marble top
Stamped G.BENEMAN
twice on top o f the
carcass and stenciled w i t h a partial mark,
possibly for the Chateau de Saint-Cloud,
o n back.
P R O V E N A N C E
Louis X V I , one o f a pair costing 5,954 livres
i n the Chambre ä coucher du Rot, Chateau
de Saint-Cloud, from October 4,1788,
until at least an I I (1793-1794); Earls o f
Powis, Powis Castle, Wales, by 1848 (sold,
Sotheby's, London, M a y 11,1962, lot 262,
for £33,000); John Allnat (sold, Sotheby's,
London, June 21,1974, lot 109, to Didier
Aaron, Paris); [Aveline et Cie, Paris and
Geneva].
p. 197, illus. p. 196; U l r i c h Leben, Molitor:
Ebéniste from the Ancien Regime to the
Bourbon Restoration (London, 1992), p. 150,
% · 153.
21
22
FRENCH
CABINETS
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Baronne de Gunzburg, Paris (sold, Palais
Galliera, Paris, M a r c h 2,1972, lot 121); pur
chased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
E X H I B I T I O N S
T h e Los Angeles County Museum o f A r t ,
Wedgwoodfrom
California
Collections:
Georgian through Victorian,
ι/άο-ιροι,
January 2 7 - M a r c h 21, 1976.
Cabinet .1
l8
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Patricia Lemonnier, Weisweiler (Paris, 1983),
no. 211, illus. p. 28; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
p. 872.
Cabinet .1 stamped J ME.
Height: 3 ft. 4 i n . (101.6 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. n / s i n . (150.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9 / 2 i n .
(54.5 cm)
Accession number 7 6 . D A . 9 . 1 - . 2
18. Pair of Cabinets
17
17. Bonheur du Jour
P R O V E N A N C E
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)',
Pietre dure plaques: Italian and French,
V i n c e n t Donjeux, Paris (sold, Paris, A p r i l 29
et seq., 1793, l o t 554, for 3,200 livres).
Paris, circa 178 5-1790
mid-seventeenth to late eighteenth century
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 :
Christies, L o n d o n , June 19,1882, lots
2 ft. 3% i n . (69.2 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 4% i n .
185-186); Christopher Beckett-Denison,
(41.3 cm)
L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 6,
3
Accession number 72.DA.59
1885, l o t 817, to Maclean for 195 guineas,
and l o t 818, to Donaldson for 205 guineas);
[Moss Harris, L o n d o n ] ; Maharanee o f
Baroda, Paris (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris,
Cabinet . 2
18
November 29,1973, l o t 114 Α - B ) ; [Aveline et
Cíe, Paris]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
F R E N C H
C O M M O D E S
2 1 . Commode
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R O V E N A N C E
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 :
4 ft. 3 4 i n . (131.4 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 11 i n .
3
COMMODES
(58.4 cm)
Accession number 7 0 . D A . 8 0
1 9 . Commode
Paris, circa 1710-1715
20
Pine and walnut veneered w i t h bois satiné;
(?) H e n r y Peter, ist L o r d Brougham (1778-
gilt-bronze mounts
Stamped o n the back w i t h a crowned M,
P R O V E N A N C E
1868), Cannes, 1840s or 1850s; (?) W i l l i a m ,
2 0 . Commode
2nd L o r d Brougham (died 1886), England,
probably for the Chateau de Maisons, and
Paris, circa 1710-1715
an interlaced A Τ over G.M for the garde-
Pine, oak, and walnut veneered w i t h rose
meuble o f the comte d'Artois.
wood; gilt-bronze mounts; rouge griotte de
Height: 2 ft. 9/16 i n . (83.9 cm); W i d t h :
Felines marble top
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 :
(59.7 cm)
4 ft. (121.9 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. io /s i n .
3
after 1868; (?) H o n . Wilfred Brougham,
England, after 1886; Maria Sophia Faunce
(Hon. M r s . Wilfred Brougham), England,
after 1904; [J. M . Botibol, London, 1938];
purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938.
(56.8 cm)
Accession number 7 8 . D A . 8 7
Accession number 73. D A . 66
P R O V E N A N C E
M . d'Eustache Bonnemet, Paris (sold, Paris,
December 4-14, 1771, lot 164, for 210 livres);
dues d'Arenberg, Palais d'Arenberg, Brus
sels, until 19.14; duchesse Mathildis d'Aren
berg, Monaco; [Gerard Gallet, Cannes];
[French and Co., N e w York]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty.
19
21
23
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
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
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.
Dictionnaire,
p. 184.
P R O V E N A N C E
1
2
o
t
1003);
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
2 2 . Commode
Cressent sale cat., January 15,1757, lot 132;
Paris, circa 1725-1730
Marie-Juliette Ballot, Charles Cressent:
By Etienne Doirat
Sculpteur, ébéniste, collectionneur,
Oak, pine, and walnut veneered w i t h king-
de Van frangais: Nouvelle période 10 (Paris,
wood; gilt-bronze mounts; breche d'Alep top
1919), no. 132, p. 215; Andre Boutemy,
Stamped E. DOIRAT
on top o f carcass.
Archives
"Essais d'attribútions de commodes et
Height: 2 ft. 10 i n . (86.4 cm); W i d t h :
d'armoires ä Charles Cressent," Bulletin
5 ft. 6Yi i n . (168.9 c ) ; D e p t h : 2 ft. 4% i n .
de la Société de VHistoire de VArt Frangais
m
(71.7 cm)
(1927), pp. 77-79; Paul Wescher, "French
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 6 6
Furniture o f the Eighteenth Century i n the
J. Paul Getty Museum," Art Quarterly \%,
P R O V E N A N C E
no. 2 (Summer 1955), pp. 114-135; Verlet
George Durlacher, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's,
et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 114, illus.; Getty,
London, A p r i l 6-7,1938, lot 176, for 273
23
guineas to Sutch); ("Property o f a Gentle
man," sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , December 1,
1966, lot 70, for 5,500 guineas to Perman);
[Aveline et Cíe, Paris, 1972]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty.
2 3 . Commode
p. 153, illus. p. 152; Kjellberg,
Paris, circa 173 5-1740
By Charles Cressent
Pine and walnut veneered w i t h bois satiné
dAlep top
Corner mounts are stamped w i t h the
crowned C for 1745-1749.
Height: 2 ft. 11% i n . (90.2 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. 5% i n . (136.5 cm); Depth: 2 ft. i A i n .
l
(64.8 cm)
Accession number 7 0 . D A . 8 2
Dictionnaire,
p. 204; Handbook 1991, p . 167, illus. p . 166.
and amaranth; gilt-bronze mounts; breche
22
Collecting, p . 144, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections,
no. 19, pp. 38-39, illus.; Handbook 1986,
F R E N C H
24
2 4 . Commode
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
25
Risen Burgh: Commode," Louvre: Nouvelles
Paris, circa 1737
Paul Wescher, "French Furniture o f the
acquisitions du département
By Bernard I I van Risenburgh
Eighteenth Century i n the J. Paul Getty
ip8$-ip8p (Paris, 1990), p. 144.
Martin;
1955), pp. 121-122,128, illus. fig. 11; F. J. B .
cherry and amaranth o n interior o f the
Watson, The Wrightsman Collection (New
doors; gilt-bronze mounts; sarrancolin
York, 1966), vol. ι, p. 152; Hans H u t h ,
marble top; eighteenth-century silk fabric
Lacquer of the West: The History ofa Craft
l i n i n g and silver metal galon
and an Industry, i$$o~ip$o (Chicago and
Stamped BVRB o n t o p o f carcass.
London, 1971), p. 91, caption p. 145, illus.
Height: 2 ft. 10 4 i n . (88.3 cm); W i d t h :
3
fig. 238; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 14, p p .
4 ft. 11 4 i n . (151.9 c m ) ; D e p t h : 1 ft. 10 4 i n .
28-29, illus.; Daniel Alcouffe, "La
(57.8 cm)
commode d u Cabinet de retraite de Marie
Accession number 6 5 . D A . 4
Leczinska ä Fontainebleau entre au Louvre,"
P R O V E N A N C E
illus. p. 282; Pradére, "1737, La Premiere
3
3
La Revue du Louvre 4 (1987), pp. 281-284,
(?) Colbert family, France, by repute, from
the eighteenth to the twentieth century;
[Rene Weiller, Paris]; [Rosenberg and
Stiebel, Inc., N e w York]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty, 1953.
des objets d'art
Museum," Art Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer
O a k set w i t h panels o f black Japanese
lacquer and painted w i t h vernis
C O M M O D E S
25. Commode
Paris, circa 1740
Oak veneered w i t h kingwood, walnut,
amaranth, and padouk; gilt-bronze mounts;
breche d'Alep top
Stamped DF o n top o f carcass.
Height: 2 ft. ioV i n . (87 cm); W i d t h :
A
5 ft. 1% i n . (155.5
c m
) ; Depth: 2 ft. 1 i n .
(63.5 cm)
Accession number 76.DA.15
Commode en Laque d u Japón,"
P R O V E N A N C E
Connaissances des arts 436 (June 1988), pp.
M r s . S. Shrigley-Feigel, Crag H a l l , Wray,
108-113; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 139;
Lancashire, England; [Alexander and
Daniel AlcoufTe, "Bernard Van
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1976]; purchased
by J. Paul Getty.
2$
26
FRENCH
COMMODES
26
2 6 . Commode
27
bleau entre au Louvre," La Revue du Louvre
Paris, circa 1740
4 (1988), pp. 281-284, illus. p. 282; Kjellberg,
By Bernard I I van Risenburgh
Dictionnaire,
p. 139; Daniel Alcouffe, "Ber
P R O V E N A N C E
Sir A n t h o n y de Rothschild, England; H o n .
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
England, b y descent (sold, Christie's, L o n
mounts; breche d'Alep top
objets dart ip8$-ip8p (Paris, 1990), p. 144.
des
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 :
3 ft. 9 i n . (114.3 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9 /s i n .
5
(54.9 cm)
Rouviére, Lausanne, Switzerland; [Maurice
2 7 . Commode
Segoura, Paris, 1983].
Paris, circa 1745-1749
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
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
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.
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 4 6
par P. SPOHN
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
Daniel Alcouffe, "La commode d u Cabinet
de retraite de Marie Leczinska ä Fontaine-
4 ft. n / 8 i n . (151.5 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 2 /s i n .
5
(65 cm)
Accession number 83.DA.356
5
FRENCH COMMODES
[C. Ball, Paris, 1934]; A n n a T h o m s o n
P R O V E N A N C E
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
One of a pair
28
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 115, illus.;
A d o l f Feulner, Kunstgeschichte des Möbels
Getty, Collecting, pp. 144-145, illus.; Wilson,
(Berlin, 1927), pp. 324-325; A n t h o n y
Selections, no. 23, pp. 46-47, illus.; Hand
Coleridge, "Works o f A r t w i t h a Royal
book 1986, p . 161, illus.; Jean-Dominique
Provenance from the Collection o f the Late
Augarde, "1749 Joseph Baumhauer, ébéniste
Mrs. A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge o f Detroit,"
privilegié d u roi," L'Estampille 204 (June
Connoisseur 177, no. 711 (May 1971), p. 36,
1987), p. 36; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, no. 2,
illus.; Michael Stürmer, Handwerk und
p. 244, illus. p. 233, fig. 236; Kjellberg,
höfische Kultur, Europäische Möbelkunst
im
18. Jahrhundert ( M u n i c h , 1982), illus. p . 67;
2 8 . Pair of Commodes
Dictionnaire,
p. 454; Handbook 1991, p. 179,
illus.
Wilson, Selections, no. 20, pp. 40-41, illus.;
Paris, circa 1750
Handbook 1986, p. 163, illus. (one); Pradére,
By Bernard I I van Risenburgh
Les Ebénistes, illus. p. 189, fig. 175; Kjellberg,
Oak and w a l n u t veneered w i t h tulipwood,
Dictionnaire,
p. 139.
kingwood, and amaranth; gilt-bronze
mounts; one commode w i t h a breche violette
top, one w i t h a bro catelie jaune top
Each commode stamped B. V.R.B. twice o n
top o f carcass.
Height: 2 ft. io /s i n . (87.3 cm); W i d t h :
3
3 ft. 4 / 8 i n . (101.9 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 10 i n .
(55.9 cm)
Accession number 71.DA.9 6.1—.2
2 9 . Commode
Paris, circa 1750
Attributed to Joseph Baumhauer
Oak set w i t h panels o f Japanese lacquer
and painted w i t h vernis Martin-, gilt-bronze
mounts; campan melange vert marble top
One trade label o f the
marchand-mercier
P R O V E N A N C E
Francois-Charles Darnault pasted o n top o f
(?) Given by Louis, D a u p h i n o f France
carcass and another one pasted underneath.
(1729-1765), to his father-in-law Frederick
Height: 2 ft. io 4 i n . (88.3 cm); W i d t h :
Augustus I I I , K i n g o f Poland, Dresden;
4 ft. 9 / 2 i n . (146.1 cm); Depth: 2 ft. /s i n .
3
5
listed i n inventories o f the Residenz,
(62.6 cm)
Dresden, i n 1794 and 1798; Prince Ernst
Accession number 55.DA.2
H e i n r i c h v o n W e t t i n , Schloss M o r i t z b u r g
(near Dresden), Saxony, and installed i n the
Tower R o o m circa 1924 (sold early 1930s);
29
7TJ
28
FRENCH
COMMODES
3 0 . Commode
Paris, circa 1755
Museum," Art Quarterly i%, no. 2 (Summer
Height: 3 ft. A i n . (92 cm); W i d t h :
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 .
l
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
pavonazza
marble top
Stamped DELORME,
Baumhauer, ébéniste privilegié d u r o i , "
J ME, and N.
PETIT
on top o f carcass.
L'Estampille 204 (June 1987), p. 32; Kjell
berg, Dictionnaire, p. 246.
Height: 2 ft. π Λ i n . (90.1 cm); W i d t h :
ι
Accession number 7 0 . D A . 7 9
Guedes de Souza, Paris; [Etienne Levy,
1972]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris, circa 1760
By Jean-Fran9ois Oeben
Cécile Sorel, Paris; [Germain Seligmann,
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, kingwood,
Paris] (sold, A p r i l 1933, to M r s . Langdon K .
sycamore, amaranth, and burr wood;
Thorne, N e w York); [J. M . Botibol, L o n
gilt-bronze mounts; campan melange vert
don, 1938]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938.
marble top
Stamped J . Ε OEBEN
Paul Wescher, "French Furniture o f the
Douilla); [Frank Partridge, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ;
31. Commode
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Private collection, Paris (possibly G o u p i l de
Paris], and [Frank Partridge, L t d . , L o n d o n ,
4 ft. 9 i n . (144.8 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 2% i n .
(66.6 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Pradére, Les Ebénistes, illus. p . 261,fig.278;
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
pp. 614, 619.
ana JME twice o n top
o f carcass.
Eighteenth Century i n the J. Paul Getty
30
31
FRENCH COMMODES
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
5 ft. 11 4 i n . (181 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 3 i n .
x
(68.5 cm)
Accession number 55.DA.5
P R O V E N A N C E
Made for Madame Louise o f France
(youngest daughter o f Louis X V ) , Chateau
de Versailles, 1769; Emmanuel-Felicité,
due de Duras, Maréchal de France, Chateau
de Fontainebleau, 1785; (?) Baron Lionel
32
Nathan de Rothschild (1808-1879),
Gunnersbury Park, Middlesex; by descent
Svend Eriksen, Early Neo-Classicism in
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
to his son, Leopold de Rothschild (1845-
Paul Wescher, "A Commode by Gilles
France (London, 1974), p.'321, p i . 120; Pierre
1917), H a m i l t o n Place, L o n d o n ; by descent
Joubert for Versailles i n the J. Paul Getty
Verlet, Les Meubles frangais du XVIII
to his son, Lionel Nathan de Rothschild
Museum," Art Quarterly 19, no. 3 ( A u t u m n
(Paris, 1982), p. 27, illus. (detail) pi. .4;
(1882-1942), Exbury House, Hampshire; by
1956), pp. 324-325, illus.; Pierre Verlet,
Wilson, Selections, no. 30, pp. 60-61, illus.;
descent to his son, E d m u n d de Rothschild
"Peut-on remeubler Versailles?," Le Jardín
Handbook 1986, p. 173, illus.; Pradére, Les
(b. 1916), Inchmery House, Exbury, H a m p
des arts (February 1958), p. 256, illus. p. 255;
Ebénistes, no. 17, p. 216; Kjellberg, Die-
shire (sold by h i m i n 1947); E d i t h and Sir
F. J. B . Watson, Louis XVIFurniture
Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968), London;
don, i960), no. 24, p. 105, illus.; Gerald
p. 759; Pierre Verlet, French Furniture of the
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Messadié, "J. Paul Getty, M a l i b u , Califor
Eighteenth Century, Penelope Hunter-Stiebel,
E X H I B I T I O N S
Paris, H o t e l de la Monnaie, Louis XV:
e
siede
tionnaire (Paris, 1989), pp. 456, 758, illus.
(Lon
nia," Great Private Collections, Douglas
transí. (Charlottesville, 1991), fig. 4, oppo
Cooper, ed. (Zurich, 1963), pp. 180-191,
site p. 16; Handbook 1991, p. 189, illus.
illus. p. 187; Pierre Verlet, French Royal
Un Moment de perfection de Vart frangais,
Furniture (London, 1963), pp. 77, i n , fig. 7;
1974, no. 422, pp. 320-321, illus.
Verlet et al., Chef d'oeuvre, p. 122, illus.;
Getty, Collecting, p. 152, illus.; Jean Meuvret
and Claude Frégnac, Les Ebénistes du
Steele frangais (Paris, 1963), p. 68, fig. 1;
XVIII
e
29
30
FRENCH CORNER
CUPBOARDS
CORNER
CUPBOARDS
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Marie-Juliette Ballot, Charles Cressent:
Sculpteur, ébéniste, collectionneur,
33. Pair of Corner Cupboards
Archives
10 (Paris,
Paris, circa 1740
de Vart frangais: Nouvellepériode
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
lacquer and painted w i t h vends
Martin;
gilt-bronze mounts; sarrancolin marble tops
XVIII
e
Steele frangais (Paris, 1963), p. 46; W i l s o n ,
"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,
top o f carcass.
detail illus. o n cover.
Height: 3 ft. 3/8 i n . (99.4 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 10 4 i n . (88.3 cm); Depth: 2 ft. Ys i n .
3
(61.2 cm)
Accession number 72.DA.44.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris]; purchased by
Cupboard .1
33
J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
p. 139.
One of a pair
34. Pair of Corner Cabinets
Paris, circa 1745
A t t r i b u t e d to Charles Cressent
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, kingwood,
and amaranth; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 6 ft. 3 Yz i n . (191.8 cm); W i d t h :
10 ft. 11 i n . (332.7 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 3% i n .
(39.4 cm)
Accession number 79.DA.2.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Baron Mayer Alphonse de Rothschild,
Paris, by 1905; Baron Edouard de Roth
Cupboard . 2
33
schild, Paris; Baron G u y de Rothschild,
Paris; by descent to Baron D a v i d de Roth
schild, Paris.
34
F R E N C H
Back o f carcass stamped I . DUBOIS
three
C O R N E R
CUPBOARDS
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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
ber AR 653. Painted twice w i t h the same
XVIII
number AR 653 on the back. Signed Etienne
auXVIII
Le NoirA?aris on dial and movement. Back
p i . 13; Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild,
o f dial signed and dated a. n.
Notizen über einige meiner
martiniére.
siécle, vol. 3, Le Mobilier au XVII
Height: 9 ft. 6 i n . (289.5
c m
c m
) ; Width:
) ; Depth: 2 ft. 4 Κ i n .
Steele (Paris, 1896), pp. 146-147,
Kunstgegenstände
(Berlin, 1920), fig. 130; A d o l f Feulner,
(72 cm)
Accession number 7 9 . D A . 66
p. 445, illus. p. 321; comte Francois de
Salverte, Les Ebénistes du XVIII
e
Ordered by General M o k r o n o w s k i through
the marchand-mercier
Lullier o f Warsaw
i n 1753 for C o u n t Jan Klemens Branicki
(1689-1772), Warsaw, Poland; (?) Christine
Branicka (sister o f C o u n t Branicki), by
descent; (?) Marianna Szymanowska (née
Potocka, granddaughter o f Christine
Branicka); Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild,
Vienna, before 1896; Baron Alphonse de
Rothschild, i n the Régence (or Rote) Salon,
Theresianum Gasse 16-18, Vienna, 1905;
confiscated by the T h i r d Reich i n M a r c h
1938 and destined for the H i t l e r Museum
i n Linz; restituted to the Baroness Clarice
de Rothschild, Vienna, i n 1947 and sent to
35. Corner Cupboard
New York soon afterward; [Rosenberg and
Paris, cupboard: circa 1744-1755; clock: 1744
Stiebel, Inc., N e w York]; [Wildenstein and
By Jacques Dubois after a drawing by
Co., N e w York, M a r c h 16,1950, stock no.
Nicolas Pineau; clock movement by Etienne
18018]; [Georges Wildenstein, N e w York];
I I Le N o i r ; enamel dial by Antoine Nicolas
[Daniel Wildenstein, N e w York]; A k r a m
Martiniére
Ojjeh, 1978 (sold, Sotheby's, Monaco,
O a k veneered w i t h bois satiné, tulipwood,
June 25-26,1979, lot 60).
rosewood, and k i n g w o o d ; enameled metal;
gilt-bronze mounts
Ein
Handbuch für Sammler und Liebehaber
Kunstgeschichte des Möbels (Berlin, 1926),
P R O V E N A N C E
35
et
e
e
(1903), no. 80; Robert Schmidt, Möbel:
1y44.-y.bre.
4 ft. 3 i n . (129.5
e
e
siede:
Leurs oeuvres et leurs marques (Paris, 1927),
pp. 104-105, p l . 18; (1953 ed.), p. 197, p l . 19;
and (Paris, 1963 ed.), p. 100, p l . 18; A d o l f
Feulner, Kunstgeschichte des Möbels seit dem
Altertum
(Berlin, 1927), pp. 330-331, Pineau
design illus. p. 321; Charles Packer, Paris
Furniture
by the Master Ebénistes (Newport,
Monmouthshire, 1956), p. 34, fig. 40; Ε J. B.
Watson, Wallace Collection Catalogues:
Furniture
(London, 1956), p. 69; Andre
Boutemy, "Des Meubles Louis X V á grands
succés: Les Encoignures," Connaissance des
arts 91 (September 1959), p. 36, illus. p. 41;
Jean Meuvret and Claude Frégnac, Les
Ebénistes duXVIII
e
siede frangais (Paris,
1963), pp. 101-102, illus. p. 100; Pierre
Verlet, French Cabinetmakers of the Eigh
teenth Century (Paris, 1963), p. 102; F. J. B.
Watson, The Wrightsman Collection (New
York, 1966), v o l . ι, p. 231; vol. 2, p. 544;
Alvar González-Palacios, Gli ebanisti del
LuigiXV
(Milan, 1966), p. 67; Claude
Frégnac, Les Styles frangais de Louis XIII ä
Napoleon III(Paris,
1975), p. 100, p l . 2;
Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier frangais du
31
32
F R E N C H
C O R N E R
C U P B O A R D S
moyen age a Louis XV(Paris,
1978), p. 192,
illus. no. 217, p. 193; Pierre Kjellberg,
"Jacques Dubois," Connaissance des arts
334 (December 1979), p. 115, illus.; A d o l f
Feulner, Kunstgeschichte des Möbels (Frank
furt am M a i n , 1980), pp. 180-181, illus.
no. 292, caption p. 358; W i l s o n , "Acquisi
tions 1979 to m i d 1980," no. 1, pp.. 1 - 3 , illus.;
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 21, pp. 42-43, illus.;
W i l l i a m Kingsland, "Collecting French
Furniture," Art and Auction
(December
1983), p. 79, illus.; Pradére, Les Ebénistes,
figs. 153-154, p. 173; Handbook 1986,
p. 163, illus. p. 162; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
pp. 267, 273, illus. p. 275; Stephane Boiron,
"Jacques Dubois, maitre d u style Louis X V , "
LEstampille-L'Objet
d'artx^G (June 1990),
Cupboard .1
36
Cupboard . 2
36
Cupboard . 2
37
pp. 42-59, illus. pp. 52-53; Jonathan Bourne
and Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the Domestic
Interior: Renaissance to Art Nouveau (Lon
don, 1991), illus. p. 83, fig. 258; Handbook
1991, p. 179, illus. p. 178.
36. Pair of Corner Cupboards
Paris, circa 1750-1755
Carcass and mounts attributed to JeanPierre Latz; marquetry panels attributed to
the workshop o f Jean-Francois Oeben
Oak veneered w i t h amaranth, stained syca
more, boxwood, and rosewood; gilt-bronze
mounts; breche dAlep tops
One cupboard once had two paper labels
on the back: one inscribed illegibly
[Bollfiüd(ct)?]
i n German, the other from
the Victoria and A l b e r t M u s e u m w i t h the
Cupboard .1
37
FRENCH CORNER CUPBOARDS
notation DEPT.
LOAN FROM
OF WOODWORK
ON
L . Currie, Esq. No. 5 I
37. Pair of Corner Cupboards
Paris, circa 1750-1755
15.V.1917.
Carcass and mounts attributed to Jean-
Height: 3 ft. 2*4 i n . (97.2 cm); W i d t h :
Pierre Latz; marquetry panels attributed
2 ft. 9 4 i n . (85.7 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. πV% i n .
to the workshop o f Jean-Fransois Oeben
3
(58.7 cm)
Oak veneered w i t h amaranth, stained syca
Accession number 72.DA.39.1-.2
more, harewood, boxwood, and l i g n u m
vitae; gilt-bronze mounts; breche dAlep tops
P R O V E N A N C E
Laurence Currie, L o n d o n , 1917; private col
lection, Berlin (sold, H u g o H e l b i n g Gallery,
Frankfurt am M a i n , June 23,1936, lots
260-261); private collection, Germany (sold,
Height: 3 ft. *4 i n . (92.1 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 8% i n . (81.9 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. (61 cm)
Accession number 72.DA.69.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Lempertz Gallery, Cologne, M a r c h 11,1938,
[Sidney J. Block, L o n d o n ] ; [French and
lot 217); private collection, N e w York (sold,
Co., N e w York, 1972]; purchased by
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, October 21-22,
J. Paul Getty.
1955, lot 358); Philip R. Consolo, Palm
Beach, Florida; (?) private collection, Cali
fornia; [Frank Partridge, L t d . , L o n d o n ,
1966]; [French and Co., N e w York, 1972];
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Henry Hawley, "Jean-Pierre Latz, Cabinet
maker," Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum
Cupboard .1
3^
Cupboard . 2
38
of
Art 57-7 (September-October 1970), no. 50,
p. 255, illus. (one), fig. 50.
E X H I B I T I O N S
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
Laurence Currie, Esq.
38. Pair of Corner Cupboards
Paris, circa 1755
By Jacques Dubois
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
H e n r y Hawley, "Jean-Pierre Latz, Cabinet
Oak painted w i t h vernis Martin;
maker," Bulletin of the Cleveland
mounts; breche dAlep tops
Museum
gilt-bronze
of Art 57-7 (September-October 1970),
Each stamped I.DUBOIS
no. 49, p. 254, illus. (one), fig. 49; Wilson,
o f carcass.
and J ME on top
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
33
34
F R E N C H
C O R N E R
CUPBOARDS
Height: 4 ft. 5% i n . (135.2 cm); W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna;
2 ft. (61 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (41.9 cm)
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Vienna;
Accession number 81.DA.82.1-.2
confiscated by the T h i r d Reich i n M a r c h
P R O V E N A N C E
1938; restituted to the Baroness Clarice
Francois-Ferdinand-Joseph Godefroy, Paris
de Rothschild, Vienna, i n 1947; [Frank
(sold, H o t e l de B u l l i o n , Paris, November 15,
Partridge and Sons, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1950];
1785, lot 238 bis, to [?] Harcourt); Espirito
purchased by J. Paul Getty for Sutton Place,
Santo Family, Portugal, and Lausanne,
Surrey; distributed by the estate o f J. Paul
Switzerland (sold circa 1976); [Didier Aaron,
Getty to the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Inc., N e w York].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paul Wescher, "French Furniture o f the
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1981," no. 3, pp. 71-73,
Eighteenth Century i n the J. Paul Getty
illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 31, pp. 62-63,
Museum," Art Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer
illus. figs 14-15; Handbook 1986, p. 170,
1955), pp. 121-122; Verlet et al., Chefi
illus. (one); Pradére, Les Ebénistes, no. 238
d'oeuvre, p. 120, illus.; Getty, Collecting,
bis, p. 250.
p. 150, illus.; Hans H u t h , Lacquer of the
West: The History of a Craft and an Industry,
i$$o-i9$o (Chicago and L o n d o n , 1971), cap
tion p. 145, fig. 234; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
DESKS
p. 273; Stephane Boiron, "Jacques Dubois,
maitre d u style Louis X V , "
LObjet d'arti^e
L'Estampille-
4 0 . Desk (bureau
(June 1990), pp. 42-59,
"Mazarin")
Paris, after 1692-circa 1700
illus. p. 56.
O a k and walnut veneered w i t h brass,
tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, pewter,
copper, ebony, painted and unpainted horn,
39. Pair of Corner Cupboards
and painted paper; silvered-bronze mounts;
Paris, circa 1765
One of a pair
By Pierre Gamier
39
steel key
Top engraved w i t h unidentified arms (later
Oak veneered w i t h ebony, kingwood, ama
replacement) beneath an electoral bonnet,
ranth, boxwood, and (?) ebonized fruit-
surrounded by the Collar and the Order
wood; gilt-bronze mounts; gray-veined
o f the Toisón d'Or, supported by crowned
white marble tops
lions.
Each cupboard stamped P. GARNIER
on top
Height: 2 ft. 3% i n . (70.5 cm); W i d t h :
o f carcass. One incised / o n top o f carcass,
2 ft. 11 i n . (89 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 8 i n . (51 cm)
4 on the other.
Accession number 8 7 . D A . 7 7
F R E N C H
D E S K S
P R O V E N A N C E
M a x Emanuel, Elector o f Bavaria (16621726); Captain Thomas Leyland, L o n d o n ,
circa 1854; W i l l i a m Cornwallis West, R u t h i n
Castle, Denbighshire; by descent around
1917 to his daughter, Mary-Theresa Olivia,
Princess o f Pless; D a v i d Style, Esq. (sold,
Christie's, Wateringbury Place, Maidstone,
Kent, June 1,1978, lot 545); private collec
tion, L o n d o n (sold, Sotheby's, Monaco,
June 21,1987, lot 1097).
E X H I B I T I O N S
L o n d o n , Gore House, Kensington, French
Decorative Arts, 1854, lent by Captain Leyland; L o n d o n , The South Kensington
Museum, Special Exhibition of Works of
Art of the Mediaeval, Renaissance, and More
Recent Periods, June 1862, no. 812, lent by
Captain Leyland.
40
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
T. A . Strange, French Interiors:
Decoration,
Furniture,
Woodwork and Allied
Arts
(London, circa 1920), p. 1467; Sotheby's
Art at Auction ιρ86~ιρ8γ (London, 1987),
p. 262, illus.; "Acquisitions/1987,"
GettyMusJ
16 (1988), no. 66, pp. 176-177, illus.;
Jean-Nérée Ronfort and Jean-Dominique
Augarde, "Le Maitre d u Bureau de l'Electeur," LEstampille-LObjet
dart 243 (January
1991), pp. 4*~74> illus. p. 59.
Top
40
35
36
F R E N C H
DESKS
4i
4 1 . Double Desk
42
M a r c h 27,1772, and also i n the inventory
E X H I B I T I O N S
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,
no. 430, pp. 327-328, illus.
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, kingwood,
nephew and heir Louis-Balthazar Dange
and amaranth; gilt-bronze mounts
de Bagneux {fermier general,
Stamped J ME B. V.R.B. JME underneath
recorded i n the inventory after his death
and o n interior o f carcass. Underside o f
i n 1795; by inheritance to his wife Anne-
carcass bears several red wax seals o f the
Marie Samson and recorded i n her inven
Duke o f Argyll.
tory after death; by descent to her daughter
IJ39-IJ94),
Height: 3 ft. 6 / 2 i n . (107.8 cm); W i d t h :
Marie-Emilie-Fran9oise Dange, married
5 ft. 2% i n . (158.7 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 9 /s i n .
to Augustin Creuzé, i n rue Saint-Honoré
(84.7 cm)
[information: P. Leperlier]; Dukes o f Argyll,
Accession number 7 0 . D A . 8 7
Inveraray Castle, Argyll, Scotland, by (?)
3
the early nineteenth century (sold by Ian,
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Fran9ois Balthazar Dange, fermier
general, H o t e l de Villemare, Place Ven
dóme, Paris, recorded i n the inventory
after the death o f his wife Anne (née Jarry),
n t h D u k e o f Argyll, 19 51); Sir Robert Abdy,
Bt., L o n d o n , 1951; [Rosenberg and Stiebel,
Inc., N e w York, 1952]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty, 1952.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paul Wescher, "French Furniture o f the
Eighteenth C e n t u r y i n the J. Paul Getty
M u s e u m , " Art Quarterly \%, no. 2 (Summer
1955), p. 121, illus. p. 78; Jean Meuvret and
Claude Frégnac, Les Ebénistes du
XVIII
e
Steele frangais (Paris, 1963), p. 78, illus.;
Gerald Messadié, "J. Paul Getty, M a l i b u ,
California," Great Private
Collections,
Douglas Cooper, ed. (Zurich, 1963),
pp. 180-191, illus. p. 188; Verlet et al.,
Chefs d'oeuvre, pp. 116-117, illus.; Claude
Frégnac, Les Styles frangais (Paris, 1975), p i . 4;
Pierre Verlet, Les Meubles frangais du
XVTII
Steele (Paris, 1982), p. 27, p i . 3 (detail);
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 22, pp. 44-45, illus.;
e
F R E N C H
"The Great Collections," French
Connec
SECRETAIRES
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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;
Eighteenth Century i n the J. Paul Getty
purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1951.
Handbook1986,
p. 160, illus.; Pierre Cabanne, L'Art du
XVTII
e
siecle (Paris, 1987), p. 97, illus.;
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
pp. 135,139, illus.
p. 130; Pierre Verlet, French Furniture of
Museum," Art Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer
1955), p. 125, illus. p. 133; Gerald Messadié,
"J. Paul Getty, M a l i b u , California," Great
Private Collections, Douglas Cooper, ed.
the Eighteenth Century, Penelope Hunter-
(Zurich, 1963), pp. 180-191, illus. p. 186;
Stiebel, transí. (Charlottesville, 1991), fig. 3
Verlet et al., Chefi d'oeuvre, p. 131, illus.;
opposite p. 16; Handbook 1991, p. 176, illus.
Getty, Collecting, illus. p. 161; U l r i c h Leben,
"Die Werkstatt Bernard Molitors," Kunst
und Antiquitäten
illus. p. 52, fig. 1; U l r i c h Leben, Bernard
4 2 . Rolltop Desk
Molitor (i/tf-1833):
Paris, circa 1785-1788
By Bernard M o l i t o r . Some mounts cast by
the bronzier Fran9ois Rémond after designs
by Gambier
O a k veneered w i t h mahogany and lacquer;
gilt-bronze mounts; griotte de Flandre
marble top
Stamped B. MOLITOR
4 (1987), pp. 52-60, detail
Leben und Werk, eines
Pariser Kunsttischlers, P h . D . diss. (Bonn,
1989), p. 108; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
p. 582; U l r i c h Leben, Molitor: Ebéniste
the Ancien Regime to the Bourbon
from
Restoration
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paul Wescher, "French Furniture o f the
Eighteenth Century i n the J. Paul Getty
Museum," Art Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer
1955), p. 122, illus. p. 130; Gerald Messadié,
"J. Paul Getty, M a l i b u , California," Great
Private Collections, Douglas Cooper, ed.
(Zurich, 1963), pp. 180-191, illus. p. 189;
Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 121, illus.;
Getty, Collecting, p. 151, illus.; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
p. 273; Stephane Boiron,
"Jacques Dubois, maitre d u style Louis XV,"
LEstampille-LObjet
d'am$6
(June 1990),
pp. 42-59, illus. p. 56.
(London, 1992), p. 153, no. 70, pp. 190-191,
figs. 8-9, 81-82,154.
o n l i p o f one
interior drawer.
Height: 4 ft. 6 i n . (137 cm); W i d t h :
5 ft. n*4 i n . (181 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 10% i n .
(87 cm)
Accession number 6 7 . D A . 9
P R O V E N A N C E
SECRETAIRES
4 3 . Secretaire
Paris, circa 1755
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 .
his heir John L . Schiff, Christie's, London,
(38.4 cm)
June 22,1938, l o t 59); purchased at that sale
Accession number 65.DA.3
by J. Paul Getty.
43
37
38
F R E N C H
S E C R E T A I R E S
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
M r s . O r m e W i l s o n (sold by her executors,
Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild,
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, March 25,1949,
M e n t m o r e Towers, Buckinghamshire, late
lot 339); Paul Rosenberg, Paris; [Didier
nineteenth century; Hannah de Rothschild
Aaron, Inc., N e w York, 1984].
(Countess ofRosebery, wife o f the 5th Earl,
married 1878, died 1890), Mentmore
E X H I B I T I O N S
N e w York, The Cooper-Hewitt Museum,
Writing and Reading, September 1981January 1982; Richmond, Virginia, Experts
Choice: One Thousand Years of the Art Trade,
A p r i l 22-June 12,1983, p. 131, illus., lent by
Didier Aaron, Inc.
Towers, Buckinghamshire; Albert Primrose,
6 t h Earl o f Rosebery, M e n t m o r e Towers,
Buckinghamshire; N e i l Primrose, 7th Earl o f
Rosebery, M e n t m o r e Towers, Buckingham
shire (sold, Sotheby's, M e n t m o r e Towers,
M a y 18, 1977, l o t 24); private collection,
L o n d o n , 1977; [Mallett's, L o n d o n ] .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Bremer-David, "Acquisitions 1984," no. 4,
pp. 81-83, illus.; "Acquisitions/i984,"
GettyMusJvt,
(1985), no. 62, p. 181, illus.;
Jean-Dominique Augarde, "1749 Joseph
Baumhauer, ébéniste privilegié du roí,"
44
UEstampille 204 (June 1987), pp. 15-45,
figs, ι, 36; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, no. 53,
44. Secretaire
p. 245; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 450, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Philippe Jullian, "Mentmore,"
Connaissance
des arts 303 ( M a y 1977), p. 82, illus.; W i l s o n ,
"Acquisitions 1982," no. 12, pp. 56-60,
figs. 79, 81-84; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 37,
pp. 56-57, illus.; Pradére, Les Ebénistes,
p. 334, illus. p. 337, fig. 392; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
illus. p. 509.
p. 448.
Paris, circa 1765-1770
By Joseph Baumhauer
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, amaranth,
ebony, and boxwood; gilt-bronze mounts;
(?) portor d'ltalie top
Stamped JOSEPH
between two
fleur-de-lys
three times, twice o n the left forecorner and
once o n the right forecorner.
Height: 4 ft. 6 i n . (137 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft. 5 i n . (104 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 3 i n . (38 cm)
Accession number 84.DA.969
45. Secretaire
Paris, circa 1770
A t t r i b u t e d to Jean-Fran$ois Leleu
O a k veneered w i t h amaranth, ebony, kingw o o d , tulipwood, boxwood, and burr
amboyna; gilt-bronze mounts; steel fittings;
breche dAlep top
Inked ijyo inside the carcass. Label printed
Earl ofRosebery pasted on back.
Height: 3 ft. 6Ys i n . (107.3 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft. 11Y4 i n . (120 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 5% i n .
(43.6 cm)
Accession number 82.DA.81
45
F R E N C H
S E C R E T A I R E S
Bullion, Paris, November 15-19,1784,
gilt-bronze mounts; white marble top
lot 171, for 860 livres to Desmarest); Joseph-
Stamped M. CARLIN
Francois de Paule, marquis de Vaudreuil,
lower back. A l l the plaques except for two
Paris (sold under the direction o f Le B r u n
o f the spandrels are painted i n blue on their
i n the Grande Salle, rue de Cléry, Paris,
reverses w i t h the crossed Z's o f the Sevres
and JME twice on
November 26,1787, lot 368, for 1,305 livres
manufactory. O n all but the central frieze
to Lerouge); [Kraemer et Cie, Paris, early
plaque the crossed Z's enclose the date letter
1960s]; M m e Jorge Ortiz-Linares, Paris
X f o r 1775; the circular plaque bears the
(offered for sale, Sotheby's, Monaco,
painter's mark i n blue o f P' for Pierre le
June 14,1982, lot 423, bought i n ) ; [ B . Fabre
jeune, and i n black, 216; two spandrel and
et Fils, Paris].
the two frieze plaques bear the painter's
mark i n blue. T h e central frieze plaque
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Gillian W i l s o n , "A Secretaire by PhilippeClaude M o n t i g n y , " GettyMusJ14 (1986),
pp. 121-126, figs, ι, 4, 7; "Acquisitions/1985,"
GettyMusJ 14 (1986), no. 200, p. 246, illus.;
bears the gilder's mark LG i n gold, partly
rubbed. Rothschild inventory numbers each
chalked twice on back o f carcass: KKU 859,
AR 542, Ivll20,
and 3.
Jean-Dominique Augarde, "1749 Joseph
Baumhauer, ébéniste privilegié d u r o i , "
LEstampille
204 (June 1987), p. 30; Pradére,
"Boulle, d u Louis X I V sous Louis X V I , "
46
LEstampille-LObjet
dart o (June 1987),
pp. 56-67,118, illus.; Pradére, Les Ebénistes,
46. Secretaire
p. 305, illus. p. 307, fig. 347; Handbook 1991,
p. 190, illus.
Paris, circa 1770-1775
By Philippe-Claude M o n t i g n y
O a k and pine veneered w i t h tortoiseshell,
brass, pewter, and ebony bandings; giltbronze mounts
Stamped on the back MONTIGNY
JME.
Height: 4 ft. 7% i n . (141.5 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 9 i n . (84.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 3% i n .
(40.3 cm)
Accession number 85.DA.378
Paris, circa 1775
By M a r t i n Carlin, circular Sevres porcelain
plaque painted by Jean-Jacques Pierre le
jeunc, two o f the frieze plaques and two o f
the spandrel plaques painted by Claude
Couturier; central frieze plaque gilded by
Etienne-Henri Le Guay.
P R O V E N A N C E
Monsieur de Billy, Paris (sold through the
marchand-mercierA.-].
47. Secretaire
Paillet, H o t e l de
Oak veneered w i t h kingwood, boxwood,
and ebony, incised w i t h colored mastics;
set w i t h eight soft-paste porcelain plaques;
47
39
AO
F R E N C H
SECRETAIRES
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,
no. 29, p. 356; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
P R O V E N A N C E
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna,
by 1903; Baron Alphonse de Rothschild,
Vienna; confiscated by the T h i r d Reich
i n M a r c h 1938; restituted to the Baroness
Clarice de Rothschild, Vienna, i n 1947 and
sent to N e w York shortly afterward (sold
p. 162; Daniel Alcouffe, "Secretaire ä
abbattant," Louvre: Nouvelles acquisitions
du department des objets d'art,
ip8$-ip8p
(Paris, 1990), no. 71, p. 154, illus.; Sassoon,
Vincennes and Sevres Porcehin, no. 35,
pp. 174-176, illus. pp. 175-177.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Jean Nicolay, LArt et h Maniere des Maitres
Ebénistes frangais au XVIII
eme
siecle (Paris,
1956), p. 153, illus.; Ε J. B. Watson, Louis
XVI Furniture (London, i 9 6 0 ) , no. 89, illus.;
Jean Meuvret and Claude Frégnac, Les
Ebénistes du XVIII
e
siécle frangais (Paris,
1963), p. 221, illus.; F. Lewis Hinckley,
privately, 1950); [Rosenberg and Stiebel,
A Directory of Antique French
Inc., N e w York, 1950]; purchased by J. Paul
1735-1800 (New York, 1967), p. 69, illus.
Furniture
48. Secretaire
Getty,1950.
Paris, circa 1775
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild,
Notizen
über einige meiner Kunstgegenstände (1903),
no. 319, p. 128; Paul Wescher, "French Fur
niture o f the Eighteenth Century i n the
J. Paul Getty Museum," Art Quarterly 18,
no. 2 (Summer 1955), p. 131, illus. p. 134;
Charles Packer, French Furniture by the
Master Ebénistes (Newport, M o n m o u t h
shire, 1956), p. 59, fig. 175A; Verlet et al.,
Chef d'oeuvre, p. 127, illus.; Getty, Collecting,
By Rene Dubois
Oak veneered w i t h kingwood, tulipwood,
and lemonwood; incised w i t h colored
mastics; set w i t h mother-of-pearl; giltbronze mounts; white marble top
Stamped I.DUBOIS
and JMEon
back.
Height: 5 ft. 3 i n . (160 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 3 /8 i n . (70.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 1% i n .
5
(33.7 cm)
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 6 0
p. 156, illus. p. 157; Michael Stürmer,
P R O V E N A N C E
Handwerk
Sir Richard Wallace, Paris; Lady Wallace,
Möbelkunst
und höfische Kultur:
Europäische
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
and Baroness Cassel van D o o m , Paris (sold,
4-5
(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
Stamped C. C.SAUNIER
stamped F.DURAND
S E C R E T A I R E S
o n upper back;
Fils o n side rail o f the
stand. A l l o f the plaques painted on their
reverses w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f the
Sevres manufactory; on the two front
plaques the crossed Z's enclose the date
letter Y for 1776, and below is the painter's
mark o f three dots for Tandart; on the two
side plaques the crossed L s are flanked by
the date letter Y for 1776 and the painter's
mark Ffor Bouillat; each plaque bears the
gilder's mark BD i n gold. Each plaque bears
a paper price label (only one intact) printed
w i t h crossed Z's and inked 132 [livres].
Inscribed i n pencil Saunier le Jeune
iyyó
on carcass.
50
Height: 4 ft. i /s i n . (126.8 cm); W i d t h :
7
2 ft. 4 /8 i n . (72.8 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 4 /s i n .
5
5
(42.2 cm)
Paris, circa 1777
Accession number 6 7 . D A . 7
49
49. Secretaire
Paris, circa 1776 w i t h early twentiethcentury stand
By Claude-Charles Saunier, replaced
stand by F. D u r a n d fils; t w o o f the Sevres
50. Secretaire
By M a r t i n Carlin; the large Sevres plaques
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
Walters, N e w York (sold by his widow,
fall front painted by Raux fils amé
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, M a y 3, 1941,
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, satinwood,
lot 1399); purchased at that sale by J. Paul
amaranth, and ebony; set w i t h five soft-paste
Getty, through [Duveen].
porcelain plaques; enameled metal; giltbronze mounts; white marble top
porcelain plaques painted by Jean-Baptiste
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Tandart and t w o by Edmé-Fran$ois
Paul Wescher, "French Furniture o f the
Bouillat; all four plaques gilded by Fran9ois
Eighteenth Century i n the J. Paul Getty
Baudouin pere
Museum," Art Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer
Oak veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d and ama
1955), p. 131; Charles Packer, Paris
ranth; set w i t h four soft-paste porcelain
by the Master Ebénistes (Newport, M o n
plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; white
mouthshire, 1956), fig. 162; Savill, Sevres,
marble top
vol. 2, n . 45, p. 613; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Furniture
Sevres Porcelain, no. 37, pp. 181-182, illus.
pp. 182-183.
Stamped M. CARLIN
and JME twice under
the drawer front. A l l porcelain plaques
painted on their reverses w i t h the blue
crossed L s o f the Sevres manufactory. O n
the two large plaques the crossed Z's are
flanked by a F o n each side: one is the date
letter for 1776, the other is the painter's
mark; the two small plaques are each
painted i n black w i t h the painter's mark
41
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;
n . 3, p. 1064; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, no. 28,
the marks X a n d 10 i n gold.
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)
Accession number 8 I . D A . 8 O
no. 38, pp. 184-186, illus. pp. 184,186;
Handbook 1991, p. 192, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) D o n Francesco de Borja Alvarez de
Toledo, 16th D u k e o f Medina-Sidonia and
51. Secretaire
12th Marquess o f Villafranca; D o n Pedro
Paris, circa 1780
de Alcantara Alvarez de Toledo, 17th D u k e
A t t r i b u t e d to A d a m Weisweiler; one o f the
o f Medina-Sidonia (sold by his heir the
Sevres porcelain plaques gilded by Henry-
Marquess o f Villafranca, H o t e l D r o u o t ,
Francois Vincent lejeune
Paris, A p r i l 21,1870, lot 23); purchased at
O a k veneered w i t h amboyna and ebonized
that sale by Richard, 4th Marquess o f
wood; set w i t h five soft-paste porcelain
Hertford, Paris, through [Nieuwenhuys];
plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; white
Sir Richard Wallace, Paris, by inheritance,
marble top
1870; Lady Wallace, Paris, by inheritance,
One o f the oval plaques and the two smaller
51
1890; Sir John M u r r a y Scott, Paris, by
rectangular plaques are marked i n gold on
inheritance, 1897; Victoria, Lady Sackville,
the reverse w i t h the crossed Z's o f the Sevres
Paris, inherited 1912; [Jacques Seligmann,
manufactory, adjacent to the gilder's mark
Paris]; Baron and Baronne Edouard de
2000;
Rothschild, Paris; Baron Guy de Rothschild,
T h e central rectangular plaque and one o f
Paris, by descent; M r . and M r s . H a b i b
the oval plaques have paper Sevres price
Sabet, Paris, early 1970s.
labels printed w i t h the crossed Z's; one is
the central plaque is inscribed No353.
inked 72 [livres].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
F. J. B. Watson, WalUce Colhction Catalogues: Furniture (London, 1956), p. 159;
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1981," no. 1, pp.
63-66, illus.; D o r o thee Guilleme-Brulon,
"Les Plaques en porcelaine de Sevres dans le
mobilier," ¿'Estampille 163 (November 1983),
Height: 4 ft. 1 i n . (124.5 cm); W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
Jules Lowengard, Paris, before 1908; Baron
Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna; Baron
Alphonse de Rothschild, Vienna; confis
cated by the T h i r d Reich i n M a r c h 1938;
restituted to the Baroness Clarice de
Rothschild, Vienna, i n 1947, and sent to
N e w York soon afterward (sold privately,
1950); [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w
York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1950.
2 ft. $ A i n . (81.9 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 2 4 i n .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(37.5 cm)
Seymour de Ricci, Louis XVI
Accession number 70.DA.83
(London, 1913), p. 127, illus.; Paul Wescher,
l
3
Furniture
"French Furniture o f the Eighteenth
Century i n the J. Paul Getty Museum," Art
F R E N C H
S E C R E T A I R E S
Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer 1955), p. 126,
illus. p. 134; Charles Packer, Paris
Furniture
by the Master Ebénistes (Newport, M o n mouthshire, 1956), fig. 209; F. J. B. Watsoñ,
Louis XVI Furniture ( L o n d o n , 1963), no. 86,
illus.; Jean Meuvret and Claude Frégnac,
Les Ebénistes du XVIII
e
Steele frangais (Paris,
1963), p. 286, illus. (erroneously described as
being i n the M e t r o p o l i t a n Museum o f A r t ,
N e w York); Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre,
p. 129, illus.; Getty, Collecting, pp. 158-159,
illus.; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
p. 872;
Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porcehin,
no. 40, pp. 193-196, illus. pp. 194-197.
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;
the back is inscribed w i t h the number
ιοόργ.
Height: 4 ft. 11% i n . (152 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
(55.6 cm)
Accession number 8 5 . D A . 147
P R O V E N A N C E
Two paper labels inked Hamilton
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Jean Bedel, Les Antiquités
et la brocante
(Paris, 1981), illus. o n the front and back
Height: 5 ft. 1 i n . (155 cm); W i d t h :
covers; "Acquisitions/1985,"
3 ft. 8% i n . (112.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 6%. i n .
GettyMusJ14
(1986), no. 210, p. 250, illus.; Pierre Ramond,
(47 cm)
Marquetry (Newtown, Connecticut, 1989),
Accession number 71. D A . 104
p. 85, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
U n k n o w n collection, Paris, circa 1830;
George Watson Taylor, Erlestoke Mansion,
private collection, Belgium (sold, Galerie
Moderne, Brussels, M a r c h 15, 1976, lot
1305); [La Cour de Varenne, Paris, late
1970S-1982]; [Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w
York, 1982].
Pahce
o n the back.
Devizes, Wiltshire (sold, Erlestoke M a n
53. Secretaire
sion, July 9 et seq., 1832, lot 26); Alexander
Paris, circa 1785
Archibald Douglas, the 10th D u k e o f
A t t r i b u t e d to Jean-Henri Riesener
H a m i l t o n and 7th D u k e o f Brandon,
Oak veneered w i t h panels o f black Japanese
H a m i l t o n Palace, Lanarkshire, Scotland;
lacquer and ebony; interior fittings o f
listed i n the Duke's Dressing R o o m i n an
mahogany; gilt-bronze mounts; black
inventory o f 1835-1840; W i l l i a m , 12th D u k e
marble top
43
44
F R E N C H
S E C R E T A I R E S
o f H a m i l t o n and 9th D u k e o f Brandon,
54. Secretaire
H a m i l t o n Palace, by descent (sold, Christies,
Paris, circa 1824
L o n d o n , July 10,1882, lot 1296, to Samson
A t t r i b u t e d to Alexandre-Louis Bellangé;
Wertheimer); Cornelius Vanderbilt I I
possibly after designs by the marchand
(1843-1899), T h e Breakers, Newport, Rhode
Philippe Claude Maelrondt
Island, by (?) the 1890s; Alice Vanderbilt
Oak veneered w i t h amaranth, thuya wood,
(1846-1934, wife o f Cornelius Vanderbilt I I ) ,
ebony, and pewter; set with twelve hard-
The Breakers, Newport, Rhode Island;
paste porcelain plaques; mirrored and
Gladys Moore Vanderbilt (Countess Laszlo
painted glass; gilt-bronze mounts; rouge
Széchényi, 1886-1965), by descent (sold
griotte marble top
by her heirs, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , Novem
The four porcelain plaques o f the fall front
ber 26, 1971, lot 71); purchased at that sale
are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 on their reverse; the
by J. Paul Getty
gilt-bronze collars at the bases o f the legs are
numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (?), 7, 8, p, 10 and u;
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l l i a m Roberts, Memorials of Christies
(London, 1897), vol. 2, illus. facing p. 36;
Seymour de Ricci, Louis XVI
Furniture
(London, 1913), p. 147, illus.; Frances Buckland, " D i e Karriere eines Kunstschreiners:
Johann H e i n r i c h Riesener, Ebenist am Hofe
Ludwigs X V I , " Kunst und Antiquitäten
6
(1980), p. 37, illus. p. 28, fig. 7; Ronald
Freyberger, "Eighteenth-Century French
Furniture from H a m i l t o n Palace," Apollo
the feet mounts are numbered ^ t h r o u g h 12;
the leg sections are numbered / through 12.
Inscribed on carcass, under oval porcelain
plaque, Vovale ny lesporcehines
nontpoint
de marques.
Height: 5 ft. /s i n . (153.4
3
2 ft.
IO /I6
5
c m
) ; Width:
i n . (87.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 4% i n .
(42.6 cm)
5 4
Accession number 6 6 . D A . 1
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R O V E N A N C E
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
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
de la Seine,
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
[W. Ball, N e w York, 1938]; purchased by
lange," Connaissance des arts
J. Paul Getty, 1938.
ber 1991), pp. 80-89, Ülus. no. 10, p. 88.
naire, p. 712, illus. p. 707.
(Decem
F R E N C H
TABLES
Height: 4 ft. 2 % i n . (128.8 cm); W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
2 ft. 10 4 i n . (87 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 2 i n .
Made for Louis XIV; (?) Dupille de Saint-
J
(35.6 cm)
Severin, Paris (sold, Paris, February 21,1785,
Accession number 63.DA.1
lot 323); [Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris,
1982].
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Baron Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1874),
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Gunnersbury or N e w Court, Middlesex;
Gillian W i l s o n , "Two Newly Discovered
Leopold de Rothschild (1845-1917), H a m i l
Pieces o f Royal French
ton Place, L o n d o n , by 1889; E d m u n d de
di belli arti27-28
Furniture,"Antologia
(1985), pp. 61-66, illus.;
Rothschild (b. 1916), L o n d o n ; Frank Green,
"Acquisitions/1983," GettyMusJiz
Esq., Ashwick House, Dulverton, Somerset
p. 261, no. ι, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 142,
(sold September 19,1947); [Frank Partridge
illus.; Jacques Charles et al., De Versailles
and Sons, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; purchased by
ä Paris: Le Destín des collections royales
J. Paul Getty, October 1950.
(1984),
(Paris, 1989), illus. p. 22, fig. 12; Pradére,
Les Ebénistes, p. 47, illus. p. 46, fig. 2; Hand
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Getty, Collecting, p. 154, illus.; Savill,
55
55. Secretaire
book 1991, p. 156, illus.
Sevres, vol. 2, p. 879, n . 49, p. 901; Sassoon,
Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain, no. 36,
pp. 178-180, illus.
(?) Paris, m i d - to late nineteenth century;
circular Sévres porcelain plaque circa 1775
O a k veneered w i t h mahogany, satinwood,
and t u l i p w o o d ; set w i t h one soft-paste and
TABLES
seven hard-paste porcelain plaques; giltbronze mounts; w h i t e marble top
Stamped LELEU—a
forged stamp for Jean-
56. Reading and Writing Table
Paris, circa 1670-1675
Fran9ois L e l e u — a n d J ME at the top right
Walnut and oak veneered w i t h ivory, blue
and left corners o f the back. Painted w i t h
painted h o r n , and ebony; gilt-bronze m o l d
MA under a crown, a false mark for Marie
ings; steel; modern silk velvet
Antoinette, o n back and bearing under
Height: 2 ft. 1 i n . (63.5 cm); W i d t h :
neath a metal label stamped
ι ft. 7 / 8 i n . (48.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 2 i n .
PLACE.
HAMILTON
Circular porcelain plaque painted
on the reverse w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f
(35.5 cm)
Accession number 83.DA.21
the Sévres manufactory.
56
45
A6
F R E N C H
T A B L E S
57. Table
58. Table
Paris, circa 1680
Paris, circa 1680
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre Golle
A t t r i b u t e d to André-Charles Boulle
Oak and rosewood veneered w i t h ebony,
O a k veneered w i t h tortoiseshell, pewter,
satinwood, mahogany, tortoiseshell, pewter,
brass, ebony, h o r n , ivory, boxwood, cherry,
and brass; gilded wood; gilt-bronze mounts
natural and stained sycamore, pear, thuya
One drawer bears a paper label inked
w o o d , satinwood, cedar, beech, and ama-
N.55148005.
ranth; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 2 ft. 6/4 i n . (76.7 cm); W i d t h :
Height: 2 ft. 4 /s i n . (72 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 4 / 2 i n . (42 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 2% i n .
3 ft. 7/4 i n . (110.5 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 5 i n .
3
(36.1 cm)
(73.6 cm)
Accession number 82.DA.34
Accession number 71.DA.100
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 . ,
57
L o n d o n , 1981].
W i l l i a m H u m b l e , n t h Baron W a r d (created
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
T h e Minneapolis Institute o f Arts, June 2 9 September 3,1972, no. 55.
Top
57
FRENCH TABLES
Top
58
58
Spree und Neiße (Berlin, 1978), illus. p. 27;
59. Table
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
H e n r y R. Forster, The Stowe Catalogue:
Paris, circa 1680
"Acquisitions/1983," GetiyMusJn
(1984),
Attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle
no. 2, p. 261, illus.; Pradére, Les Ebénistes,
no. 256, p. 16; Michael Stürmer,
Handwerk
Oak veneered w i t h ebony, tortoiseshell,
no. 302, p. 108.
und höfische Kultur: Europäische
Möbel
horn, pewter, brass, ivory, boxwood, walnut,
Priced and Annotated
( L o n d o n , 1848),
kunst im 18. Jahrhundert
( M u n i c h , 1982),
satinwood or mahogany, amaranth, and
pp. 35, 215, illus.; G i l l i a n W i l s o n , "A Late
stained sycamore; gilt-bronze mounts
Seventeenth-Century French Cabinet at the
Height: 2 ft. 854 i n . (82 cm); W i d t h :
J. Paul Getty M u s e u m , " The Art
3 ft. 9% i n . (116.5 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 2 i n .
of Chicago Centennial Lecture:
Institute
Museum
Studies 10 (1983), pp. 119-131, illus.; Wilson,
(66 cm)
Accession number 83.DA.22
Selections, no. 4, pp. 8-9, illus.; Alvar
González-Palacios, 77 Tempio del gusto:
Le Arti decorative in Ltalia fra Classicismi e
barocco ( M i l a n , 1986), no. 56, p. 26, illus.;
Handbook
1986, p. 146, illus.; Pradére, Les
Ebénistes, no. 301, p. 108, illus. p. 99, fig. 56;
Handbook
1991, p. 160, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
[Bernheimer, M u n i c h , 1920s]; Hermann,
Graf von A r n i m , Schloss Muskau, Saxony,
taken to M u n i c h , 1945.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Hermann, Graf von A r n i m and W i l l i
Boelcke, Muskau: Standesherrschaft
zwischen
59
AJ
48
F R E N C H
TABLES
61. Table (bureau pfat)
Paris, circa 1725
A t t r i b u t e d to the workshops o f AndreCharles Boulle
O a k and pine veneered w i t h satiné rouge
and amaranth; modern leather top; giltbronze mounts
Black and w h i t e chalk drawing, possibly for
a corner m o u n t , o n an interior panel.
Height: 2 ft. 6Ys i n . (76.5 cm); W i d t h :
6 ft. 7 /8 i n . (202.2 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 11Y i n .
5
4
(89.5 cm)
Accession number 6 7 . D A . 10
P R O V E N A N C E
Η. H . A . Josse, Paris (sold, Galerie Georges
6o
Petit, Paris, M a y 29,1894, lot 152); pur
chased at that sale by Edouard Chappey,
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,
A t t r i b u t e d to Andre-Charles Boulle
Paris, 1985].
Paris, December 4-5, 1905, l o t 135, to
6 0 . Table (bureau ρ fat)
[Jacques Seligmann, Paris]); Fran$ois Coty,
Oak veneered w i t h tortoiseshell, ebony, and
brass; gilt-bronze mounts; leather top
Height: 2 ft. 7 % i n . (80.5 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft. 2 4 i n . (98.5 cm); D e p t h : 6 ft. 4V16 i n .
3
(195.4 cm)
Accession number 85.DA.23
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris (sold, Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris,
"Le Meuble Boulle," Connaissance des arts 2
(April 1952), p. 20; Stephane Faniel et al.,
Le XVIII
e
siecle frangais (Collection Connais
sance des arts, Paris, 1958), p. 60, fig. 6;
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJiA
November 30-December 1,1936, lot 84,
to [ B . Fab re et Fils, Paris]); confiscated by
the T h i r d Reich, 1940-1945; [Cameron, L o n
don, 1949]; purchased b y J. Paul Getty, 1949.
(1986),
P R O V E N A N C E
no. 193, p. 243, illus.; Pradére, Les Ebénistes,
Alexandre de Flahaut, comte de la Billar-
no. 82, p. 102, illus. p. 78, fig. 27.
E X H I B I T I O N S
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
d'Angiviller, Paris; by descent to Auguste-
de ιροο, no. 2904; Paris, Exposition
Charles-Joseph (178 5-1870), comte de
spective de Van frangais des origines ä 1800,
Flahaut de la Billarderie, Paris, and French
1900, p. 299, illus. p. 188.
ambassador to England 1860-1862; by
descent to E m i l y de Flahaut, Baroness Keith
and Nairne, Paris and L o n d o n ; (?) Lady
E m i l y Fitzmaurice, L o n d o n ; Α. Ε . H .
universelle
retro
F R E N C H
TABLES
62
61
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
decoration, mobilier (Paris, 1966), no. 133,
P R O V E N A N C E
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
illus.
late eighteenth century; Lieutenant Colonel
e
XVIII
e
a la fin du
siecle, v o l . 3, Le Mobilier au XVII
e
au XVIII
e
H o n . H e n r y Fane (son o f Jane, Countess
et
o f Westmorland; died 1857), Cotterstock
siecle (Paris, 1896), illus. p. 99;
Frantz M a r c o u and Emile Moliner, Cata
logue officiel illustre de Texposition retro
spective de l'art frangais des origines ä 1800
(Paris, 1900), illus. pp. 113-114 and fol. 60;
Marie-Juliette Ballot, Charles Cressent:
Sculpteur, ébéniste, collectionneur, Archives
de Vart frangais: Nouvellepériode
10 (Paris,
1919), pp. 113-114,136-137,145; A d o l f
Feulner, Kunstgeschichte des Möbels seit
dem Altertum
(Berlin, 1927), p. 314; Getty,
Collecting, pp. 142-143, illus.; Pierre Verlet,
La Maison du XVIII
e
siecle en France:
Société,
6 2 . Writing and Card Table
Paris, circa 1725
Oak and pine veneered w i t h satiné rouge
and kingwood; walnut drawers; gilt-bronze
mounts; modern silk velvet
Closed Height: 2 ft. 6Y i n . (76.8 cm);
4
W i d t h : 3 ft. 3% i n . (101.3 cm); D e p t h :
ι ft. 8%. i n . (51.4 cm); Opened Height:
2 ft. 5/8 i n . (74 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. 3% i n .
(101.3 cm); Depth: 3 ft. 4 i n . (101.6 cm)
Accession number 75.DA.2
H a l l ; H e n r y Dundas, 5th Viscount Melville
(cousin o f H o n . H e n r y Fane, died 1904),
Cotterstock H a l l ; Dundas family, Melville
Castle, Scotland, u n t i l 1967; [Alexander and
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; [French and Co.,
N e w York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
49
50
F R E N C H
TABLES
64
63
63. Table (bureau pfat)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R O V E N A N C E
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,"
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,
6 ft. 4% i n . (193.7
p. 35, fig. 17, p. 36, and no. 22, p. 43.
c m
) ; D e p t h : 3 ft. 1/2 i n .
LEstampille-LObjet
n m s
-
(95.2 cm)
Cabinet de la Souveraine, Chinese Palace,
Accession number 55.DA.3
P R O V E N A N C E
Oranienbaum (near St. Petersburg), by
1904; [Duveen Brothers, N e w York, 1935];
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
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
and Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968),
Oak veneered w i t h satiné rouge; modern
London; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, by 1935
leather top; gilt-bronze mounts
loan, 1921-1923.
(sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 24,1971, l o t
98); purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
A l l mounts stamped w i t h the crowned Cfor
E X H I B I T I O N S
1745-1749·
St. Petersburg, Exposition
Height: 2 ft. γΥιβ i n . (78.9 cm); W i d t h :
d'objets d'art ä Saint-Petersbourg, 1904,
5 ft.
pp. 229, 231, illus. p. 232.
E X H I B I T I O N S
Oslo, Norway, T h e Nasjonalgalleriet, o n
Palace; Helen, Duchess o f MecklenburgStrelitz (Princess o f Saxe-Altenburg),
i n . (181.3 cm); Depth: 3 ft. 3 /s i n .
5
II /S
(100.7
3
c
m
)
Accession number 71. D A . 9 5
retrospective
F R E N C H
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Height: 2 ft. 7 i n . (78.7 cm); W i d t h :
Denis Roche, Le Mobilier frangais en Russie
5 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (163.8 cm); Depth: 2 ft. j A i n .
3
(Paris, 1912), v o l . 1, p l . 18; Duveen and Co.,
(79.6 cm)
A Catalogue of Works of Art of the Eighteenth
Accession number 7 8 . D A . 8 4
Century in the Collection of Anna
TABLES
Thomson
Dodge (Detroit, 1933), p. ix, illus.; Andre
Boutemy, "L'Ebéniste Joseph Baumhauer,"
Connaissance des arts 157 (March 1965), illus.
p. 88; Jean-Dominique Augarde, "1749
Joseph Baumhauer, ébéniste privilegié d u
P R O V E N A N C E
Henry Hirsch, L o n d o n (sold, Christie s,
London, June 11,1931, lot 171); [J. M .
Botibol, London, 1931]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty, 1931.
roi," LEstampille 204 (June 1987), pp. 15-45,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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,
65. Table
"A Newly-Found Table by Edward Holmes
{bureaupfa)
Baldock," Apollo 119 (January 1984),
Paris, circa 1745-1749
66
pp. 38-42, illus.; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
By Bernard I I van Risenburgh
O a k veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d and ebony;
p. 139.
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
Paris, circa 1750
1745-1749·
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
Stamped J.F.OEBEN
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
P R O V E N A N C E
65
66
Top
zná JME underneath.
[B. Fabre et Fils, Paris]; [Cameron, L o n d o n ] ;
purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1949.
1964), pp. 207-224, illus. p. 215, fig. 23;
Getty, Collecting, p. 153, illus.; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
p. 619.
51
52
F R E N C H
T A B L E S
6j. Writing and Toilet Table
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris, circa 1754
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 27, pp. 54-55, illus.;
By Jean-Francois Oeben
Handbook 1986, p. 166, illus.; Pradére, Les
O a k veneered w i t h kingwood, tulipwood,
Ebénistes, illus. p. 255, fig. 264; Kjellberg,
amaranth, boxwood, sycamore, pear, satin-
Dictionnaire,
wood, lemon, padouk, and stained horn
illus.
p. 619; Handbook 1991, p. 182,
beam; leather; silk fabric lining; gilt-bronze
mounts
Stamped J . Ε OEBEN
twice underneath
table and inscribed i n i n k No. 4. Label
underneath table printed Mrs John D.
Rockefeller, Jr.; label inside drawer inked
C. 64781J. D. RJ /10
NR
West Fifty
fourth
Street, New York.
Height: 2 ft. 4 i n . (71.1 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (80 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 4 % i n .
6?
(42.8 cm)
Accession number 71.DA. 103
68. Writing Table
Paris, circa 1755
By Bernard I I van Risenburgh
O a k and pine veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d ,
k i n g w o o d , amaranth, and laburnum;
modern leather panel; gilt-bronze mounts
Stamped B. V.R.B, and J ME twice under the
front rail. A label pasted underneath printed
Londesborough under a coronet. Another
label printed J . J .ALLEN,
P R O V E N A N C E
Depositories, LONDON
John George M u r r a y (1871-1917), Marquess
Countess
Ltd.,
Furniture
and stenciled
Londesborough.
o f Tullibardine, 8th Duke o f A t h o l l , Scot
land; M a r y Gavin ( H o n . M r s . Robert
Baillie-Hamilton), by inheritance; Lady
Harvey, London, by inheritance; [Lewis
and Simmons, Paris]; Judge Elbert H . Gary,
N e w York (sold, American A r t Association,
Top
A p r i l 21,1928, lot 272, when the above
67
provenance was given); [Duveen Brothers,
N e w York]; [Raymond Kraemer, Paris];
Martha Baird (Mrs. John D . Rockefeller, Jr.)
(sold, Parke-Bernet, N e w York, October 23,
1971, lot 712); [The Antique Porcelain Co.,
N e w York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
68
F R E N C H
70.
Height: 2 ft. 5 / 2 i n . (74.9 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft. i A
7
i n . (96.2
cm);
T A B L E S
Card Table
Paris, circa 1760
D e p t h : 1 ft. i o / i 6 i n .
n
By Jean-Fran$ois Oeben
(57.6 cm)
Oak veneered w i t h tulipwood, kingwood,
Accession number 6 5 . D A . 1
and green stained burr wood; modern baize
P R O V E N A N C E
lining; gilt-bronze mounts
Lady Grace Adelaide Fane (Countess o f
Stamped J.EOEBEN
Londesborough, wife o f the 2nd Earl,
beneath.
Height: 2 ft. 3% i n . (70.5 cm); W i d t h :
married 1887, died 1933), L o n d o n (sold,
2 ft. 9 / 2 i n . (85 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 2 / 2 i n .
H a m p t o n and Sons, L o n d o n , July 24,1933,
(36.8 cm)
lot 123); [J. M . B o t i b o l , L o n d o n , by 1937];
Accession number 71. D A . 105
purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1938.
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Probably purchased by Sir Charles Mills
Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 119, illus.;
or his son Charles Henry, created L o r d
Getty, Collecting, p. 149, illus.; Kjellberg,
Dictionnaire,
H i l l i n g d o n i n 1886, Essex; Charles, 4th
p. 139.
L o r d H i l l i n g d o n (born 1922), Essex, by
descent (sold, Christie s, London, M a y 14,
6
69. Table
1970, lot 102); [Frank Partridge, L t d . ,
9
London, 1970]; [French and Co., N e w
, York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Paris, circa 1760
By A d r i e n Faizelot-Delorme
O a k veneered w i t h amaranth and green
stained burr yew; modern silver fittings
i n drawer for i n k , sand, and sponge; giltbronze mounts
Stamped DELORME
twice and JME once on
drawer panel.
Height: 2 ft. 3/8 i n . (68.9 cm); W i d t h :
n / 8 i n . (29.4 cm); D e p t h : 9 /s i n . (24.4 cm)
5
5
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 64
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris art market, early 1970s; [Rosenberg
and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York, 1972]; pur
chased by J. Paul Getty.
70
53
54
FRENCH
TABLES
Stamped by Bernard van Risenburgh,"
71. Table
(1981), pp. 167-174, figs. 1-5,
Table: Paris, early twentieth century
GettyMusJy
Porcelain: Sévres manufactory, 1761
8-9; Antoinette Fäy-Halle et al., Frangois
Carcass perhaps by an imitator o f Bernard I I
Boucher (The M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m of Art,
van Risenburgh; porcelain top painted by
New York, 1986), no. 97, p. 355; Savill,
Charles-Nicolas D o d i n after a design by
Sevres, v o l . 2, n . 2f, p. 812; Kjellberg, Die-
Francois Boucher
tionnaire, p. 139; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Painted oak; set w i t h a soft-paste porcelain
Sevres Porcelain, no. 32, pp. 162-165, illus.
plaque; gilt-bronze mounts
pp. 163,165.
Stamped B. V.R.B, and J ME
underneath
drawer. Underside o f the porcelain plaque
painted w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f the
7 2 . Toilet Table
Sévres manufactory enclosing the date letter
Paris, circa 1760-1765
/ f o r 1761, and w i t h the painters mark k.
A t t r i b u t e d to Jean-Fran9ois Leleu
Height: 2 ft. 2 /s i n . (66.9 cm); W i d t h :
3
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.
1913 Meyer Sassoon Esq. inside drawer.
Cavendish-Bentinck (offered for sale,
71
Christie's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 3, 1893, lot 123,
Paper label printed BURLINGTON
CLUB EXHIBITION
FINE
bought i n ) ; (?) John Cockshut, Esq.
ARTS
(sold after his death, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
FRENCH
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.
SCHOOL
OF THE
OF THE
XVIIITH
Chenue, 24
Rue....
underneath table.
English collection; [Rosenberg and Stiebel,
despetits Champs
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;
Adrian Sassoon, "New Research o n a Table
Top
71
1874, lot 693); (?) E d m u n d , ist L o r d
Grimsthorpe (1816-1905); Leopold George
Frederick, 5th Viscount Clifden (sold,
F R E N C H
T A B L E S
Robinson and Fisher, M a y 21 et seq., 1895,
lot 606, to [Seligmann, Paris], for 750
guineas); M r . and M r s . Meyer Sassoon,
Pope's Manor, Berkshire; V i o l e t Sassoon
(Mrs. Derek C. Fitzgerald), Heathfield Park,
Sussex (offered for sale, Sotheby's, London,
November 22, 1963, l o t 132, bought i n ; sold,
Christies, L o n d o n , M a r c h 23,1972, lot 88);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
E X H I B I T I O N S
L o n d o n , T h e B u r l i n g t o n Fine Arts Club,
1913; L o n d o n , M o r t o n Lee and Mallet and
Sons, The Royal Cabinetmakers
of France,
July 1951, no. 8, illus.
73
7 3 . Console Table
Paris, circa 1765-1770
Design by V i c t o r Louis; table attributed
to Pierre Deumier
Silvered and gilt bronze; bleu turquin
marble top
Each gilt-bronze element is stamped w i t h
the letter B.
Height: 2 ft. j / s i n . (83.5 cm); W i d t h :
7
4 ft. 3 i n . (129.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 8 Κ i n .
(52 cm)
Accession number 88.DF.II8
P R O V E N A N C E
72
Arturo Lopez-Willshaw, Paris (sold,
Sotheby's, Monaco, June 23, 1976, l o t 108);
purchased at that sale by The British Rail
Pension Fund.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Fran9ois-Georges Pariset, "Jeszcze o Pracach
W i k t o r a Louisa D l a Z a m k u Warszawskiego,"
Biuletyn Historii Sztuki,Nr.
2, Rok 24
(1962), pp. 141,154; "Acquisitions/1988,"
GettyMusJ 17 (1989), no. 73, p. 142, illus.;
D a v i d Harris Cohen, "The Chambre des
Portraits Designed by V i c t o r Louis for
the K i n g o f Poland," GettyMusJ'19 (1991),
pp. 75-98, illus. p. 89, fig. 23a; Handbook
1991, p. 187, illus.
55
56
F R E N C H
T A B L E S
Height: 2 ft. 3% i n . (70.5 cm); Diameter:
ι ft. 3 /8 i n . (39.1 cm)
3
Accession number 7 0 . D A . 7 4
P R O V E N A N C E
Alfred de Rothschild, Halton, Buckingham
shire, after 1884; A l m i n a Wombwell (daugh
ter o f Alfred de Rothschild, Countess o f
Carnarvon, wife o f the 5th Earl, married
1895, died 1969), 1918; [Henry Symons
and Co., L o n d o n , 1919]; [French and Co.,
N e w York, 1919]; M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w
York, 1919 (sold by his heir John L . Schiff,
Christies, L o n d o n , June 22,1938, lot 52);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Pradére, Les Ebénistes, no. 70, p. 359; Kjell
berg, Dictionnaire, pp. 158,162; Sassoon,
Vincennes and Sevres Porcekin, no. 33,
pp. 166-169,
74
74. Table
m u s
- PP- 167-169.
75. Table
Table: Paris, circa 1773
Porcelain: Sevres manufactory, 1773
Table: Paris, circa 1770
Table by M a r t i n Carlin; circular porcelain
Porcelain: Sevres manufactory, 1764
plaque attributed to Jacques-Fran9ois
A t t r i b u t e d to M a r t i n Carlin
Micaud
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
Accession number 70.DA.75
75
P R O V E N A N C E
F R E N C H
T A B L E S
York, 1920 (sold by his heir John L . Schiff,
Christies, L o n d o n , June 22,1938, lot 51);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 128, illus.;
Getty, Collecting, p. 158; Dorothée GuilleméBrulon, " U n decor pour les meubles,"
LEstampille
165 (January 1984), pp. 18-30,
illus. p. 24; Pradére, Les Ebénistes, no. 69,
p. 359; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, pp. 158,162;
77
Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain,
77. Table (bureau pfat)
no. 34, p p . 170-172, illus. pp. 171-173.
Paris, 1777
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Oak veneered w i t h satinwood and amaranth;
76 Music Stand
modern leather top; gilt-bronze mounts
Paris, circa 1770-1775
Underside o f table painted i n black w i t h the
A t t r i b u t e d to M a r t i n Carlin
partly obliterated French royal inventory
O a k veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d and pear-
mark No. 290$. Stamped under same panel,
wood; incised w i t h colored mastics; gilt-
i n the f o r m o f a circle that is half cut away,
bronze mounts
[GARDE-MEUBJLE
Stamped JME under oval shelf.
ing the monogram MA. Also painted under
M a x i m u m Height: 4 ft. 10 A i n . (148.6 cm);
l
76
M i n i m u m Height: 3 ft. 1 i n . (94.2 cm);
W i d t h : ι ft. 7 4 i n . (50.2 cm); Depth:
3
ι ft. 2% i n . (36.8 cm)
DE LA REINE
enclos
neath table is a crown that originally
appeared over the letters CT, w h i c h are
now cut away.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paul Wescher, "An Inlaid Music Stand by
Height: 2 ft. 5V% i n . (74.9 cm); W i d t h :
M a r t i n Carlin and Related Pieces," Bulletin
4 ft. 5V2 i n . (135.9
of the J . Paul Getty Museum oj'Art (1959),
(70.8 cm)
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
London; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
i960), no. 125, pp. 130-131, illus.; Verlet
Accession number 55.DA.4
P R O V E N A N C E
(New York,
et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, pp. 125-126, illus.;
Getty, Collecting, p. 156, illus.
c
m
) ; Depth: 2 ft. 3% i n .
P R O V E N A N C E
Ordered by Marie-Antoinette for the cabinet
o f Louis X V I i n the Petit Trianon, Versailles,
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 , 19671971]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
57
58
F R E N C H
T A B L E S
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
twentieth-century Duveen inventory
Geoffrey de Bellaigue, The James A. de
number 2961$. Porcelain plaques marked
Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor:
variously (not all are marked) w i t h the
Furniture,
crossed I's o f the Sevres manufactory i n red,
Clocks and Gilt Bronzes (Fribourg,
the date letters A A for 1778, Vandé s mark
1974), vol. ι, no. 69; vol. 2, no. 103;
Christian Baulez and Denise Ledoux-Lebard,
VD, and paper labels printed w i t h the
77 mobile Francese dal Luigi XVI alTart decó
crossed Z's and inked w i t h the prices o f 30
( M i l a n , 1981), p. 12, fig. 12; Jacques Charles
and 96 [livres].
et al., De Versailles ä Paris: Le Destín des col
Height: 2 ft. 6 Á i n . (77.5 cm); W i d t h :
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 .
l
5
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 712; Pierre Verlet,
Le Mobilier
(62 cm)
royal frangais, vol. 4, Meubles
Accession number 83.DA.385
de la couronne conserves en Europe et aux
Etats-Unis
P R O V E N A N C E
(Paris, 1990), pp. 80-82, illus.
pp. 11, 81.
78
78 Toilet Table
Grand Duchess Maria-Feodorovna o f Russia
(later czarina o f Paul I ) , purchased i n 1782
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
from the marchand-mercier
Geoffrey de Bellaigue, The James A. de
Daguerre i n Paris, installed i n her chambre ä
Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor:
Paris, circa 1777-1780
Furniture,
Oak and pine veneered w i t h t u l i p w o o d and
1974), vol. 2, pp. 498-499·
Clocks and Gilt Bronzes (Fribourg,
Dominique
coucher at Pavlovsk (near St. Petersburg),
Russia; Russian Imperial Collections, Palace
o f Pavlovsk; [Duveen and Co., N e w York],
stained holly; marquetry panels o f amaranth,
purchased i n 1931 from the Soviet govern
satinwood, pearwood, tulipwood, apple-
ment; A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose Terrace,
wood, ebony, and other stained fruitwoods;
gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 2 ft. 4 / 8 i n . (71.3 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 7 4 i n . (80.6 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 8 /s i n .
3
5
(83 cm)
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 67
79. Writing Table (bureau pfot)
Table: Paris, circa 1778
Porcelain: Sevres manufactory, circa 1778
T h e table by M a r t i n Carlin; at least seven
Grosse Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n , 1931 (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 24,1971, lot 135);
H a b i b Sabet, Geneva, 1971 (sold, Christie s,
L o n d o n , December 1,1983, lot 54).
Sevres porcelain plaques gilded by Jean-
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Baptiste-Emmanuel Vandé pere
Alexandre Benois, Les Tresors d'art en Russie
O a k veneered w i t h tulipwood; set w i t h
(St. Petersburg, 1907), vol. 7, p. 186, p l . 20;
Sir Albert Edward Primrose, 6th Earl o f
fourteen soft-paste porcelain plaques; m o d
Denis Roche, Le Mobilier frangais en Russie
P R O V E N A N C E
Rosebery (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , Decem
ern leather top; gilt-bronze mounts
(Paris, 1913), v o l . 2, p l . 55; Duveen and Co.,
ber 2,1971, lot 112); [French and Co., N e w
Stamped M. CARLIN
A Catalogue of Works of Art of the Eighteenth
York, 1971]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
JME
(partly effaced) and
under front-right rail. Printed paper
trade label o f D o m i n i q u e Daguerre under
neath left-rear rail; three Russian inventory
numbers painted o n carcass; central drawer
contains a paper label inked w i t h the
Century in the Collection of Anna
Thomson
Dodge (Detroit, 1933), introduction p. v i i
F R E N C H
CARVED
TABLES
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
[Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris, 1986].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMus]Ί6
(1988),
no. 65, p. 176, illus.
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,
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
p. 157; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porce
Museum of Art
(London, 1964), pp. 112, 114, 130; A n t h o n y
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
lain, no. 39, pp. 188-192, illus. pp. 189-192.
80
59
6θ
F R E N C H
C A R V E D
T A B L E S
81 Table or Stand
83. Console Table
Paris, circa 1700-1715
Paris, circa 1725-1730
Gessoed and gilded oak
Gessoed and gilded oak and pine;
Height: 2 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (72.5 cm); W i d t h :
marble top
2 ft. 6 / 2 i n . (77 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 8 / 2 i n .
Height: 2 ft. io /s i n . (87.5 cm); W i d t h :
(52 cm)
2 ft. 3 i n . (68.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 3% i n .
7
Accession number 90.DA.23
(40 cm)
Accession number 85.DA.125
P R O V E N A N C E
English private collection; L o n d o n art mar
82
ket; [B. Fabre et Fils, Paris, 1989].
(1991),
no. 55, p. 161, illus.
[Gerard Kerin, L o n d o n ] (sold, Christie s,
L o n d o n , July 1, 1982, lot 42); [Didier
82. Console Table
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1990," GettyMusJiy
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, circa 1725
Aaron, Paris]; [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc.,
Gessoed and gilded oak; lumachella pavo-
N e w York].
nazza marble top
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Pasted under back rail, the remains o f a
printed label, 102, George Street, Portman
Square,
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ\4
(1986),
no. 194, p. 244, illus.
Wl.
Height: 2 ft. io /s i n . (87.3 cm); W i d t h :
3
4 ft. ii A i n . (152.1 cm); Depth: 1 ft. uV i n .
7
A
(59.1cm)
Accession number 72. D A . 68
P R O V E N A N C E
Christie Robert, London, circa 1885-1916;
Baroness van Zuylen van Nyevelt van de
Haar, Paris, by 1964 (sold, Palais Galliera,
Paris, June 8,1971, lot 77); [Rosenberg and
Stiebel, Inc., N e w York, 1972]; purchased by
81
J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Eveline Schlumberger, "En Hommage ä
Gerard M i l l e : l'appartement qui illustre le
mieux le style baroque qui couronna sa carriere de décorateur," Connaissance des arts
146 (April 1964), illus. p. 71.
83
F R E N C H
CARVED
TABLES
Height: 2 ft. 10/2 i n . (87.6 cm); W i d t h :
6 ft. 5 /8 i n . (197.1 cm); Depth: 3 ft. 9 V 8 i n .
5
(115.8 cm)
Accession number 72.DA.58
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Baroness Lionel de Rothschild (née
Charlotte v o n Rothschild), Gunnersbury
Park, Middlesex; Alfred de Rothschild
(1842-1918), H a l t o n , Buckinghamshire, by
1884; by descent to E d m u n d de Rothschild
(b. 1916), Exbury, Hampshire; [Frank
Partridge and Sons, L t d . , London, 1972];
[French and Company, N e w York, on con
signment from Frank Partridge and Sons,
L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
8
84. Side Table
4
85. Center Table
Paris, circa 1730
Top: See entry no. 320 under
Gessoed and gilded oak; breche violette top
Italian
Height: 2 ft. 11 Ys i n . (89.3 cm); W i d t h :
Support: Paris, circa 1745
5 ft. 7 i n . (170.2 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 8 i n .
Gessoed and gilded w o o d
Furniture
(81.3 cm)
Accession number 7 9 . D A . 6 8
86
P R O V E N A N C E
Vicomtesse de Β . . . , Paris (sold, H o t e l
86. Console Table
D r o u o t , Paris, A p r i l , 26, 1923, lot 21);
Paris, circa 1750-1755
[Fran$ois-Gérard Seligmann, Paris].
Design closely related to the w o r k o f
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"
no. 3, pp. 5-6, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 154,
illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 168, illus.
85
Contant d ' l v r y (1698-1777)
Gessoed and gilded oak; modern marble top
Height (without top): 3 ft.% i n . (92.1 cm);
W i d t h : 5 ft. 8 4 i n . (174.6 cm); Depth:
3
2 ft. 3 4 i n . (70.5 cm)
3
Accession number 91.DA.21
6l
62
F R E N C H
C A R V E D
T A B L E S
88. Console Table
P R O V E N A N C E
T h e Barons o f Hastings, M e l t o n Constable,
Paris, circa 1780
Norfolk; by descent to the 21st Baron, Sir
After designs b y Richard de Lalonde.
Albert Edward Delaval (sold w i t h the house
Painted walnut
i n 1940 to the D u k e o f Westminster); Roger
Height: 2 ft. 9 i n . (84 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9 i n .
Gawn, M e l t o n Constable, N o r f o l k (sold,
(84 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 4 i n . (32.5 cm)
Christies, L o n d o n , December 4,1986,
Accession number 91. D A . 16
3
lot 96); [Jonathan Harris, L o n d o n ] .
P R O V E N A N C E
[B. Fabre et Fils, Paris, 1990].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Pallot, L'Art du siege, illus. p. 155; "Acquisi
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
tions/1991," GettyMusJ 20 (1992), no. 77,
r
87
p. 174, illus.
"Acquisitions/1991," GettyMusJ zo
(1992),
no. 73, p. 173, illus.
87. Console Table
Paris, circa 1775
SEAT
FURNITURE
Gessoed, painted, and gilded oak; bleu
turquin marble t o p
89. Pair of Settees
Height: 2 ft. 9 4 i n . (85.7 cm); W i d t h :
Settee .1: French, circa 1700
3 ft. 5% i n . (104.7
Settee .2: English, circa 1830
3
c m
) ; D e p t h : 1 ft. 6*4 i n .
(46.3 cm)
Gessoed and gilded w o o d ; modern
Accession number 89.DA.29
upholstery
Height: 3 ft. 10V% i n . (117.1 cm); W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
6 ft. 11 4 i n . (212.7
3
[Kraemer et Cíe, Paris].
c m
) ; D e p t h : 2 ft. 1 i n .
(63.6 cm)
Accession number 78.DA.100.1-.2
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1989," GettyMusJ\% (1990),
no. 56, p. 195, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
88
Sir Ivor C h u r c h i l l Guest, Viscount W i m bourne (born 1873), Ashby St. Ledgers,
N o r t h a m p t o n , England; [Frank Partridge,
L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; purchased by J. Paul Getty
for Sutton Place, Surrey, 1968; distributed
by the estate o f J. Paul Getty to the J. Paul
Getty Museum.
F R E N C H
SEAT
F U R N I T U R E
T h u g n y (Ardennes); [(?) David Z o r k Co.,
Chicago, Illinois]; [A La Vieille Russie,
N e w York, 1984].
E X H I B I T I O N S
Reims, France, Palais archiepiscopal,
1876, (?) no. 267, lent by M . le comte de
Chabrillan [information: P. Leperlier].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJiT, (1985),
no. 48, p. 176, illus.; Jean Feray, "Le
M o b i l i e r Crozat," Connaissance des arts
429 (November 1987), pp. 67-68, n. 2;
"The Crozat Suite," Christies Review of the
Season ip88 (Oxford, 1989), pp. 214-215;
Daniel Alcouffe, "Les recentes acquisitions
des musées nationaux, Musée d u Louvre,
One
of
'Deux fauteuils d u mobilier Crozat,' " La
a pair
Revue du Louvre et des Musées de France 4
Both paper labels are partially covered by
(1989), p. 264; Daniel Alcouffe, "Paire de
L o n d o n , 25 Park Lane, Three French Reigns,
a second, r o u n d label printed w i t h A La
Fauteuils," Louvre: Nouvelles acquisitions
F e b r u a r y - A p r i l 1933, no. 529, illus.; W o o d -
Vieille Russie.
du département
side, California, Filoli, o n loan, 1979-1991.
Height: ι ft. 6 A i n . (47 cm); W i d t h :
E X H I B I T I O N S
l
des objets d'art, ip8$-ip8p
(Paris, 1990), no. 67, pp. 140-142.
2 ft. ι i n . (63.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 6 /s i n .
7
(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,
née Anne-Marie de Chabrillan (1894-1983)
Illinois.
and her son, le comte Robert-Henry de
Caumont La Force, at the Chateau de
90
63
6A
F R E N C H
S E A T
F U R N I T U R E
92. Desk Chair (fauteuil de cabinet)
Paris, circa 1735
A t t r i b u t e d to Etienne Meunier
Walnut; leather upholstery; velvet pocket
linings; brass studs
Height: 2 ft. n /s i n . (90.8 cm); W i d t h :
3
2 ft. 4 i n . (71.1 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 1%. i n .
(64.1 cm)
Accession number 71.DA.91
P R O V E N A N C E
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York]; A n n a
T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse
Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n (sold, Christies,
L o n d o n , June 24,1971, lot 48); purchased
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
One of four
91
93
One of two
91. Four Armchairs (fauteuih a fa reiné)
Paris, circa 1735
93. Two Armchairs (fauteuih) and Two
Side Chairs (chaises)
Gessoed and gilded walnut, modern silk vel
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 .
Paris]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
(62 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 3 /s i n . (69.4 cm)
3
3
Accession number 82.DA.95.1—.4
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Pallot, L'Art du siege, p. 108, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, England, from the eigh
teenth century u n t i l 1979; [ W i l l i a m Red-
92
ford, L o n d o n , 1979]; [Alexander and
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1979].
F R E N C H
SEAT F U R N I T U R E
Chairs: Height: 3 ft. 5% i n . (104.7
c m
);
W i d t h : 2 ft. 6 i n . (76.2 cm); Depth:
ι ft. u /i6 i n . (59.6 cm); Settee: Height:
7
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
Chairs: Private collection, New York (sold,
Sotheby's, N e w York, October 1981, lot 314);
[Matthew Schutz, L t d . , New York, 1982].
Settee: M r s . Rose Freda, N e w York;
[Edward D e Pasquale, N e w York, 1983]
(sold, Sotheby's, N e w York, M a y 4, 1984,
lot 41).
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
94
Bremer-David, "Acquisitions 1983,"
GettyMusJiz
(1984), no. 8 (armchairs),
pp. 198-199, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(1984), no. 10 (armchairs),
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1982," no. 4,
GettyMusJiz
pp. 28-33, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 156,
p. 265, illus.; "Acquisitions/1984,"
illus. (one armchair); Pallot, L'Art du siege,
13 (1985), no. 56 (settee), p. 179, illus.; Pallot,
GettyMusJ
p. 102, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 171, illus.
L'Art du siege, p. 278, illus. and p. 300;
(one armchair).
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, pp. 33, 37.
94. Pair of Armchairs (fauteuib a L· reiné)
and One Settee
Paris, circa 1750-1755
By Jean Avisse
Gessoed and gilded oak; modern upholstery
Each chair stamped I AVISSE
beneath rear
rail. Settee stamped IAVISSE
twice beneath
rear rail.
One of a pair
94
65
66
F R E N C H
SEAT
F U R N I T U R E
Height: 3 ft. 4 i n . (93.3 cm); W i d t h :
3
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^
no. 59, p. 180, illus.; Kjellberg,
(1985),
Dictionnaire,
p. 403.
2 ft. 2 /8 i n . (67.6 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9 % i n .
5
(55.5 cm)
Accession number 7 0 . D A . 7 0 . 1 - . 2
P R O V E N A N C E
Chateau de Versailles, 1762; Chateau de
96. Pair of Armchairs (fauteuils a L· reiné)
Frames: Paris, 1762
Fontainebleau; listed as i n the lodgings o f
Charles-Claude de Taillepied, seigneur de
Upholstery: Aubusson, nineteenth century
la Garenne, o n November 1,1786, and
Frames by Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot
again i n 1787; Annette Lefortier, Paris
Gessoed and gilded wood; wool tapestry
(sold, American A r t Association, N e w York,
Each armchair stamped Ν Q FOLIO Τ inside
November 20,1937, l o t 151); purchased at
rear rail and stenciled i n the same place w i t h
that sale by J. Paul Getty.
a crowned F a n d the number 832 for the
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Chateau de Fontainebleau.
Pallot, LArt du siege, pp. 284, illus., and
308-309; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
p. 317.
95
95. Armchair (bergére ä la reiné)
97. Armchair {bergere)
Paris, circa 1755
Paris, circa 1765-1770
By Nicolas Heurtaut
By Georges Jacob
Gessoed and gilded w o o d ; modern silk
Painted oak; p i n k and green silk upholstery
upholstery
Stamped Ν.HEURTAUTunder
T h e frame o f the chair is stamped GI AC Ο Β
rear rail.
and w i t h an anchor flanked by C and Ρ
Height: 3 ft. 3% i n . (101 cm); W i d t h :
beneath a crown, the mark o f the Chateau
2 ft. 7 4 i n . (80.6 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 5% i n .
3
de Chanteloup. T h e dust cover o f the seat
(75.5 cm)
and the underside o f the cushion are also
Accession number 8 4 . D A . 6 9
stenciled w i t h the mark o f the Chateau de
P R O V E N A N C E
Chanteloup.
Private collection, N e w York; [Matthew
Height: 3 ft. 3 i n . (99 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. 1 i n .
Schutz, L t d . , N e w York, circa i960] (sold,
(94 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 6 i n . (76 cm)
Sotheby, Parke, Bernet, N e w York, M a y 4,
Accession number 8 8 . D A . 123
1984, l o t 59).
One of a pair
96
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
P R O V E N A N C E
Etienne-Fra^ois de Stainville, due de
Part o f a suite o f seat furniture acquired b y
Choiseul, Chateau de Chanteloup; Louis
the order o f baron de Breteufl and delivered
de Bourbon, due de Penthiévre, Chateau
to the garde meuble i n 1783; Chateau de Ver
de Chanteloup, 1785; "Poitevin Joubert et
sailles (sold, November 25,1793 [5 frimaire,
femme Fleury," after 1794, purchased at the
an I I ] , lot 5672, to Gastinet for 1,610 livres);
sale o f the contents o f the chateau; [Bernard
Jacques, comte de Béraudiére (sold, Paris,
Baruch Steinitz, Paris, 1988].
M a y 18-30,1885, part o f lot 902); [Duveen
Brothers, N e w York]; A n n a Thomson
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse Pointe Farms,
Alfred Gabeau, "Le M o b i l i e r d ' u n chateau ä
Michigan (sold, Christie's, London, June 24,
la fin d u X V l I I siécle: Chanteloup," Reunion
e
des sociétés des beaux-arts des
1971, lot 65); purchased at that sale by
départements
J. Paul Getty.
(Paris, A p r i l 1898), pp. 529, 541; Jehanne
d'Orliac, La Vie merveilleuse d'un beau
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
domaine frangais-Chanteloup
Steele
A n t h o n y Coleridge, "Works of A r t w i t h a
siecle (Paris, 1929), p. 231; "Acquisi
Royal Provenance from the Collection o f
au XX
e
tions/1988," GettyMusJij
du XIII
e
the Late M r s . A n n a Thomson Dodge o f
(1989), no. 74,
Detroit," Connoisseur 177, no. 711 (May
pp. 142-143, illus.
One of a pair
98
1971), p. 34; Pallot, L'Art du siege, p. 192,
illus., and p. 301; Kjellberg,
98. Pair of Side Chairs (chaises ä L· reiné)
Paris, circa 1765-1770
By Jean Boucault
Gessoed and gilded beech; modern silk
velvet upholstery
Each stamped J.BOUCAULT ana branded
w i t h a crowned double V, the mark o f the
Chateau de Versailles, under the seat rail.
Each also stenciled w i t h various royal inven
tory numbers.
Height: 2 ft. 11 % i n . (91 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 10% i n . (57 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. z% i n .
(66.5 cm)
Accession number 71.DA.92.1-.2
97
pp. 84-85.
Dictionnaire,
6j
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
Each piece stamped TILLIARD
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 46, pp. 92-93, illus.;
under rear
Handbook1986,
seat rail.
L'Artdu
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
p . 174, illus. (one); Pallot,
siege, p. 218, illus., and p. 318;
) ; 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
LA REINE
MEUBLE
DE
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
Marie-Antoinette, Salon d u Rocher,
"Hameau de la Reine," Petit Trianon,
Versailles, ordered from the menuisier
Fran9ois-Toussaint Foliot o n November 29,
1780; (?) removed f r o m the Chateau de
Versailles, 1791; Leopold Double, Paris
(sold, Paris, M a y 30-June 1,1881, lot 427);
H e n r i , comte de Greffulhe, Paris; [Duveen
Brothers, N e w York]; A n n a T h o m s o n
99
F R E N C H
SEAT
F U R N I T U R E
Tuileries, Paris, 1797-circa 1806; [Michel,
Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse Pointe Farms,
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
(sold, Christies, L o n d o n , June 24,1971, lot
J. Paul Getty.
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,
frangais (1937), pp. 259-263; Pierre Verlet,
Dictionnaire,
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
de Versailles," La Revue du Louvre et des
Musées de France 5 (1990), p. 350.
1 0 1 . Pair of Folding Stools (pliants)
Paris, circa 1786
By Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sene; carved b y
Nicolas Vallois
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
Marie-Antoinette, from a set o f sixty-four
ordered i n two groups by Jean Hauré i n
1786, at the cost o f 720 livres for each stool,
for the gaming rooms i n the Chateau de
Fontainebleau and the Chateau de C o m piégne; Palais d u Luxembourg or Palais des
One of four
IOO
A r t w i t h a Royal Provenance from the
Collection o f the Late M r s . Anna Thomson
Dodge o f Detroit," Connoisseur 177, no. 711
(May 1971), p. 34; Pierre Verlet, Les Meubles
frangais du XVIII
e
Steele (Paris, 1982), p. 227;
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,
p. 818.
69
JO
F R E N C H
SEAT
F U R N I T U R E
102. Swivel Chair (fauteuil [ϊ] de toilette)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris, circa 1787
M i c h e l Beurdeley, La France ä l'encan (Fri-
By Georges Jacob; carved by Triquet and
bourg, 1981), p. 109; Kjellberg,
Rode; originally painted by Chaillot and
p. 426.
Dictionnaire,
upholstered w i t h fabric by Desfarges
of Lyon
Beech; caning; modern silk velvet
103. Pair of Armchairs (fauteuih a fa reine)
upholstery
Paris, circa 1790-1792
Painted w i t h 8758 (Dalva Brothers' inven
By Georges Jacob
tory number) under the rail.
Painted beech; modern silk upholstery
Height: 2 ft. 9% i n . (84.5 cm); W i d t h :
Each stamped G'lACOB
ι ft. 10/8 i n . (56.2 cm); Depth: 2 ft. iVs i n .
under the front
seat rail.
(65 cm)
Height: 3 ft. 1 i n . (94 cm); W i d t h :
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 51
ι ft. IIVz i n . (59 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 11 4 i n .
3
(60.5 cm)
Accession number 91.DA.15.1—.2
P R O V E N A N C E
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1990].
One of a pair
103
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1991," GettyMusfzo
P R O V E N A N C E
Marie-Antoinette, ordered by BonnefoyD u p l a n for the chambre ä coucher du treilUge
in the Petit Trianon, Versailles, 1787 (sold
w i t h the contents o f the Petit Trianon,
Versailles, August 25 et seq., 1793, lot 2477,
to the dealer Rocheux, Paris, through the
agent citoyen Hebert); Edith Μ . K . Wetmore and Maude A . K . Wetmore, Cháteausur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island (offered
for sale, Parke-Bernet, Cháteau-sur-Mer,
September 16-18,1969, lot 1037, bought i n ;
sold, Parke-Bernet, N e w York, February 20,
1971, lot 122); [Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w
102
York, 1971]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
no. 72, p. 172, illus. (one).
(1992),
F R E N C H
SEAT
F U R N I T U R E
Chair . 1 0
104
104
104. One Settee and Ten Armchairs
P R O V E N A N C E
E X H I B I T I O N S
(two bergeres and eight fauteuils)
Private collection, Paris, by 1908; [Jacques
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
Beauvais manufactory
and Palaces Collections, Palais Michailoff,
Mahogany; gilt-bronze mounts; silk and
St. Petersburg (sold, Lepke, Berlin, N o v e m
w o o l tapestry upholstery
ber 7,1928, lot 73, w i t h a fire screen); Ives,
Settee: Height: 3 ft. 4% i n . (102.9 cm);
comte de Cambacérés, Paris; Edouard
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 .
47); purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
5
(63.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 7 i n . (48.2 cm)
Accession number 67.DA.6.1—.11
N e w York, T h e Cooper-Hewitt Museum,
only).
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Decorations Interieurs et meubles des epoques
Louis XV, Louis XVI et Empire, Revue d'art
décoratif (lyoS-iyoy),
illus. no. 17, p i . 7.
Jl
72
F R E N C H
BEDS
B E D S
P R O V E N A N C E
S U P P O R T S
Private collection, England, since the end
105. Bed (lita fa turque)
Paris, circa 1750-1760
A t t r i b u t e d to Jacques-Jean-Baptiste T i l l i a r d
Gilded beech; modern silk upholstery
Height: 5 ft. SYi i n . (174 cm); W i d t h :
8 ft. 8*4 i n . (264.8 cm); D e p t h : 6 ft. 2 i n .
(188 c m ) '
o f the eighteenth century; [Alexander and
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1986].
Paris, circa 1680
A t t r i b u t e d to Andre-Charles Boulle
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi^
106. Pair of Gueridons
(1987),
no. 106, p. 213, illus.; Pallot, L'Art du siege
O a k veneered w i t h ebony, tortoiseshell,
blue painted h o r n , brass, pewter; gilt-bronze
mounts
(Paris, 1987), p. 75, illus.
Height: 4 ft. 8 /s i n . (143.8 cm); W i d t h
5
Accession number 8 6 . D A . 535
(at base): 1 ft. 4% i n . (41.9 cm); D e p t h (at
base): 1 ft. γ/% i n . (43.5 cm)
Accession number 87.DA.5.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Pierre-Louis Randon de Boisset, Paris
(sold, Paris, February 27 to M a r c h 25, 1777,
lot 796, for 1,000 livres, to Sr. Platrier);
(?) Pierre-Nicolas, baron H o o r n van
Vlooswyck, Paris (sold, Paris, November 22,
1809, l o t 593, to the dealer Hennequart);
Princesse de Faucigny-Lucinge, Paris, circa
1937; [Maurice Segoura, Paris, 1986].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Genevieve Mazel, "1777, La Vente Randon
de Boisset et le marché de l'art au i 8
siécle," L'Estampille
e
202 (April 1987), p. 41,
illus.; M i c h e l Beurdeley, "París 1777: La
Vente Randon de Boisset o u le mécanisme
secret des ventes publiques au X V H I siécle,"
e
Trois Steeles de ventes publiques (Fribourg,
1988), p. 53, illus.; "Acquisitions/1987,"
ios
GettyMusJ 16 (1988), no. 67, p. 177, illus.;
Pradére, Les Ebénistes, nos. 255-256, p. 106.
F R E N C H
et Delaroche, Paris, July 11,1803, lot 41);
S U P P O R T S
108. Wall Bracket
Baron James de Rothschild, Paris, before
Paris, circa 1715-1720
i860; Baron Gustave Salomon de Roth
Gessoed and gilded oak
schild, Paris; Baron Robert de Rothschild,
Height: 1 ft. 6 i n . (45.7 cm); W i d t h :
Paris; Baron Alain de Rothschild, Paris;
ι ft. 9 / 2 i n . (54.6 cm); Depth: 8 / 2 i n .
Baron Eric de Rothschild, Paris (sold, H o t e l
(21.6 cm)
Drouot, Paris, December 4, 1987, lot 112);
Accession number 8 4 . D H . 8 6
[Same A r t , L t d . , Z u r i c h ] .
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, N e w York; [Matthew
E X H I E B I T I O N S
Paris, L'Exposition
de I art frangais sous Louis
Schutz, L t d . , N e w York, 1984].
XIV et sous Louis XVau profit de Voeuvre de
rhospitalité
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
du ?zz/z>(i888), no. 94.
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
no. 49, p. 177, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJIJ
(1989),
no. 68, pp. 140-141, illus.; Pradére, Les
Ebénistes, nos. 189-190, p. 105.
One of a pair
106
107. Pair of Pedestals
Paris, circa 1700
A t t r i b u t e d to André-Charles Boulle
Pine and oak veneered w i t h ebony, brass,
108
and tortoiseshell; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 3 ft. 11V16 i n . (121.2 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 9 /8 i n . (55.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9% i n .
7
(55.5 cm)
Accession number 88.DA.75.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Antoine-Alexandre Dubois, Paris (sold,
Paillet, Paris, December 18,1788, lot 168, to
"Berotaire" for 5599 livres); ([?] sold, Paillet
One of a pair
107
73
74
F R E N C H
S U P P O R T S
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York]; A n n a
[Galaries H e i l b r u n n e r ] ; [French and Co.,
T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse
N e w York, 1912-1925 (stock no. 5174)];
Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n (sold, Christies,
M r s . James B. Haggin, N e w York, 1925;
L o n d o n , June 24, 1971, lot 75); purchased
[ M i d t o w n Antiques, N e w York, 1950];
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
[Frederick P. V i c t o r i a and Son, Inc., N e w
York, circa 1950-1988]; [Michel O t i n , Paris];
[Patrick Perrin, Paris].
n o . Pair of Supports (gaines)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
French, circa 1770
"Acquisitions/1989," GettyMusJ 18 (1990),
After designs by Jean-Charles Delafosse
no. 55, p. 194, illus.
Pine w i t h traces o f gesso and paint
Height: 4 ft. 2 i n . (127 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 4 i n .
(40.7 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. (30.5 cm)
Accession number 89.DA.2.1-.2
F I R E
S C R E E N S
i n . Fire Screen (écran coulisse)
Paris, circa 1785-1790
A t t r i b u t e d to Georges Jacob
Walnut
One upright o f the screen is carved w i t h the
monogram / / / a n d the other w i t h C(7?).
One of a pair
Height: 4 ft. 2 i n . (127 cm); W i d t h :
109
2 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (80 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 5 i n . (43 cm)
Accession number 8 8 . D A . 124
109. Pair of Torcheres
Paris, circa 1725
P R O V E N A N C E
Gessoed and gilded w o o d
[Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris, 1988].
Height: 5 ft. 8% i n . (173.3 cm); Diameter
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(at top): ι ft. 3% i n . (40 cm); Diameter (at
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJY]
base): 1 ft. 10Yz i n . (57.1 cm)
no. 80, pp. 144-145, illus.
Accession number 71.DA.98.1-.2
no
(1989),
F R E N C H
D E C O R A T I V E
RELIEFS
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
C o l i n Streeter, "Two Carved Reliefs by
Aubert Parent," GettyMusJi?,
(1985),
pp. 53-66, figs. ia~d; "Acquisitions/1984,"
GettyMusJi^
(1985), no. 65, p. 183, illus.
113. Still Life
Paris, 1791
By Aubert-Henri-Joseph Parent
Limewood
Incised AUBERT
PARENT.
1791 under the
base. A n inventory number, 172η, is sten
ciled i n black on the back.
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
112. Still Life
(5.7 cm)
Paris, 1789
Accession number 84.SD.194
By Aubert-Henri-Joseph Parent
Limewood
P R O V E N A N C E
Incised AUBERT
PARENT
FECIT
AN
[Jacques Kugel, Paris, 1984].
1789 under the base.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Height: 2 ft. 3 /s i n . (69.4 cm); W i d t h :
3
C o l i n Streeter, "Two Carved Reliefs by
ι ft. 6 A i n . (47.9 cm); D e p t h : 2 /s i n .
7
3
Aubert Parent," GettyMusJi^
(6.2 cm)
Accession number 8 4 . S D . 7 6
GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 66, p. 183, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
D a v i d Peel, L o n d o n ; Paul M e l l o n (sold,
Christie's, N e w York, November 22,1983,
lot 275); [Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w York,
1983]·
(1985),
pp. 53-66, figs. 3a~b; "Acquisitions/1984,"
112
75
j6
F R E N C H
FRAMES
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Switzerland, 1980s;
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , London]; [Rosenberg
and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJi6
(1988),
no. 68, p. 177, illus.
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 .
115
(109.8 cm)
Stamped P. GEORGES
114
Architectural Woodwork
and Fixtures
on. back and inked 61
across the top.
Accession number 88.DA.49
PROVENANCE
George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl o f
Haddington, Tyninghame House, East
FRAMES
Lothian, Scotland (sold after his death,
Sotheby's, Tyninghame House, Septem
114. Frame for a Mirror
Paris, circa 1690-1700
ber 28-29,1987, lot 551); [Christopher
Gibbs, L o n d o n ] .
Gessoed and gilded oak; modern m i r r o r
glass
Height: 6 ft. 8 i n . (183.5 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. 2 i n . (127 cm); D e p t h : 4 i n . (10.2 cm)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJvj
(1989),
no. 75, p. 143, illus.
Accession number 87.DH.78
ιι6
F R E N C H
PANELING
I i 6 . Frame for a Mirror
Paris, circa 1775-1780
Painted and gilded oak; modern mirror
glass
Height: 6 ft. 1V4 i n . (187.2 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. 3% i n . (131 cm); D e p t h : 3% i n . (9.5 cm)
Accession number 9 2 . D H . 2 0
P R O V E N A N C E
[Kraemer et Cíe, Paris].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJ21 (1993),
i n press, illus.
P A N E L I N G
A
N
D
M A N T E L P I E C E S
117. Ten Panels
One of four
117
Paris, circa 1661
Design attributed to Charles Le Brun
P R O V E N A N C E
Painted and gilded oak
(?) Nicolas Fouquet, Chateau de Vaux-le-
Panels .1-.2: Height: 6 ft. 11% i n . (213 cm);
Vicomte; Felix Harbord, England, 1960s;
W i d t h : 2 ft. IOVS i n . (88 cm); Panels . 3 - 4 :
Felix Fenston, England (sold by his widow,
Height: 6 ft. 11% i n . (213 cm); W i d t h :
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , M a y 25,1990, lot 50, to
2 ft. 7 / 8 i n . (79 cm); Panels .5-.6: Height:
[Christopher Gibbs, L o n d o n ] ) .
3 ft. 11% i n . (120 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(80.4 cm); Panels .7-.8: Height: 3ft.10V16
"Acquisitions/1991," GettyMusJ'20 (1992),
i n . (118 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n . (80.4 cm);
no. 76, p. 174, illus. (two).
Panel .9: Height: 1 ft. 8/16 i n . (51 cm);
W i d t h : 5 ft. 11 Vie i n . (180.5
c
m
) ; Panel .10:
Height: 1 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (49.5 cm); W i d t h :
6 ft. 8 / i 6 i n . (202.25 cm)
I3
Accession number 91.DH.18.1—.10
One of four
117
77
78
F R E N C H
PANELING
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
[B. Fab re et Fils, Paris].
119
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1989," GettyMusJ18 (1990),
no. 52, p. 193, illus.
119. Paneling
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, 1725-1726
Guillaume Cressart, H o t e l Cressart,
By Jacques Gaultier, menuisier, after the
installed i n 1725 and 1726 i n the chambre
designs o f Armand-Claude Mollet
ä coucher o f 18 place Vendóme, Paris;
Painted and gilded oak and walnut; breche
Louis-Auguste Duché, 1733; Jean-Baptiste
dAlep mantelpiece; modern mirror glass
Duché (brother o f Louis-Auguste Duché),
Height: 13 ft. (396.2 cm); W i d t h : 26 ft. 9 i n .
by 1743; Elisabeth-Louis Duché (wife o f
(815 cm); D e p t h : 22 ft. (670.6 cm)
Jacques Bertrand, marquis de Scépeaux et
Accession number 71.DH.118
de Beaupreau), after 1743; Elisabeth-LouiseAdélaíde de Scépeaux de Beaupreau (wife o f
the comte de La Tour d'Auvergne), 1769;
Jean-Louis M i l o n d'Inval, Paris, 1774; by
inheritance to his wife, Antoinette Bureau
Seraudey ( M m e d'Inval), i n an I I I (1794-
F R E N C H
1795) (sold by her heirs i n 1836); Sophie
PANELING
A N D MANTELPIECES
121. Mantelpiece
Dawes (baronne de Feuchéres), 1836; the
Paris, circa 1730-1735
chambre a coucher became the salon at this
Brecciated marble o f a variety o f sarrancolin
time (sold by her heirs after her death i n
des Pyrenees; modern brick
1841); the marquise de Las Marismas del
Height: 3 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (no.5 cm); W i d t h :
Guadalquivir ( M m e Alexandre Aguado),
5 ft. 9 i n . (175.3 cm); Depth: uYz i n .
1842; U n i o n Artistique, 1865; [Andre
(29.2 cm)
Carlhian, Paris; boiseries removed i n 1936];
Accession number 8 5 . D H . 9 2
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York, 1939; stored
P R O V E N A N C E
i n Paris u n t i l removed to N e w York i n
1959]; N o r t o n Simon, N e w York, 1965;
Detail of one
I20
Paris].
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
i 2 o . Eleven Panels
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Rene Colas, "Les Hotels de la place
Vendóme," Paris qui reste: vieux hotels,
vieilles demeures, rive droite (Paris, 1914),
pp. 105-106, p i . 94; B r u n o Pons, "Les
boiseries de Γ H o t e l Cressart au Getty
M u s e u m , " GettyMusJn
illus.
(1983), pp. 67-88,
Private residence, Paris; [Fransois Léage,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris, circa 1730-1735
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJi^.
Oak
(1986),
no. 195, p. 244, illus.
Panels .1-.2: Height: 9 ft. 2% i n . (280 cm);
W i d t h : 4 ft. Vz i n . (123 cm); Panels .3~.4:
Height: 9 ft. 2% i n . (280 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. 6/4 i n . (139 cm); Panels .5~.7: Height:
9 ft. 2 i n . (279.4 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 3% i n .
(40.4 cm); Panel .8: Height: 9 ft. 2 i n .
(279.4 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 6Y i n . (46.3 cm);
4
Panel .9: Height: 9 ft. 2 i n . (279.4
c m
);
W i d t h : ι ft. 10 i n . (55.9 cm); Panels .10-.11:
Height: 6 ft. 1 i n . (185.4
c m
) ; W i d t h : 10 i n .
(25.4 cm)
Accession number 84.DH.52.1-.11
P R O V E N A N C E
Chateau de Marly-Le-Roi, Yvelines, by
repute; Mallett family, Louveciennes, early
nineteenth century; M m e Claude M e l i n ,
Louveciennes, 1984, by descent.
121
79
8θ
F R E N C H
P A N E L I N G
123. Paneled Room
Paris, circa 1770-1775
Painted and gilded oak; plaster overdoors;
m i r r o r glass; breche d'Alep mantelpiece;
gilt-bronze hardware
H e i g h t ( w i t h o u t cornice): 15 ft. % i n .
(458 cm); W i d t h : 30 ft. 4V16 i n . (925 cm);
D e p t h : 20 ft. y /s i n . (627 cm)
7
Accession number 8 4 . D H . 3 4
P R O V E N A N C E
[Jacques Seligmann, Paris, 1920s];
[Fran$ois-Gerard Seligmann, Paris].
124. Paneled Room
Paris, circa 1788-1789
Panels attributed to Rousseau de la Rottiére
after designs by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux
Painted and gilded oak; plaster overdoors;
m i r r o r glass; white marble mantelpiece
Four Double Doors: Height: 9 ft. 5 %. i n .
122
122. Paneled Room
P R O V E N A N C E
A n unidentified hotel o n the quai Malaquais,
Painted and gilded oak; four oil-on-canvas
Paris, u n t i l 1900; M m e Doucet, Paris, 1900-
overdoor paintings; breche d'Alep mantel
1907; due de Gramont, avenue Georges
piece; modern mirror glass; gilt-bronze
Mandel, Paris, 1907 (offered for sale i n situ,
hardware
Ader Picard, Paris, October 9,1969, bought
Height: 14 ft. 4 i n . (436.9 cm); W i d t h :
in); [R. and M . Carlhian, Paris]; purchased
23 ft. 6Vz i n . (718 cm); D e p t h : 25 ft. 6 i n .
by J. Paul Getty.
Accession number 73.DH.107
c m
) ; W i d t h ( o f one door): 2 ft. 3% i n .
(70.5 cm); Four Large Panels: Height:
Paris, circa 1755
(777 cm)
(287.7
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
La comtesse Jean Louis de Maigret,
" U n demi-siécle ä l'Hötel Gramont," Con
naissance des arts 141 (November 1963),
p. 92, illus.
9 ft. 5/8 i n . (297.3 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 8 4 i n .
3
(83.2 cm); Five Panels: Height: 9 ft. 3% i n .
(285.1 cm); W i d t h : ι ft. 6Yz i n . (46.9 cm);
Four Panels: Height: 9 f t . 3% i n . (285.1 cm);
W i d t h : ι ft. Yz i n . (31.8 cm); Four Over
doors: Height: 2 ft. 4 i n . (90.8 cm); W i d t h :
3
5 ft. 4 i n . (167 cm)
3
Accession number (moldings only)
91.DH.-60.1-.26
P R O V E N A N C E
"Grand salon," M a i s o n Hosten, rue SaintGeorges, Paris, u n t i l circa 1892; M m e C.
Lelong, Paris, after 1892; Fournier, Paris,
F R E N C H
P A N E L I N G
pp. 128-129, illus. p. 181, fig. 106; Michel
Gallet, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux 1736-1806
(Paris, 1980), pp. 209-213, figs. 372-383; La
Nouvelle Athenes: Le Quartier Saint-Georges
de Louis XV a Napoleon III (Musée Carnavalet, Paris, 1984), no. 22, p. 20.
Room as formerly installed in Paris
123
before (?) 1897; due de Rivoli, no. 8 rue
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Jean Goujon, Paris, (?) 1897
Krafft and Ransonette, Choix des plus belles
t o
M a y 1913;
[in storage w i t h Maison Carlhian from
maisons de Paris (Paris, 1805), p i . 5; Alfred
M a y 1913 to January 1920, when consigned
de Champeaux, L'art décoratif dans le vieux
to both Maison Carlhian and Jacques
Paris (Paris, 1898), p. 319; Paul M a r m o t t a n ,
Seligmann]; [Maison Carlhian and Jacques
Le Style empire: Architecture et décors
Seligmann, Paris, 1921].
rieurs (Paris, 1927), vol. 4, pp. 1-2, pis. 1-7;
Panels only: O t t o Wolff, Cologne, 1925 or
Marcel Raval, Claude-Nicolas
1928; private collection, Cologne, before
1736-1806 (Paris, 1945), p. 51, pis. 50-59;
1969; [Joachim Kaiser and Georg Fahrbach,
Louis Hautecoeur, Histoire de Tarchitecture
Cologne, 1969-1986]; [Axel Vervoordt,
classique en France, v o l . 5, Revolution et
d'inté-
Ledoux
Belgium, 1986]; acquired by the J. Paul
Tempire(Paris, 1953), pp. 347, 371; Jacques
Getty Trust.
Hillairet, Dictionnaire historique des rues de
Moldings only: [R. and M . Carlhian, Paris].
Paris (Paris, 1963), vol. 2, p. 408; "Ledoux e
Paris," Cahiers de la rotonde 3 (Paris, 1979),
Two door panels
124
8l
82
F R E N C H
P A N E L I N G
N
E
W
E
L
Clocks and Barometers
P O S T
127. Long-case Clock (regufateur)
126. Newel Post
Paris, circa 1680-1690
Paris, circa 1735
Painted and gilded iron
Case attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle;
Height: 2 ft. n /s i n . (90.5 cm); W i d t h :
the movement by A n t o i n e I Gaudron
5
11 Vx i n . (29.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 3% i n .
O a k veneered w i t h tortoiseshell, ebony,
(40 cm)
brass, and pewter; gilt-bronze mounts; glass
Accession number 7 9 . D H . 1 6 4
Inscribed Gaudron Ataris on clock face and
movement and Solem Audet Dicere Falsum
P R O V E N A N C E
A . Gignoux, Paris; purchased by J. Paul
Getty, circa 1950.
(It dares the sun to tell a lie) o n face.
Height: 8 ft. 1V16 i n . (246.5 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 67A i n . (48 cm); D e p t h : 7Yz i n . (19 cm)
Accession number 8 8 . D B . I 6
P R O V E N A N C E
[Jeanne Durier, Paris, circa 1945]; private
collection, Burgundy, from 1948-1988;
[Alain M o a t t i , Paris].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
125
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ ij (1989),
no. 66, p. 140, illus.; Handbook 1991,
125 Wall Light
p. 160, illus.
Lorraine (Nancy), circa 1700
Bois de Sainte-Lucie (cerasus mahaleB)
Height: 2 /i6 i n . (6.5 cm); W i d t h :
9
ι ft. io /8 i n . (59.5 cm); D e p t h : 8/4 i n .
5
128. Model for a Mantel Clock
(21 cm)
Paris, circa 1700
Accession number 85.DH.284
Terracotta; enameled metal plaques
P R O V E N A N C E
Height: 2 ft. 7 i n . (78.7 cm); W i d t h :
[Neidhardt Antiquitäten G m b H , M u n i c h ,
ι ft. 8 Κ i n . (52.1 cm); D e p t h : 9 / 2 i n .
(24.2 cm)
1985].
Accession number 7 2 . D B . 5 2
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14
(1986),
P R O V E N A N C E
[Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w York]; pur
no. 190, p. 242, illus.
chased by J. Paul Getty.
126
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
E X H I B I T I O N S
New York, T h e Metropolitan Museum
o f A r t , Magnificent
Time-Keepers, January
1971-March 1972, no. 67.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Wilson, Clocks, no. 1, pp. 8 - 1 1 , illus.;
Wilson, Selections, no. 7, pp. 14-15, illus.;
Handbook 1986, p. 149, illus.; Verlet, Les
Bronzes, p. 164, illus. p. 164, fig. 200; C. E.
Zonneyville-Heyning, "Gilden," Visuele
Künsten: Kunstgeschiedenis
van de nieuwe
tijd^ (1989), p. 44, illus.; Handbook 1991,
p. 161, illus.
129
129. Wall Clock (pendule d'akove)
Paris, circa 1710
Case attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle
G i l t bronze; blue painted horn; enameled
metal; glass
Label on back inked Vernon House, Staircase.
Height: 2 ft. 4 i n . (71.1 cm); W i d t h : 11 % i n .
(28.6 cm); Depth: 454 i n . (11.4 cm)
Accession number 7 3 . D B . 7 4
I2
128
7
83
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
drawings by Gilles-Marie Oppenordt
beiten des Spätbarock
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
Bronzear
und Klassizismus,
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
A p r i l 29,1793, lot 562); Peter Burreil, ist
L o r d G w y d i r (1754-1820); by descent to
Peter Burrell, 2nd L o r d G w y d i r (1782-1865)
1846and
486p as well as Julien Leroy on backplate;
130
enamel plaque painted JULIEN
LE ROY.
F R E N C H
Height: 9 ft. 4 i n . (284.5
c m
C L O C K S
) ; Width:
2 ft. 3 /8 i n . (69.5 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 1 i n .
3
(33 cm)
Accession number 7 4 . D B . 1
P R O V E N A N C E
English collection, nineteenth century; the
Duke o f Medinaceli, Spain; [Smolen, Paris,
circa 1962]; [Manuel Gonzales LopezGarcia, Galeria Velasquez, M a d r i d , circa
1965]; [French and Co., N e w York, 1972];
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
E X H I B I T I O N S
M a d r i d , Sociedad Española de Amigos
del Arte, El reloj en arte, May-June 1965,
no. 10, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Luis Montañés, " U n péndulo desconocido
de Julien Le Roy," Dersa (July 1967), no. 34,
pp. 8-16, illus. p. 1; Geoffrey de Bellaigue,
The James A. de Rothschild Collection at
Waddesdon Manor: Furniture, Clocks and
Gilt Bronzes, v o l . 1 (Fribourg, 1974), p. 54;
132
Wilson, Clocks, no. 2, pp. 12-17, illus.; The
Country Life International
Dictionary
of
Clocks, Alan Smith, ed. (New York, 1979),
132. Mantel Clock
Paris, circa 1715-1725
p. 87, fig. 7; Luis Montañés, Relojes en ABC
Case attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle;
(1983), pp. 96-99; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 9,
movement by Paul G u d i n , called G u d i n
pp. 18-19, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 150,
lejeune; figure o f Chronos after a model by
illus.; Verlet, Les Bronzes, p. 114, caption to
Fran9ois Girardon
fig. 141.
O a k veneered w i t h tortoiseshell, blue
painted horn, brass, and ebony; enameled
metal; gilt-bronze mounts; glass
Movement engraved Gudin lejeune A*arts;
dial painted GUDIN
131
LE
JEUNEJPARIS.
85
86
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
AND
B A R O M E T E R S
Height: 3 ft. 3% i n . (100.9
c m
) ; Width:
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
ι ft. 6/8 i n . (46 cm); D e p t h : 11% i n .
Eveline Schlumberger, "Caffiéri, le bronzier
(28.6 cm)
de Louis X V , " Connaisance des arts ( M a y
Accession number 72.DB.55
1965), illus. p. 83; W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 6,
pp. 34-37, illus.; Gerard Mabille, Le Style
P R O V E N A N C E
LouisXV(Paris,
C o u n t János Pálffy (sold, Bad Pistyan,
1978), p. 175, illus.; O t t o
meyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
Czechoslovakia, June 30,1924, lot 285);
p. 112, fig. 2.3.4.
[Etienne Levy, Paris, 1971]; [French and Co.,
N e w York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
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
Collection, French Clocks in North
Clock case attributed to Charles Cressent;
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;
glass
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 4, pp. 22-25, illus.; The
D i a l painted DIGUE
Country Life International
Height: 4 ft. 2 i n . (127 cm); W i d t h :
Dictionary
of
Clocks, A l a n Smith, ed. ( N e w York, 1979),
A
PARIS.
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
133
133. Wall Clock (pendule de
repetition)
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York]; A n n a
T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse
Paris, circa 1735-1740
Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n (sold, Christie's,
Case attributed to Charles Cressent; move
L o n d o n , June 24,1971, lot 40 [together
ment by Jean-Jacques Fieffé pere
P R O V E N A N C E
w i t h no. 139 i n this book]); purchased at
G i l t bronze; enameled metal; w o o d carcass;
Baron Mayer Alphonse de Rothschild,
that sale by J. Paul Getty.
glass
Chateau de Ferneres, Tarn; Baron Edouard
D i a l painted FIEFFE
DELOBSERVATOIR;
movement engraved Fieffé A*aris.
Height: 4 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (133.3
c m
) ; Width:
de Rothschild, Chateau de Ferneres, by
descent; Baron G u y de Rothschild, Chateau
de Ferneres (sold, Sotheby's, London,
2 ft. 2 / 2 i n . (67.3 cm); D e p t h : 5 /s i n .
November 24,1972, lot 7); purchased at
(14.4 cm)
that sale by J. Paul Getty.
5
Accession number 7 2 . D B . 8 9
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Duveen and Co., A Catalogue of Works of
Art of the Eighteenth Century in the Collection
of Anna Thomson Dodge (Detroit, 1933),
non-paginated entry, illus.; Theodore D e l l ,
F R E N C H
CLOCKS
P R O V E N A N C E
[Jacques Kugel, Paris, 1980].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1981," no. 2,
pp. 66-71, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 13,
pp. 26-27, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 154,
illus. p. 155; Handbook 1991, p. 168, illus.
p. 169.
136. Mantel Clock
Paris, circa 1742
Movement by Julien I I Le Roy; enamel dial
by Antoine-Nicolas Martiniére
G i l t bronze; enameled metal; glass
135
35. Wall Clock (pendule d alcove)
y
Paris and Chantilly manufactory, circa 1740
Movement by Charles Voisin
Soft-paste porcelain; gilt bronze; enameled
134
metal; glass
Movement engraved C^
s
"The Gilt-Bronze Cartel Clocks o f Charles
Cressent," Burlington Magazine 109 (April
1967), pp. 210-217; W i l s o n , Clocks, nos. 8-9
( w i t h no. 139 i n this book), pp. 45-51, illus.;
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete
Bronzen, p. 79, illus. fig. 1.12.7.
Voisin JParis.
and dial painted CHARLES
VOISIN
¿PARIS
Height: 2 ft. 5Κ i n . (74.9 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 2 i n . (35.6 cm); D e p t h 4 /s i n . (11.1 cm)
3
Accession number 8 I . D B . 8 I
136
87
88
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
D i a l painted JULI EN. LE ROY. .DE LA.
SO CIÉ TÉ DES ARTS;
movement engraved
138. Planisphere Clock
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold anonymously, Christie's, London,
Paris, circa 1745-1749
on back Julien Le Roy Ataris-, dial enameled
July 15,1971, lot 21; [French and Co., N e w
Case attributed to Jean-Pierre Latz; move-
on reverse a.n. martiniere 1742.
York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
ment (now missing) by Alexandre Fortier
Height: 1 ft. 6Vs i n . (46 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 4 i n . (32.4 cm); D e p t h : 8/8 i n .
3
(20.6 cm)
O a k veneered w i t h kingwood; bronze
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 10, pp. 52-55, illus.; The
Country Life Lnternational Dictionary of
Accession number 7 9 . D B . 4
Clocks, Alan Smith, ed. (New York, 1979),
p. 237, fig. 2; Ottomeyer and Pröschel,
P R O V E N A N C E
D i a l engraved Lnventepar
A.
FORTIER;
mounts o f lower sections stamped w i t h
the crowned C f o r 1745-1749.
Height: 9 ft. 3 i n . (282 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. Vx i n .
Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 114, fig. 2.5.2.
[Jacques Kugel, Paris, 1978].
mounts; glass; gilt paper
(92.7 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 3Vx i n . (39.5 cm)
Accession number 7 4 . D B . 2
E X H I B I T I O N S
N e w York, T h e Frick Collection, French
Clocks in North American
P R O V E N A N C E
Collections,
Baron Gustave de Rothschild, Paris; Charles
November 1982-January 1983, no. 52, p. 58,
Davis (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 29,
illus. p. 13.
1906, lot 132, for £577 to Stettiner); Maurice
Ephrussi, Paris (offered for sale, Galerie
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979,"
Georges Petit, M a y 22,1911, lot 63, [?]
no. 14, pp. 50-52, illus.
bought i n ) ; (sold, "Property o f a Lady o f
T i t l e , " Sotheby's, L o n d o n , November 24,
1972, lot 34); [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc.,
N e w York, 1974]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
137 Wall Clock
Paris, circa 1747
E X H I B I T I O N S
Case by Jacques Caffieri; movement by
N e w York, T h e M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f
Julien I I Le Roy; enamel dial by A n t o i n e -
A r t , The Grand Gallery, C I N O A , October
Nicolas Martiniere
1974-January 1975, no. 44.
G i l t bronze; enameled metal; glass
Case engraved fait par
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Cafferi and stamped
W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 7, pp. 38-43, illus.;
w i t h the crowned C for 1745-1749. D i a l
inscribed JULIEN-LE-ROY-
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 18, p. 36-37, illus.;
and on reverse
Verlet, Les Bronzes, p. 115, illus.
a. n. Martiniere Privilegié Du Roi 1747.
Movement engraved Julien Le RoyA?aris.
Height: 2 ft. 6Vx i n . (77.5 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 4 i n . (40.6 cm); D e p t h : 4Vx i n . (11.4 cm)
Accession number 7 2 . D B . 4 5
137
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
139. Clock on Bracket
Paris, circa 1758
Movement by Jean Romilly; clock case
attributed to Charles Cressent; bracket by
Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain
Gilt bronze; enameled metal; w o o d carcass;
glass
Bracket stamped ST. GERMAIN;
movement
engraved and dial painted Romilly A?aris;
one spring inscribed for W i l l i a m I I Blakey
and dated 1758; all gilt-bronze elements
stamped Eon reverse.
Height: 4 ft. 2 i n . (127 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 5 4 i n . (45.1 cm); Depth: 7% i n .
3
(18.4 cm)
Accession number 71.DB.115
P R O V E N A N C E
George Jay G o u l d , Georgian Court, Lakewood, N e w Jersey; [Duveen Brothers,
N e w York]; A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose
Terrace, Grosse Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n
(sold, Christies, L o n d o n , June 24,1971,
lot 40 [together w i t h no. 134 i n this book]);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Duveen and Co., A Catalogue of Works of
Art of the Eighteenth Century in the Collection
of Anna Thomson Dodge (Detroit, 1933),
non-paginated entry, illus.; Theodore Dell,
"The Gilt-Bronze Cartel Clocks o f Charles
Cressent," Burlington Magazine 109 (April
138
1967), pp. 210-217; Wilson, Clocks, nos. 8-9
(with no. 134 i n this book), pp. 45-51, illus.;
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete
Bronzen, p. 79, fig. 1.12.7.
139
89
90
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, "Property o f a Nobleman," Christie's,
London, July 5,1973, lot 31; purchased at
that sale by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 11, pp. 56-59, illus.
141
Wall Clock on Bracket
Paris, circa 1764
Movement by Lapina; case by Antoine
Foullet
Oak veneered w i t h panels o f green, red, and
cream painted horn; brass; enameled metal;
gilt-bronze mounts
140
Stamped ANTFOUVLLET
JMEon
back o f
case and bracket. Movement engraved
Lapina A Paris; one spring is inscribed
1 4 0 . Mantel Clock
Paris, circa 1763
Richard X de 1764 Mouvement foule Μ
Case attributed to Robert Osmond; move
Ebeniter and a second spring is engraved
ment by Etienne I I Le N o i r and/or Pierre-
RichardX
Etienne Le N o i r
Height: 3 ft. 10 4 i n . (118.7
3
Patinated and gilt bronze; enameled metal;
glass
D i a l painted Etienne Le NoirJParis
movement engraved Etienne le
de 1764 Sonnerie A foule Eben.
and
NoirJParis
c m
) ; Width:
ι ft. 7V2 i n . (49.5 cm); Depth: nV i n .
A
(28.6 cm)
Accession number 7 5 . D B . 7
P R O V E N A N C E
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 :
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1974].
3
ι ft. 5 4 i n . (45.1 cm); D e p t h : 9 / 8 i n .
3
(23.2 cm)
Accession number 73.DB.85
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 12, pp. 60-63, illus.;
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
p. 158, fig. 3.2.6; Verlet, Les Bronzes, p. 122,
illus. p. 113, fig. 137; Pradére, Les Ebénistes,
p. 275.
141
F R E N C H
C L O C K S
AND
B A R O M E T E R S
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,
1969, lot 189); [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . ,
an I I
(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);
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris]; [French and Co.,
New York, 1973].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," no. 108, p. 214, illus.
E X H I B I T I O N S
The Detroit Institute o f Arts, 1973; N e w
142
York, The Frick Collection, French Clocks
in North American Collections, November
1982-January 1983, no. 63, illus. p. 67.
1 4 2 . Mantel Clock
Paris, circa 1769
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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;
movement engraved Ch^
s
Le RoyA*aris
and stamped 2417 o n backplate; two move
Bronzen, p. 181, fig. 3.7.10; Handbook 1986,
p. 169, illus.; HandbookT991,
p. 186, illus.
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 .
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
l
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
Accession number 86.DB.632
143
91
92
FRENCH
CLOCKS
145. Mantel Clock {pendule squelette)
Paris, circa 1790-1800
Movement by Nicolas-Alexandre Folin;
enamel plaques b y Georges-Adrien Merlet
G i l t bronze; enameled metal; white marble
base; glass and gilded metal case
Painted Folin L'ainéA
PARIS o n dial;
painted G Merlet o n one enameled ring.
Height: 1 ft. 7% i n . (49.5 cm); W i d t h :
io A i n . (27.6 cm); D e p t h : 5% i n . (14 cm)
7
Accession number 7 2 . D B . 5 7
P R O V E N A N C E
Louis G u i r a u d (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris,
December 10,1971, l o t 35); [French and Co.,
N e w York, 1971].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , Clocks, no. 14, pp. 68-71, illus.
144
144 Mantel Clock
Paris, circa 1785
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, Sweden, by 1811; (sold,
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre-Philippe Thomire; dial
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , December 11,1981,
enameled by Dubuisson
lot 99).
G i l t and patinated bronze; enameled metal;
vertMaurin
des Alpes marble; white marble
Enameled clock r i n g inscribed o n the inte
rior Dubuisson', movement scratched w i t h
Sweden 1811.
Height: 1 ft. 9 i n . (53.3 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 1/8 i n . (63.8 cm); Depth: 9% i n .
(23.5 cm)
Accession number 8 2 . D B . 2
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1981," pp. 79-84,
illus.; Alvar González-Palacios, The Adjec
tives of History (P. and D . Colnaghi and
Co., L o n d o n , 1983), pp. 44-45; W i l s o n ,
Selections, no. 42, pp. 84-85, illus.; O t t o meyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
p. 299, fig. 4.18.8.
145
F R E N C H
SCIENTIFIC
INSTRUMENTS
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
DUCHESSE
DU MAINE
LA
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
des Arts 173]0. and Globe celeste
[c]alculépour
Tannée [17^0 sur les observations]
les plus
nouvelles [et le]s plus exactes. [APaJris avec
privilege]
du Roy. Baillieul
leje[une sculpsit.
Monté par Tauteur.] Each stand painted
underneath i n yellow N. 32 and i n blue, per
haps stenciled, (?) 3323.
Height: 3 ft. 7% i n . ( n o cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. $Yz i n . (45 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. Yz i n .
(32 cm)
Accession number 8 6 . D H . 7 0 5 . 1 - . 2
146
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Guillaume de Gontaut-Biron, 12th marquis
W l a l d i m i r d'Ormesson, Merveilles des
de Biron, Paris; le due de Talleyrand and
Chateaux de Vile de France: Collection
by descent to le due de Diño A n d i a y
realties (Vans, 1965), p. 131, illus.; "Acquisi-
Talleyrand-Périgord, Chateau de Saint-Brice-
tions/1986," GettyMusJ 15 (1987), no. 101,
sous-Forét, Pavillon Colombe, Val d'Oise;
p. 211, illus.; Jean-Nérée Ronfort, "Science
[Maurice Segoura, Paris].
and Luxury: Two Acquisitions by the J. Paul
Getty Museum," GettyMusJ 17 (1989),
pp. 47-82, figs. 13-17; Handbook 1991, p. 176,
illus.
93
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
Private collection, Paris (sold, Sotheby's,
Monaco, February 23,1986, lot 901);
M r s . Kila Kugel, N e w York, 1986.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ'15 (1987),
no. 102, p. 212, illus.; Jean Perfettini, Le
Galuchat, 1988, pp. 62-63, illus.; Jean-Nérée
Ronfort, "Science and Luxury: Two Acqui
sitions by the J. Paul Getty Museum,"
GettyMusJ 17 (1989), pp. 47-82, figs.
18-19, 21, 23, 25, 28-29, 35; Handbook 1991,
p. 175, illus.
Metalwork
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
A
C A N D L E S T I C K S
One of a pair
148
One of a pair
149
C A N D E L A B R A
147
N
D
1 4 7 . Compound Microscope and Case
Paris, after 1749
Micrometric stage invented by M i c h e l -
148. Pair of Girandoles
Paris, circa 1680-1690
Ferdinand, due de Chaulnes
G i l t bronze; beads and drops o f rock crystal,
G i l t bronze; enamel; shagreen; glass; case
coral, jasper, amethyst, carnelian, agate, and
o f wood; gilded leather; brass; velvet; silver
garnet
galon and lace; various natural specimens i n
Height: 1 ft. 3 i n . (38 cm); W i d t h : 10 i n .
slides; and a number o f extra lenses
(25.5 cm); Diameter (at base): 5 i n . (13 cm)
Microscope: Height: 1 ft. 6% i n . (48 cm);
Accession number 85.DF.382.1-.2
W i d t h : 11 i n . (28 cm); D e p t h : 8/16 i n .
(20.5 cm); Case: Height: 2 ft. 2 i n . (66 cm);
W i d t h : ι ft. i 4 i n . (34.9 cm); Depth:
P R O V E N A N C E
[Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris].
3
10 /8 i n . (27 cm)
5
Accession number 8 6 . D H . 6 9 4
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
no. 188, p. 241, illus.
F R E N C H
G I L T
1 4 9 . Pair of Candlesticks
B R O N Z E :
C A N D E L A B R A
A N D
C A N D L E S T I C K S
151. Pair of Candlesticks
Paris, circa 1680-1690
Paris, circa 1780
G i l t bronze
By Etienne M a r t i n c o u r t
Height: 10 i n . (25.4 cm); Diameter: 5% i n .
G i l t bronze
(14.6 cm)
Each candlestick stamped
Accession number 72.DF.56.1—.2
under base. One inscribed Louis
MARTINCOURT
Antoine
Blois and LA inside base.
P R O V E N A N C E
Height: 11 4 i n . (29.9 cm); Diameter: 5 /s i n .
3
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna;
3
(13.7 cm)
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Vienna;
Accession number 72.DF.48.1-.2
confiscated by the T h i r d Reich i n M a r c h
1938; restituted to the Baroness Clarice de
P R O V E N A N C E
Rothschild, Vienna, i n 1947; [Rosenberg
M r . and M r s . Meyer Sassoon, Pope's
and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York, 1971]; pur
Manor, Berkshire, by 1914; Violet Sassoon
chased by J. Paul Getty.
(Mrs. Derek C. Fitzgerald) (sold, Christie's,
L o n d o n , M a r c h 23,1972, lot 59); purchased
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
One of a pair
p. 58, illus.
150
E X H I B I T I O N S
L o n d o n , The Burlington Fine Arts Club,
1914, no. 117.
150. Pair of
Girandoles
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris, circa 1730
F. J. B . Watson, Wallace Collection Cata
Rock crystal; gilt bronze
logues: Furniture
Height: 2 ft. 10 i n . (86.3 cm); W i d t h :
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
2 ft. % i n . (62.3 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 2 4 i n .
p. 230, illus.
3
(37.5 cm)
Accession number 75.DF.53.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty.
One of a pair
151
(London, 1956), p. 95;
95
96
F R E N C H
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
C A N D E L A B R A
153 Pair of Candelabra
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris, circa 1775
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre Gouthiére
p. 230, illus.
G i l t bronze
Height: 1 ft. 3 i n . (38.3 cm); W i d t h : 8% i n .
(21.6 cm); Depth: y /s i n . (19.9 cm)
7
154. Pair of Candelabra
Accession number 72.DF.43.1-.2
One of a pair
Paris, circa 1785
P R O V E N A N C E
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre-Philippe T h o m i r e and
(?) Baron H e n r i de Rothschild, Paris;
Louis-Simon Boizot
[Fran$ois-Gerard Seligmann, Paris, circa
Patinated and gilt bronze; white and griotte
1948]; Carreras Savedra, Director o f the
marble
M u s e u m o f Fine Arts, Buenos Aires;
Height: 2 ft. 10 4 i n . (83.2 cm); Diameter:
3
[Jacques Helft, Buenos Aires]; [French and
uVx i n . (29.2 cm)
Co., N e w York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Accession number 86.DF.521.1—.2
152
P R O V E N A N C E
152. Pair of Candelabra
(?) Anatole Demidov, Prince o f San Donato,
San Donato Palace, Pratolino, near Florence
Elephants: German (Meissen manufactory),
circa 1741-1745
(sold, San D o n a t o Palace, M a r c h 15,1880,
Flowers: (?) Vincennes manufactory, circa
lot 804, en suite w i t h a mantel clock);
1745-1750
[Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris].
Mounts: Paris, circa 1750
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Elephants modeled by Peter Reinicke
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ15 (1987),
i n 1741
no. 109, p. 214, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 196,
Hard-paste porcelain elephants; soft-paste
illus.
porcelain flowers; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 97s i n . (23.2 cm); W i d t h : 9% i n .
(24.7 cm); D e p t h : \V% i n . (10.5 cm)
Accession number 75.DI.68.1—.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Baron M a x i m i l i a n v o n GoldschmidtRothschild, 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
155 Pair of Candelabra
Paris, circa 1784-1786
Attributed to L . F. Feuchére
Blued metal; gilt bronze
Height: 3 ft. 8 4 i n . (113.7 cm); W i d t h :
3
ι ft. 5 4 i n . (45.1 cm); D e p t h : ιοΥχ i n .
3
(26.7 cm)
Accession number 71.DF.99.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild, M e n t more Towers, Buckinghamshire; Hannah
de Rothschild (Countess o f Rosebery, wife
o f the 5th Earl, married 1878, died 1890),
Mentmore Towers; Albert Primrose,
6th Earl o f Rosebery, Mentmore Towers,
by inheritance (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
A p r i l 17,1964, lot 25); [Claude Sere, Paris,
1964]; private collection, Paris, late 1960s;
[Frank Partridge and Sons, 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
London, 25 Park Lane, Three French Reigns,
February-April 1933, no. 485, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"French Furniture at the Exhibition o f
One of a pair
154
'Three French Reigns', 25 Park Lane,"
Country Life 73-1884 (February 25,1933),
p. 206, figs. 5, 7; Ottomeyer and Pröschel,
Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 261, illus.; Jonathan
Bourne and Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the
Domestic Interior: Renaissance to Art Nouveau
(London, 1991), illus. p. 101, fig. 321.
One of a pair
155
97
98
F R E N C H
G I L T
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
B R O N Z E :
C H A N D E L I E R S
158. Chandelier
C H A N D E L I E R S
Paris, circa 1710
A t t r i b u t e d to Andre-Charles Boulle
156. Chandelier
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:
2 ft. 8 i n . (81.3 cm)
Accession number 88.DH.17
Accession number 76. DF.13
P R O V E N A N C E
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris].
P R O V E N A N C E
A n t e n o r Patino, Paris; [Kraemer et Cie,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris, 1976]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ 17 (1989),
no. 67, p. 140, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
157
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
p. 51, illus.; Jean-Nérée Ronfort, "AndréCharles Boulle: die Bronzearbeiten u n d
157. Chandelier
seine Werkstatt i m Louvre," Vergoldete
Paris, circa 1700
Bronzen: Die Bronzearbeiten des
G i l t bronze
Height: 3 ft. 9% i n . (115 cm); Diameter:
3 ft. 6%. i n . (110 cm)
Accession number 87.DF.28
Spätbarock
und Klassizismus, Hans Ottomeyer and
Peter Pröschel, eds. ( M u n i c h , 1986), v o l . 2,
p. 505; Verlet, Les Bronzes, pp. 91, 269, fig. 98.
P R O V E N A N C E
Edouard Chappey, Paris, circa 1900;
[Michel Meyer, Paris, 1986].
E X H I B I T I O N S
Paris, Exposition
Universelle de ιροο, 1900,
no. 2891, p. 190.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
no. 69, p. 177, illus.
156
158
F R E N C H
ι 60.
GILT
BRONZE:
WALL
LIGHTS
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
Sold, H o t e l Drouot, Paris, early 1960s;
(sold, H o t e l Drouot, Paris, February 7,
1972, lot 83); [Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1972];
[French and Co., N e w York]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Michael Shapiro, "Monsieur Galle, Bronzier
et Doreur," GettyMusJ 6-7 (1978-1979),
pp. 61-66, illus. figs 3-5, 8; Ottomeyer and
Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 359, illus.;
159
Handbook 1986, p. 179, illus.
One of a pair
159. Chandelier
161
(?) Paris, circa 1710-1715
Colored and plain glass; silvered foils
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
lacquered w i t h p i n k and green translucent
W A L L
L I G H T S
A
N
D
B R A C K E T S
varnish; silvered pakton; gilt and silvered
bronze; rock crystal
161. Pair of Girandoles
Height: 2 ft. 5 V 2 i n . (75 cm); Diameter:
(?) Paris, circa 1710
2 ft. 8 i n . (81.3 cm)
Silvered bronze; mirror glass; oak support
Accession number 7 4 . D H . 2 9
Girandole .1 is painted 22 i n black on the
wooden backing and its bobeche is stamped
P R O V E N A N C E
w i t h the crowned Cfor 1745-1749.
Private Collection, T u r i n ; [Jacques Kugel,
Giran
dole .2 is painted 20 i n black on the wooden
Paris]; [ M i c h e l Meyer, Paris]; [Kraemer et
backing and its bobeche is indistinctly
Cie, Paris]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
stamped w i t h the crowned C.
160
99
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
Height: ι ft. 7 / 2 i n . (50 cm); W i d t h : 11% i n .
(29.5 cm); Depth: 6V4 i n . (17.2 cm)
Accession number 85.DG.49.1—.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Swedish art market, circa 1980; [Michel
Meyer, Paris, 1984].
E X H I B I T I O N S
N e w York, The Cooper-Hewitt M u s e u m
and Pittsburgh, T h e Carnegie Museum,
Courts and Colonies: The William and
Style in Holland, EngUnd, and
Mary
America,
November 1988-May 1989, no. 126, p. 169,
illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
John A . Cuadrado, "Antiques: L i g h t i n g
and Style," Architectural Digest (April 1983),
p. 106, illus.; "Acquisitions/1985,"
GettyMusJ
14 (1986), no. 209, p. 249, illus.
162
162. Pair of Wall Lights
Paris, circa 1700-1715
G i l t bronze
Height: 1 ft. 9 / 2 i n . (54.6 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. (30.5 cm); D e p t h : 9 i n . (22.9 cm)
Accession number 85.DF.383.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
[Francois Léage, Paris].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ\\
no. 191, p. 242, illus.
(1986),
F R E N C H
GILT
BRONZE:
WALL
LIGHTS
AND
BRACKETS
Bremer-David, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 4,
p. 187, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
GettyMusJ
12 (1984), no. 6, p. 263, illus.; Ottomeyer
and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 62,
illus. pp. 62, 83; Jean-Nérée Ronfort,
"André-Charles Boulle: D i e Bronzearbeiten
u n d seine Werkstatt i m Louvre," Vergoldete
Bronzen: Die Bronzearbeiten des
Spätbarock
unä\ Klassizismus, Hans Ottomeyer and
Peter Pröschel, eds. ( M u n i c h , 1986), vol. 2,
p. 495; n . 229, p. 519; A n n a Saratowicz,
"Apliki do Sali Rycerskiej," Kronika
(1988), pp. 18-30, illus. p. 20.
Zamkowayvj
1 6 4 . Pair of Wall Lights
(?) Paris, circa 1730
O n e of a pair
163
Gilt bronze
Height: 1 ft. 11 i n . (58.5 cm); W i d t h : 11 Ys i n .
(28.3 cm); Depth: 8 i n . (20.3 cm)
163. Pair of Wall Lights
Accession number 78.DF.89.1-.2
Paris, circa 1715-1720
A t t r i b u t e d to Andre-Charles Boulle
P R O V E N A N C E
G i l t bronze
[Cameron, London, 1950]; purchased by
Height: 1 ft. 8/16 i n . (51 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 2 in.
J. Paul Getty, 1950.
O n e of a pair
164
(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. 109, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
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
Nice; [Bernard Baruch Steinitz, Paris, 1982].
165. Wall Bracket
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 :
Pierre Mariette et la F i n de PAtelier
ι ft. 3 /8 i n . (39 cm); Depth: 6 4 i n .
dAndre-Charles Boulle," L'Estampille
(September 1984), pp. 72-73, illus.;
3
3
173
3
(17.2 cm)
Accession number 87.DF.136
165
ΙΟΙ
I02
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
P R O V E N A N C E
Paul Wallraf, L o n d o n (sold, Sotheby's,
H e n r y Seymour, London (with another
London, December 8, 1983, lot 579);
pair); [French and Co., New York (six)];
[La Cour de Varenne, Paris, 1987].
two lights sold to [Arnold Seligmann, Rey
and Co., 1941], later i n the Georges Lurcy
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJi6
(1988),
no. 70, pp. 177-178, illus.
collection, N e w York; Rita Lydig, (?) N e w
York, 1927; Sidney J. Lamon, N e w York
(sold, Christie's, London, November 29,
1973, lot 69); [Frank Partridge and Sons,
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1973]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty.
1 6 6 . Four Wall Lights
Paris, circa 1740
Soft-paste porcelain flowers; gilt bronze
Height: 1 ft. 6 i n . (45.7 cm); W i d t h :
1 6 7 . Pair of Wall Lights
ι ft. 1/4 i n . (34.3 cm); D e p t h : 7% i n .
Paris, circa 1745-1749
(19.7 cm)
G i l t bronze
Accession number 75.DF.4.1—.4
Each light bears one crowned Cfor
1745-1749·
One
of
a pair
167
Height: 2 ft. 4% i n . (72.4 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 6 4 i n . (47.6 cm); Depth: io A i n .
3
l
(26.7 cm)
1 6 8 . Four Wall Lights
Paris, circa 1750
Accession number 89.DF.26.1—.2
A t t r i b u t e d to Jacques Caffieri
P R O V E N A N C E
G i l t bronze
European private collection; [Alexander and
Two lights stamped w i t h a crown flanked by
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
CR for Casa Reale and the inventory n u m
bers C$62.1 and C$62.2 on front near base.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1989," GettyMusJiS
(1990),
no. 53, p. 193, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 177,
illus.
Two other lights stamped similarly C. 1068.1
and
C1068.2.
Height: 3 ft. 1 i n . (94 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 10 4 i n . (57.8 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. iVs i n .
3
(34 cm)
Accession number 84.DF.41.1—.4
One
of
four
166
P R O V E N A N C E
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
Tajan, Paris, December 12,1978, lot 48);
GILT
BRONZE:
WALL
LIGHTS
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
Bremer-David, "Acquisitions 1984," no. 3,
pp. 76-79, illus.; "Acquisitions/1984,"
GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 57, p. 180, illus.;
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
pp. 100,140, illus.; Alvar González-Palacios,
II Tempio del Gusto: Le arti decorative in
Italia fra Chssicismi e barocco ( M i l a n , 1986),
vol. i , p. 206; v o l . 2, pp. 230-231, fig. 453;
Handbook 1986, p. 161, illus. (one).
Two wall lights engraved FAIT
F. T. GERMAIN.
GALLERIES
PAR
SCULP. O RED U ROI AUX
DU LOUVRE.
lower
1756at
right and left. Two stamped w i t h Palais d u
Luxembourg inventory number 1051 LUX
1 and two w i t h 1051 LUX2.,All
punched
w i t h Chateau de Compiégne inventory
marks CP under a crown and N° 28, at
lower rear. Various numbers stamped o n
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
Depth: 1 ft. 4 / 8 i n . (41.0 cm); W a l l Light
.i.b: Height: 3 ft. 1% i n . (94.6 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft.
io /8
5
i n . (57.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. i /s i n .
s
One of four
169
(34.6 cm); Wall Light .2.a: Height:
3 ft. 4/4 i n . (102.9 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 1 i n .
pairs regilded by Feuchére i n the first six
(63.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. iVi i n . (34.3 cm);
months o f 1787 for 500 livres a pair and
Wall Light .2.b: Height: 2 ft. 11 V% i n .
installed i n the Salon des Nobles de la Reine,
(89.2 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. i o / s i n . (56.8 cm);
Chateau de Compiégne, until 1791; Govern
Depth: 1 ft. 3% i n . (40.3 cm)
ment o f France, Palais d u Luxembourg,
Accession number 8 i . D F . 9 6 . i . a - . b and
Paris, after 1792; Baron Mayer Amschel de
3
.2.a-.b
Rothschild, the Great D i n i n g Room,
Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire, late
P R O V E N A N C E
Made for Louis-Philippe, due d'Orléans;
four pairs installed i n the Chambre de
Parade and the Salon des Jeux o f the Palais
Royal, Paris, circa 1756; sold privately i n
1786 by Louis-Philippe-Joseph,
due
d'Orléans, and purchased by the bronzier
Feuchére (probably Pierre-Fran$ois Feuchére)
for Louis X V I ; four pairs purchased by the
One of four
168
Mobilier Royal, Paris, August 30,1786, and
described as having damaged gilding; two
nineteenth century; Hannah de Rothschild
(Countess o f Rosebery, wife o f the 5th Earl,
married 1878, died 1890), Mentmore Towers;
Albert Primrose, 6th Earl o f Rosebery,
Mentmore Towers (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
A p r i l 17,1964, lot 18); [Francois-Gérard
Seligmann, Paris]; private collection,
IO3
I04
F R E N C H
GILT
B R O N Z E :
WALL
LIGHTS
Argentina and Switzerland (offered for sale,
Kronika Zamkowayvy
Sotheby's, Monaco, June 14-15,1981, lot
Jacques Charles et al., De Versailles ä Paris:
lot 787A); [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . ,
Le Destín des collections royales (Paris, 1989),
L o n d o n , 1980].
148a—b, bought i n ) .
(1988), pp. 18-30;
Sotheby's, Los Angeles, October 21, 1980,
illus. p. 143, fig. 2; Jonathan Bourne and
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the Domestic
Denis Diderot and Jean d'Alembert,
Encyclopédie
Interior: Renaissance to ArtNouveau
ou dictionnaire raisonné des
sciences, planches (Paris, 1762), vol. 1, s.v.
p. 180, illus. (one).
"architecture," pis. 32-33; Axelle de Broglie
de Gaigneron, "Le 3
e m e
(London,
1991), illus. p. 75, fig. 237; Handbook 1991,
Témoin de l'art de
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979,"
no. 7, pp. 42-43, illus. (one); Sassoon,
"Acquisitions 1982," no. 10, pp. 52-53, illus.;
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 35, pp. 7 0 - 7 1 , illus.
(one); Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete
F - T h . Germain, bronzier," Connaissance des
Bronzen, pp. 190-191, illus.; Handbook 1986,
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
arts 199 (September 1968), pp. 76-77, illus.;
1
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:
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.
e
La France ä Vencan iy8p-iypp
Height: 2 ft. 1/2 i n . (64.8 cm); W i d t h :
(Fribourg,
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. 145, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 164, illus.
(one); Jean-Louis Baritou and D o m i n i q u e
Foussand, Chevolet-Contant-Chaussard:
Un
Cabinet d'architectes au siecle des lumieres
(Lyon, 1987), pp. 135-140, illus. p. 182;
Verlet, Les Bronzes, pp. 296-299, illus.
p. 30, fig. 18; p. 171, fig. 209; p. 256, fig. 275;
p. 297, figs. 327-329; Ρ- 298, figs. 330-331;
Pallot, L'Art du siege, p. 160, illus.; A n n a
Saratowicz, "Apliki do Sali Rycerskiej,"
P R O V E N A N C E
78.DF.263.1-.4: (?) Sold, Hotel Drouot, Paris,
M a y 26-27,1921, lot 99, to de Friedel; p r i
vate collection, Paris (sold, Etude Couturier
Nicolay, Paris, A p r i l 6,1978, lot 52); [Alex
ander and Berendt, L t d . , London, 1978].
82.DA.35.1-.2: H e n r i Smulders, Amsterdam
(sold, two from a set o f four, Frederik
M u l l e r and Co. [Mensing et Fils], Amster
dam, June 26-27,1934, lot 98); private col
lection, Los Angeles, probably purchased i n
Paris; M r . Lee Greenway, Los Angeles (sold,
O n e o f six
170
F R E N C H
One of four
171
1 7 1 . Four Wall Lights
One of six
ι
172
Six Wall Lights
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
W A L L
L I G H T S
One of a pair
173
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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
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.
(London,
(26.7 cm)
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, Palais Galliera, Paris, M a r c h 29,1966,
lot 45, to [ B . Fabre et Fils, Paris, circa 1977];
Accession numbers 74.DF.3.1—.2 and
77.DF.29.1-.4
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
77.DF.29.1—.4: Sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
G i l t bronze
December 2,1976, lot 3; [Alexander and
Height: 1 ft. 8/4 i n . (52.1 cm); W i d t h :
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJzi
i n press, illus.
(1993),
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
IO5
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
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1974]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
p. 243, illus.
1 7 4 . Pair of Wall Lights
Paris, circa 1787
Attributed to Pierre-Philippe T h o m i r e
G i l t bronze
Height: 3 ft. 6Vz i n . (107.9
c
m
) ; Width:
ι ft. 10V16 i n . (57 cm); D e p t h : ιι Λ i n .
7
(30.1 cm)
Accession number 83.DF.23.1—.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Dues de Mortemart, Chateau de SaintVrain, Seine-et-Oise, from the eighteenth
One of a pair
174
One of a pair
175
century, by descent u n t i l 1982; [Maurice
Segoura, Paris, 1982].
175. Pair of Wall Lights
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Paris, circa 1787-1788
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 11,
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre-Fran£ois or
p. 292, illus.; Verlet, Les Bronzes, pp. 336,
pp. 207-208, 211, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
Jean-Pierre Feuchére
378-379, illus. p. 383, fig. 393.
GettyMusJ12
(1984), no. 13, p. 266, illus.;
G i l t bronze
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
Height: 2 ft. % i n . (61.6 cm); W i d t h :
p. 290, illus. p. 291.
ι ft. /i6 i n . (32 cm); Depth: 7% i n . (18.5 cm)
9
Accession number 78.DF.90.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
J. Bardac, Paris; Paul Dutasta, Paris (sold,
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 4,1926,
lot 105); (?) Rothschild collection, Paris;
[Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York];
purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1953.
F R E N C H
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
GILT
BRONZE:
FIREDOGS
177. Pair of Firedogs
F I R E D O G S
Paris, circa 1735
By Charles Cressent
176. Pair of Firedogs
Paris, circa 1735
G i l t bronze
G i l t bronze
Height: 1 ft. 3% i n . (38.7 cm); W i d t h :
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 .
ι ft. 3 i n . (38.1 cm); Depth: 9 /s i n . (24.4 cm);
(20.6 cm)
Right: Height: 1 ft. 4 i n . (32.3 cm); W i d t h :
Accession number 73.DF.63.1—.2
3
5
3
ι ft. 3 4 i n . (38.7 cm); D e p t h : 8 /s i n .
X
7
P R O V E N A N C E
(22.6 cm)
Private collection, Paris; [Didier Aaron,
Accession number 71.DF.114.1—.2
Paris, by 1971]; [French and Co., N e w York,
1972]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
P R O V E N A N C E
[Duveen Brothers, N e w York]; Anna
E X H I B I T I O N S
T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse
Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Fourth
Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n (sold, Christie's,
International
L o n d o n , June 24, 1971, l o t 18); purchased
CINOA,
One of a pair
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
177
Exhibition
Presented by
M a r c h - M a y 1970, no. 237.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Marie-Juliette Ballot, Charles Cressent:
Sculpteur, ébéniste, collectionneur,
Archives
de Vart frangais: Nouvelle période 10 (Paris,
1919), p. 218; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 17,
p. 34, illus.; Ottomeyer and Pröschel,
Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 112.
Firedog .1
176
Firedog . 2
176
lOJ
Ιθ8
F R E N C H
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
F I R E D O G S
178. Pair of Firedogs
Paris, circa 1775
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre Gouthiére
G i l t bronze; dark blue enamel panels
Stamped i n various places w i t h either the
letters A, E, or EA.
Height: 1 ft. 3% i n . (40 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 3 i n . (38 cm); D e p t h : 5 A i n . (14 cm)
l
Accession number 62.DF.1.1-.2
179
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Louise-Jeanne de D u r f o r t , <luchesse de
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Mazarin, Paris (sold, Paris, December 10-15,
Verlet et al., Chefi d'oeuvre, p. 130, illus.;
Porcelain: Chinese, early eighteenth century
1781, l o t 285); comtesse de Clermont-
Getty, Collecting, p. 150; Ottomeyer and
Lacquer: French, circa 1750
Tonnerre, Paris (sold, H o t e l D r o u o t , Paris,
Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 272, illus.
M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1750
180. Inkstand
October 10-13,1900, lot 290); private col
Hard-paste porcelain, vernis Martin-, gilt-
lection, Paris (sold, H o t e l D r o u o t , Paris,
bronze mounts
February 4, 1909, lot 96); M o r t i m e r L .
Schiff, N e w York (sold by his heir John L .
Height: 8 i n . (20.3 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 2 i n .
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
I N K S T A N D S
Schiff, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 22,1938, lot
45); purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
(35.6 cm); D e p t h : 10 Α i n . (26.7 cm)
τ
Accession number 76.Di.12
179. Inkstand and Paperweights
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, circa 1715
[B. Fabre et Fils, Paris, 1976]; purchased by
G i l t bronze
Inkstand: Height: 4% i n . (10.8 cm); W i d t h :
J. Paul Getty.
ι ft. 2 % i n . (37.2 cm); Depth: πV% i n .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(28.2 cm); Paperweights: Height: 2 /s i n .
W i l s o n et al., Mounted
(6.7 cm); W i d t h : 6 A i n . (16.2 cm); Depth:
no. 14, pp. 68-69, illu-S,
5
3
Oriental
Porcelain,
4 λ i n . (11.4 cm)
ι
Accession number 75.DF.6.1-.3
P R O V E N A N C E
[Michel Meyer, Paris]; [Kraemer et Cie,
Paris, 1975]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
One of a pan
178
180
F R E N C H
GILT
B R O N Z E :
FIGURAL
BRONZES
182. Inkstand
(?) Paris, late nineteenth century
Oak veneered w i t h rosewood; set w i t h hardpaste porcelain plaques; gilt-bronze mounts
One plaque bears an unidentified mark i n
script. Base pasted w i t h paper label printed
181
Palace ofPavlovsk i n Russian, inked w i t h the
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
Height: 3% i n . (8.9 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 6 / 2 i n .
(47 cm); D e p t h : 9 V 2 i n . (24.1 cm)
w i t h a French customs stamp. Base painted
Height: 3% i n . (9.8 cm); W i d t h : 11% i n .
Accession number 73.DJ.67
183
L'Etude
1044 i n white and Uh.6$22 i n blue.
G I L T
B R O N Z E :
(28.6 cm); Depth: 7% i n . (18.4 cm)
Accession number 7 1 . D H . 9 7
P R O V E N A N C E
Adolphe L i o n , Paris, 1929; M r s . Benjamin
P R O V E N A N C E
Stern, N e w York (sold, American A r t
Association, N e w York, A p r i l 4-7,1934,
lot 848); [Frederick Victoria, Inc., N e w
York]; [Mallett and Son, L t d . , London,
1973]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Russian Imperial Collections, Palace o f
F I G U R A L
B R O N Z E S
183. Pair of Figures, L'Etude and
La Philosophie
Pavlovsk (near St. Petersburg), u n t i l the
Paris, circa 1780-1785
early twentieth century; [Duveen Brothers,
A t t r i b u t e d to Pierre-Philippe Thomire after
New York]; A n n a T h o m s o n Dodge, Rose
models by Louis-Simon Boizot
Terrace, Grosse Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n
Patinated and gilt bronze
(sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , June 24,1971, lot
Male Figure: Height: 1 ft. 1 i n . (33 cm);
33); purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
W i d t h : ι ft. 2 i n . (35.7 cm); Depth: 4V8 i n .
(11.7 cm); Female Figure: Height: 1 ft. 1 i n .
E X H I B I T I O N S
(33 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. i /s i n . (35.2 cm);
7
The D e t r o i t Institute o f Arts, French Taste
in the Eighteenth Century, April-June 1956,
no. 174, illus. p. 50.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Savill, Sevres, v o l . 2, n . 15, p. 860.
182
La Philosophie
183
IO9
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
Depth: 4 /s i n . (11.7 cm)
Height: 9 i n . (22.8 cm); Diameter: 6 i n .
Accession number 88.SB.113.1-.2
(15.2 cm)
5
Accession number 88.DH.127.1-.2
185. Fountain
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, 1661-1663, w i t h English alterations o f
Private collection, Chateau de la Chesaie,
P R O V E N A N C E
Eaubonne (sold, Sotheby's, Monaco,
Marquise de Pompadour, Paris, before 1752;
February 5,1978, lot 20); purchased at that
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris]; private collection,
sale by T h e British Rail Pension Fund.
Paris, purchased circa 1910; [Jean-Luc
century
Silver
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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,"
fleur-de-lys; a crowned R (the warden's
GettyMusJij
PAINTED BRONZE!
(1989), no. 72, p. 142, illus.; Handbook 1991,
FIGURAL
p. 172, illus. (one).
BRONZES
Jean I V Le Roy, probably altered i n L o n d o n
Garden, and again later i n the eighteenth
Chalmin, Paris, 1988].
no. 78, p. 144, illus.
1695, 1758, and circa 1762
i n 1695 by Ralph Leeke, i n 1758 by Phillips
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ 17 (1989),
SILVER
mark used between December 30,1661,
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 :
attributed to Etienne-Simon M a r t i n and
ι ft. 2V8 i n . (35.9 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 2% i n .
5
Guillaume M a r t i n
(36.2 cm)
Painted bronze; silver
Accession number 82.DG.17
The base o f each bronze is stamped w i t h
P R O V E N A N C E
the crowned Cfor 1745-1749. Each silver
I n England by 1694, when probably adapted
element is marked w i t h a crowned F(the
from a lidded one-handled vase w i t h a spout
wardens mark used between October 4,
m o u n t e d higher, and when a matching
1738, and October 12,1739); a fox's head
fountain and two basins were made by Ralph
(the Paris discharge mark for small works
Leeke; Sir Nathaniel Curzon, ist Baron
i n silver and gold used between October 4,
Scarsdale (born 1726, married Caroline
1738, and October 12,1744); and a helmet
Colyear 1750, died 1804), Kedleston H a l l ,
w i t h open visor (the Paris discharge mark
Derbyshire, by 1750; Earls o f Scarsdale,
for works i n gold and small works i n o l d
Kedleston H a l l , by descent (offered for sale,
silver used between October 13,1744, and
Christie's, L o n d o n , July 16,1930, lot 42,
October 9, 1750). The silver also bears an
bought i n ; offered for sale, Christie's,
obliterated mark w h i c h m i g h t be a charge
or maker's mark.
One
of
a pair
184
F R E N C H
S I L V E R
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Jacques Helft, French Master Goldsmiths and
Silversmiths (New York, 1966), pp. 6 0 - 6 1 ,
illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 2, pp. 4-5,
illus.; Gillian Wilson, "The Kedleston Foun
tain: Its Development from a SeventeenthCentury Vase," GettyMusJ 11 (1983), pp. 1-12,
figs. 1-4, 6-7, 9,11,16-17.
186. Pair of Tureens, Liners, and Stands
Paris, 1726-1729
One of a pair
186
By Thomas Germain, w i t h arms added i n
1764 by his son Francois-Thomas Germain
Silver
Marked variously o n tureens, liners, and
stands w i t h a crowned AT (the warden's mark
used between August 13,1726, and August
13,1727); a crowned Μ (the warden's mark
used between August 12,1728, and August
26, 1729); a crowned A overlaid w i t h crossed
ι8
5
Z's (the charge mark used between M a y 6,
and .48^3^2^;
stands engraved w i t h the
weights -48^2^
and -48^^
B°
t n
stands,
one w i t h the added date 1764, engraved
FAIT. PARF. T.GERMAIN.
OYAUX
ORF.SCULP.DU.R
GALLERIES.DULOUVRE.
APARIS.
T h e coat o f arms o f the Mello e Castro
family engraved o n stands and applied on
tureens.
1722, and September 3,1727, under the fer-
Tureens: Height: 6 A i n . (17.4 cm); W i d t h :
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 :
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
22,1732); an artichoke mark (for o l d works
E X H I B I T I O N S
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Louis XIV:
Faste et decors, M a y - O c t o b e r i960, no. 378,
pi. 58.
i n silver to which new parts have been
added, used between November 22,1762,
and December 23,1768); and w i t h three
obliterated marks, probably o f Thomas
Germain. One tureen, stand, and liner
engraved N 1,
0m
the others N '2\
0
tureens
engraved w i t h the weights .^<?^j ^2^
ö
7
7
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Jacques-Samuel Bernard (1686-1753),
comte de Coubert, i n the salle a manger o f
his hotel, 46 rue d u Bac, Paris [information:
B. Pons]; altered by Fran9ois-Thomas
Germain i n 1764 for D . M a r t i n h o de Mello
e Castro, C o u n t o f Galveias, the Portuguese
ambassador i n L o n d o n (1755) and i n Paris
I I I
112
FRENCH SILVER
used i n Paris exclusively from M a y 10, 1838).
from 1760-1761 (temporarily residing i n the
pp. 126-153; Leonor d'Orey, The Silver
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
by J. Paul Getty.
EXHIBITIONS
Lisbon, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Exposicao de arte francesa, May-June 1934,
187
nos. 230-231; Paris, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Les Tresors de I'orfevrerie
eme
siecle en
France (Paris, 1951), no. 192, p. n o , illus.
du Portugal,
November 1954-January 1955, no. 453.
Emile Dacier, LArt au XVIII
187. Lidded
Ecuelle
Paris, 1727
BIBLIOGRAPHY
By Claude-Gabriel Dardet
Daniel Alcouffe, Louis XV: Un Moment de
Silver-gilt
perfection de Vanfrancais"
H o t e l de la
Marked on bowl w i t h the maker's stamp
Monnaie, Paris, 1974, no. 484, p. 358;
o f C.G.D., a dart, and two grains below a
Thomas Milnes-Gaskell, "Thomas Ger
crowned fleur-de-lys; a crowned L (the war
main," Christies Review of the Season
den's mark used between August 13,1727,
(London and N e w York, 1976), pp. 219-221,
and August 12, 1728); a crowned A (the
illus.; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1982," no. 3,
charge mark used between September 3,
pp. 24-28, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 11,
1727, and December 22,1732, under the
pp. 22-23, illus.; A r m i n B. Allen, An
fermier Jacques C o t t i n ) ; a fleur-de-lys
Exhibition
of Ornamental Drawings (New
w i t h i n a pomegranate (the discharge mark
York, 1982), no. 53, illus.; Handbook 1986, p.
used on large silver objects between Septem
157, illus. (one); Bruno Pons, " H o t e l
ber 3,1727, and December 22, 1732); an
Jacques-Samuel Bernard," Le Faubourg
unidentified flower, possibly a lily o f the
Saint-Germain:
valley (a discharge mark used to indicate a
la rue du Bac, Etudes offertes
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
188. Lidded Bowl and Stand
Lacquer: Japanese, early eighteenth century
Mounts: Paris, circa 1727-1738
W o o d lacquered w i t h red and brown
pigments; gold powder; silver-gilt mounts
L i d , bowl, and stand mounts variously
marked w i t h the unidentified maker's stamp
P.L.R. w i t h a crescent, two grains, and a
fleur-de-lys; a crowned bell (the Paris
countermark used between September 3,
1727, and December 22, 1732, under the
fermier Jacques C o t t i n ) ; a crowned S (the
warden's mark used between September 18,
1734, and September 23, 1735); and an
unidentified mark.
FRENCH SILVER
189. Pair of Sugar Castors
P R O V E N A N C E
Paris, 1743
Ε J. E. Horstmann (sold, Frederik Müller,
By Simon Gallien
Amsterdam, November 19-21,1919, lot 178);
Silver
Jean-Louis Bonnefoy, Paris; Sir Robert Abdy,
Each castor is marked w i t h the maker's
Bt., N e w t o n Ferrers, Cornwall; by descent to
stamp o f S.G., a sun and two grains below a
Sir Valentine Abdy; [S. J. Phillip^ London].
crowned fleur-de-lys; a crowned C (the war
den's mark used between M a y 30,1743, and
July 6,1744); a crowned A (the charge mark
used between October 4,1738, and Octo
188
ber 13,1744, under the fermierLouis
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
no. 53, p. 178, illus.
Robin);
a fox's head (the discharge mark used o n
Overall Height: $Vi6 i n . (14.1 cm); Bowl:
small silver objects between October 4,1738,
Height: 5M6 i n . (13.2 cm); W i d t h : yVs i n .
and October 13,1744); a salmon's head (the
(18.7 c m ) ; D e p t h : 5 /s i n . (13.6 cm); Stand:
discharge mark used o n small silver objects
Height: Vs i n . (2.3 cm); Diameter: yVi6 i n .
between October 13,1744, and October 10,
(18.2 cm)
1750, under the fermier Antonie Leschaudel);
Accession number 84.DH.74.1.2a— .2b
a fly (the countermark used between Octo
3
ber 13,1744, and October 10,1750, under
P R O V E N A N C E
Hans Backer, L o n d o n ; M a r t i n N o r t o n ,
London.
the fermier Antoine Leschaudel); a laurel
leaf (the countermark used between Octo
ber 13,1756, and November 22,1762, under
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
the fermier'Eloy Brichard); an open right
Nieda, "Acquisitions 1984," no. 2, pp. 72-76,
hand (the countermark used between
illus.; "Acquisitions/1984,"
November 22,1762, and December 23,1768,
(1985), no. 52, p. 177, illus.
GettyMusJi^
under the fermier Jean-Jacques Prévost); an
TV inscribed i n an oval (the D u t c h date letter
for 1822 for works i n precious metal); and
an ax (a D u t c h standard mark used since
1852 for old silver objects returned to circu
lation). The base o f castor .1 is inscribed
409\ the base o f castor .2 is inscribed 409A.
Castor .1: Height: 10%. i n . (26 cm);
Diameter: 4% i n . (11.5 cm); Castor .2:
Height: ιοΥχ i n . (26.6 cm); Diameter:
4 /8
5
i n . (11.7 cm)
Accession number 84.DG.744.1-.2
One of a pair
189
113
114
F R E N C H
S I L V E R
Π90. Pair of Lidded Tureens, Liners,
and Stands
Paris, 1744-1750
By Thomas Germain
Silver
Marked variously o n the tureens, liners,
lids, and stands w i t h a crowned D (the war
dens mark used between July 6,1744, and
November 27,1745); a crowned / (the war
den's mark used between July 18,1749, and
July 15,1750); a crowned
(the warden's
mark used between July 15, 1750, and
January 22,1751); an indistinct mark, pos
sibly a crowned A (the charge mark used
between October 4,1738, and October 13,
1744, under the firmier Louis Robin); a
crowned A (the charge mark used between
October 13, 1744, and October 10,1750,
190
under the firmier A n t o i n e Leschaudel);
a hen's head (the discharge mark used o n
small silver objects between October 10,
Tureens: Height: 11 MO i n . (30 cm); W i d t h :
A p r i l 27,1976, lot 446); private collection,
1750, and October 13, 1756, under the
ι ft. i 4 in. (34.9 cm); Depth: 11 V% i n .
Geneva, 1976.
firmier Julien Berthe); a boar's head (the
(28.2 cm); Stands: Height: i /s i n . (4.2 cm);
discharge mark used o n large silver objects
W i d t h : ι ft. 6V16 i n . (46.2 cm); Depth:
between October 10, 1750, and October 13,
ι ft. 6V16 in. (47.2 cm)
1756); and a laurel leaf (the countermark
Accession number 82.DG.13.1-.2
3
5
used between October 13, 1756, and
November 22,1762, under the firmier Eloy
Brichard); and several obliterated marks.
(?) Archbishop D o m Gaspar de Bragan$a
(1716-1789, archbishop o f Braga 1757),
w i t h DUN
Braga, Portugal; Robert John Smith, 2nd
3; the other w i t h DUN
0
4.
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Les Tresors
de Torfevrerie du Portugal, November 1954January 1955, no. 455, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
One tureen, liner, l i d , and stand engraved
0
E X H I B I T I O N S
Stands scratched w i t h various dealers'
L o r d Carrington (succeeded to the title i n
marks o f twentieth-century date. Originally
1838), England; [S.J. Phillips, L o n d o n ,
engraved w i t h an archbishop's coat o f arms
1920s or 1930s]; M r . and Mrs. Meyer
surrounded by the collar and cross o f the
Sassoon, Pope's Manor, Berkshire, by the
Order o f Christ, now partly erased and
1930s; [S.J. Phillips, London]; [Jacques
replaced w i t h the arms o f Robert John
Helft, Paris]; José and Vera Espirito Santo,
Smith, 2nd L o r d Carrington.
Paris, by 1954 (sold, Christie's, Geneva,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Thomas Milnes-Gaskell, "Thomas Ger
m a i n , " Christies Review of the Season 197$
( L o n d o n and N e w York, 1976), pp. 219-221,
illus.; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1982," no. 7,
pp. 39-45, illus.; Storia degli Argenti,
Kirsten Aschengreen-Piacenti, ed. (Novara,
1987), p. 129, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 173,
illus. (one).
F R E N C H
S I L V E R
P R O V E N A N C E
Marquis de Menars; (?) Junius Spencer
Morgan, N e w York; [Puiforcat, Paris, by
1926, and through 1938]; D a v i d David-Weill,
Paris (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris, N o v e m
ber 24,1971, lot 24); purchased at that sale
by J. Paul Getty.
E X H I B I T I O N S
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Exposition
d'orfevrerie frangaise civile du XVT Steele au
e
191
debut du XIX , A p r i l - M a y 1926, no. 91;
e
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
o f F.T.G., a lamb's fleece, two grains, and a
crowned fleur-de-lys; a crowned A^(the war
used on small silver objects between Novem
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
S. Brauk and Y. Bottineau,
frangaise du XVIII
e
den's mark used between July 15,1750, and
January 22,1751); a crowned A w i t h palm
and laurel branches (the charge mark used
between October 10, 1750, and October 13,
1756, under the firmier Julien Berthe); a
boar's head (the "restricted warranty" o f
.800 m i n i m u m silver standard used i n Paris
L'Orfevrerie
Steele (Paris, 1959), p. 186,
pi. 17; Faith Dennis, Three Centuries of
French Domestic Silver: Its Makers and Its
Marks (New York, i 9 6 0 ) , v o l . 1, p. 116,
fig. 149; H e n r y N o c q , Le Poingon de Paris
(Paris, 1968), v o l . 2, p. 243, illus. opposite
p. 244.
ber 22,1762, and December 23,1768, under
the firmier Jean-Jacques Prévost); a pointer's
head (the discharge mark used on small sil
ver objects between November 22,1762, and
December 23, 1768); a hunting horn (the
countermark used between December 23,
1768, and September 1,1775, under the
firmier Julien Alaterre); a man's slipper (the
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)
stamp o f J . B.C.-, a key and two grains below
countries between July 1,1893, and 1970).
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.
7
Accession number 71.DG.78
and July 13,1763); a crowned A w i t h laurel
115
Il6
F R E N C H
SILVER
Cumberland and Brunswick-Lüneburg,
Height: 4% i n . (12.1 cm;); W i d t h : 5 /s i n .
5
(14.3 cm); Depth: 7% i n . (19.8 cm)
K i n g o f Hanover, 1837; (?) Ernst Augustus,
Accession number 71.DG.76.1—.2
D u k e o f Cumberland and BrunswickLüneburg, 1851 (sold after his death, circa
P R O V E N A N C E
1924); Cartier, L t d . , L o n d o n , by 1926; Louis
Dukes o f Buckingham and Chandos, L o n
Cartier, Paris, by the 1960s; Claude Cartier,
don (sold 1903); J. H . Fitzhenry, L o n d o n
Paris, 1970s (sold, Sotheby's, Monaco,
(sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , November 20,
November 25-27,1979, lot 824, w i t h
1913, lot 214); [Gaston Bensimon, Paris];
another pair o f matching candelabra);
D a v i d David-Weill, Paris (sold, Palais
Veronique Cartier, Paris, 1979.
Galliera, Paris, November 24,1971, lot 14);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
E X H I B I T I O N S
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs,
E X H I B I T I O N S
Exposition
d'orfevrerie frangaise civile du XV siecle au
e
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Exposition
debut du XIX , A p r i l - M a y 1926, no. 144,
e
d'orftvrerie frangaise civile du XV siecle au
e
o n loan f r o m Cartier, L t d . , L o n d o n ; Paris,
debut du XIX , A p r i l - M a y 1926, no. 108, on
e
Galerie Mellerio, LOrfevrerie
loan from D a v i d David-Weill.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Storia degli Argenti, Kirsten AschengreenPiacenti, ed. (Novara, 1987), p. 128, illus.
et le bijou
d'autrefois, 1935, no. 70.
One of a pair
193
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Faith Dennis, Three Centuries of French
and June 4,1783, under the
fermier'Henry
Domestic Silver: Its Makers and Its Marks
Clavel); a j u g (the discharge mark used on
(New York, i 9 6 0 ) , v o l . 1, no. 20, p. 45, illus.
works destined for export between A p r i l 7,
vol. 2, p. 31; Claude Frégnac et al., Les
1781, and June 4,1783); an ant i n a rectangle
Grands orfevres de Louis XIII
Paris, 1779-1782
(the mark o f .800 m i n i m u m standard for
(Collection Connaissance des arts, Paris,
1 9 3 . Pair of Candelabra
a Charles X
By Robert-Joseph Auguste
works imported into France from contract
1965), pp. 240-241, fig. 2; Jacques Helft,
Silver
ing countries as used since July 1,1893); and
French Master Goldsmiths and
Marked variously w i t h maker's stamp o f
the letter G (of u n k n o w n meaning). Each
(New York, 1966), p. 240, fig. 2; Serge
R.J. A. w i t h a palm branch and two grains,
base engraved w i t h the monogram GR III
Grandjean et al., Cinq années
below a crowned fleur-de-lys; a crowned Ρ
under a crown.
ment du patrimoine
Silversmiths
d'enrichisse-
national1975-1980,
(the warden's mark used between July 18,
Height: 1 ft. ioV% i n . (56.1 cm); W i d t h :
Grand Palais, Paris, November 1980-March
1778, and July 21,1781); a crowned S (the
ι ft. 3/8 i n . (38.5 cm) Depth: 1 ft. 2 /s i n .
1981, no. 109, pp. 128-129; "Acquisitions/
wardens mark used between August 1,1781,
(36.5 cm)
1984," GettyMusJi?,
and July 13,1782); the letters P.A.R.I.S. (the
Accession number 84.DG.42.1—.2
illus. (one); Jonathan Bourne and Vanessa
3
Brett, Lighting in the Domestic Lnterior:
charge mark used between September 1,
1775, and A p r i l 7,1781, under the fermier
Jean-Baptiste Fouache); crossed Z's (the
charge mark used between A p r i l 7, 1781,
(1985), no. 63, p. 182,
P R O V E N A N C E
From a service made for George I I I o f
England; (?) Ernst Augustus, Duke o f
Renaissance to Art Nouveau (London, 1991),
illus. p. 108, fig. 344.
F R E N C H
E N A M E L S
E N A M E L S
195. Prudence Commesso Hat Badge
(enseigne)
1550-1560
Gold; white, blue, red, and black enamel;
chalcedony; and a table-cut diamond
Height: 2% i n . (5.7 cm)
Accession number 85.SE.238
P R O V E N A N C E
Baronne James de Rothschild, Paris, 1866;
Thomas Ε Flannery, Jr., Winnetka, Illinois
(sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , December 1, 1983,
lot 288); [David, Inc., Vaduz].
194
Back view
194
E X H I B I T I O N S
G O L D :
J E W E L R Y
Loyola University o f Chicago, The Art of
E X H I B I T I O N S
New York, A La Vieille Russie, The Art of
194. Hercules Pendant
Paris, circa 1540
Gold; white, blue, and black enamel; and
a baroque pearl
Height: 2 /s i n . (6 cm); W i d t h : 2V8 i n .
3
(5.4 cm)
Accession number 85.SE.237
the Goldsmith and the Jeweller, Novem
ber 6-23,1968, no. 8, p. 15.
Jewelry, 1450-1600,1975, no. 9; T h e Fine Arts
Museums o f San Francisco, The Triumph
of Humanism:
Three Phases of Renaissance
Decorative Arts 1450-1600, October 1977January 1978, no. 99.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Yvonne Hackenbroch, "Bijoux de FEcole
de Fontainebleau," Actes du Colloque Inter
nationalsur
I Art de Fontainebleau
(Paris,
1975), p. 71, figs. 1-2; Yvonne Hackenbroch,
P R O V E N A N C E
Renaissance Jewellery (London, 1979),
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Vienna;
dust jacket illus. and p i . 7, nos. 140A-B,
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna;
pp. 63-64; Christies Review of the Season
C. R u x t o n Love, N e w York (sold, Christie's,
1984 (Oxford, 1985), p. 338; Souren
Geneva, November 13, 1984, lot 45); [David,
Melikian, Art and Auction 7 (January 1985),
Inc., Vaduz].
p. 144; "La Cote d u M o i s , " L'Estampille 177
(January 1985), p. 67;"Acquisitions/i985,"
GettyMusJ 14 (19S6),no. 216, pp. 252-253,
illus.; Handbook1991,
p. 204, illus.
195
11J
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
Edouard Liévre, Les Collections célebres
d'oeuvres d'art (Paris, 1866), p i . 49; D o n a l d Ε
Rowe, "The A r t o f Jewellery, 1540-1650,"
Connoisseur188 (April 1975), p. 293, p i . 4;
Yvonne Hackenbroch, Renaissance Jewellery
(London, 1979), pp. 90-92, p i . 8, fig. 236;
Art at Auction: the Year at Sotheby's 1983-1984
(London, 1984), p. 202; "Acquisitions/1985,"
GettyMusJ 14 (1986), no. 217, p. 253, illus.
196. Twelve Plaques with Scenes from the
Passion of Christ
Limoges, 1530s
By Jean I I Pénicaud
Polychrome enamel o n copper w i t h gold
highlights
Each stamped o n back under clear counterenamel w i t h a Ρ surmounted by a crown
(Pénicaud workshop stamp). Also inscribed
SANCT. PETR.
o n Saint Peters robe i n The
Entry into Jerusalem plaque and IOSEP
.
DABAR o n robe o f Joseph i n The Entomb
ment plaque.
Height (each plaque): approx. 3%) i n .
196
(9.4 cm); W i d t h : approx. 2% i n . (7.3 cm)
Accession number 88.SE.4.1-.12
P R O V E N A N C E
Alessandro Castellani, Rome (sold, H o t e l
"The Passion o f Christ: Twelve Enamel
E X H I B I T I O N S
Lille, Exposition retrospective de l'art frangais
Plaques i n the J. Paul Getty Museum,"
au Trocadéro, 1889, no. 1037.
GettyMusJ 18 (1990), pp. 127-140.
D r o u o t , Paris, M a y 12-16," 1884, l o t 472);
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
Ceramics
198. Oval Basin
Saintes, circa 1550
A t t r i b u t e d to Bernard Palissy
Lead-glazed earthenware
Height: 2 /s in.(6.6 cm); Length: 1 ft. 7 i n .
5
(48.2 cm); W i d t h : i f t . 2% i n . (36.8 cm)
Accession number 88.DE.63
P R O V E N A N C E
197
Mars
197. Allegory of Charles IX as Mars
Allegory of Catherine de' Medici as Juno
Limoges, 1573
197
Juno
Carl Becker, Cologne; private collection,
England; British art market.
P R O V E N A N C E
Debruge-Dumenil, 1847; Albert Primrose,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
6th Earl o f Rosebery, Mentmore Towers,
Katalog der Kunst-Sammlung,
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),
Consul Carl
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
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
center o f cloud at left o f Mars. Signed LL at
b o t t o m o f cloud i n b o t t o m center o f Juno.
Inscribed o n backs at a later date C DE
MEDICIS
a n d CHARLES
IX.
de
(1989),
no. 84, p. 146, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Joseph Laborde, Description des objets d'art
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,
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;
bijoux,
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
no. 199, pp. 218-219, illus.
(1987),
198
II9
I20
F R E N C H
CERAMICS
199. (?) Model for a Ceramic Vessel
NIVERNOIS
Paris, circa 1725-1730
Terracotta
2 0 0 . Lidded Jug
Incised under the base EX MUSEO
MONCREIFFE.
Nivernois, 1680-1690
DOCT. ET. SOC.
SORBONICI.
DECANUS.
P.C. DE.
ECLE AE DUEN
Tin-glazed and painted earthenware
(?)SI
Height: 7 A i n . (19.1 cm); W i d t h : 7 / 8 i n .
l
Modeled w i t h the arms, mono
(18.ι cm); D e p t h : 4 i n . (10.2 cm)
gram, and coronet (now partly missing) o f
Accession number 88.DE.126
Louis-Henri, prince de Conde, due de
Bourbon.
P R O V E N A N C E
Height: 1 ft. 4 i n . (32.4 cm); W i d t h : 11 4 i n .
D e Jouvenal collection, France; [Georges
(29.8 cm); D e p t h : 11 4 i n . (29.8 cm)
Lefebvre, Paris, 1988].
3
3
3
Accession number 83.DE.36
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ'17 (1989),
P R O V E N A N C E
no. 65, p. 140, illus.
Louis-Henri, 7th prince de Conde, due de
Bourbon, Chateau de Chantilly
199
(1692-1740); (?) Francois-Augustin Paradis
de M o n c r i f (1687-1770); Pierre-Charles de
SAINT-CLOUD
Moncrif, archbishop o f the cathedral church
d A u t u n , recorded as item 6 i n M o n c r i f s
2 0 1 . Lidded Ewer and Basin
cabinet de curiosités i n the inventory taken
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,"
GettyMusJ12
4338.8 and Charles E. Dunlap. Each silver
(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
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)
Accession number 84.DE.917.a-.b
P R O V E N A N C E
Mrs. H . Dupuy, N e w York (sold, Parke-
203
P R O V E N A N C E
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,
December 3, 1975, lot 231); purchased at
that sale by T h e British Rail Pension Fund.
Moustiers, Olerys manufactory, circa
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^
1740-1760
(1985),
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
A r t , Masterpieces of European
Earthenware; polychrome enamel
ι ft. 5 /8 i n . (44.8 cm)
5
Porcelain,
Accession number 87.DE.25
1949, no. 144; M a l i b u , T h e J. Paul Getty
Museum, o n loan, 1982-1988.
P R O V E N A N C E
[Georges Lefebvre, Paris, 1986].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ 17 (1989),
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
no. 70, p. 141, illus.
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
no. 75, p. 178, illus.
202
121
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
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1982," no. 5,
pp. 33-36, illus.
204
Height: Ύ16 i n . (2.3 cm); W i d t h : 4V16 i n .
CHANTILLY
One
of
a
pair
205
2 0 5 . Pair of Magot Figures
(11.6 cm); Depth: 4 % i n . (11.5 cm); Sugar
C h a n t i l l y manufactory, circa 1740
Bowl: Height: 3/8 i n . (7.7 cm); W i d t h :
Soft-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
Chantilly manufactory, circa 1730-1735
4 /8 i n . (11.ι cm); D e p t h : 4/16 i n . (10.3 cm);
decoration; gilt-bronze mounts
Soft-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
Teapot: Height: 3/2 i n . (8.9 cm); W i d t h :
Height: 7 i n . (18 cm); W i d t h : 7 i n . (18 cm);
decoration
5/8 i n . (13.1 cm); Depth: 3 /i6 i n . (8.4 cm)
D e p t h : 7 i n . (18 cm)
Tray: Height: % i n . (2.1 cm); W i d t h :
Accession number 82.DE.167.1-.5
Accession number 85.DI.380.1—.2
2 0 4 . Tea Service
s
8 % i n . (22.4 cm); Depth: 8 % i n . (22.7 cm);
Cups: Height:
3
i n . (4 cm); W i d t h : 3% i n .
I /I6
9
(8.2 cm); Depth: 2 A i n . (6.7 cm); Saucers:
5
P R O V E N A N C E
[Klaber and Klaber, London, 1980];
[Winifred Williams, L t d . , London, 1982].
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
L U N E V I L L E
P R O V E N A N C E
Miss A . Phillips, L o n d o n (sold, Sotheby's,
L o n d o n , February 28,1961, lot 56); [Wini
fred W i l l i a m s , L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; [Partridge
(Fine Arts) L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14
(1986),
no. 197, p. 245, illus.
2 0 6 . Chamber Pot (bourdaloue)
C h a n t i l l y manufactory, circa 1740
Soft-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
decoration
Painted o n the base w i t h the iron-red
h u n t i n g h o r n mark o f the Chantilly
manufactory.
Height: 3 % i n . (9.8 cm); W i d t h : 7 % i n .
(19.6 cm); D e p t h : 4 A i n . (11.8 cm)
5
207
Accession number 8 2 . D E . 9
LUNEVILLE
P R O V E N A N C E
Pierre de Regainy, Paris, 1957; Wilfred J.
207
Sainsbury, England; [Kate Foster, Rye,
Pair of Busts: Louis X V and
Marie Leczinska
England]; [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc.,
Lünéville manufactory, circa 1755
N e w York, 1977].
Lead-glazed earthenware (faience fine)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Bust o f Louis X V : Height: 1 ft. 8 Λ i n .
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1982," no. 6,
(53 cm); W i d t h : 9 ^ 6 i n . (24 cm); Depth:
7
9 /s i n . (25 cm); Bust o f Marie Leczinska:
7
pp. 36-38, illus.
206
Height: 1 ft. 8 /s i n . (53 cm); W i d t h : 67s i n .
7
(15.5 cm); Depth: 9% i n . (25 cm)
Accession number 86.DE.668.1-.2
123
124
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
M E N N E C Y
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
[Michel Vandermeersch, Paris].
Private collection, Paris (sold, H o t e l Drouot,
Paris, M a r c h 14,1910, lot 44); [Vander
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ 15 (1987),
no. 103, pp. 212-213, illus.
meersch, Paris, late 1940s]; M r . and M r s .
W i l l i a m Brown Meloney, Riverdale, N e w
York, late 1940s; [The Antique Porcelain
Co., Z u r i c h , from late 1950s].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Babette Craven, "French Soft Paste Porce
MENNECY
lain i n the Collection o f M r . and Mrs.
W i l l i a m B r o w n Meloney," Connoisseur143
2 0 8 . Bust of Louis X V
Mennecy manufactory, circa 1750-1755
(May 1959), pp. 135-142, fig. 10; "Acquisi
Soft-paste porcelain
tions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 55,
Height: 1 ft. 5 i n . (43.2 cm); W i d t h : 9 /i6 i n .
p. 179, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 160, illus.;
(24.5 cm); D e p t h : $ Ä6
Handbook 1991, p. 176, illus.
9
n
i n . (14.5 cm)
Accession number 8 4 . D E . 4 6
2 0 9 . Figure of a Street Vendor
Mennecy manufactory, circa 1755-1760
Soft-paste porcelain
209
Impressed o n the right side o f the base w i t h
the Mennecy manufactory mark DV.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Babette Craven, "French Soft Paste Porce
lain i n the Collection o f M r . and M r s .
W i l l i a m B r o w n Meloney," Connoisseur 143
Height: 9 /s i n . (23.9 cm); W i d t h : 4 / 2 i n .
( M a y 1959), p. 142; "Acquisitions/1986,"
(11.5 cm); Depth: 4% i n . (10.7 cm)
GettyMusJ i5
3
Accession number 86.DE.473
P R O V E N A N C E
M r . and M r s . W i l l i a m Brown Meloney,
Riverdale, N e w York; [The Antique Porce
lain Co., N e w York, 1986].
208
r
(1987), no. 104, p. 213, illus.
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
V I N C E N N E S
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
212
P R O V E N A N C E
Florence J. G o u l d , V i l l a E l Patio, Cannes
V I N C E N N E S
(sold, Sotheby's, M o n a c o , June 27,1984,
211. Lidded Bowl and Stand (acuelle ronde
etpfoteau rond)
lot 1588); [The A n t i q u e Porcelain Co.,
London].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
no. 198, p. 245, illus.
212. Watering Can (arrosoir, deuxieme
grandeur)
Vincennes manufactory, 1754
Vincennes manufactory, circa 1752-1753
Painted by Bardet
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu Upis ground color;
Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel
polychrome enamel decoration; gilding
decoration; gilding
Bowl and stand b o t h painted underneath
Painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed
w i t h the blue crossed L s o f the Vincennes
Z's o f the Vincennes manufactory ( w i t h a
manufactory; both incised /.
dot at their apex) enclosing the date letter Β
for 1754, and w i t h the painter's mark o f two
short parallel lines. Incised 4.
Bowl: Height: 5% i n . (14 cm); W i d t h : 8 4 i n .
3
(22.2 cm); D e p t h : 6Vs i n . (16.7 cm); Stand:
Height: 1 Vs i n . (4.1 cm); Diameter: 8 % i n .
(22.8 cm)
Accession number 8 9 . D E . 4 4 . a - . b
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, England; [Alexander and
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1988].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1989," GettyMusJ18 (1990),
no. 51, p. 192, illus.
210
Height: 7% i n . (19.7 cm); W i d t h : 9%; i n .
(24.5 cm); D e p t h : 5/8 i n . (13 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.89
P R O V E N A N C E
Florence, Countess o f Northbrook (wife o f
the 2nd Earl, married 1899, died 1946) (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , November 25,1940, part
o f lot 78); H u g h Burton-Jones, England,
1940; Kathleen Burton-Jones (Mrs. Gifford
I25
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
Adrian Sassoon, "Vincennes and Sevres
Porcelain Acquired by the J. Paul Getty
Museum i n 1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
pp. 89-91, illus.; "Acquisitions/1984,"
Height: 9% i n . (23.4 cm); W i d t h : u A i n .
7
GettyMusJY>, (1985), no. 58, p. 180, illus.;
Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Porcelain,
David Battie, ed. (London, 1990), p. 107,
illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porce
lain, no. ι, pp. 4 - 7 , illus. pp. 5, 7.
(30 cm); Depth: 8 / 2 i n . (21.6 cm)
Accession number 7 3 . D E . 6 4
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) 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
century); [(?) Gilbert Levy, Paris, early
twentieth century]; private collection, Paris;
[Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York,
early 1970s]; purchased by J. Paul Getty..
de Lazare
marchand-bijoutier
213
213. Vase (cuvette ä tombeau, premiere
grandeur)
Vincennes manufactory, 1754-1755
Painted by the crescent mark painter
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu celeste ground
color; polychrome enamel decoration;
gilding
Vincennes manufactory, 1755
M o d e l design by Jean-Claude Duplessis;
painted by Jean-Louis M o r i n after engraved
designs by Francois Boucher
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Le Livre-Journal
214. Pair of Pot-pourriVases (pots-pourris
Pompadour, troisieme grandeur)
Duvaux,
ordinaire du roy,
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu lapis ground color,
carmine red decoration; gilding
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
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
Antoine d'Albis, La Porcekine de Vincennes
Morin's mark Mm blue and two blue dots.
(Paris, 1991), p. 67, illus., and no. 195, p. 180,
Each vase incised 2 under the base.
illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porce
lain, no. 2, pp. 8-10, illus. pp. 9,11.
F R E N C H
Height: 10 i n . (25.5 cm); Diameter: 6 i n .
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
P R O V E N A N C E
(15.2 cm)
Private collection, France (sold, Christie's,
Accession number 8 4 . D E . 3 . 1 - . 2
L o n d o n , June 28,1982, lot 19); [ A r m i n Β .
Allen, N e w York, 1982].
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Sold by the Sevres manufactory between
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1982," no. 8,
August 20, 1756, and September 1756 to the
marchand-mercier
pp. 45-47, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 26,
Lazare Duvaux, Paris, for
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,
215
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
A d r i a n Sassoon, "Vincennes and Sevres
Porcelain Acquired by the J. Paul Getty
M u s e u m i n 1984," GettyMusJ
Savill, Sevres, vol. 2, p. 752; n . 3d, p. 756;
S E V R E S
Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porcehin,
13 (1985),
pp. 91-94, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
La Delegation ä l'Action Artistique de la
Ville de Paris, eds. (Paris, 1987), pp. 76-88;
215. Basket (panier^ deuxieme grandeur)
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
PZ under the base.
Height: 8 /s i n . (22 cm); W i d t h : j A i n .
5
7
(20.1 cm); Depth: y A i n . (18 cm)
l
Accession number 8 2 . D E . 9 2
mark
no. 4, pp. 20-22, illus. pp. 21-22;
1991, p. 181, illus.
Handbook
1TJ
128
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Sons, Retford, Nottinghamshire, July 23,
1970, lot 288); [Winifred Williams, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1970]; Eric Robinson, Mereworth
Castle, Kent (sold, Sotheby's, London,
June 12,1984, l o t 213); [Winifred Williams,
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1984].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Best, Son, and Carpenter, Catalogue of the
Ornamental Furniture, Works of Art, and
Porcehin at Welbeck Abbey (London, 1897),
216
2 i 6 . Ewer and Basin (broc etjatte feuille
d'eau, premiere grandeur)
no. 296, p. 52; A d r i a n Sassoon, "Vincennes
and Sévres Porcelain Acquired by the J. Paul
Getty Museum i n 1984," GettyMusJ 13
The Flute Lesson
217
The Grape Eaters
217
(1985), pp. 95-98, illus.; "Acquisitions/1984,"
Sevres manufactory, 1757
GettyMusJY>> (1985), no. 61, p. 181, illus.;
Possibly modeled after a design by Jean-
Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Porcelain,
Claude Duplessis
D a v i d Battie, ed. (London, 1990), p. 109,
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k ground color;
illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sévres Porce
polychrome enamel decoration; gilding
lain, no. 5, pp. 24-28, illus. pp. 25-27.
Basin painted underneath w i t h the blue
crossed I s o f the Sévres manufactory
enclosing the date letter Ε for 1757, and
w i t h an unidentified painters mark. Ewer
incised .T.m; basin incised C.N.
217. Pair of Figure Groups: The Flute
Lesson (Le Fluteur) and The Grape
Eaters (Les Mangeurs de Raisins)
Sévres manufactory, circa 1757-1766
After designs by Francois Boucher
Ewer: Height: y Ä6 i n . (19.2 cm); W i d t h :
9
5 /8 i n . (14.1 cm); D e p t h : 3 % i n . (8.1 cm);
5
Basin: Height: 2 4 i n . (7.1 cm); W i d t h :
3
Soft-paste biscuit porcelain, traces o f red
pigment
The Flute Lesson incised Fon back.
Accession number 7 0 . D E . 9 8 . 1 - . 2
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)
G o u r y de Rosland, Paris (sold, Galerie
Accession number: 8 4 . D E . 8 8 . a - . b
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
lot 108); M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w York
(?) W i l l i a m John Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott,
W i d t h : 10 i n . (25.4 cm); Depth: 6 i n .
(sold by his heir John L . Schiff, Christie's,
5th D u k e o f Portland (died 1879); Dukes
(15.2 cm); The Grape Eaters: Height: 9 i n .
L o n d o n , June 22,1938, lot 27); purchased
o f Portland, by descent, Welbeck Abbey,
(22.9 cm); W i d t h : 9 4 i n . (24.8 cm); Depth:
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
Nottinghamshire (sold, H e n r y Spencer and
7 i n . (17.8 cm)
3
F R E N C H
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
A n t o i n e d'Albis, "Le Marchand Mercier
Savill, Sevres, vol. 2, n . 3m, p. 589; Sassoon,
CERAMICS:
219. Pair of Cups and Saucers (gobelets
Cafabre et soucoupes)
Lazare Duvaux et la Porcelaine de V i n -
Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain, no. 7,
Sevres manufactory, 1759
cennes," Les Decors des
pp. 36-38, illus. p. 37.
Painted by Charles Buteux pere
boutiquesparisiennes
SEVRES
(Paris, 1987), La Delegation ä l'Action artis-
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k and green ground
tique de la V i l l e de Paris, eds., pp. 76-88,
colors; polychrome enamel decoration;
The Flute Lesson illus. p. 83; Sassoon, Vin-
gilding
cennes and Sevres Porcelain, no. 6, pp. 29-34,
Saucers painted underneath w i t h the blue
illus. pp. 31-33.
crossed L s o f the Sevres manufactory
enclosing the date letter ^ f o r 1759, and
w i t h the painter's mark o f a blue anchor.
One cup incised under the base w i t h an h;
218. Tray {plateau carré, deuxieme
grandeur)
the other cup incised w i t h an indecipherable
mark i n script.
Sevres manufactory, 1758
Soft-paste porcelain; p i n k ground color;
polychrome enamel decoration; gilding
Painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed
I s o f the Sevres manufactory enclosing the
218
date letter ^ f o r 1758, and w i t h an unidenti
fied painter's m a r k o f a blue E. Incised 60
underneath.
Height: Á6 i n . (2.3 cm); W i d t h : 5 i n .
I$
(12.7 cm); D e p t h : 5MO i n . (12.8 cm)
Accession number 7 2 . D E . 7 5
P R O V E N A N C E
A n n e and Deane Johnson, Los Angeles
(sold, Sotheby's, N e w York, December 9,
1972, l o t 27); purchased at that sale by
J. Paul Getty.
219
129
I30
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Cups: Height: 3%. i n . (8.3 cm); W i d t h : 4 i n .
(10.2 cm); D e p t h : 3 Ys i n . (7.9 cm); Saucers:
Height: i /s i n . (4.1 cm); Diameter: 6V16 i n .
5
(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
E. S. Auscher, A History and Description of
French Porcelain (London and N e w York,
1905), p i . 4; Robert Schmidt, Early
European PorceUin as Collected by Otto
Blohm ( M u n i c h and L o n d o n , 1953), p. 101,
Vase .1
220
Vase .1 back view
220
Vase . 2
220
Vase . 2 back view
220
illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 2, pp. 629, 652; n . 2,
p. 637; n . 134, p. 666; Sassoon, Vincennes
and Sevres Porcelain, no. 8, pp. 39-40, illus.
pp. 40-41.
F R E N C H
220. Pair of Vases (pot-pourri ä bobeches)
Painted by Charles-Nicolas D o d i n after
engraved designs by D a v i d Teniers
Nacional de A r t e Decorativo, El Arte de
vivir en francia del siglo XVIII,
Sevres manufactory, 1759
lejeune
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k and green
ground colors; polychrome enamel decora
tion; gilding
One painted underneath w i t h the blue
crossed Z's o f the Sevres manufactory
enclosing the date letter G for 1759, and
w i t h Dodin's mark k. Various paper collec
tors' labels pasted under the bases. One
vase unmarked.
September-
November 1968, no. 427, p l . 221.
CERAMICS:
SEVRES
221. Lidded Pot-pourri Vase (vase or
pot-pourri vaisseau a mat, deuxieme
grandeur)
Sevres manufactory, circa 1760
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Painting attributed to Charles-Nicolas
P. G. Konody, " D i e Kunsthistorische
Sammlung Pierpont Morgans," Kunst und
Kunsthandwerk
Dodin
(Vienna, 1903), no. 6, p. 158;
comte Xavier de Chavagnac, Catalogue
des porcelaines frangaises de M. J . Pierpont
Morgan (Paris, 1910), no. 107, p l . 32; Gillian
Wilson, "Sevres Porcelain at the J. Paul
Getty Museum," GettyMusJ4 (1977),
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),
Height: 9Ψ16 i n . (24.9 cm); W i d t h : 5V16 i n .
(14.4 cm); D e p t h : 3 % i n . (9.4 cm)
Accession number 75.DE.65.1-.2
pp. 64-67, illus. p. 31; Pierre Ennés,
"Essai de réconstitution d'une garniture
de Madame de Pompadour," Journal
of
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-
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.
221
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
Back view
221
131
132
F R E N C H
CERAMICS:
SEVRES
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k and green ground
E X H I B I T I O N S
colors; polychrome enamel decoration;
N e w York, T h e Metropolitan Museum
et la floraison des arts (Montreal, 1988),
gilding
o f A r t , o n loan 1914-1915 from J. Pierpont
pp. 118-123; Savill, Sevres, v o l . 1, p. 192;
Painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed Es
Morgan; Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de
n n . 43-44, p. 55; n . 25, p. 117; n . 3h, p. 196;
(partially abraded) o f the Sevres manufactory.
Bellas Artes, Exposición de obras maestras:
n . 23, p. 197; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres
Height: ι ft. 2 4 i n . (37.5 cm); W i d t h :
Colección Paula de Koenigsberg, October
Porcehin,
ι ft. i / i 6 i n . (34.8 cm); D e p t h : 6 / i 6 i n .
1945, no. 205, illus.; Buenos Aires, Museo
53-55; Handbook 1991, p. 183, illus.
(17.4 cm)
Nacional de Arte Decorativo, El arte de
3
n
I3
Accession number 7 5 . D E . n . a - . b
lain i n America," Madame de Pompadour
vivir enfrancia del siglo XVIII, SeptemberNovember 1968.
222. Pair of Vases (pots-pourris fontaine
or pots-pourris ä dauphins)
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) George W i l l i a m , 6 t h Earl o f Coventry,
no. 10, pp. 49-56, illus. pp. 51,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Croóme Court, Worcestershire; George
George Redford, Art Sales 1628-1887 (Lon-
W i l l i a m , 7 t h Earl o f Coventry, Croóme
don, 1888), v o l . i , pp. 400, 438; comte
Painting attributed to Charles-Nicolas
Court, Worcestershire (sold, Christie's,
Xavier de Chavagnac, Catalogue des porce-
Dodin
L o n d o n , June 12,1874, part o f lot 150,
Uines frangaises de M. J . Pierpont Morgan
Soft-paste porcelain, p i n k , green, and bleu
for £10,500); W i l l i a m H u m b l e , ist Earl
(Paris, 1910), no. 109, p l . 33; Frederick
Upis ground colors; polychrome enamel
o f Dudley, Dudley House, L o n d o n , 1874;
Litchfield, "Imitations and Reproductions:
decoration; g i l d i n g
Sevres manufactory, circa 1760
(sold privately, 1885-1886); W i l l i a m J.
Part I—Sevres Porcelain," Connoisseur
Painted underneath the central section o f
Goode, L o n d o n (offered for sale, Christie's,
(September 1917), p. 6; C. C. Dauterman,
one vase w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f the
L o n d o n , July 17,1895, P
J. Parker, and E. Standen, Decorative Art
Sevres manufactory.
a r t
o f lot 147,
bought i n for £8,400; sold, Christie's, L o n -
from the S. Η Kress Collection in the Metro
don, M a y 20,1898, part o f lot 94b, for
politan Museum of Art (London, 1964),
£6,450 to Pilkington); [Asher Wertheimer,
p. 195; Gillian W i l s o n , "Sevres Porcelain at
L o n d o n , 1898]; [Duveen Brothers, N e w
the J. Paul Getty Museum,"
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;
1908-1910 (purchased for £15,500); J. Pier-
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 29, pp. 58-59, illus.;
pont M o r g a n , Jr., N e w York, 1913 (sold,
Pierre Ennés, Nouvelles acquisitions du
GettyMusJ4
Height: 11 4 i n . (29.8 cm); W i d t h : 6/4 i n .
3
(16.5 cm); D e p t h : 5 4 i n . (14.6 cm)
3
Accession number 78.DE.358.1—.2
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, January 8, 1944,
department des objets d'art, 1980-1984 (Musée
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
P R O V E N A N C E
/. Pierpont Morgan, Collector: European Deco
Cleveland (married the 6th D u k e 1815,
rative Arts from the Wadsworth
died 1883); W i l l i a m Goding, before 1862
Atheneum,
Linda H o r v i t z Roth, ed. (Hartford, 1987),
(sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 19,1874,
p. 34, illus. fig. 8, p. 162, and p. 203; Barry
lot 100, to [E. Rutter, Paris] [for the Earl o f
Shifman, "Eighteenth-Century Sevres Porce
FRENCH
CERAMICS: SEVRES
D u d l e y ] , for £6,825); W i l l i a m Humble, ist
Earl o f Dudley (offered for sale, Christie's,
L o n d o n , M a y 21, 1886, lot 194, bought i n
for £2,625, returned to Dudley House,
London); Sir Joseph C. Robinson, Bt.,
acquired circa 1920 w i t h the contents o f
Dudley House, L o n d o n ; Dr. Joseph Labia
(son-in-law o f Sir J. C. Robinson, Bt.),
L o n d o n (sold, Sotheby's, London, February
26,1963, lot 23); [The Antique Porcelain
Co., L o n d o n and N e w York, 1963]; Nelson
Rockefeller, N e w York, 1976-1977; The
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer
Research, N e w York, 1976-1977.
E X H I B I T I O N S
L o n d o n , The South Kensington Museum,
Special Loan Exhibition of Works of Art,
Vase .1
222
Vase .1 back view
222
June 1862, nos. 1281-1282, lent by W i l l i a m
Goding; Memphis, D i x o n Gallery and
Gardens, and N e w York, Rosenberg and
Stiebel, Inc., Louis XV and Madame de
Pompadour: A Love Affair with Style, 1990,
no. 57, p. 97 and p. 84; illus. p. 85, fig. 60;
Handbook 1991, p. 184, illus. (one).
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
George Redford, Art Sales 1628-1887
(London, 1888), vol. 1, pp. 193, 440; Jean
Cordey, Lnventaire des biens de Madame de
Pompadour rédigé apres son déces (Paris, 1939),
p. 39, no. 380; Ronald Freyberger, "Chinese
Genre Painting at Sevres," American Ceramic
Circle Bulletin (1970-1971), pp. 29-44, illus.;
Marcelle Brunei and Tamara Préaud, Sevres:
Des origines ä nos jours (Fribourg, 1978),
p. 68, illus. (one) p i . 22; Wilson, "Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979," p. 44, illus.;
Vase . 2
222
Vase . 2 back view
Rosalind Savill, "Two Pairs o f Sevres Vases
222
I33
134
F R E N C H
CERAMICS:
SEVRES
2 2 4 . Plaques on a Jardiniere
at Boughton House," Apollo n o , no. 210
(August 1979), pp. 128-133, illus.; Madeleine
Paris, circa 1760
Jarry, Chinoiserie (New York, 1981), p. 120,
Painting attributed to Charles-Nicolas
illus. (detail o f one); W i l s o n , Selections,
Dodin
no. 28, pp. 56-57, illus.; A d r i a n Sassoon,
Soft-paste porcelain, green ground color;
"Sevres Vases," Techniques of the Worlds
polychrome enamel decoration; gilding;
Great Masters of Pottery and Ceramics,
gilt-bronze frame
H u g o Morley-Fletcher, ed. (Oxford, 1984),
Height: 6 /i6 i n . (16.6 cm); W i d t h : nYz i n .
pp. 64-67, illus.; Pierre Ennés, "Essai de
(29.2 cm); D e p t h : 5 /s i n . (14.3 cm)
9
5
réconstitution d'une garniture de Madame
de Pompadour," Journal of the Walters Art
One of a pair
223
P R O V E N A N C E
Gallery 42-43 (1984-1985), pp. 70-82; Pierre
Ennés, Nouvelles Acquisitions du department
Accession number 73.DI.62
2 2 3 . Pair of Lidded Chestnut Bowls
Miss Botham (sold after her death, Christie s,
L o n d o n , M a y 5,1817 et seq., l o t 96, for
des ob jets dart, 19 80-19 84 (Musée d u Louvre,
(marronniéres ä ozier)
Paris, 1985), p. 135; Handbook 1986, p. 168,
Sevres manufactory, circa 1760
£61 ios to the Earl o f Yarmouth [later 3rd
illus. (one); Barry Shifman, "Eighteenth-
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu celeste ground
Marquess o f Hertford]); private collection,
Century Sevres Porcelain i n America,"
color; polychrome enamel decoration;
Paris; [Gaston Bensimon, Paris]; purchased
Madame de Pompadour et lafloraison des arts
gilding
by J. Paul Getty.
(Montreal, 1988), pp. 118-123, illus. p . 123;
Bowl .1 incised underneath w i t h the mark j
Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, p. 192; n . 29, p. 68;
and w i t h FR for the répareur.
n n . 24, 33, p. 197; Sassoon, Vincennes and
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Savill, Sevres, v o l . 1, n . 18, p. 191; v o l . 2,
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
Bowl .2: Height: 5% i n . (13.4 cm); W i d t h : 10
Yz i n . (26.7 cm); Depth: 8MO i n . (20.8 cm)
Accession number 82.DE.171.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Swiss art market, 1980; [ A r m i n Β . Allen,
N e w York, 1980].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Savill, Sevres, vol. 2, p . 759; n . 4f, p. 761;
Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain,
no. 12, pp. 64-68, illus. pp. 65, 67.
224
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Geneva, A p r i l 22,1970, lot 18, bought i n ;
sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , October 4,1971,
lot 42); [Olivier Levy, Paris, 1971]; [French
and Co., N e w York, 1971]; purchased by
Cup: Height: 3 /i6 i n . (9.1 cm); W i d t h :
J. Paul Getty.
4 /i6 i n . (10.7 cm); D e p t h : 3 /s i n . (8.6 cm);
9
3
3
Saucer: Height: i A i n . (3.8 cm); Diameter: 6
l
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Gillian W i l s o n , "Sevres Porcelain at the
J. Paul Getty Museum," GettyMusJ 4 (1977),
pp. 19-24, illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, pp. 38,
225
225. Vase (cuvette Mahon, troisieme
grandeur)
V% i n . (15.6 cm)
Accession number 7 9 . D E . 6 2 . a - . b
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
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,
1979, lot 241).
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,
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 .
(23 cm); D e p t h : 4 / i 6 i n . (11.9 cm)
n
Accession number 7 2 . D E . 6 5
P R O V E N A N C E
226. Cup and Saucer (gobelet et soucoupe
enfoncé, premiere grandeur)
Sevres manufactory, 1761
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
factory to Lemaitre, as part o f a garniture
enamel decoration; gilding
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.
no. 15, pp. 78-80, illus.
135
I36
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
B o w l and stand b o t h painted underneath
w i t h the blue crossed I s o f the Sevres manu
factory enclosing the date letter L for 1764,
and w i t h Méreaud s mark S. Bowl incised
DU and O and the stand, I .
Bowl: Height: A /% i n . (12.4 cm); W i d t h :
7
7 4 i n . (19.7 cm); Depth: 6 i n . (15.2 cm);
3
227
Stand: Height: 1V16 i n . (3.9 cm); Diameter:
SV16
i n . (21.ι cm)
Accession number 7 8 . D E . 6 5 . a - x
P R O V E N A N C E
Madame Louise o f France (youngest daugh
ter o f Louis X V ) , 1764; Mrs. Lyne Stephens,
228
Norfolk, L o n d o n , and Paris (sold, Christie's,
L o n d o n , M a y 9 et seq., 1895, lot 733, to
228. Covered Cup and Saucer (gobelet a fait
et soucoupe, deuxieme grandeur)
W i l l i a m Boore for £130); M o r t i m e r L .
Schiff, N e w York (sold by his heir John L .
Schiff, Christie's, London, June 22,1938, lot
25); purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
Barry Shifman, "A Newly Discovered Piece
Stand
227
Soft-paste porcelain; camaieu rose enamel
decoration; gilding
T h e base o f the cup is incised w i t h a reverse
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
o f Royal Sevres Porcelain," GettyMusJ
Sevres manufactory, circa 1760-1765
S above a dot.
6-j
(1978-1979), pp. 53-56, illus.; Wilson, Selec
227. Lidded Bowl on Stand (écuelle ronde
etpfateau rond)
Sevres manufactory, 1764
Painted by Pierre-Antoine Méreaud
l'amé
tions, no. 33, p. 66-67, illus.; Handbook 1986,
p. 169, illus.; Barry Shifman, "Eighteenth-
C u p : Height: 3 /i6 i n . (9.1 cm); W i d t h :
Century Sevres Porcelain i n America,"
5 / 2 i n . (14 cm); D e p t h : 3 /i6 i n . (9.7 cm);
9
I3
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
decoration; gilding
Sevres, vol. 2, pp. 648, 800; n. 33d, p. 663;
Accession number 8 7 . D E . 1 3 4 . a - x
5
i n . (19.3 cm)
n. 99c, p. 665; n . 36, p. 804; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain, no. 16, pp. 81-82,
illus. pp. 82-83; Handbook1991, p. 185, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) 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:
L o n d o n , 1834; (sold, Christie's, London,
M a r c h 25,1985, l o t 9); [Winifred Williams,
Ltd., London].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ\β
(1988),
no. 73, p. 178, illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Sevres Porcelain, no. 17, pp. 84-86, illus.
pp. 85-87.
2 2 9 . Pair of Lidded Vases (vases a tetes
de bouc)
Sevres manufactory, circa 1768
Possibly molded by Michel-Dorothée
Coudray; possibly finished by the
répareur
Nantier
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu nouveau ground
color; gilding
Each incised cd. underneath for the mouleur.
Vase .1 incised Ν 1; Vase .2 incised Ν 2
underneath for the
tépareur.
Height: 1 ft. i%> i n . (34.2 cm); W i d t h :
8 /8 i n . (21.9 cm); D e p t h : 6V% i n . (16.8 cm)
5
Accession number 82.DE.36.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Sold by the Sevres manufactory to
H e n r y Pelham-Clinton, through Sir John
Lambert, October 5,1768, for 600 livres
each; Earls o f L i n c o l n , by descent (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 9,1937, part o f
lot 115); [J. Rochelle Thomas, L o n d o n ] ;
private collection, N e w York (sold, ParkeBernet, N e w York, January 12,1957, l o t
One of a pair
229
SEVRES
137
138
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
247); Christian H u m a n n , N e w York (sold,
Sotheby's, N e w York, A p r i l 22,1982, lot 41);
[ A r m i n Β . Allen, N e w York, 1982].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1982," no. 11,
pp. 54-56, illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Sevres PorceUin, no. 18, pp. 88-92, illus.
pp. 89, 91, 93.
2 3 0 . Pair of Vases ([?] vases oeuf)
Sevres manufactory, 1768-1769
Figure painting attributed to Jean-BaptisteEtienne Genest
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu
Fallotground;
grisaille enamel decoration; gilding; giltbronze mounts
Vase .1 incised w i t h the number 4 o n its
body, foot, and twice o n its l i d ; Vase .2
incised w i t h the number 1 on the body, w i t h
(?) 3 o n its foot, and 2 o n its l i d .
Vase .1
230
Vase .2
230
E d m u n d de Rothschild, Exbury House,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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,"
Height: 1 ft. 5% i n . (45.1 cm); W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
Purchased by Sir H a r r y Fetherstonhaugh,
Uppark, Sussex, from the
marchand-mercier
Rocheux, Paris, September 22,1819; Alfred
de Rothschild, i n the South D r a w i n g Room,
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
Seymour Egerton, 7th Earl o f W i l t o n ,
GettyMusJ 15 (1987), no. 107, p. 214, illus.;
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,
out the vase Héberí)-, Sir Charles Clore,
p. 190; n . 16, p. 191; n . 9, p. 383; Sassoon,
L o n d o n and M o n t e Carlo (sold after his
Vincennes and Sevres Porcehin, no. 19,
death, Christie's, Monaco, December 6,
pp. 94-101, illus. pp. 95-96, 99-101; Hand
1945, lot 6).
book 1991, p. 188, illus.
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Accession number 90.DE.113
P R O V E N A N C E
The Earls o f Sefton, Croxteth H a l l (near
Liverpool) (sold i n the early 1970s); private
collection, England; [Alexander and Berendt,
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1989].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Tray (plateau ovalepolylobe) painted under
neath w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f the Sevres
manufactory and w i t h Le Guay s mark LG
i n gold; also bears the original price label
(no price indicated) and incised w i t h an
"Acquisitions/1990," GettyMusJ 19 (1991),
oval crossed by a line. Teapot
no. 56, p. 161, illus.
Calabre) incised w i t h an arrow and an inde
(théiere
cipherable mark ([?]90i); lidded sugar bowl
(pot ä sucre Cahbre) incised w i t h a square.
232. Tea Service (dejeuner ruban)
Sevres manufactory, circa 1765-1770
Gilded by Etienne-Henri Le Guay
Soft-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
decoration; gilding
One cup (gobelet BouiUard)
painted under
neath w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f the Sevres
manufactory and w i t h the gilder's mark for
Le Guay, LG, i n gold. Second cup incised
w i t h an /"and the same indecipherable mark
as o n the teapot. B o t h saucers (soucoupes)
painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed
231
Z's o f the Sevres manufactory and w i t h the
231. Vase (vase a chaine or vase a cote de
melon)
Sevres manufactory, circa 1765-1770
After a design attributed to Jean-Claude
Duplessis pere\ modeled by Michel-Dorothé
Coudray and possibly Roger pere
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu nouveau ground
color; gilding
Painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed
Z's o f the Sevres manufactory: foot ring
incised CD and foot incised R.
Height: 1 ft. 5% i n . (45 cm); Diameter:
8 /8
5
in.
(22.2
cm)
232
I39
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
Hampshire, 1942 (sold, Christie s, L o n d o n ,
a square.
Tray: Height: i /s i n . (4.8 cm); W i d t h :
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
7
W i d t h : 6 / 2 i n . (16.5 cm); D e p t h : 3 4 i n .
(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.,
3
2 /i6
7
i n . (6.2 cm); Diameter: 3 i n . (7.6
N e w York].
cm);
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
C. Davis, A Description of the Works of
Saucer: Height: 1% i n . (3.2 cm); Diameter:
Art:
Collection of Alfred de Rothschild (London,
54 i n . (3.3 cm)
1884), v o l . 2, fig. 87; C . Gay Nieda, "A
Accession number 89.DE.25.1—.5
Sevres Vase ä Panneaux"
GettyMusJ14
(1986), pp. 127-134, figs. 1-3, 8-9; "Acquisi
P R O V E N A N C E
[Michel Vandermeersch, Paris]; [Bernard
tions/1985," GettyMusJ'14 (1986), no. 199,
Dragesco and D i d i e r Cramoisan, Paris,
p. 246, illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, pp. 278,
1988].
325, and 380; n . 31, p. 244; n . 19, p. 281;
n. 3 c p. 332; n . 21, p. 383; vol. 3, p. 1125;
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1989," GettyMusJ18
Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porcehin,
(1990),
no. 21, pp. 106-110, illus. pp. 107-108,
no. 50, p. 192, illus.
110-111.
233
233. Lidded Vase (vase ä panneaux,
premiere grandeur)
Sevres manufactory, circa 1765-1770
Reserve scene after a painting by Nicolas
Berchem
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu nouveau ground
234. Cup and Saucer (gobelet BouiUard
et soucoupe)
Height: 1 ft. 6 A i n . (47.5 cm); W i d t h :
3
IOVA i n . (26 cm); D e p t h : 8/16 i n . (20.5
cm)
Accession number 85.DE.219.a--b
P R O V E N A N C E
color; polychrome enamel decoration; gild
(?) Comte de Jarnac, Thomastown Castle,
ing; gilt-bronze m o u n t
Ireland (sold, Christies, London, June 23,
T h e interior o f the l i p is incised 2.
1876, l o t 89); W i l l i a m Humble, ist Earl o f
Dudley; possibly sold by his widow; Alfred
de Rothschild, H a l t o n , Buckinghamshire,
by 1884; by descent to Lionel de Rothschild,
Sevres manufactory, 1770
Painted by Jacques Fontaine
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu celeste ground
color; grisaille enamel decoration; g i l d i n g
C u p painted w i t h the blue crossed L s o f the
Sevres manufactory enclosing the date letter
r for 1770, and w i t h Fontaine's mark o f five
dots. C u p incised C; saucer incised 6.
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Cup: Height: 2 / 2 i n . (6.3 cm); W i d t h :
3 /8 i n . (9.2 cm); D e p t h : 2 / i 6 i n . (7.1 cm);
5
I3
Saucer: Height: 1% i n . (3.2 c m ) ; Diameter:
5 /i6 i n . (13.5
5
cm)
Accession number 7 9 . D E . 6 5 . a - . b
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection (sold, Christie's, London,
June 21,1976, l o t 151); M r s . John W .
Christner, Dallas (sold, Christie's, N e w
York, June 9, 1979, l o t 227).
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"
item B, p. 19, illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Sevres PorceUin,
no. 20, pp. 102-105, illus.
pp. 103-104.
235
235. Cup and Saucer {gobeht litron et
soucoupe, deuxieme grandeur)
5
3Κ i n . (8.9 cm); D e p t h : 2V16 i n . (6.6 cm);
Sevres manufactory, 1773
Saucer: Height:
Painted by Etienne-Jean Chabry; gilded by
5%> i n . (13.9 cm)
Michel-Barnabé Chauveaux
Accession number 7 9 . D E . 6 4 . a - - b
ainé
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu celeste ground
color; polychrome enamel decoration;
gilding
Cup and saucer painted underneath w i t h
the blue crossed Z's o f the Sevres manufac
234
Cup: Height: 2 /s i n . (6.7 cm); W i d t h :
I /I6
9
i n . (3.9 cm); Diameter:
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , July 26,1977, l o t
345; M r s . John W . Christner, Dallas (sold,
Christie's, N e w York, June 9,1979, lot 226).
tory enclosing the date letter U for 1773, and
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
w i t h Chabry's mark ch i n blue; also painted
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"
w i t h Chauveaux s mark # i n gold. Saucer
item C, p. 19, illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and
incised da underneath.
Sevres Porcelain, no. 22, pp. 112-114, illus.
pp. 113-114.
I 4 I
142
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
236. Pair of Vases (vases bouc du Barry B)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Sevres manufactory, 1778
Rosalind Savill, "A Pair o f Sevres Vases:
Painted by Fallot; gilded by Jean Chauveaux
From the Collection o f Sir Richard Wallace
lejeune
to the J. Paul Getty Museum," GettyMusJ 14
237. Garniture of Three Vases (vases des
ages: vase des ages a tetes de vieillards^
premiere grandeurs vases des äges a
tetes de jeunes femmes, deuxieme
grandeur)
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
(1986), pp. 135-142, figs. ia~c; Savill, Sevres,
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
Height: u /s i n . (29.5 cm); W i d t h : 7 i n .
5
(17.9 cm); D e p t h : 4 % i n . (12 cm)
Accession number 70.DE.99.1—.2
P R O V E N A N C E
Sir Richard Wallace, Paris, probably
acquired after 1870; Lady Wallace, Paris,
by inheritance, 1890; Sir John M u r r a y
Scott, Paris, by inheritance, 1897; Victoria,
Lady Sackville, Paris, by inheritance, 1912;
Vase .1 ( w i t h the scene "Minerva protects
[Jacques Seligmann, removed to N e w York,
Telemachus and preserves h i m f r o m Cupid's
1916-1917]; M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w York
darts") is incised IΟ Β age le g (for premiere
(sold by his heir John L . Schiff, Christie's,
grandeur) o n the base and JO. Β o n the
L o n d o n , June 22, 1938, lot 26); purchased at
neck. Vase .2 ( w i t h the scene "Venus, i n
order to satisfy her resentment against
that sale by J. Paul Getty.
Telemachus, brings Love to Calypso") is
One of a pair
236
painted underneath w i t h the gold crossed
Z's o f the Sevres manufactory and w i t h LG,
the gilder's mark; i t is incised 39 A o n the
base and A 16 on the neck. Vase .3 ( w i t h the
scene "Telemachus, i n the deserts o f Oasis,
is consoled by Temosiris, Priest o f Apollo")
F R E N C H
1984 "GettyMusJ
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
13 (1985), no. 4, pp.
98-104, figs. 22-23, 25-33; "Acquisitions /
1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 64, p. 182,
illus.; Geoffrey de Bellaigue, Sévres
Porcehin
in the Collection of Her Majesty the
Queen: The Louis XVI Service (Cambridge
and N e w York, 1985), p. 12, fig. 8, and p. 24,
no. 2; Svend Eriksen and Geoffrey de
Bellaigue, Sévres PorceUin:
Vincennes and
Sévres 1740-1800 ( L o n d o n and Boston,
1987), p. 139, no. 147, p. 339, illus. p. 338;
Savill, Sévres, vol. 1, p. 458; n. 25, p. 462,
and vol. 3, p. 1056; n . 16, p. 1017; n. 10, p.
1057; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sévres
Porcelain, no. 25, pp. 126-135, illus. pp.
127-134; Handbook 1991, p. 193, illus.
237
is painted underneath w i t h the gold crossed
P R O V E N A N C E
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
Chateau de Versailles, November 2,1781;
grandeur)
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 .
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
7
(40.8 cm); W i d t h : 9% i n . (24.8 cm); Depth:
7% i n . (18.4 cm); Vase .3: Height: 1 ft. 3 /i6
I5
t o
"FP" [Frank Partridge?]); [The Antique
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);
D e p t h : 7V16 i n . (18 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.718.1—.3
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Pierre Verlet, "Orders for Sévres from the
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
I43
144
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Cup, front view
238
1907), L o n d o n and Ascot, Berkshire (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , M a y 4,1908, lot 289,
to [Harding] for 1629 guineas 15s); R. M .
W o o d , L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
238
M a y 27,1919, lot 96, t o [Mallett's, L o n d o n ] ,
for 152 guineas 12s); H e n r y Walters, N e w
York (sold by his w i d o w , Parke-Bernet, N e w
238. Cup and Saucer (gobelet litron et
soucoupe)
mark. Saucer also painted w i t h the gilder
York, November 30,1943, lot 1009); private
Le Guay s mark LG i n blue. Saucer is incised
collection, N e w York (sold, Christie's, N e w
Sevres manufactory, 1781
44; cup is incised 36a and 6. Saucer bears
York, December 3,1977, lot 166); [ A r m i n Β .
A l l e n , N e w York, 1977].
G r o u n d color painted by Antoine Capelle;
a paper label under the base inked Colin,
the painted reserve and cameos attributed
of the Marchioness of Conyngham ipo8.
to Pierre-André Le Guay; flat gilding by
RM. Wood Esq.
Etienne-Henri Le Guay; enamel jeweling
Sevres Porcelain," GettyMusJ10
by Philippe Parpette
polychrome enamel decora
Cup: Height: 2 4 i n . (6.9 cm); Depth:
3 / i 6 i n . (9.4 cm); Saucer: Height: i /s i n .
and gold foils
(3.6 cm); Diameter: 5/16 i n . (13.5 cm)
Cup and saucer both painted underneath
Accession number 8 i . D E . 2 8 . a - . b
n
L u x u r y for the C o u r t , " Techniques of the
3
w i t h the blue crossed Z's o f the Sevres
for 1781, and w i t h Capelles blue triangular
pp. 80-81, illus.; A d r i a n Sassoon, "Sevres:
3
tion; enamels i n i m i t a t i o n o f jewels; gilding
manufactory enclosing the date letters DD
(1982),
pp. 87-90, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 40,
Soft-paste porcelain, b r o w n ground color
{\f\merded'oie);
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
A d r i a n Sassoon, "Two Acquisitions o f
P R O V E N A N C E
Jane, Marchioness o f Conyngham (wife
o f the 3rd Marquess, married 1854, died
Worlds Great Masters of Tottery and Ceramics,
H u g o Morley-Fletcher, ed. (Oxford, 1984),
pp. 52-57, illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and
Sevres Porcelain, no. 24, pp. 119-124, illus.
pp. 120-121,123, and 125.
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
W i l l i a m J. Goode (sold, Christie's, London,
5£
July 17-18,1895, l o t 17, as "formerly the
Height: 1 ft. \V% i n . (42.5 cm); W i d t h : 9 i n .
(22.9 cm); Depth: 6 /s i n . (16.8 cm)
property o f the Director o f the Sevres Porcelain Factory," for 39 guineas to Gibson); p r i -
5
Accession number 88.DE.137.1-.2
vate collection, England; [Bernard Dragesco
and D i d i e r Cramoisan, Paris, 1987].
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
[Jacques Seligmann, Paris]; (anonymous
sale, Nouveau D r o u o t , Paris, June 16,1987,
lot 104); [Jean L u p u , Paris, 1988].
Sevres (Paris, 1889), p i . xxvi; "Acquisitions/
1988," GettyMusJ'17 (1989), no. 77, p. 144,
illus.; Sassoon, Vincennes and Sevres Porce-
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJYJ
Edouard Gamier, La Porcekine tendré de
(1989),
kin, no. 26, pp. 136-137, illus. pp. 136-137.
no. 76, pp. 143-144, illus.
240. Plate (assiette d'echantillons)
Sevres manufactory, 1782
Ground color painted by Antoine Capelle,
flowers painted by Jacques-Francois-Louis
One of a pair
239
239. Pair of Vases (vases Bolvry a perles or
vases a cartels Bolvry)
de Laroche; gilded by H e n r i - M a r t i n Prévost
jeune
Soft-paste porcelain, (?) fond Capelle ground
color; colored enamel decoration; gilding
Painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed
Sevres manufactory, 1781-1782
I s o f the Sevres manufactory enclosing the
Painted by V i n c e n t Taillandier, M m e
date letter EE for 1782, the painters' marks
Genevieve Taillandier, and Philippe Castel
Hard-paste porcelain, p i n k
fondpointillé\
polychrome enamel decoration; gilding
B o t h vases are painted underneath w i t h
for Capelle, a blue triangle, and Laroche, Lr
i n script, the gilder's mark, an HP i n gold,
and incised 31a.
the crowned, blue crossed L's o f the Sevres
manufactory enclosing the date letter EE for
1781-1782, and w i t h the painter's mark for
Vincent Taillandier, a fleur-de-lys. Vase .1 is
incised gu under the base.
Height: 1 i n . (2.5 cm); Diameter: <) /i6 i n .
5
(23.6 cm)
Accession number 8 8 . D E . 2
240
I45
I46
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Height: 10 ft. (25.3 cm); W i d t h : 7% i n .
(22.5 cm); Depth: 6% i n . (15.9 cm)
Accession number 83.DE.341.1-.2
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) T h e Rt. H o n . L o r d Ashburton, Buckenham, N o r f o l k (sold, Christie's, London,
February 24,1869, l
o t
64, for 819 guineas to
Rhodes); Baroness Alexis de GoldschmidtRothschild, Switzerland; [Lovice Reviczky
A . G., Z u r i c h , 1983].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 12,
pp. 209-211, 214, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
GettyMusJ 12 (1984), no. 14, p. 266, illus.;
One of a pair
241
2 4 1 . Pair of Vases {vases hollandois
nouveaux, [?] deuxieme grandeur)
Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, p. i n ; n . 2h, p. 116;
Sevres PorceUin, no. 27, pp. 138-141, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
M r s . H . Dupuy, N e w York (sold, ParkeBernet, N e w York, A p r i l 3,1948, l o t 404);
private collection, South America; [P. Cei
Painted by Jacques-Fran9ois-Louis de
Cornaille
242
pp. 139,141.
Sevres manufactory, 1785
Laroche; gilded by Antoine-Toussaint
One of a pair
vol. 3, n . 5, p. 1040; Sassoon, Vincennes and
2 4 2 . Pair of Lidded Bowls {vases cassolettes
a monter)
and E. L u g l i , Florence]; [French and Co.,
N e w York, 1973]; purchased by J. Paul
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
gilding
Thomire
Ottomeyer and Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
Each base painted underneath w i t h the blue
Hard-paste porcelain, bleu nouveau ground
p. 268, illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, n . 17,
crossed I s o f the Sevres manufactory and
color; rouge griotte marble; gilt-bronze
p. 209; n . 51, p. 480; Sassoon, Vincennes
Laroche's mark Lr i n script. Base o f each
mounts
central section incised 2$; one base section
Height: 1 ft. 2 4 i n . (37.5 cm); W i d t h :
incised O.
ι ft. 1/4 i n . (34.3 cm); Depth: 10% i n .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
and Sevres Porcelain, no. 28, pp. 142-144,
3
(26.1 cm)
Accession number 73.DI.77.1-.2
illus. p. 143.
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Majesty the Queen: The Louis XVI Service
P R O V E N A N C E
Made for Louis X V I , ordered i n 1783 for
(Cambridge and N e w York, 1986), no. 149,
the Chateau de Versailles and delivered i n
pp. 28, 45, 52, 55-56, 64, 222, 259, 266;
December 1790; (?) Musée National, Paris,
Handbook 1986, p. 178, illus.; Sassoon,
sold 1797-1798; Robert Napier, Glasgow,
Vincennes and Sevres Porcehin, no. 29,
the Shandon collection, by 1862 (sold,
pp. 146-150, illus. pp. 147,149,151; Hand-
Christie's, L o n d o n , A p r i l 11,1877, l o t 347,
book 1991, p . 197, illus.
for £262 ios to Goode); W i l l i a m J. Goode,
London (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , July 17,
1895, lot 136, for 230 guineas to Waller);
T. W. Waller, Esq. (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
243
2 4 3 . Wine Bottle Cooler (seau ä bouteille
ordinaire)
Sevres manufactory, 1790
M o d e l designed by Jean-Claude Duplessis;
painted decoration attributed to Charles-Eloi
Asselin after engraved designs b y Charles
M o n n e t and Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre;
June 8,1910, l o t 171, for £630 to A . Wertheimer); [Asher Wertheimer, London] (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 16,1920, l o t 30, for
£84 to Clements); private collection (sold
as nineteenth century, Sotheby's, Begravia,
A p r i l 24,1980, l o t 162); private collection,
England (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , October 21,1980, lot 207); [Winifred Williams,
Ltd., L o n d o n , 1980].
gilding attributed to Etienne-Henri Le Guay
E X H I B I T I O N S
Soft-paste porcelain, bleu nouveau ground
London, T h e South Kensington Museum,
Cooler
.1
244
color; polychrome enamel decoration;
Special Loan Exhibition
gilding
June 1862, no. 1323, p. 122; Leeds, England,
B o w l incised 38 underneath; foot ring
Exhibition Offices, National Exhibition
incised $. M o n o g r a m WJG for the owner
Works of Art at Leeds, 1868, no. 2102 or 2103
Sevres manufactory, 1791
W i l l i a m J. Goode scratched o n the under-
under Ornamental Arts, p. 262, loaned by
M o d e l designed by Jean-Claude Duplessis;
side i n t w o places.
Robert Napier.
gilded by Jean-Jacques D i e u
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
p l a t i n u m and gold decoration
of Works of
Art,
of
2 4 4 . Pair of Wine Bottle Coolers (seaux ä
demi-bouteittes ordinaires)
Hard-paste porcelain, black ground color;
J. C. Robinson, Catalogue of the Works of
Height: y /i6 i n . (18.9 cm); W i d t h :
7
(25.8 cm)
Accession number 8 2 . D E . 5
IO /I6
3
in.
Art Forming the Collection of Robert Napier
(London, 1865), no. 3501 or 3502, p . 260;
Adrian Sassoon, "Two Acquisitions o f
Sevres Porcelain," GettyMusJ\o
(1982),
pp. 91-94, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 48,
pp. 96-97, illus.; Geoffrey de Bellaigue,
Sevres Porcelain in the Collection of
Her
Each cooler painted underneath w i t h the
gold crossed Z's o f the Sevres manufactory
enclosing the date letters 00 i n gold for
1792-1793, all under a crown for hard paste;
each cooler also painted w i t h Dieu's t r i angular mark (abraded o n one).
Répareurs
mark AB incised o n one; BS incised o n
the other.
147
148
F R E N C H
C E R A M I C S :
S E V R E S
Mounted Oriental Porcelain
246. Ewer
Height: 6 Ä6 i n . (16.3 cm); W i d t h : 9 /i6 i n .
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722),
(23.4 cm); D e p t h : y Á6 i n . (18.6 cm)
circa 1660
Accession number 72.DE.53.1-.2
M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1700-1710
3
7
5
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
(13.8 cm)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
245
Wilson, Selections, no. 49, pp. 98-99, illus.;
The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Wine: Cele
bration and Ceremony (New York, 1985),
p. 97, illus. (one); Sassoon, Vincennes and
Sevres Porcelain, no. 30, pp. 152-156, illus.
pp. 153,155,157.
245- Teapot (théiere litron)
Sevres maufactory, late eighteenth century,
Accession number 82.D1.3
P R O V E N A N C E
Edward R. Bacon, N e w York, by 1919;
painted decoration later
[Gaston Bensimon, Paris] (sold, H o t e l
Soft-paste porcelain, carmine red enamel;
D r o u o t , Paris, November 18-19, 1981,
gilding
lot 103).
Painted underneath w i t h the blue crossed
Z's o f the Sevres manufactory. Incised 26
and 48.
Height: f Ä 6 i n . (8.8 cm); W i d t h : 4 % i n .
(11.9 cm); D e p t h : 2 % i n . (6.8 cm)
Accession number 7 9 . D E . 6 3 . a - . b
P R O V E N A N C E
M r s . John W . Christner, Dallas (sold,
Christies, N e w York, June 9,1979, lot 204).
Cooler .2
244
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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
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
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,
pp. 85-86, illus.; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
Oriental Porcelain, no. 1, pp. 21-23, illus.;
Handbook 1986, p. 146, illus.;
Handbook
1991, p . 163, illus.
Mounts,
D . F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches
E X H I B I T I O N S
N e w York, T h e China Institute i n America,
und japanisches Porzellan in
Chinese Porcelains in European
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p. 59, illus.
Mounts,
October 1980-January 1981, no. 14, illus.
europäischen
p. 250, fig. 151; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
Oriental Porcehin, no. 4, pp. 32-35, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
D . R Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches
und japanisches Porzeüan
in
europäischen
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p. 60,
illus. pp. 252-253, figs. i58a-b; W i l s o n
et al., Mounted
OrientalPorcehin,
no. 2,
pp. 24-27, illus.
2 4 8 . Pair of Lidded Vases
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1680)
Mounts: Paris, circa 1715-1720
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
247
decoration; gilt-bronze mounts
Mounts stamped w i t h the crowned Cfor
2 4 7 . Pair of Lidded Vases
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
1745-1749·
Height: 1 ft. iVx i n . (34.2 cm); W i d t h :
M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1710-1715
ι ft. 4 i n . (32.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 1 i n . (33 cm)
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
Accession number 75.DI.5.1-.2
decoration; gilt-bronze mounts
3
P R O V E N A N C E
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.
One of a pair
248
149
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
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(the Paris discharge m a r k for small works
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"
used between December 22,1732, and
no. 5, pp. 8-9, illus.; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
October 3,1738); and a salmon's head
Oriental Porcelain, no. 3, pp. 28-31, illus.;
(the Paris discharge mark for small silver
Handbook 1986, p. 148, illus.; Handbook
works used between October 13, 1744, and
1991, p. 164, illus.
October 9, 1750).
Height: 8 4 i n . (22.3 cm); W i d t h : i o / s i n .
3
5
(27.1 cm); D e p t h : 8 /s i n . (21.2 cm)
3
Accession number 74.Di.27
P R O V E N A N C E
Consuelo Vanderbilt ( M m e Jacques Balsan);
[ M a t t h e w Schutz, L t d . , N e w York, 1974];
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
2 4 9
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
D . F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches
2 4 9 . Lidded Bowl
und japanisches Porzellan in
Porcelain: Japanese (Imari), circa 1700
Mounts: Paris, circa 1717-1722
illus. p. 403, flg. 439; W i l s o n et al.,
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
Mounted
decoration; gilding; silver mounts
Height: 11 i n . (27.9 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. i /s i n .
(34 cm); Depth: io A i n . (27.5 cm)
7
Accession number 79.Di.i23.a-.b
250
P R O V E N A N C E
2 5 0 . Lidded Bowl
Park, Hertfordshire, by 1933; Major General
Porcelain: Japanese (Imari), circa 1680
Sir George Burns (grandson o f M r s . Walter
Mounts: Paris, circa 1717-1727
Hayes Burns), N o r t h M y m m s Park (sold,
Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue deco
Christie's, N o r t h M y m m s Park, Septem
ration; polychrome enamel; gilding; silver
ber 24-26, 1979, l o t 45).
mounts
E X H I B I T I O N S
fleur-de-lys w i t h o u t a crown (the Paris dis
Silver elements marked variously w i t h a
L o n d o n , 25 Park Lane, Three French Reigns,
February-April 1933, no. 226; N e w York,
The Frick Collection, Mounted
Oriental
Porcelain, December 1986-March 1987,
no. 13, illus.
Oriental Porcelain, no. 5, pp.
36-38, illus.
3
M r s . Walter Hayes Burns, N o r t h M y m m s
europäischen
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p. 114,
charge mark for small silver works used
between October 23,1717, and M a y 5,1722);
a butterfly (the countermark used between
M a y 6,1722, and September 2,1727, under
the fermier Charles Cordier); a dog's head
F R E N C H
251. L i d d e d B o w l
M O U N T E D
ORIENTAL
PORCELAIN
PROVENANCE
Gift o f M m e Simone Steinitz, Paris, 1991.
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Mounts: Paris, circa 1722-1727
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hard-paste porcelain; enamel decoration;
"Acquisitions/1991," GettyMusJ20 (1992),
gilding; silver mounts
no. 75, p. 174, illus. (one).
Each silver m o u n t bears a dove (the Paris
discharge mark for small silver works used
between M a y 6,1722, and September 2,
253. Figure o f G u a n y i n
1727, under the fermier Charles Cordier).
Height: 8 i n . (20.3 cm); Diameter: 9% i n .
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
(25.1 cm)
Mounts: Paris, circa 173 5-1740
Accession number 87.DI.4
Hard-paste porcelain; gilt-bronze m o u n t
Height: 1 ft. 1% i n . (33.6 cm); W i d t h : 5% i n .
PROVENANCE
(14.6 cm); Depth: 4 i n . (10.2 cm)
[Jacques Kugel, Paris, 1986].
Accession number 78.Di.64
252
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJi6 (1988),
no. 71, p. 178, illus.
252. Pair o f L i d d e d Vases
Porcelain: Chinese (Dehua), Kangxi
(1662-1722), circa 1700
Mounts: Paris, circa 1722-1727
Hard-paste porcelain; silver mounts
Each l i d and base m o u n t bears a dove (the
Paris discharge mark for small silver works
used between M a y 6,1722, and September 2,
1727, under the fermier Charles Cordier); a
boar s head facing right (the Paris discharge
mark for small and o l d works used between
December 23,1768, and September 1,1775,
under the fermier Julien Alaterre); and the
profile head o f Minerva (the mark for .800
standard silver works sold i n France after
May 10,1838).
Vase .1: Height: y Δ6 i n . (19.2 cm); W i d t h :
9
251
3% i n . (8.3 cm); Depth: 2 /s i n . (7.3 cm);
7
Vase .2: Height: y A i n . (19.4 cm); W i d t h :
5
3 4 i n . (8.3 cm); Depth: 2 A i n . (7.3 cm)
X
7
Accession number 91.DI.103.1-.2
*53
151
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
M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w York (sold by
A n n e Beddard (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
his heir John L . Schiff, Christies, L o n d o n ,
June 15,1973, lot 36); [Frank Partridge, L t d .
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
N e w York, T h e China Institute i n America,
Chinese PorceUins in European Mounts,
October 1980-January 1981, no. 9, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
D . F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches
und japanisches Porzelhn in europδischen
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), illus.
p. 406, fig. 451; W i l s o n et aL, Mounted
Oriental Porcehin, no. 6, pp. 39-41, illus.
Group
.1
255
Group
.2
255
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
254
254. B o w l o n S t a n d
Mounts: Paris, circa 1740-1745
H a r d - and soft-paste porcelain; polychrome
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
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
decoration; gilding; gilt-bronze mounts
Bowl painted w i t h unidentified coat o f arms.
Height: y Ys i n . (18.7 cm); Diameter: y /i6 i n .
13
(19.9 cm)
Accession number 74.Di.28
PROVENANCE
H . J. K i n g (sold, Christie's, London, Febru
ary 17,1921, lot 13, to [Duveen]); Edgar
Worsen, N e w York, 1928; Robert Ellsworth,
New York, 1975; (sold, Robert C. Eldred Co.,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Inc., N e w York, August 29-30,1975, lot 151);
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979,"
Alan Hartman, N e w York; [Matthew Schutz,
no. 5, pp. 40-41, illus.; Wilson et al.,
L t d . , N e w York, 1977].
Mounted Oriental PorceUin, no. 7, pp. 42-44,
illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 172, illus. (one).
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
BIBLIOGRAPHY
M o u n t s stamped w i t h the crowned C for
D . F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches
1745-1749. M o u n t s o f ewer .1 also stamped
undjapanisches Porzelhn in europδischen
No and No i6\ painted under the base i n red
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p. 63, illus.
Β-ιγ-α. M o u n t s o f ewer .2 stamped No i6\
p. 260, fig. 175; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
painted under the base i n red B-27-b.
Oriental PorceUin, no. 8, pp. 45-47, illus.
Height: 1 ft. nVs i n . (60 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. ι i n . (33 cm); D e p t h : 8/2 i n . (21.5 cm)
Accession number 78.DI.9.1-.2
257. Pair o f E w e r s
Ives, comte de C a m b a c ι r ι s , Paris; Germaine
Mounts: Paris, circa 1745-1749
Ancel, Paris; [Francois-Gιrard Seligmann,
Hard-paste porcelain, celadon ground color;
Paris]; [Jacques Helft, Paris]; [Hans Stiebel,
underglaze blue and copper red decoration;
Paris]; H e n r y Ford I I , Grosse Pointe Farms,
gilt-bronze mounts
O n e o f a pair
256
PROVENANCE
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
M i c h i g a n (sold, Sotheby, Parke, Bernet,
N e w York, February 25, 1978, lot 56).
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
Height: 1 ft. Vx i n . (31.8 cm); W i d t h : 1ft. 4i n .
x
(31.2 cm); D e p t h : 854 i n . (21.6 cm)
Accession number 72.DI.41.1-.2
PROVENANCE
Baroness van Z u y l e n van Nyevelt van de
Haar, Paris (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris,
June 8,1971, l o t 42); [ M i c h e l Meyer, Paris];
[Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York,
1971]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e C h i n a Institute i n America,
Chinese Porcehins in European Mounts,
October 1980-January 1981, no. 16, illus.
257
153
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
illus. p. 29.
Arts), L t d . , L o n d o n , 1973]; purchased by
pp. 58-61, illus.; F. J. B . Watson, "Chinese
J. Paul Getty.
Porcelains i n European M o u n t s , " Orienta
EXHIBITIONS
illus. p. 31.
tions YL (September 1981), no. 9, pp. 26-33,
258. L i d d e d B o w l
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722),
circa 1700-1720
Mounts: Paris, circa 1745-1749
Hard-paste porcelain, celadon ground color;
no. 6, pp. 9-10, illus.; W i l s o n et al.,
Mounted Oriental Porcelain, no. 11,
N e w York, T h e China Institute i n America,
Chinese Porcelains in European Mounts,
October 1980-January 1981, no. 19, illus.
gilt-bronze mounts
BIBLIOGRAPHY
M o u n t s stamped w i t h the crowned C for
Wilson'et al., Mounted OrientalPorcehin,
1745-1749. Inside o f bowl incised w i t h a
no. 10, pp. 53-57, illus.
six-character Chinese reign mark o f the
M i n g emperor Xuande. Base painted w i t h
the t w o characters zenyou (precious jade).
Height: 1 ft. 3% i n . (40 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 3/4 i n . (39.3 cm); Depth: 11 i n . (27.8 cm)
Accession number 74.Di.19
259. P a i r o f Vases
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1745-1749
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
PROVENANCE
decoration; gilt-bronze mounts
Sold, Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris,
M o u n t s for each vase stamped w i t h the
December 14,1933, lot 107; M m e H e n r y
crowned Cfor 1745-1749.
Farman, Paris (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris,
Height: 1 ft. Vz i n . (31.7 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 2 i n .
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
O n e of a pair
259
F R E N C H
M O U N T E D
ORIENTAL
PORCELAIN
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
D . F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches
(?) M . Jullienne, Paris (sold by C. F. Julliot,
undjapanisches Porzellan in europδischen
Paris, 1767, no. 1403); (?) Pierre-Louis
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p. 94, illus.
Randon de Boisset, Paris (sold, Paris,
p. 330, fig. 318; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
February 3, 1777, lot 603, to the duchesse
Oriental Porcelain, no. 12, pp. 62-64, illus.
de Mazarin for 600 livres); (?) C. F. Julliot,
Paris (sold, Paris, November 20,1777, lot
331); (?) Radix de Sainte-Foix, Paris (sold,
261. Pair o f Pot-pourri
Paris, A p r i l 22,1782, lot 55, for 130 livres
Vases
Porcelain: Japanese (Arita or early Hirado
kilns), late seventeenth century
Paris (sold, Paris, A p r i l 11,1791, lot 698, for
120 livres to M . Paillet, w h o was probably
Mounts: Paris, circa 1750
Hard-paste porcelain, celadon ground color;
polychrome enamel decoration; gilt-bronze
mounts
the commissaire-priseur); [Didier Aaron and
Claude Levy, Paris, 1970s]; [Etienne Levy,
Paris, 1977].
Height: 6 i n . (15.2 cm); W i d t h : y A i n .
EXHIBITIONS
(18.7 cm); D e p t h : 6V2 i n . (16.5 cm)
N e w York, T h e Frick Collection, Mounted
3
260
to Lebrun; (?) Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Lebrun,
Oriental Porcehin, December 1986-March
Accession number 77.DI.90.1-.2
1987, no. 27, pp. 82-83,
2 6 0 . Vase
U 1 U S
-
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Porcelain: Chinese, Yongzheng, circa 1730
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979,"
M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1745-1750
no. 2, p. 37, illus.; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
Hard-paste porcelain, celadon ground color;
OrientalPorceUin, no. 13, pp. 65-67, illus.;
gilt-bronze mounts
Genevieve Mazel, "1777, La Vente Randon
Height: 1 ft. 2 /z i n . (36.8 cm); W i d t h : 6 i n .
I
de Boisset et le m a r c h ι de Fart au i 8 siιcle,"
e
(15.2 cm); D e p t h : 4% i n . (11.5 cm)
VEstampille 202 (April 1987), p. 47, illus.;
Accession number 75.Di.69
M i c h e l Beurdeley, "Paris 1777: La Vente
PROVENANCE
Randon de Boisset o u le m ι c a n i s m e secret
Trustees o f Swinton Settled Estates (sold,
des ventes publiques au X V I I I siιcle," Trois
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.
e
EXHIBITIONS
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.
O n e of a pair
261
155
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
262. Vase
PROVENANCE
Porcelain: Chinese, Q i a n l o n g (1736-1795)
[Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1960s]; H e n r y Ford
Mounts: Paris, circa 1750-1755
I I , Grosse Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n (sold,
Hard-paste porcelain, celadon ground color;
Sotheby, Parke, Bernet, N e w York, Febru
gilt-bronze mounts
ary 25, 1978, l o t 61); [Partridge (Fine Arts)
One m o u n t marked o n inside w i t h a
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1978].
double T.
EXHIBITIONS
Height: 1 ft. 2/2 i n . (36.9 cm); W i d t h :
N e w York, T h e C h i n a Institute i n America,
ι ft. 4% i n . (41.2 cm); D e p t h : 11 i n .
Chinese Porcehins in European Mounts,
(27.9 cm)
October 1980-January 1981, no. 11, illus.
Accession number 72.Di.42
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1977 t o m i d 1979,"
[Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York,
no. 9, p p . 45-46, illus.; W i l s o n et al.,
1972]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Mounted Oriental Porcehin, no. 16,
pp. 74-76, illus.; F. J. B . Watson, "Chinese
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e C h i n a Institute i n America,
263
Chinese Porcelains in European Mounts,
October 1980-January 1981, no. 8, illus.
Porcelains i n European M o u n t s , " Orienta-
tionsiz (September 1981), no. 9, p. 30.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
D . F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches
undjapanisches Porzellan in europδischen
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p. 95, illus.
p. 334, fig. 326; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
Oriental PorceUin, no. 15, pp. 70-73, illus.
2 6 4 . P a i r o f M o u n t e d Vases
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1770-1775
Hard-paste porcelain, black g r o u n d color;
gilding; gilt-bronze mounts
Vase .1 bears a paper label (torn) underneath
reading HELIOTFILS.
263. L i d d e d P o t
Vase .2 is
stamped once w i t h EM o n the base m o u n t .
(1662-1722)
Height: 1 ft. 7% i n . (49 cm); W i d t h : 9% i n .
Mounts: Paris, circa 1765-1770
(24.7 c m ) ; D e p t h : j A i n . (20 c m )
Hard-paste porcelain; gilt-bronze mounts
Accession number 92.DI.19.1—.2
Porcelain l i d impressed w i t h a seal mark.
Height: 9% i n . (25.1 cm); W i d t h : yVs i n .
(18.7 cm); D e p t h : 6Y i n . (15.9 cm)
4
262
ellL...
Porcelain: Chinese (Dehua), Kangxi
Accession number 78.Di.359
7
PROVENANCE
Laurent H e l i o t , (?) Paris (sold, H o t e l
D r o u o t , Paris, December 3,1985, l o t 55);
[B. Fabre et Fils, Paris].
F R E N C H
M O U N T E D
ORIENTAL
PORCELAIN
PROVENANCE
(?) Princesse Isabella Lubormirska, Castle
Lancut, Poland; by descent to C o u n t Alfred
Potocki (great-great-grandson o f Princess
Isabella Lubormirska), Castle Lancut,
removed 1944; [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc.,
N e w York, 1953]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty, 1953.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p. 132, illus.;
Getty, Collecting, p. 162; Geoffrey de
Bellaigue, Sevres PorceUin from the Royal
Collection: The Queens Gallery (London,
1979-1980), no. 11, pp. 31-32; D . F.
264
Lunsingh Schleurleer, Chinesisches und
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Compagnie des Commissaires-Priseurs de
Paris, Drouot, 1985-1986, l'art et les encheres
(Paris, circa 1986), p . 302, illus. p. 210;
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJzi (1993),
i n press, illus.
265
266. Standing Vase
265. M o u n t e d Vase
Porcelain: Chinese, Qianlong (1736-1795),
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1622-1722)
mid-eighteenth century
M o u n t s : Paris, circa 1785
Mounts: Paris, circa 1785
Hard-paste porcelain, purple ground color;
Mounts attributed to Pierre-Philippe
gilt-bronze mounts
Thomire
Height: 1 ft. 9% i n . (54.2 cm); W i d t h :
Hard-paste porcelain, blue ground color;
io /8 i n . (27 c m ) ; D e p t h : 9% i n . (25 cm)
gilt-bronze mounts; rouge griotte marble
Accession number 87.Di.137
Bowl painted underneath w i t h an indistinct
5
date (?) 1781.
PROVENANCE
[Michel Meyer, Paris, 1987].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Height: 2 ft. 7% i n . (81 cm); Diameter:
ι ft. 10 i n . (56.5 cm)
Accession number 70.Di.115
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJi6 (1988),
no. 74, p p . 178-179, illus.
266
157
158
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
japanisches Porze٧an in europδischen
2 6 7 . P a i r o f Vases
Fassungen (Braunschweig, 1980), p . 86,
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
illus. p . 308, fig. 275; M i c h e l Beurdeley,
Mounts: French (possibly German), circa
La France δ Pencan ιγ8ρ-ιγρρ (Fribourg,
1860-1870
1981), p. 118, illus.; W i l s o n et al., Mounted
M o u n t s attributed to Bormann
OrientalPorceUin, no. 17, pp. 77-81, illus.;
Hard-paste porcelain, blue ground color;
Wilson, Selections, no. 45, pp. 90-91, illus.;
gilt-bronze mounts
Ottomeyer and Prφschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,
Height: 1 ft. iiVx i n . (59.7 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft.
p. 269, illus. p. 268; Handbook 1986, p. 177,
(30.6 cm); D e p t h : nVs in. (28.2 cm)
illus.; Savill, Sevres, vol. 1, p. 469; n . 10,
Accession number 78.DI.240.1—.2
p. 475; Handbook 1991, p. 195, illus.
PROVENANCE
M r s . Evelyn Saint George, C a m House,
London (sold, Sotheby's, London, July 24-25,
1939, l o t 81); purchased at that sale by
J. Paul Getty.
EXHIBITIONS
Woodside, California, Filoli, o n loan, 19791991; N e w York, T h e Frick Collection,
Mounted Oriental Porcelain, December
1986-March 1987, no. 44, pp. 116-117, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
W i l s o n et al., Mounted Oriental Porcelain,
O n e o f a pair
268
no. 18, pp. 82-84, illus.; F. J. B. Watson,
" M o u n t e d Oriental Porcelain," The Maga
zine Antiques (April 1987), pp. 813-823, illus.
PROVENANCE
M m e Louis Burat, Paris (sold, Galerie Jean
Charpentier, Paris, June 17-18,1937, l o t 55);
(sold anonymously, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
268. P a i r o f Vases
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
L o n d o n , 1966]; purchased by J. Paul Getty,
Mounts: Paris, circa 1870-1900
1967.
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
decoration; gilding; gilt-bronze mounts
O n e o f a pair
267
July ι, 1966, l o t 38); [Frank Partridge, L t d . ,
Height: 1 ft. 10 Vi i n . (57.2 cm); Diameter:
8% i n . (21.2 cm)
Accession number 78.DI.239.1-.2
BIBLIOGRAPHY
W i l s o n et al., Mounted Oriental Porcelain,
no. 19, p p . 85-87, illus.
F R E N C H
Mounted Hardstones
M O U N T E D
HARDSTONES
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions/1983," no. 9,
pp. 199-201, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
2 6 9 . Vase
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 :
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
5
O n e o f a pair
270
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
270. Pair o f Vases
no. 2, p p . 4-5, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Richard, 4th Marquess o f Hertford (1800-
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"
1870), rue Lafitte, Paris; (?) Sir Richard
Paris (possibly Italian), circa 1765-1770
Wallace (1818-1890), rue Lafitte, Paris, by
After an engraving by Benigo Bossi o f a
inheritance; (?) Lady Wallace (died 1897),
design by Eunemond-Alexandre Petitot
rue Lafitte, Paris, by inheritance; Sir John
Porphyry, red marble; gilt-bronze mounts
M u r r a y Scott, rue Lafitte, Paris, until 1912;
Height: 1 ft. 3% i n . (38.7 cm); W i d t h :
(?) Victoria, Lady Sackville, rue Lafitte,
ι ft. 4/8 i n . (41 cm); D e p t h : io /s i n .
Paris, by inheritance; [(?) Jacques Selig-
(27.7 cm)
mann, Paris]; Baronne de Gunzburg, ave
Accession number 83.DJ.16.1-.2
nue Foch, Paris; [Maurice Segoura, Paris].
7
P R O V E N A N C E
Sir Everard Joseph Radcliffe, 5th Bt. (18841969), Rudding Park, Yorkshire; [Lovice
Reviczky A . G . , Z u r i c h , 1982].
269
E X H I B I T I O N S
Barnard Castle, County D u r h a m , T h e
Bowes Museum, French Art of the Seven
teenth and Eighteenth Centuries from
Northern Collections, July-August 1965,
no. 37.
271
159
ΐ6θ
F R E N C H
M O U N T E D
H A R D S T O N E S
273. P a i r o f U r n s
BIBLIOGRAPHY
F. J. B. Watson, Walkce Collection
Catalogues: Furniture (London, 1956), pi. 120;
"Ajcquisitions/1989," GettyMusJiS (1990),
Paris, circa 1780
Porphyry; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: ι ft. 2 i n . (35.6 cm); Diameter: 9 i n .
(22.9 cm)
no. 57, p. 195, illus.
Accession number 74.DJ.24.1-.2
PROVENANCE
272. L i d d e d B o w l
[Matthew Schutz, L t d . , New York, 1974];
Paris, circa 1770
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Porphyry; gilt-bronze mounts
Height: 1 ft. 4 i n . (40.6 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 4/2 i n . (41.9 cm); D e p t h : 9% i n .
274. P a i r o f Standing Tazzas
(24.1 cm)
Paris, circa 1785
Accession number 73.Dj.88
Jaune foncι marble and (?) breche violette;
gilt-bronze mounts
PROVENANCE
I . Rosenbaum, Frankfurt am M a i n (sold,
One mount, a replacement, stamped BY
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, December 5-6,
for the bronzier Louis-Auguste-Alfred
1946, lot 309); [Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w
Beurdeley.
York, 1973]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
Height: 1 ft. zVs i n . (37.8 cm); W i d t h :
O n e o f a pair
273
9 /8 i n . (24.3 cm); Depth: 9% i n . (25.2 cm)
5
Accession number 74.DJ.4.1-.2
PROVENANCE
Napoleon Lannes, 2nd due de Montebello;
Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley, Paris, by
1882; Alfred-Emanuel-Louis Beurdeley (son
o f Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley), Paris
(sold, M a y 19-20,1899, lot 178); L i n d o n
collection (sold, Sotheby's, London, June
26,1964, lot 87; [R. L . Harrington, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1967]; [Dalva Brothers, Inc., N e w
York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
272
O n e of a pair
274
F R E N C H
275. P a i r o f V a s e s
TEXTILES
{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
276
[Mallett at B o u r d o n House, L t d . , London,
1988].
Textiles
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJvj (1989),
no. 79, p. 144, illus.
276. L e n g t h o f
Passementerie
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
[Juliette Niclausse, Paris, 1986].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi<) (1987),
no. 98, p. 210, illus.
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
O n e of a pair
275
Linen embroidered w i t h silk and wool;
linen l i n i n g
Panel .1: Height: 11 ft. 2 4 i n . (342 cm);
3
W i d t h : 3 ft. Ys i n . (91.7 cm); Panel .2:
Height: 11 ft. 3 Ye i n . (343 cm); W i d t h :
3ft.Vs i n . (93 cm)
Accession number 85.DD.266.1-.2
O n e of a pair
277
l6l
l62
F R E N C H
T E X T I L E S
279. S i x P a i n t e d Panels
PROVENANCE
L t . C o l . A . Heywood-Lonsdale, Shavington
Paris, circa 1780
H a l l , Salop; [Partridge (Fine Arts), L t d . ,
Gouache o n silk w i t h gold paint
L o n d o n , 1985].
One panel painted w i t h the monograms
MJL and LSXot the comte and comtesse de
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Provence.
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14 (1986),
Height: 4 ft. 9 i n . (144.8 cm); W i d t h : 7 i n .
no. 189, p. 242, illus.; A n n e Ratzki-Kraatz,
(17.8 cm)
"Two Embroidered Hangings i n the Style
Accession number 73.DH.89.1—.6
o f Daniel M a r o t , " GettyMusJ 20 (1992),
pp. 89-106, illus.
PROVENANCE
Made for Louis-Stanislas-Xavier and MarieJosephine-Louise, comte and comtesse de
Provence (sold as part o f a set o f eight panels
278. H a n g i n g s for a B e d
f r o m the "Bureaux des Bailments [ d u R o i ] , "
French, circa 1690-1715
July 15,1794 [27 messidor, an I I ] , l o t 16112,
Silk satin, cording, velour, silk embroidery,
for 150 Uwes to citoyen Bouchard [informa
damask panels; linen linings
t i o n : C. Baulez]); Baron Louis de R o t h
Height: 15 ft. 7 /s i n . (415 cm); W i d t h :
3
schild (sold, Parke-Bernet, N e w York,
5 ft. 11 Vi i n . (182 cm); D e p t h : 6 ft. (183 cm)
M a y 13,1955, l o t 165); [Dalva Brothers, Inc.,
Accession number 79.DD.3
N e w York, 1973]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chateau de M o n t b r i a n , near Messimy,
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 43, pp. 86-87, illus.
Aix-en-Provence; [P. Bertrand et Cie, Paris,
1933]; [Gerald C. Paget, L o n d o n and N e w
York, 1970s].
EXHIBITIONS
Paris, Salon des Arts M ι n a g e r s , Grand
278
Palais, L'Exposition retrospective de la
chambre δ coucher, January-February 1933,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
no. 129, illus.; Versailles, Chateau de Ver
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979,"
sailles, Salon de la Guerre, June 1936.
no. 12, pp. 48-49, illus.; Anne Ratzki-Kraatz,
"A French L i t de Parade Μ la Duchesse'
1690-1715," GettyMusJ'14 (1986), pp. 81-104,
illus.
F R E N C H
TEXTILES
279
163
164
F R E N C H
CARPETS
PROVENANCE
Louis X I V , by 1667; Church o f Saint-Andrιdes-Arts, Paris, 1769; (?) Parguez-Perdreau,
Paris, M a r c h 1914; [Arnold Seligmann,
Paris, March-June 1914]; George A . Kessler,
June 1914; M o r t i m e r L . Schiff, N e w York
(sold by his heir John L . Schiff, Christie's,
L o n d o n , June 22,1938, lot 77); purchased at
that sale by J. Paul Getty.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jules Guiffrey, Inventaire general du mobilier
de U couronne sous Louis XIV: Tapis (Paris,
1885-1886), (?) no. 18, p. 378; Verlet et al.,
Chefi d'oeuvre, pp. 134-135, illus.; Pierre
Verlet, The James A. de Rothschild Collection
at Waddesdon Manor: The Savonnerie (Fribourg, 1982), p. 174; n n . 5,11, p. 421; W i l s o n ,
Selections, no. 1, pp. 2-3, illus.
280
281. C a r p e t
Carpets and Screens
Savonnerie manufactory, before M a y 3,1680
Woven under the direction o f the Lourdet
280. C a r p e t
Savonnerie manufactory, circa 1663
family after the design o f Fran$ois Francart
and Baudoin Yvart (lepereV) according to
Probably made i n the workshops o f
the scheme o f Charles Le B r u n
Philippe Lourdet
Wool
W o o l and linen
Length: 29 ft. 9% i n . (908.6 cm); W i d t h :
Length: 21 ft. uVs i n . (669 c m ) ; W i d t h :
15 ft. 7 i n . (472.1 cm)
14 ft. 5 i n . (440 cm)
Accession number 85.DC.515
Accession number 70.DC.63
PROVENANCE
Delivered to the garde meuble on M a y 3,
1680, by "Veuve" Lourdet for Louis X I V ,
Galerie d u bord de l'eau, Louvre, Paris;
on loan to Pierre-Paul, marquis d'Ossun
(1713-1788), Ambassadeur Extraordinaire et
Plιnipotentiaire de France, 1759, from
281
F R E N C H
SCREENS
circa 1769-1775; [(?) Jacques Seligmann,
Paris, 1926]; M m e Jorge Ortiz-Linares
(nιe Graziella Patino), Paris; by descent
to Georges O r t i z , Geneva.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Pierre Verlet, The James A. de Rothschild
Collection at Waddesdon Manor: The Savonnerie (Fribourg, 1982), p. 203; 72nd carpet p.
491; n n . 119, 123, p. 430; n . 143, p. 432;
n . 149, p. 433; and included as a line drawing
i n a folding plan o f the Galerie d u bord
de l'eau; "Acquisitions/1985,"
GettyMusJi^
(1986), no. 187, p. 240, illus.
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
282
[Belain or Blin] de Fontenay and AlexandreFran$ois Desportes
W o o l and linen; m o d e r n velvet backing;
wooden frame
EXHIBITIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Paris, Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins,
Pierre Verlet, The James A. de Rothschild
Height: 8 ft. 11 4 i n . (273.6 c m ) ; W i d t h :
Tapis de L· Savonnerie, December 1926-
Collection at Waddesdon Manor: The
6 ft. 4/8 i n . (193.2 cm)
January 1927,^0. 96; Paris, Bibliothιque
Savonnerie (Fribourg, 1982), p. 301; n . 82,
3
Accession number 83.DD.260.1-.2
PROVENANCE
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/
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].
165
l66
F R E N C H
SCREENS
Tapestries
284. F r a g m e n t o f a Verdure Tapestry
French, circa 1630
Wool
Height: 10 ft. 10 i n . (330.5 cm); W i d t h :
7 ft. uVx in. (242.5 cm)
Accession number 69.DD.37
P R O V E N A N C E
283
Gift o f Dr. Albert Best, Los Angeles, 1969.
283. F o u r - p a n e l Screen
Savonnerie manufactory, woven between
1719 and 1769
Woven after designs by Alexandre-Fran£ois
285. Tapestry, The Offering
to
Bacchus
from the Grotesque Series
Desportes
Beauvais manufactory, circa 1685-1730
W o o l and linen; modern velvet backing;
After a design by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer
wooden frame; brass nails
W o o l and silk
Height: 6 ft. Vs i n . (185.1 cm); W i d t h :
Height: 9 ft. 5% i n . (289 cm); W i d t h :
8 ft. 6 i n . (259.1 cm)
6 ft. 7% i n . (201 cm)
Accession number 75.DD.1
Accession number 86.DD.645
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
The Earl o f Caledon, Tyttenhanger Park,
Rothschild collection, Vienna; (anonymous
Hertfordshire; [Alexander and Berendt,
sale, Christies, L o n d o n , June 22,1939,
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1973]; private Australian
lot 159); (sold, Christies, L o n d o n , July 1,
collection; [Alexander and Berendt, L t d . ,
1982, l o t 3, to [Bernheimer Fine Arts, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1975]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
London]).
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Pierre Verlet, The James A. de Rothschild
Collection at Waddesdon Manor: The Savon
nerie (Fribourg, 1982), p. 15; n . 20, p. 467;
284
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ 1$ (1987),
no. 99, pp. 210-211, illus.
W i l s o n , Selections, no. 12, pp. 24-25, illus.
285
F R E N C H
286. S i x Tapestries f r o m The Story of the
TAPESTRIES
PROVENANCE
markt," Cicerone 18 (1926), pp. 271-272;
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
1983," no. ι, pp. 173-181, illus.; "Acquisi
Emperor
of China
Series
nansal, Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, and Jean-
Rot o f the Chateau de Rambouillet i n 1718;
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
(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);
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,
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,
Rhode Island, 1970s.
illus.
Signature VERNANSAL.INT.ET.PU
l
The Astronomers:
Height: 13 ft. 9 i n . (419 c m ) ;
W i d t h : 10 ft. 5 Yz i n . (319 cm)
Accession number 83.DD.338
The Emperor on a Journey:
Height: 13 ft. 7 / 2 i n . (415 cm);
woven
EXHIBITIONS
The Preservation Society o f Newport,
Rhode Island, C h α t e a u - s u r - M e r , 1970S-1989
(89.DD.62 only).
W i d t h : 8 ft. 4 i n . (254 cm)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Accession number 83.DD.339
M o n t i ι and de D i o n , "Quelques docu
The Return from the Hunt:
ments sur le D u c h ι p a i r i e de Rambouillet,"
Woven BEHAGLE at lower right.
Mιmoires et documents publiιs par h Sociιtι
Height: 13 ft. 8/2 i n . (418 cm);
archιologique de Rambouillet 7 (1886),
W i d t h : 9 ft. 6 i n . (290 cm)
pp. 208, 227; Jules Badin, La Manufacture
Accession number 83.DD.340
de tapisseries de Beauvais depuis ses origines
The Empress's Tea:
jusquδ nosjours (Paris, 1909), p. 13; George
Height: 13 ft. 9 i n . (419.1 cm);
Leland Hunter, The Practical Book of
W i d t h : 6 ft. 3 i n . (195 cm)
Tapestries (Philadelphia, 1925), p. 162;
Accession number 89.DD.62
Dr. Szokolny, " V o m amerikanischen Kunst
e
l6j
l68
F R E N C H
TAPESTRIES
286
The Astronomers
The Emperor on a Journey
The Harvesting of Pineapples
286
The Return from the Hunt
286
The Collation
286
2-
86
The Emp ress's Tea
286
F R E N C H
TAPESTRIES
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
(?) Sold, H o t e l D r o u o t , Paris, M a y 27,1910,
one o f four sold as lots 131-134; ([?] sold,
Christies, L o n d o n , M a r c h 6,1923, lot 629,
as one o f a pair); [(?) B. Fabre et Fils, Paris];
Thenadey collection, Paris; [Mayorcas, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1985].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ'15 (1987),
287
287. Tapestry, Le Cheval Rayé
Anciennes
from
the
Indes Series
PROVENANCE
(?) Jean-Baptiste-Elie Camus de Pontcarré,
Gobelins manufactory, circa 1690-1730
seigneur de Viarmes (1702-1775), and his
After a cartoon by Albert Eckhout and
wife Fran£oise-Louise Raoul de la Guibour-
Frans Post, retouched by Jean-Baptiste
gére; by descent to L o u i s - J e a n - N é p o m u c e n e -
Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste Belin [Belain or
Francois-Marie Camus de la G u i b o u r g é r e
Blin] de Fontenay, R e n é - A n t o i n e Houasse,
(1747-1794); by descent to Alexandre-
F r a ^ o i s Bonnemer, and Alexandre-Fran£ois
Prosper Camus de la G u i b o u r g é r e (1793-
Desportes
1853), Chateau de la G u i b o u r g é r e , Bretagne;
W o o l and silk
[Bernard Blondeel, Antwerp, Belgium, 1991].
Woven w i t h the arms o f the Camus de
P o n t c a r r é de Viarmes de la G u i b o u r g é r e
families.
Height: 10 ft. 10 i n . (326 cm); W i d t h :
no. 100, p. 211, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJ 21 (1993),
i n press, illus.
18 ft. 10 i n . (580.2 cm)
Accession n u m b e r 92.DD.21
288
169
IJO
F R E N C H
TAPESTRIES
2 8 9 . Tapestry, Le Mots de
Le Chateau
LesMaisons
de Monceaux
Decιmbre,
from
RoyalesSeries
Gobelins manufactory, before 1712
the direction o f Jean de la Croix
PROVENANCE
W o o l and silk
C o m t e de C a m o n d o , Paris (sold, Galerie
T h e lower right galon bears the woven sig
Georges Petit, Paris, February 1-3, 1893,
nature I.D.L.
lot 291); Gaston Menier, Paris (sold, Galerie
CROX.
The cartoon painted by Fran$ois van
Height: 10 ft. 4% i n . (316 cm); W i d t h :
Charpentier, Paris, November 22,1936,
der Meulen, Baudrain Yvart le pere, Jean-
10 ft. 9 in. (328 cm)
lot i n ) ; Baron Gendebien-Salvay, Belgium;
Baptiste Monnoyer, Pierre (Boulle) Boels,
Accession number 85.DD.309
[Vincent Laloux, Brussels].
Guillaume Anguier, Abraham Genoels after
BIBLIOGRAPHY
designs by Charles Le B r u n . Woven under
Le Journal des arts, January 28,1893 (Paris);
Maurice Fenaille, Etat general de U Manu
facture des Gobelins, 1600-ipoo (Paris,
1903-1923), v o l . 2, pp. 161-162; Charissa
Bremer-David, "Tapestry 'Le Chateau de
Monceaux' f r o m the series Les Maisons
Royales" GettyMusJ 14 (1986), pp. 105-112,
figs. ia~b; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ
14 (1986), no. 192, pp. 242-243, illus.;
Jacqueline Boceara, Ames de Laine et de Sote
( S a i n t - J u s t - e n - C h a u s ι e , 1988), p. 207, illus.
p. 209; E d i t h Α . Standen, "The J a r d ν n des
Plantes: A n Entrefenιtre for the Maisons
Royales Gobelins Tapestry Series," Bulletin
du Centre internationale d'etudes des textiles
anciennes(& (1990), p. 49; illus. p. 51, fig. 4;
Handbook 1991, p. 162, illus. p. 163.
2 9 0 . Tapestry, Char de
Triomphe
Gobelins manufactory, 1715-1716
Woven from the cartoon by Baudrain Yvart
le pere after a design by Charles Le B r u n
W o o l and silk
Part o f the original backing bears the
inscription No. 194 Ports. Du CharJ 6: Sur 5:
au[ne], de haut/ 2: au[ne] 1/2 de Cours over
10-6 six pieces 8 $20. Woven w i t h the arms
o f France and Navarre.
28Q
F R E N C H
TAPESTRIES
Height: 11 ft. 4 Η i n . (347 cm); W i d t h :
8ft.9 % i n . (267 cm)
Accession number 83.DD.20
PROVENANCE
Delivered to the Garde Meuble de la
Couronne o n October 27, 1717; M m e
Fulco de B o u r b o n , Patterson, N e w York;
Michael de B o u r b o n (son o f M m e Fulco
de B o u r b o n ) , Pikeville, Kentucky.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Maurice Fenaille, Etat general des tapisseries
de la Manufacture des Gobelins (Paris, 1903),
vol. 2, pp. 16-22; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 8,
291
pp. 16-17, illus.; Bremer-David, "Acquisi
tions 1983," no. 3, p p . 183-185, 187, illus.;
2 9 1 . Tapestry, The Loves of the
"Acquisitions/1983," GettyMusJ12 (1984),
Bacchus and Ariadne,
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
Woven after paintings by Fransois Boucher
Badin, La Manufacture de tapisseries de
Beauvais depuis ses origines jusqu a nos
W o o l and silk
jours (Paris, 1909), p. 61, illus.; George L .
Gods:
Jupiter
and
BIBLIOGRAPHY
M . Vaucaire, "Les Tapisseries de Beauvais,"
Height: 12 ft. (366 cm); W i d t h : 24 ft. 9 i n .
Hunter, "Beauvais-Boucher's
(754 cm)
Arts and Decoration (March 1919), p. 246;
Tapestries,"
Accession number 63.DD.6
George L . Hunter, The Practical Book of
PROVENANCE
George L . Hunter, "Americas Beauvais-
Tapestries (Philadelphia, 1925), p. 173;
(?) Royal family o f Portugal; Jules Paul
Porgιs, Portugal and later Paris; C . Ledyard
Blair; [French and Co., N e w York, 1937];
purchased by J. Paul Getty, 1937.
Boucher Tapestries," Lnternational Studio
(November 1926), pp. 26-28, illus.; H e i n
rich G φ b e l , Wandteppiche (Leipzig, 1923),
vol. 2, part ι, p. 227; E r i k Zahle, " F r a ^ o i s
EXHIBITIONS
Boucher's dobbelte billedavaening," Det
New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, French
Danske Kunstindustrimuseum: Virksomhed
and English Art Treasures of the United States,
3 (1959-1964), p . 68; Madeleine Jarry, "A
December 20-30,1942, no. 241, p. 39.
Wealth o f Boucher Tapestries i n American
Museums," Antiques (August 1972), p. 224,
fig. 2; E d i t h Standen, "The Loves o f the
290
Gods," European Post-Medieval Tapestries
and Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum
I 7 I
172
FRENCH
TAPESTRIES
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
2 9 2 . Tapestry,
[for Le Blond] are woven i n t o the galon o f
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
designs by Guy-Louis Vernansal and Claude
c
m
)
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 :
8ft.10 V i n . (270 cm)
4
Wallace, Paris, before 1890; by inheritance
292
Accession number 65.DD.5
to Lady Wallace, Paris, 1890; by inheritance
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
London, June 22,1938, l o t 74); purchased
Paris, U n i o n Centrale des Beaux-Arts
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
Appliques δ l'Industrie, Musιe rιtrospectif
1865, no. 5734; Paris, Exposition d'artfrangais
BIBLIOGRAPHY
duXVIII
e
Maurice Fenaille, Etat
siecle, 1916, no. 113., p . 87, illus.
des tapisseries
de h Manufacture des Gobelins (Paris, 1904),
BIBLIOGRAPHY
vol. 3, p. 139; H e i n r i c h G φ b e l , Wandteppiche
Maurice Fenaille, Etat
general
(Leipzig, 1923), vol. 2, part 1, p p . 172-173;
general
de la Manu
facture des Gobelins, 1600-1900 (Paris, 1903),
Verlet et al., Chefs d'oeuvre, p . 133, illus.;
vol. 3, p p . 310-314; H e i n r i c h G φ b e l ,
E d i t h Standen, "Portiere w i t h the Chauvelin
Wandteppiche (Leipzig, 1923), vol. 2, part 1,
Arms," European Post-Medieval Tapestries
and Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum
p. 156; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ\4
(1986), no. 196, pp. 244-245, illus.; Hand
of Art (New York, 1985), vol. 1, pp. 361-364.
293
book 1991, p . 170, illus.; detail illus. p. 154.
F R E N C H
T A P E S T R I E S
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Madeleine Jarry, "A Wealth o f Boucher
Tapestries i n American Museums," Antiques
(August 1972), pp. 222-231.,,
2 9 5 . Tapestry, The Toilet of
Psyche
Beauvais manufactory, circa 1741-1770
Woven after a painting by F r a ^ o i s Boucher,
296
under the administration o f Nicolas Besnier
and the direction o f Jean-Baptiste O u d r y
Beauvais manufactory, circa 1749
W o o l and silk
Signature BESNIER-ET-
Woven after a painting by Fran9ois Boucher,
OVDRY'A
BEAUVAIS woven i n lower right galon.
Height: 9 ft. 4 i n . (284.5
c
m
) ; Width:
2 9 4 . Tapestry, The Toilet of Psyche
Height: 10 ft. (305 cm); W i d t h : 15 ft. 6 i n .
Accession number 68.DD.23
(472.5 cm)
PROVENANCE
Accession number 71.DD.470
Beauvais manufactory, circa 1741-1753
Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, 2nd
Woven after a painting by Fran£ois Boucher,
Earl o f Iveagh (1874-1967), Pyrford C o u r t ,
under the administration o f Nicolas Besnier
Surrey (sold, Christie's, Pyrford C o u r t ,
and the direction o f Jean-Baptiste O u d r y
June 4,1968, l o t 206); purchased at that sale
W o o l and silk
by J. Paul Getty.
Signature BESNIER
BEAWAISwoven
under the administration o f Nicolas Besnier
and the direction o f Jean-Baptiste O u d r y
W o o l and silk
13 ft. 5 i n . (409 cm)
294
2 9 6 . Tapestry, The Toilet of Psyche
PROVENANCE
D u e de Gramont, Paris (sold, Galerie
Georges Petit, Paris, M a y 22, 1925, lot 73);
[Duveen Brothers, L o n d o n , 1933]; A n n a
T h o m p s o n Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse
& OVDRY - A
Pointe Farms, M i c h i g a n (sold, Christie's,
at lower right.
L o n d o n , June 24,1971, l o t 137); purchased
Height: 11 ft. (335 cm); W i d t h : 8 ft. 9 i n .
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
(267 cm)
Accession number 63.DD.2
EXHIBITIONS
L o n d o n , 25 Park Lane, Three French Reigns,
PROVENANCE
F e b r u a r y - A p r i l 1933, no. 528, p i . 88; San
Sir A n t h o n y de Rothschild, L o n d o n ; H e n r y
M a r i n o , California, T h e Henry E. H u n t i n g
Walters, Baltimore (sold by his widow,
ton Library and A r t Gallery, January-
Parke-Bernet, N e w York, A p r i l 26,1941,
July, 1989.
lot 739, to [French and Co., N e w York]);
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
295
173
174
FRENCH
TAPESTRIES
2 9 8 . Tapestry, Psyche at the
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Basketmakers
Jules Badin, La Manufacture de tapisseries de
Beauvais manufactory, circa 1750
Beauvais depuis ses origines jusquδ nos jours
Woven after a p a i n t i n g by Fran$ois Boucher,
(Paris, 1909), p. 60; Duveen and Co., A
under the administration o f Nicolas Besnier
Catalogue of Works of Art of the Eighteenth
Century in the Collection of Anna Thomson
W o o l and silk
Dodge (Detroit, 1933), i n t r o d u c t i o n pp. i i i - i v
Signature f Boucher woven at lower left and
and non-paginated entry, illus.
the arms o f France and Navarre at the t o p ,
and the direction o f Jean-Baptiste O u d r y
center.
Height: 11 ft. 4 i n . (345.5 cm); W i d t h :
2 9 7 . Tapestry, The Abandonment
of
8 ft. 3 i n . (251.5 cm)
Psyche
Accession number 6 3 . D D . 4
Beauvais manufactory, circa 1750
Woven after a painting by Fran$ois Boucher,
P R O V E N A N C E
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
Height: 11 ft. iiVz i n . (364.5 cm); W i d t h :
1931 (inv. no. 1346)]; purchased b y J. Paul
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
Beauvais depuis ses origines jusquδ nos jours
P R O V E N A N C E
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
(1977), ΡΡ· 45"50.
jours (Paris, 1909), p. 60; George L . Hunter,
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
3 0 0 . F o u r Tapestries f r o m The Story
Don
Quixote
Height: 12 ft. 2 i n . (371 cm); W i d t h :
of
13ft.6 i n . (411 cm)
Series
Accession number 82.DD.69
Gobelins manufactory,, 1772-1773
Central narrative panels designed by CharlesAntoine Coypel and the alentours designed
by Jean-Baptiste Belin [Belain or Blin] de
Fontenay, Claude A u d r a n III, Francois
Desportes, and Valade; woven i n the w o r k
299
2 9 9 . Tapestry, Psyche at Cupid's
PaUce
Beauvais manufactory, circa 1750
Woven after a painting by Fran$ois Boucher,
under the administration o f Nicolas Besnier
and the direction o f Jean-Baptiste O u d r y
W o o l and silk
Height: 10 ft. 11 i n . (322.7 cm); W i d t h :
18 ft. 7 4 i n . (568.4 cm)
3
Accession number 63.DD.5
shop o f M i c h e l A u d r a n
QUIXOTTE
PARLA
SAGES
GUERI
DE SA
FOLIE,
[sic]:
Signature AUDRAN woven at b o t t o m right
corner and w i t h the date 7773 i n the galon.
Height: 12 ft. 2 i n . (371 cm); W i d t h :
M a r i e Antoinette), D u k e and Duchess
o f Saxe-Teschen, Joint Governors o f the
12 ft. 10 i n . (391 cm)
LE REPAS DE SANCHO, DANS VILE
Joseph Lorenz, D u k e o f Teschen, 1822;
Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf, Duke o f Teschen,
1847; Friedrick M a r i a Albrecht W i l h e l m
Karl, D u k e o f Teschen, Schloss H a l t b u r n ,
Burgenland, Austria, 1895, removed to
L o n d o n , 1936; Alice Bucher, Lucerne,
Switzerland (offered for sale, Sotheby's,
Accession number 82.DD.66
BARATARIA
Given by Louis XVI o n August 20,1786,
to A l b e r t and Marie-Christine (sister o f
Austrian Netherlands; Karl L u d w i g Johann
W o o l and silk
DON
PROVENANCE
DE
[sic]:
L o n d o n , December 8,1967, lot 1, bought
in); [Galerie R φ m e r , Z u r i c h , 1981] (sold,
Sotheby's, Monaco, June 14,1982, lot 571).
PROVENANCE
Signature AUDRAN and date 7772 woven
Sir A n t h o n y de Rothschild, L o n d o n ; Ε. M .
i n the galon and the border at the b o t t o m
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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)
teppiche (Leipzig, 1923), vol. 2, part 1, p. 163;
Accession number 82.DD.67
Bremer-David, "Acquisitions 1982," no. 13,
l
Jules Badin, La Manufacture de tapisseries
de Beauvais depuis ses origines jusquδ nos
jours (Paris, 1909), p. 60; Madeleine Jarry,
"A Wealth o f Boucher Tapestries i n A m e r i
can Museums," Antiques (August 1972),
pp. 222-231.
ENTREE
DE SANCHO DANS VILE
BARATARIA
DE
[sic]:
pp. 60-66, illus.; W i l s o n , Selections, no. 36,
pp. 72-73, illus.; E d i t h Standen, "The
Signature AUDRAN woven at the b o t t o m
Memorable Judgment o f Sancho," European
right corner and w i t h the date 1772 i n
Post-Medieval Tapestries and Hangings in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York,
the galon.
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)
p. 172, illus. (82.DD.66 only); Jonathan
Accession number 82.DD.68
Bourne and Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the
3
POLTRONERIE
CHASSE
DE SANCHO A LA
[sic]:
Domestic Interior: Renaissance to Art
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.
I75
176
FRENCH
TAPESTRIES
Don Quixote gueri de sa folie
Entree de Sancho
300
Le Repas de Sancho
3°°
300
Poltronerie de Sancho
3°°
F R E N C H TAPESTRIES
3 0 1 . F o u r H a n g i n g s from the Tentures
Boucher
de
Series
Venus and Vulcan:
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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:
direction o f Jacques Neilson
Signature neilson, ιx. woven at lower right.
Maurice Fenaille, Etat general des tapisseries
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
PROVENANCE
Ackerman, Tapestry: the Mirror of
Civilization (New York, 1933), p. 277, p i . 45;
and F.Boucher i n the medallion o f Vertum
nus and Pomona.
Height: 12 ft. 7 i n . (383.5 c m ) ; W i d t h :
20 ft. 6 i n . (624.8 cm)
Accession number 71.DD.466
Venus on the Waters-.
Signature neilson. ιx. woven at lower right.
Height: 12 ft. 7 i n . (383.5 c m ) ; W i d t h :
10 ft. 5 i n . (317.5 cm)
Accession number 71.DD.467
Given by Louis X V I i n 1782 to the Grand
D u k e Paul Petrovitch (later Czar Paul I ) and
Grand Duchess M a r i a Feodorovna o f
Russia; h u n g at the Palace o f Pavlovsk (near
St. Petersburg) u n t i l circa 1925 (sold by the
Soviet government); [Duveen Brothers,
New York]; N o r t o n Simon (sold, ParkeBernet, N e w York, M a y 8,1971, l o t 233);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
E d i t h Standen, "The Tapestry Room from
C r o σ m e C o u r t , " Decorative Art from the
Samuel H. Kress Collection at the Metropoli
tan Museum of Art (London, 1964), p. 52;
Madeleine Jarry, "A Wealth o f Boucher
Tapestries i n American Museums," Antiques
(August 1972), pp. 222-231; W i l s o n , Selec
tions, no. 38, pp. 76-77, illus.; Edith
Standen, " C r o σ m e C o u r t Tapestries,"
Pennsylvania, T h e A l l e n t o w n A r t Museum,
European Post-Medieval Tapestries and
Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Great Periods of Tapestry, February 19 61.
(New York, 1985), vol. 1, p. 397.
EXHIBITIONS
YJJ
I78
FRENCH
TAPESTRIES
301
Diana and Callisto, Vertumnus and Pomona
Venus and Vulcan
301
Aurora and Cephalus
3
Venus on the Waters
301
Q I
F R E N C H DECORATIVE DRAWINGS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
Maurice Fenaille, Etat general des tapisseries .
de la Manufacture des Gobelins (Paris, 1904),
F. A . M a g l i n , 1902; [Fran9ois-Gerard Seligmann, Paris].
vol. 4, pp. 285-289, illus.; Hermann Schmitz,
Bildteppiche, Geschichte der Gobelinwirkerei
(Berlin, 1919), p. 304; Stephane Faniel et al.,
French Art of the Eighteenth Century (Collec
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi*) (1987), no.
105, p. 213, illus.
tion Connaissance des arts, N e w York, 1957),
vol. i , p. 161, fig. c; E d i t h Standen, "The
Tapestry R o o m from C r o σ m e Court," Deco
302
302. Tapestry, Neptune
f r o m the Tentures
andAmymone
de Boucher
Series
Gobelins manufactory, circa 1781-1783
Central scene after a painting by Fran9ois
Boucher; alentour after designs by Maurice
rative Art from the Samuel H. Kress
Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of
Art (London, 1964), p. 52; E d i t h Standen,
" C r o σ m e C o u r t Tapestries," European Post-
Medieval Tapestries and Hangings in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York,
1985), vol. ι, p. 397.
Jacques and Louis Tessier; woven under the
direction o f Jacques Neilson
W o o l and silk
F.Boucher. Pix woven i n central oval panel
and neilson ιx. woven i n the lower right o f
the alentour.
Height: 12 ft. % i n . (368 cm); W i d t h :
15 ft. 6 i n . (472.5 cm)
Accession number 73.DD.90
Decorative Drawings
303. D r a w i n g for a W a l l L i g h t
(See entry no. 169)
Paris, circa 1760-1780
A t t r i b u t e d to Contant d ' l v r y
PROVENANCE
Pen and black i n k o n paper
One o f four tapestries given by Louis X V I i n
Inscribed (recto) i n i n k i n the lower right
1784 to Prince H e n r y o f Prussia; Jules Porgιs
(S) Girandolle de dessus h chem[inιe] [...?]/
de Jeu dans VElevation No. 6.... Inscribed
(sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 18,
1924, no. 244); (sold, Galerie Charpentier,
(verso) i n pencil Bachelier and, i n i n k , below
Paris, M a y 28, 1954, no. 145); private collec
F. A. Maglin 1902. Inscribed i n pencil o n
tion, France, 1957; conte Francesco Castel-
separate rectangles glued to the reverse Ir and
barco A l b a n i , Italy (sold, Sotheby's, Palazzo
Thre Van Thulden. Unidentified watermark.
Capponi, Florence, M a y 22,1973, lot 79);
Height: 10%; i n . (26.5 cm); W i d t h : 6 4 i n .
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
(17.ι cm)
3
Accession number 86.GA.692
303
I79
ΐ8θ
FRENCH DECORATIVE
DRAWINGS
3 0 5 . D r a w i n g for a E w e r
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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 :
to ArtNouveau (London, 1991), illus. p. n o ,
10/16 i n .
% . 353·
Accession number 79.GA.180
I3
(25.6 cm)
PROVENANCE
M a i s o n O d i o t , Paris (sold, Sotheby's,
Monaco, November 26,1979, l o t 610).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Claude Frιgnac et al., Les Grands Orfevres de
Louis XIII δ Charles X (Collection Connaissance des arts, Paris, 1965), p. 194, illus.;
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 t o m i d 1980,"
i t e m B , p. 12, illus.; Savill, Sevres, v o l . 1,
p. 469; n . 7, p. 475.
304
3 0 4 . D r a w i n g for a W a l l L i g h t
3 0 6 . D r a w i n g for U r n s a n d Vases
Paris, circa 1775
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 .
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.
3
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
Maison O d i o t , Paris (sold, Sotheby's,
m
)
Accession number 79.GA.178
Monaco, November 26,1979, l o t 609).
305
PROVENANCE
M a i s o n O d i o t , Paris (sold, Sotheby's,
Monaco, November 26,1979, l o t 584).
F R E N C H DECORATIVE DRAWINGS
3θ6
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,'
Maison O d i o t , Paris (sold, Sotheby's,
item A , p. 11, illus.
Monaco, November 26, 1979, lot 612).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
307. D r a w i n g for a n I n k s t a n d
Paris, circa 1780
Wilson, "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,
item E, p. 16, illus.
A t t r i b u t e d to Robert-Joseph Auguste
Pen and black i n k w i t h blue and yellow
wash o n paper
Unidentified watermark.
Height: 1 ft. $Vi6 i n . (44 c m ) ; W i d t h :
ι ft. 3 /i6 i n .
5
(38.9
cm)
Accession number 79.GA.181
307
l8l
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
ι ft. Vx i n . (31.8 cm)
Accession number 79.GA.182
PROVENANCE
Maison O d i o t , Paris (sold, Sotheby's,
Monaco, November 26, 1979, l o t 627).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1979 to m i d 1980,"
item D , pp. 14-15, illus.
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
Earls o f Warwick, W a r w i c k Castle; [Frank
Partridge and Sons, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; pur
309
chased by J. Paul Getty.
E X H I B I T I O N S
The Fine Arts Museums o f San Francisco,
The Triumph of Humanism, September 29,
1977-January 18,1978, p. 91, fig. 107; Tulsa,
The Philbrook A r t Center, Gloria dell'arte:
A Renaissance Perspective, October 26,
1979-January 27,1980 (Tulsa, 1979), no. 85,
p. 53, illus.
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
(61.8 cm)
Accession number 78.DA.120
310
ITALIAN CASSONI
P R O V E N A N C E
[ H . Blairman a n d Sons, L o n d o n , 1963];
purchased by J. Paul Getty for Sutton Place,
Surrey; distributed b y the estate o f J. Paul
Getty t o the J. Paul Getty Museum.
E X H I B I T I O N S
Tulsa, T h e P h i l b r o o k A r t Center, Gloria
delVarte: A Renaissance Perspective, Octo
ber 26,1979-January 27,1980 (Tulsa, 1979),
no. 86, p. 53, illus.
dei Conti di Coccorone e di Antignano detti
[poi?] dei Conti 0 dei Comitibus abitanti
in FolignOy esi[stenti?] questi [in?] casa di
Contessa Pressilla moglie del Contι Cesare
Bentivogli seniore, il di cui matrimonio seguν
circa V[anno] 1$$[9?] onde e verisimile che
tanto questo quanto I'altro simil cassone
fossero fatti in congiuntura dei loro sponsali
et erano ne٧a maggior parte dorati come pud
ancor vedersi da diverse reliquie discoperte
nel ripulirli e son fattuta del celebre scultore
Maffei.
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, England; [Same A r t ,
Ltd., Zurich].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ 17 (1989),
no. 87, pp. 147-148, illus.
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 .
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 .
hand L'arme che si vede nel mezzo della parte
d'avanti di questo cassone e delh famiglia
(73.75 cm)
3
312
312. C r e d e n z a
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
[Ugo Bardini, i960]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty for Sutton Place, Surrey; distributed
by the estate o f J. Paul Getty to the J. Paul
Getty Museum.
E X H I B I T I O N S
Woodside, California, Filoli, o n loan,
1983 -1992.
One of a pair
3
1 1
185
l86
ITALIAN
CASSONI
COMMODES
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1983," GettyMusJiz (1984),
314. C o m m o d e
Venice, circa 1745-1750
no. 17, p. 267, illus.; Handbook 1986,
p. 191, illus.
Painted, gilt, and silvered oak
Height: 2 ft. 8/8 i n . (81.5 cm); W i d t h :
4 ft. 9% i n . (147 cm); Depth: 2 ft. Vs i n .
(62.5 cm)
Accession number 83.DA.282
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) O r s i n i Family, Italy; (sold, Saint-Malo,
France, 1982) [Didier Aaron, Paris]; (sold,
313
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , July 15,1983, lot 114);
[Alexander and Berendt, L o n d o n ] .
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
4 ft. 1% i n . (124.46 cm); D e p t h : 1ft.IOVZ i n .
(57.15 cm)
Accession number 78.DA. 109
P R O V E N A N C E
[Ugo Bardini, i960]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty for Sutton Place, Surrey; distributed
by the estate o f J. Paul Getty to the J. Paul
Getty Museum.
314
ITALIAN TABLES
316.
Octagonal
Table
Northern Italian (possibly Mantua),
circa 1550
Rosso di Verona inlaid w i t h new antico and
cipollina marble
Height: 2 ft. 9% i n . (84.5 cm); W i d t h (of
top): 3 ft. 9/2 i n . (115.5 cm)
315
Accession number 90.DA.33
TABLES
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Palazzo Gonzaga, Mantua (exh. cat.,
315.
Table
Stedelijk Museum, 1934); private collection,
Tuscany, sixteenth century
3i6
the Netherlands, 1934; private collection,
Walnut
Paris, since 1975; [Alain M o a t t i , Paris].
Height: 2 ft. 10 i n . (86.4 cm); W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
[Same A r t , L t d . , Z u r i c h ] .
8 ft. 6 i n . (259 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 10 i n .
E X H I B I T I O N S
(86.4 cm)
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Italiaansche
Accession number 78.DA. 121
Kunst in Nederlandsch Bezit, July 1- Octo
ber ι, 1934, no. 1008.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi^ (1987),
no. 117, pp. 217-218, illus.
P R O V E N A N C E
[Ugo Bardini, 1963]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty for Sutton Place, Surrey; distributed
by the estate o f J. Paul Getty to the J. Paul
Getty M u s e u m .
317.
Table
The Vιneto, late sixteenth century
Rosso di Verona marble
Height: 2 ft. yVs i n . (81 cm); W i d t h :
9 ft. n / 8 i n . (308 cm); D e p t h : 4 ft. /s i n .
5
5
(123.5 cm)
Accession number 86.DA.489
317
187
l88
ITALIAN
TABLES
318
Top
318
318. Pietre Dure
Table
PROVENANCE
319 C o n s o l e T a b l e
Florence or Rome
Corsini, Florence, by at least the nineteenth
(?) Piedmont, circa 1730
Tabletop: circa 1580-1600
century; by descent i n the Corsini family;
Carved and gilt w o o d w i t h sarrancolin
Pietre dure and marble mosaic including
[Same A r t , L t d . , Z u r i c h , 1991].
marble top
breccia di Tivoli (or Quintilina), giallo antico,
new antico, breccia rossa, breccia cenerina,
breccia verde, broccatello, bianco e new
antico, serpentine, alabaster fiorito and
alabaster a tartaruga, lapis lazuli, coral, rock
crystal, and yellow and black jasper
Length: 4 ft. 5% i n . (136.5 cm); W i d t h :
3 ft.
8/2
i n . (113 cm);
Base: circa 1825
Carved and gilt w o o d
Height: 2 ft. n /s i n . (89.9 cm)
3
Accession number 92.DA.70
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Leonardo G i n o r i Lisci, I Palazzi di Firenze
nelk storia delTarte (Florence, 1972), vol. 1,
p. 152 (reproduces nineteenth-century
Height: 2 ft. 10% i n . (86.9 cm); W i d t h :
6 ft. 5 4 i n . (196.2 cm); D e p t h : 3 ft. 6 4 i n .
J
(78.1 cm)
Accession number 78.DA.118
archival photograph o f object); Alessandra
PROVENANCE
Guicciardini Corsi Salviati, AJJreschi di
Elsie de Wolfe, N e w York.
Pahzzo Corsini a Firenze ι6$ο~ιγοο (Florence,
1989), p i . 23 (reproduces same photograph
as above); "Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJzi
(1993), i n press, illus.
3
ITALIAN TABLES
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Baroness Lionel de Rothschild (nιe
Charlotte v o n Rothschild), Gunnersbury
Park, Middlesex; Alfred de Rothschild
(1842-1918), H a l t o n , Buckinghamshire, by
1884;
D
y descent to E d m u n d de Rothschild
(b. 1916), Exbury, Hampshire; [Frank
Partridge and Sons, L t d . , London, 1972];
[French and Company, N e w York, o n con
signment from Frank Partridge and Sons,
L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Gillian Wilson, Decorative Arts in the J . Paul
Getty Museum (Malibu, 1977), no. 49, p. 38,
illus.
319
320,
Center Table
Top: Florence or Rome, circa 1600-1620
Support: See entry no. 85 under French
Furniture
Pietre dure and marble mosaic top
W i d t h : 6 ft. 5 /8 i n . (197.1 c m ) ; Depth:
5
5 ft. 3 /8 i n . (115.8 cm)
5
Accession number 7 2 . D A . 58
lop
320
189
I90
ITALIAN
TABLES
322
321
321. Side Table
322. Side Table
323. Side Table
Italian, circa 1760-1770
Rome, circa 1670
Rome, circa 1720-1730
Design attributed to Johann Paul Schor,
G i l t pine
Carved and g i l t - w o o d base surmounted by
called Giovanni Paolo Tedesco
Height: 3 ft. 1 i n . (93.9 cm); W i d t h : 6 ft. 3 i n .
a marble top
Carved and gilt w o o d
(190.5 cm); D e p t h : 3 ft. 2 i n . (96.5 cm)
Height: 3 ft. 5 /i6 i n . (105 cm); W i d t h :
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 .
(74 cm)
7 ft. 4 / 2 i n . (225 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 9%; i n .
(85 cm)
Accession number 86.DA.7
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, England; Belgian art
market; [Jacques Kugel, Paris, 1981].
[International Patent Trust Reg., Vaduz,
Liechtenstein].
Accession number 87.DA.135
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, Switzerland; [Danae A r t
P R O V E N A N C E
Rudolph Hegetschweile, Z u r i c h , since 1947;
5
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Handbook 1986, p. 188, illus.; Handbook
1991, p. 215, illus.
International, S.A., Panama].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
no. 79, p. 181, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 216,
illus.
ITALIAN TABLES
324
323
Height: 2 ft. Vs i n . (77.8 cm); W i d t h :
324. Table
(?) Naples, 179(F)
10% i n . (87.5 cm); Depth: io Α6 i n . (87.5 cm)
By Francesco A b b i a t i
Accession number 84.DA.77
7
Oak, walnut, and poplar veneered w i t h
P R O V E N A N C E
purplewood, satinwood, ebony, and various
fruitwoods
Brothers, Inc., N e w York].
Signed and dated i n the central roundel o f
marquetry o n the top, FRANCO
179(0·
ABBIATI
Private collection, Cleveland, O h i o ; [Dalva
I
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
'Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] 13 (1985),
no. 254, p. 258, illus.
Top
324
191
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
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].
325. S i d e
Chair
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
copying the original silk
Park (sold, Christie's, N o r t h M y m m s Park,
Height: 4 ft. 2 /s i n . (118.5 cm); W i d t h :
September 24-26,1979, lot 215 [one o f five]);
ι ft. 9% i n . (55.6 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 3 /s i n .
[Partridge (Fine Arts), L t d . , London,
(69.5 cm)
1979-1983].
5
3
Accession number 83.DA.281
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
no. 78, pp. 180-181, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1983," GettyMusJ 12 (1984),
no. 16, p. 267, illus.
3 2 6 . Set
of F o u r
Armchairs
Venice, circa 1730-1740
Carved, gessoed, and gilt walnut; upholstered
i n modern Genoese velvet
Armchair .1: Height: 2 ft. io 4 i n . (137.8 cm);
3
W i d t h : 2 ft. 9Κ i n . (85.1 cm); Depth:
2 ft. 10 4 i n . (88.3 cm); Armchair .2: Height:
3
4 ft. yYs i n . (140 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n .
(86 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 10% i n . (87.3 cm);
Armchair .3: Height: 4 ft. 6% i n . (138.5 cm);
W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n . (85.8 cm); Depth:
2 ft. 11 4 i n . (89.8 cm); Armchair .4: Height:
3
4 ft. 7% i n . (140.3 cm); W i d t h : 2 ft. 9% i n .
(86 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 9% i n . (84.5 cm)
Accession number 87.DA.2.1—.4
325
One of four
326
I T A L I A N SEAT F U R N I T U R E
328. D a y b e d
Accession number 86.DA.511
Turin, designed between 1832-1835
By Filippo Pelagio Palagi (born i n Bologna
1775-1860)
Maple inlaid w i t h mahogany
O n back o f frame, 3421 stenciled i n green
paint from Racconigi inventory o f 1900
(obscured by upholstery), Dazio Verificato
ink stamp, PPR 3421 incised stamp. O n
P R O V E N A N C E
K i n g Carlo Alberto, Racconigi Palace
(near Turin), u n t i l 1922; 1938-1980 i n a p r i
vate Swiss collection; [ H e i m Gallery, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1980].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi ) (1987),
1
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
327. F o l d i n g Stool
a pencil design for inlay.
Height: 2 ft. iVx i n . (80 cm); W i d t h :
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
Carved and gilt w o o d
(69 cm)
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
Chateau de Fontainebleau d u r i n g the nine
teenth century; [ M a t t h e w Schutz, L t d . ,
N e w York].
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 7June 13,1975.
328
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Gillian W i l s o n , Decorative Arts in the J . Paul
Getty Museum, 1977, p. 33, no. 42, illus.
I93
194
ITALIAN
METALWORK
Metalwork
EXHIBITIONS
T h e Los Angeles C o u n t y Museum o f A r t ,
"Curator's Choice," December 11,1978-
329. Mortar
February 11, 1979.
Venice, circa 1550
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.
lot 156; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ;
[Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w York];
Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Princeton, N e w
331. Basin
Jersey; [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., N e w
Genoa, 1620-1625
York].
By a D u t c h or Flemish artist w o r k i n g i n
Genoa after a design b y Bernardo Strozzi
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Silver
Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
330
no. 222, p. 254, illus.
Diameter: 2-ft. 5 4 i n . (75.5 cm)
3
Accession number 85.DG.81
3 3 0 . Virgin Mourning
the Dead
Christ
PROVENANCE
Venice, 1586-1587
By Cesare Targone
(?) Commissioned by the Genoese Doge
Finely chased repousse gold o n obsidian (in
Alessandro Giustiniani-Longo d i Luca,
a black nineteenth-century w o o d frame)
1544-1624; L o n g h i Giustiniani; Giovanna
Signed
Musso Piantelli, 1892; [Aetas A n t i q u a , S.A.,
OPUS-CAESARIS-TAR-VENETI-
Panama].
below Christ's feet.
G o l d Relief: Height: n /s i n . (29 cm);
3
W i d t h : 10% i n . (26 cm); Obsidian Plaque:
Height: 1 ft. 3/8 i n . (38.5 cm); W i d t h :
10V16 i n . (26.5 cm)
Accession number 84.SE.121
PROVENANCE
Sir Julius Wernher, Bt. (died 1912); by
descent to Sir H a r o l d Wernher, Bt.; (sold,
329
Christie's, L o n d o n , November 16,1950,
lot 157, to D a v i d Black, Sr.); [Bernard Black
(Black-Nadeau, L t d . ) , M o n t e Carlo].
ITALIAN METALWORK
EXHIBITIONS
Genoa, Esposizione artνstico archeologico
industrνale aperta nelle Sale dell'Accademia
Ling٧istica, 1868, no. 55, p. 115; Genoa,
Palazzo Bianco, Mostra dArte Antica, 1892,
no. 86, p. 75; Genoa, Palazzo Spinola and
Palazzo Reale, Genova neWEta Barocca,
M a y 2-July 26,1992; Frankfurt, Schirn
Kunsthalle, Kunst in der Republik Genua,
September 4-November 8,1992.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
H u g h Macandrew, "A Silver Basin Designed
by Strozzi," Burlington Magazine 113 (Janu
ary 1971), pp. 4-11; Ronald W. Lightbown,
"A N o t e o n the Silver Basin," Burlington
Magazine 113 (January 1971), p. 11; H u g h
Macandrew, "Genoese Silver o n Loan to the
Ashmolean Museum," Burlington Magazine
114 (September 1972), pp. 611-620; Carl
Hernmarck, The Art of the European Silver
smith 1430-1830 (London and New York,
977)> ° 1 · i> P- 33; Handbook 1991, p. 212,
I
ν
2
illus.; D a v i d A . Scott, "Technological,
Analytical, and Microstructural Studies o f
a Renaissance Silver Basin," Archeomaterials
5, no. ι ( W i n t e r 1991), pp. 21-45; Franco
Boggero and Farida Simonetti, Argenti
genovesi da parata tra cinque e seicento
(Turin, 1992), no. 7, p. 233, pis. 20-23;
pp. 132,135-143·
331
I95
196
ITALIAN
METALWORK
332
332. W a l l
Plaque
Southern Italian, 1730-1740
By Francesco Natale Juvara
Silver and lapis lazuli
Height: 2 ft. 3V16 i n . (70 cm); W i d t h :
ι ft. 8/4 i n . (52 cm)
Accession number 85.SE.127
Italiana [ M i l a n , 1936], no. 316); [Siran
H o l d i n g Company, Geneva].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ"14 (1986),
no. 223, p. 254, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 216,
illus.
333
333.
Pair o f Candelabra
N o r t h e r n Italian, circa 1830-1840
By Pelagio Palagi
G i l t and chased bronze
Height: 2 ft. 11% i n . (90 cm)
Accession number 85.DF.22.1-.2
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
(?) Palazzo Reale, T u r i n ; Jacob Rothschild,
(?) House o f Savoy, since its pendant is last
L o n d o n , 1983; [P. and D . Colnaghi and Co.,
recorded as belonging to a member o f that
London].
family (Antonio Morassi, Antica Oreficeria
ITALIAN CERAMICS
E X H I B I T I O N S
Height: 1 ft. %. i n . (31.1 cm); Diameter
L o n d o n , P. and D . Colnaghi and Co., The
(at l i p ) : 5 /8 i n . (14.3 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h :
Adjectives of History: Furniture and Works of
n 4 i n . (29.8 cm)
Art 1550-1870,1983, no. 47.
Accession number 85.DE.56
5
3
P R O V E N A N C E
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
W i l h e l m von Bode, Berlin; Glogowski,
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ'14 (1986),
Berlin (sold, Sotheby's, London, June 8,
no. 224, p. 255, illus.
1932, lot 58); August Lederer, Vienna; Erich
Lederer, Geneva.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Ceramics
H e n r y Wallis, Oak-Leaf Jars: A Fifteenth-
334. J u g w i t h P e c k i n g B i r d
Century Italian Ware Showing Moresco
(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
majolique italienne, vol. 2 (Paris, 1949),
(16.2 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.95
334
fig. 648; Galeazzo Cora, Storia della maiolica
di Firenze e del contado delXIV e del XV
P R O V E N A N C E
secσlo (Florence, 1973), vol. 1, p. 76; vol. 2,
Private collection, the Netherlands; [Rainer
pis. 61-62, 63c; Giovanni Conti, LArte delU
maiolica in Italia, 2nd ed. (Milan, 1980),
Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
pis. 45-46; A n n a M o o r e Valeri, "Florentine
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
'Zajfera a Rilievd Maiolica: A N e w L o o k at
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
the 'Oriental Influence,'" Archaeologia
no. 155, pp. 239-240, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
medievale 2 (1984), pp. 477-500, fig. 4b;
no. 3, pp. 17-19.
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
no. 211, p. 251, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 5,
pp. 23-25; Handbook 1991, p. 200, illus.
335.
Two-handled " O a k - L e a f " D r u g Jar
(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
197
I98
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
336. C y l i n d r i c a l " O a k - L e a f " J a r
(albarello)
Giovanni C o n t i , L'Arte della maiolica in
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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,
3 /i6 i n . (9.7 cm); M a x i m u m Diameter:
pp. 26-27.
I3
4 / i 6 i n . (12.2
I3
vol. ι, p. 4, fig. 4; Galeazzo Cora, Storia
della maiolica di Firenze e del contado
delXIVe delXVsecσlo (Florence, 1973),
cm)
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
John Rothenstein, "Shorter Notices:
Two-handled "Oak-Leaf" Jar
(orciuolo
Two Pieces o f Italian Pottery," Burlington
biansato)
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
Accession number 84. D E . 9 7
337
P R O V E N A N C E
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
Tin-glazed earthenware
Height: i 4 i n . (4.4 cm); Diameter: 9 % i n .
3
(25.3 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.94
Galeazzo Cora, Storia della maiolica di
Firenze e del contado del XIV e del XVsecσlo
(Florence, 1973), v o l . 1, pp. 83, 457; v o l . 2,
p i . 112; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] 13
P R O V E N A N C E
(1985), no. 157, p. 240, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
E. R. Paget, L o n d o n ; Alfred Pringsheim,
no. 7, pp. 28-30.
M u n i c h ; A . Kauffmann, London; [Rainer
Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
336
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
ITALIAN CERAMICS
339
Two-handled " O a k - L e a f " D r u g Jar
PROVENANCE
(qrciuolo
Stefano Bardini, Florence; Elie Vblpi,
biansato)
Florence, circa 1431
Florence (sold, Jandolo and Tavazzi, Rome,
Tin-glazed earthenware
A p r i l 25-May 3,1910, lot 777); (sold,
Painted w i t h a copper green and manganese
Lempertz, Cologne, M a y 6,1953, lot 414);
purple crutch o n each handle and marked
Dr. Bak, N e w York; (sold, Sotheby's, N e w
w i t h a six-pointed asterisk surrounded by
York, December 7,1965, lot 15); August
dots below each handle.
Lederer, Vienna; Erich Lederer, Geneva.
Height: 9% i n . (25 cm); Diameter (at lip):
4 % i n . (12.5 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h : 9V8 i n .
(24.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.98
8
Galeazzo Cora, Storia delU maiolica di
Firenze e del contado del XIV e del XV secσlo
(Florence, 1973), vol. 1, p. 80; vol. 2,
fig. 107b; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14
PROVENANCE
3 3
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sir Thomas Ingilby, Bt., N o r t h Yorkshire
(1986), no. 212, p. 251, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
(offered for sale, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , July 2,
no. 9, pp. 34-35.
1974, l o t 261, withdrawn) (sold, Sotheby's,
London, A p r i l 14,1981, lot 13); [Rainer
Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
John Cuadrado, "Prized Pottery Triumphs
o f the Italian Renaissance," Architectural
Digest 41 (February 1984), p. 127; "Acquisi
tions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985), no. 158,
p. 240, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 182, illus.;
Hess, Maiolica, no. 8, pp. 31-33.
340. T w o - h a n d l e d J a r (prciuolo
biansato)
Florence, circa 1432-1450
Tin-glazed earthenware
Marked below each handle w i t h a sixpointed asterisk surrounded by dots.
339
Height: 6Yz i n . (16.5 cm); Diameter (at l i p ) :
4/8 i n . (10.5 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h : 7 i n .
(17.8 cm)
Accession number 85.DE.58
340
I99
200
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
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
J. Chompret, Paris (sold, H o t e l Drouot,
Paris, December 15,1976, lot 19); [Rainer
Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
343
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJii (1985),
no. 156, p. 240, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
(albarello
no. 10, pp. 36-38.
Tin-glazed earthenware
AMA. DIO painted o n one side.
Height: 8 4 i n . (22.2 cm); Diameter (at
3
(albarello)
r i m ) : 4% i n . (11.4 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h :
Florentine area, circa 1440-1450
9 /i6 i n .
3
Tin-glazed earthenware
Height: y Α6 i n . (18.6 cm); Diameter (at r i m ) :
4/8 i n . (10.5 cm); M a x i m u m Diameter:
5
(23.4
cm)
Accession number 84. D E . 9 9
5
4 /8
biansato)
Florentine area or U m b r ν a , circa 1450-1500
341
341. C y l i n d r i c a l J a r
343. T w o - h a n d l e d A r m o r i a l J a r
P R O V E N A N C E
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
Sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , November 22,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
1983, lot 194; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
O t t o v o n Falke, Majolikasammlung Pring
sheim in M٧nchen (The Hague, 1914-1923),
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
vol. ι, no. 11, p i . 8; M a r i o Bellini and
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
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 ;
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
P- 39·
no. 159, p. 240, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 12,
pp. 40-42.
342
ITALIAN
344 J u g w i t h B u s t M e d a l l i o n
CERAMICS
(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
Savile family, Rufford Abbey, N o t t i n g h a m
(sold, K n i g h t , Frank and Rutley i n associa
tion w i t h Christies, London, October 11-20,
1938, lot 879); [Alfred Spero, L o n d o n ] ;
(sold, Sotheby's, London, December 4,
1956, l o t 24); Robert Strauss, L o n d o n (sold,
344
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 21,1976, l o t 7);
345
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Christies Review of the Season 1975 (Lon
don and N e w York, 1976), p. 394; MorleyFletcher and Mcllroy, European Pottery, p. 26,
fig. 3; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13
(1985), no. 154, p. 239, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
no. 13, pp. 43-45.
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?).
Alternate view
344
Height: 9 i n . (22.9 cm); Diameter (at l i p ) :
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
Alternate view
345
20I
202
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
P R O V E N A N C E
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , October 3,1983,
Sir W i l l i a m Stirling-Maxwell, Bt., K.T;
lot 237; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
Lt. C o l . W . J. Stirling, Keir (sold, Sotheby's,
L o n d o n , June 18,1946, lot 79); F. D . Lycett-
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ i$ (1985),
no. 160, p. 240, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
Green, Goudhurst, Kent (sold, Sotheby's,
L o n d o n , October 14, i960, lot 24); Robert
Strauss, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, London,
no. 14, pp. 46-48.
June 21,1976, lot 14); [Cyril Humphris,
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
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.;
Hess, Maiolica, no. 15, pp. 49-51.
Height: 2/4 i n . (6.3 cm);
Diameter: 1 ft. 3 /s i n . (39 cm)
3
Accession number 84.DE.103
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
347
lip): 4 /8 i n . (11.1 cm); M a x i m u m Diameter:
3
4 A in. (12.4 cm)
7
Accession number 84.DE. 104
Charles D a m i r o n , Majoliques italiennes (pri
P R O V E N A N C E
vately printed, 1944), no. 27; "Acquisitions/
Alfred Pringsheim, M u n i c h ; (sold, Sotheby's,
1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 161, p. 241,
London, June 7,1939, lot 9); Charles
illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 17, pp. 55-57;
D a m i r o n , Lyons; Paul Damiron; (sold,
Handbook 1991, p. 202, illus.
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , November 22,1983,
346
tery and Porcelain (London, 1925), fig. 117;
lot 212); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
O t t o von Falke, Majolikasammlung Pring
sheim in M٧nchen (The Hague, 1914-1923),
vol. ι, no. 22, p i . 15; E m i l Hannover, Pot-
ITALIAN CERAMICS
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
π /! i n . (59.7 cm); D e p t h : 10*4 i n . (26 cm)
1
Accession number 87.SE.148
P R O V E N A N C E
Private collection, Belgium; (sold, Sotheby's,
London, A p r i l 7,1987, lot 44); [Rainer
Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Burlington Magazine 129 (March 1987), illus.
348
p. 1; Ilgiornale delVarte, no. 45 (1987), p. 90,
350
fig. 50; "Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ 16
348.
Plate with Saint
Peter
Faenza or (?) Cafaggiolo, circa 1500
(1988), no. 77, p. 180, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
no. 16, pp. 52-54.
350.
AUa Porcettana
D i s h
(tondino)
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 ) ;
([?]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
7
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
Private collection, Switzerland; [Rainer
9
(24.3 cm)
Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
Accession number 84.DE.109
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R O V E N A N C E
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
Charles Loeser, Torri Gattaia (sold, Sotheby's,
no. 170, p . 242, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 20,
L o n d o n , December 8,1959, l o t 55); Robert
pp. 64-65.
Strauss, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
June 21,1976, lot 19); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . ,
London].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Galeazzo Cora and Angiolo Fanfani, La
349
maiolica di Cafaggiolo (Florence, 1982),
p. 66, fig. 48; Morley-Fletcher and Mcllroy,
203
204
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
European Pottery, p. 44, fig. 1; "Acquisitions/
1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985), no. 171, p. 242,
illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 21, pp. 66-68.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bernard Rackham, IsUmic Pottery and
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
Distaff
a n d
(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 ) :
5Me i n . (12.9 cm); M a x i m u m Diameter: Jar .1:
Jar.ι
352
6% i n . (15.9 cm); Jar .2: 6Ys i n . (16.Ι cm)
351
351. L u s t e r e d
Bust
Display
(piaito
da
Plate with
Female
pompa)
Deruta, circa 1500-1530
Accession number 84.DE.112.1-.2
PROVENANCE
J. Pierpont Morgan, N e w York; Joseph E.
Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania (sold,
Tin-glazed earthenware
Samuel Τ Freeman and Co., Philadelphia,
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,
ι ft. 4% i n . (42.8 cm)
N e w York (sold, Sotheby's, New York, June 5,
Accession number 84.DE.110
1979, lot 356); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
R. W . M . Walker, London; (sold, Christies,
Bernard Rackham, "A New Chapter i n
London, July 25,1945, lot 73); Adda col
the History o f Italian Maiolica," Burlington
lection, Paris; (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
Magazine 27 (May 1915), p. 50; Inventory of
the Ob jets d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins
Park, Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener
November 20,1967, lot 87); [Rainer Zietz,
Ltd., London].
(privately printed, Philadelphia, 1935),
Jar
.2
352
ITALIAN
pp. 67-68; M a r i o Bellini and Giovanni
P R O V E N A N C E
C o n t i , Maioliche italiane del rinascimento
Alessandro Castellani, Rome (sold, H o t e l
CERAMICS
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"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
Bernard Rackham, "The D a m i r o n Collec
tion," Apollo 25 (1937), p. 256, fig. 7; Joseph
Chompret, Repertoire delamajolique italienne, vol. 2 (Paris, 1949), p i . 13, fig. 93;
Christies Review of the Season 1975 (London
and N e w York, 1976), p. 396; MorleyFletcher and Mcllroy, European Pottery,
p. 66, fig. 3; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ
13 (1985), no. 174, p. 243, illus.; Hess, Maio
lica, no. 29, pp. 29-31.
354
354. D i s h w i t h a Scene from the Aeneid
(coppd)
353
Faenza, circa 1515-1520
Tin-glazed earthenware
353. D i s h w i t h a C u p i d o n a H o b b y h o r s e
Marked o n the underside w i t h a crossed
{tondino)
circle w i t h a smaller circle i n each o f the
(?) Castel Durante, circa 1510-1520
four quarters.
Tin-glazed earthenware
Height: 2/8 i n . (5.4 cm); Diameter: 9 /i6 i n .
Height: % i n . (2.4 cm); Diameter: 9% i n .
(24.6 cm)
(23.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.106
n
Accession number 8 4 . D E . 116
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , November 21,
1987, l o t 42; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
205
2θ6
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
Stora, Paris; W h i t n e y Warren, N e w York
Ralph Bernal, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's,
(sold, Parke-Bernet, N e w York, October 7,
L o n d o n , M a r c h 5,1855, l o t 1767); (sold,
1943, lot 448); (sold, Sotheby's, London,
Christies, L o n d o n , A p r i l 12, 1976, lot 179,
November 22,1983, l o t 197); [Rainer Zietz,
p i . 13); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
Ltd., London].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Morley-Fletcher and M c l l r o y , European
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
Pottery, p. 65,fig.8; "Acquisitions/1984,"
no. 166, p. 242, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 25,
GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no. 175, p. 243, illus.;
pp. 82-84.
Hess, Maiolica, no. 30, pp. 97-100.
356. A r m o r i a l Plate w i t h The Ffoying
of
Marsyas
Urbino, mid-i520s
By Nicola (di Gabriele Sbraghe) da Urbino
Tin-glazed earthenware
Height: 2% i n . (5.7 cm); Diameter:
ι ft. 4V16 i n . (41.4 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.117
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
357
painted o n the
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
Produced i n the workshop o f Maestro
Diameter: 6/4 i n . (16.5 cm)
Giorgio A n d r e o l i
Accession number 84.DE.105
Tin-glazed earthenware
Signed and dated M° G° 1524 o n the
reverse.
356
Height: 2 /s i n . (7.3 cm);
7
Diameter: 1 ft. 3 % i n . (39.9 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.111
ITALIAN
359. Plate w i t h The Abduction
PROVENANCE
CERAMICS
of Helen
U r b i n o , 1534
Sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , November 21,
1978, l o t 41; [Cyril H u m p h r i s , L o n d o n ] ;
By Francesco Xanto Avelli
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dated and inscribed o n the reverse,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
.M.D.XXXIIII/Quest
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] v*, (1985),
e'lpastor che mal
miro l bell'volto 1'D'Helena Greca, e, quel
no. 173, p. 243, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 23,
famoso rapto/pel qualful mondo sotto sopra
pp. 72.-74.
volto. / a n d signed .Fra[ncesco]:Xa[n]to.
A[velli]. Ida Rovigo, i[η]/Urbino.
Height: 2/4 i n . (6.3 cm);
358. Plate w i t h Hero and Leander
Diameter: 1 ft. 6 λ i n . (46.1 cm)
ι
(taglierι)
Accession number 84.DE.118
Faenza, circa 1525
Tin-glazed earthenware
PROVENANCE
M a r k e d w i t h a swan o n the reverse.
Sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , November 21,
Height: i / 4 i n . (3.8 cm); Diameter:
1 ft. 5 /i6 i n . (44
5
1978, l o t 44; [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , London].
cm)
Accession number 84.DE.113
EXHIBITIONS
P. and D . Colnaghi and Co., London,
PROVENANCE
Objects for a "Wunderkammer,'Ί981, no. 65,
H e n r i Gautier, Paris (sold, H o t e l Drouot,
pp. 124-125. .·-
Paris, M a y 4, 1929, l o t 28); George D u r lacher, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, London,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A p r i l 7, 1938, l o t 26); H e n r y S. Reitlinger,
Christies Review of the Season 197$ (London
L o n d o n ; Robert Strauss, L o n d o n (sold,
and N e w York, 1976), p. 397; "Acquisitions/
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 21, 1976, l o t 25);
1984," GettyMus]Y*> (1985), no. 176, p. 243,
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 31, pp. 101-103;
Handbook 1986, p. 184, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Joseph Chompret, Repertoire de la majolique italienne, v o l . 2 (Paris, 1949), fig. 458;
Christies Review of the Season 19-/$ (London
and N e w York, 1976), p. 397; MorleyFletcher and M c l l r o y , European Pottery,
p. 36, fig. 5; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus]
13 (1985), no. 165, p. 241, illus.; Hess, Maio
lica, no. 26, pp. 85-87.
359
20J
208
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMUS/13 (1985),
Charles D a m i r o n , Majoliques italiennes
(privately printed, 1944), no. 79; Joseph
no. 168, p . 242, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 27,
Chompret, Repertoire de h majolique itali-
pp. 88-90.
enne, vol. 1 (Paris, 1949), p. 77; illus. p. 2,
fig. 500; Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby's
(London, 1983-1984), p. 290; "Acquisitions/
1984," GettyMusJii (1985), no. 167, p. 242,
illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 19, pp. 61-63.
360
36ο.
D i s h with Three Saints
(coppa)
Faenza, circa 1535
By Baldassare Manara
Tin-glazed earthenware
Obverse painted w i t h a shield containing a
holy cross flanked by Μ and C below annu
lets; inscribed o n the scroll PETRE
DILIGIS
ME and signed o n the reverse, Baldasara
Manara fa [e]η [tino] or Baldasara Manara
fa[e]n[za].
Diameter: 8%> i n . (21.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.107
362
361
Height: i K i n . (3.8 cm);
361.
Molded
D i s h with a n Allegory o f Love
362.
J u g with
Berettino
G r o u n d
(boccale)
(crespina)
Faenza, 1536
P R O V E N A N C E
Faenza, circa 1535
Tin-glazed earthenware
Stora, Paris; Charles D a m i r o n , Lyons (sold,
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dated 1536 o n each o f four tablets under the
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , June 16,1938, l o t 20);
Height: x /s i n . (7.3 cm);
medallions and marked Elixeo beside a
Paul D a m i r o n (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
Diameter: 11 i n . (28 cm)
bearded and turbaned o l d man.
November 22,1983, l o t 209); [Rainer Zietz,
Accession number 84.DE. 114
7
Ltd., L o n d o n ] .
Height: 1 f t . / i 6 i n . (32.5 cm); Diameter (at
I3
lip): 5% i n . (13.3 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
Prince T h i b a u t d ' O r l ι a n s , Paris (sold,
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , February 5,1974,
lot 30); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
10 %. i n . (26 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.115
ITALIAN
CERAMICS
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
Alessandro Castellani, Rome (sold, H o t e l
Thomas F. Flannery, Jr., Winnetka, Illinois
D r o u o t , Paris, M a y 27-29,1878, lot 230);
(sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , November 22,
J. Pierpont M o r g a n , N e w York; George R.
1983, lot 160); [Edward L u b i n , N e w York];
H a n n , Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
(sold, Christie's, o n the H a n n premises,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Treetops, Sewickley Heights, M a y 19, 1980,
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
lot 91); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
no. 177, pp. 243-244, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
no. 32, pp. 104-107.
EXHIBITIONS
The Metropolitan Museum o f Art, New
York, 1913-1916.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
363
no. 169, p. 242, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 28,
pp. 91-93.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Joseph Marryat, A History of Pottery and
Porcehin (London, 1857), P- 34> fig- 8 ;
J
3 ($3. A
CandelieriPlate
Christies Review of the Season 1975 (London
Venice, circa 1540-1560
and N e w York, 1976), p. 400; Morley-
Tin-glazed earthenware
Fletcher and Mcllroy, European Pottery, p.
M a r k e d o n the obverse .S.P.Q.R
86, fig. 1; "Acquisitions/ 1984," GettyMusJ13
Height: 2% i n . (5.7 cm);
(1985), no. 178, p. 244, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
Diameter: 1 ft. 6 4 i n . (47.7 cm)
no. 33, pp. 108-111.
?
Accession number 84.DE.120
PROVENANCE
Royal collection (see Marryat, below);
364. P i l g r i m F l a s k a n d C o v e r w i t h M a r i n e
Robert Strauss, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's,
Scenes (fiasca da
L o n d o n , June 21, 1976, l o t 52); [Rainer
Urbino, circa 1560-1570
Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
Produced i n the workshop o f Orazio
pellegrino)
Fontana
364
Tin-glazed earthenware
Height: 1 ft. 5 /s i n . (44.1 cm); M a x i m u m
3
W i d t h : II54 i n . (28.6 cm).
Accession number 84.DE.ii9.a-.b.
209
2IO
ITALIAN
C E R A M I C S
Height: i o / s i n . (26.4 cm); Diameter (at
3
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Antiquitδten-Zeitung 25 (1985), p. 611;
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ 15 (1987),
no. 114, p. 216, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 34,
pp. 112-115, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 206,
illus.
l i p ) : 1V16 i n . (4 cm); M a x i m u m W i d t h :
y /s i n . (20 cm)
7
Accession number 86.DE.630
PROVENANCE
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
365
da
pellegrino)
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.
Santa M a r i a del Fiore accompanied by F; a
mark resembling 3 scratched under the glaze
365. B a s i n w i t h Deucalion
(bacile
and
Pyrrha
trilobato)
H o t e l des Commissaires-Priseurs, Paris,
Florence, the M e d i c i porcelain factory, circa
and painted w i t h blue glaze; on r i m , three
hatch marks inscribed before glaze
firing.
EXHIBITIONS
Paris, Exposition retrospective du Trocadιro,
1878.
U r b i n o , circa 1565-1571
BIBLIOGRAPHY
By Orazio Fontana or produced i n his
A l b e r t Jacquemart, "La porcelaine des
workshop
M ι d i c i s , " Gazette des beaux-arts 3 (Decem
Tin-glazed earthenware
ber 1859), p. 276; A l b e r t Jacquemart and
Height: 2/2 i n . (6.3 cm);
E d m o n d Le Blant, Histoire artistique:
Diameter: 1 ft. 6% i n . (46.3 cm)
Industrielle et commerciale de la porcelaine
Accession number 86.DE.539
(Paris, 1862), p. 644, no. 5; Alessandro Foresi,
Sulleporcelhne medicee (Florence, 1869),
PROVENANCE
pp. 15ft., 29, reprint f r o m Piovani Arlotto
Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris,
(July 1859); Alfred Darcel, "Les faiences
between 1870 and 1890; Baron Maurice
francais et les porcelaines au T r o c a d ι r o , "
de Rothschild, Paris, u n t i l 1916; [Duveen
Gazette des beaux-arts 18 (November 1878),
Brothers, N e w York]; private collection,
p. 762; Baron Jean Charles Davillier, Les
Stuttgart; (sold, Reimann and Monats-
Origines de la porcelaine en Europe (Paris,
berger, Stuttgart, January 1986); [Alain
1882), no. 29, pp. 39-41,114-115; Charles de
M o a t t i , Paris].
Grollier, Manuel de Vamateur de porcelaine
(Paris, 1914), no. 2309; Seymour de Ricci,
366
"La porcelaine des Medicis," Faenza, Museo
Internazionale delle Ceramiche: Lopera dun
decennio, ipo8~ipi8 (Faenza, 1918), p. 29,
ITALIAN CERAMICS
Jar .ι
no. 22; Giuseppe Liverani, Catalogo delle
367
Jar
.2
367. Pair o f D r u g Jars
porcellane dei Medici (Faenza, 1936), no. 28,
Northern Italian, circa 1580-1590
p. 31; A r t h u r Lane, Italian PorceUin (Lon
Painted and gilt terracotta
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
lain Pilgrim Flask," GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
pp. 119-126, illus.; Hess, Maiolica, no. 36,
pp. 120-123, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 205,
illus.
PROVENANCE
Private collection, London; [Siran H o l d i n g
Company, Geneva].
36
7
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1990," GettyMusJ 19 (1991),
no. 57, p. 164, illus.
211
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
QUISQUE
FABER;
SUAE
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
Diameter: 1 ft. 11Κ i n . (59.7 cm)
Accession number 8 6 . D E . 533
P R O V E N A N C E
Earl o f Warwick, Warwickshire; (sold,
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 4,1986, l o t 24);
[Winifred Williams, Ltd., London].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Jacqueline G u i l l a u m i n , "Majoliques tardives:
δ prospecter," Connaissance des arts 419
(1987), p. 12, fig. 4; "Acquisitions/1986,
GettyMusJ 15 (1987), no. 116, p. 217, illus.;
G u i d o Donatone, "Pasquale Criscuolo e
la Maiolica Napoletana dell'Etδ Rococo,"
368
Centro Studi per U Storia delh Cerαmica
Meridionale: Quaderno (1988), fig. 1; Hess,
Maiolica, no. 35, pp. 116-119.
ITALIAN CERAMICS
Vase .1
369. P a i r o f Vases
Vase .2
369
Neptune Vase: Height: 1 1 % i n . (30 cm);
369
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);
(Venice, 1982), p. 53; "Acquisitions/1988,"
H y b r i d soft-paste porcelain
Diameter: 10 4 i n . (27.3 cm)
One jar inscribed and dated Primo Esperi-
Accession number 88.DE.9.1—.2
GettyMusJij (1989), no. 85, p. 146, illus.;
Sotheby's Concise Encychpedia ofPorcelain,
mento in Grande fatto li 1$ Maggio iyσp Ne٧a
Privil[egiata] fabbrica di Geminiano Cozzi
PROVENANCE
in Canalregio (First large experiment [ i n
porcelain] executed M a y 15,1769, i n the
3
3
D a v i d Battie, ed. (London, 1990), pp. 9-10;
Sig. Centanini, Venice, by 1889; E d m u n d de
Unger, Surrey.
Catherine Hess, "'Primo Esperimento i n
Grande': A Pair o f Vases from the Factory
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),
213
214
ITALIAN
GLASS
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e Corning Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass,1958,
no. 7, p. 32.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJis
(1985),
no. 181, p. 244, illus.
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
370
Glass
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e Corning Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass, 1958,
3 7 0 . Goblet
Venice, late fifteenth or early sixteenth
century
no. 17, p. 39.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass w i t h gild
ing and enamel decoration
Height: 7% i n . (18.14
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
c m
)
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJii (1985),
no. 182, p. 244, illus.; Journal of Glass Studies,
no. 12, p. 101.
Accession number 84.DK.533
PROVENANCE
Spitzer, Paris (sold, O b j e t s d'art et de haute
curiositie," Paris, A p r i l 17-June 16,1893,
vol. 2, lot 1977); John Edward Taylor,
L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , July 4,
1912, l o t 346); R u t h and Leopold Blumka,
N e w York.
372
ITALIAN GLASS
374. Calcedonio
F o o t e d B o w l (coppa)
Venice, circa 1500
Free-blown chalcedony glass
Height: 4% i n . (12.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.660
PROVENANCE
Fritz Biemann, Z u r i c h (sold, Sotheby's,
L o n d o n , June 16,1984, lot 48); [David, Inc.,
Vaduz].
EXHIBITIONS
D٧sseldorf, Stδdtische Kunsthalle, Meister
werke der Ghskunst aus internationalem
Privatbesitz, 1968, no. 59; Cologne, Kunst
gewerbemuseum, Berlin, Kunstgewerbe
museum, and Z u r i c h , Museum Bellerive,
Venice, early sixteenth century
Sammlung Biemann Ausstellung $00 Jahre
Glaskunst, 1978-1979, no. 43; Lucerne,
Kunsthalle, 3000 Jahre Glaskunst von der
Antike bis zum Jugendstil, 1981, no. 661;
Free-blown soda glass w i t h enamel
Free-blown and molded soda glass w i t h
Venice, Palazzo Ducale, Museo Correr,
decoration
gilding and enamel decoration
Height: 5 A i n . (14 cm)
Height: i 4 i n . (4.5 cm); Diameter: 1 ft.
Mille Anni diArte del Vetro a Venezia, 1982,
no. 93.
373
373. Plate
372. G o b l e t
Venice, sixteenth century
l
Accession number 84.DK.540
3
(30.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.536
PROVENANCE
R u t h and Leopold B l u m k a , N e w York.
PROVENANCE
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ Υ*, (1985),
no. 192, p. 246, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
no. 189, p. 245, illus.
374
215
2l6
ITALIAN
GLASS
376
375
BIBLIOGRAPHY
EXHIBITIONS
PROVENANCE
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.
Biemann (Zurich, 1978), no. 43, pp. 106-107;
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
no. 184, p. 245, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 183,
illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 204, illus.
(sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , February 23, 1976,
l o t 175); [David, Inc., Vaduz].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJii (1985),
no. 189, p. 245, illus.
EXHIBITIONS
Venice, Palazzo Ducale, Museo Correr,
Mille Anni di Arte del Vetro a Venezia, 1982,
no. 122.
375. F o o t e d B o w l
(coppa)
Venice, circa 1500
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n glass w i t h gilding
and enamel decoration
Height: 7 i n . (17.8 cm); Diameter (at
m o u t h ) : 9 / 2 i n . (24.1 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.535
PROVENANCE
Prince o f Liechtenstein, Vaduz; R u t h and
Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
376. F o o t e d B o w l w i t h Papal A r m s
(coppa)
Venice, circa 1513-1534
Free-blown soda glass w i t h gilding and
enamel decoration
Arms o n the interior, i n enamel, or six balls
gules surmounted by a papal miter.
Height: 6Yz i n . (16.5 cm); Diameter (at
m o u t h ) : 11 4 i n . (29.9 cm)
3
Accession number 84.DK.655
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
no. 187, p. 245, illus.
ITALIAN GLASS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 179, p. 244, illus.; Journal of Ghss Studies,
no. 10, p. 101; Handbook 1991, p. 202, illus.
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
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
377
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Ghss, 1958,
377. E w e r
Venice, late fifteenth or early sixteenth
no. 39, p. 55; N e w York, T h e Metropolitan
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
Ages, 1975, no. 45, p. 47.
enamel decoration
Height: 11 i n . (27.9 cm)
378
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Accession number 84.DK.512
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
no. 180, p. 245, illus.
PROVENANCE
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
Eumorfopoulos, L o n d o n (sold, Sotheby's,
379. Footed B o w l
(coppa)
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
N e w York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass, 1958,
no. 23, p. 45.
m o u t h ) : 8% i n . (21.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.5n
379
21/
2l8
ITALIAN
GLASS
380. P i l g r i m F l a s k
PROVENANCE
Prince o f Liechtenstein, Vaduz; R u t h and
Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
Venice, first quarter o f the sixteenth century
Free-blown soda glass w i t h gilding and
enamel decoration
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass, 1958,
no. 29, p. 49.
Height: 1 ft. V16 i n . (31.3 cm)
Accession number 88.DK.539
PROVENANCE
H o l l i n g w o r t h Magniac, Colworth (sold,
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 188, p. 245, illus.; Journal ofGUss Studies,
no. 11, p. 101.
Christies, L o n d o n , July 2-4,1892, lot 868);
Durlacher, London; Edward Steinkopff, L o n
d o n (sold, Christie's, London, M a y 22-23,
1935, lot 72); (?) Riddell, London; (?) Alex
ander v o n Frey, Paris; private collection,
Paris; (sold, Palais Galliera, Paris, Novem
ber 29-December 3,1965, lot 157); Ruth
and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
381
Sir John Charles Robinson, Notice of the
Principal Works of Art in the Collection of
Hollingworth Magniac, Esq. (London, 1861),
no. 152, p. 82; Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 191, p. 246, illus.
13 (1985), no. 185, p. 245, illus.; Journal of
GUss Studies, no. 13, pp. 102-103.
382. Ice-glass S i t u l a
{secchiello)
Venice, 1550-1600
381. D o u b l e - h a n d l e d Filigrana
Vase
Free-blown soda glass w i t h applied
Venice, mid-sixteenth century
decoration
Free-blown soda glass or cristallo, vetro a
Height: 4 /s i n . (11.2 cm)
retorti, and vetro a fili w i t h applied canes o f
Accession number 8 4 . D K . 657
3
vetro a retorti
Height: S A i n . (22.5 cm)
7
Accession number 84.DK.654
PROVENANCE
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; [ D a v i d , Inc.,
Vaduz].
PROVENANCE
[David, Inc., Vaduz],
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJY$ (1985),
380
no. 198, p. 247, illus.
ITALIAN GLASS
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. and A . Silberman, Vienna; Oscar Bondy,
Vienna; R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w
York.
E X H I B I T I O N S
3
8ι
N e w York, The C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass, 1958,
no. 92, p. 90.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
no. 194, p. 246, illus.; Journal of GUss Studies,
no. 31, p. 107.
384. Standing Covered Filigrana
384
Cup
Glass: Venice, mid-sixteenth century
Mounts: German (Augsburg), circa
1580-1600
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass or cristallo
and kttimo, vetro a retorti; silver-gilt mounts
Stamped o n the edge o f the l i p mount, a
pinecone for the city o f Augsburg and a tree
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
P R O V E N A N C E
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 1?, (1985),
no. 190, p. 246, illus.; Journal of Gkss Studies,
no. 15, pp. 102-103.
219
220
ITALIAN
GLASS
Engraved o n the l i p mount, -SEI
BIBLIOGRAPHY
WILLKUMEN
Johanna Lessmann, "Meisterwerke der
UND
MEIN
TRINK AUS
HINAUS
HAUS - SEZ AN
- TRAG FRID NIT
- . Stamped o n the b r i m o f the
cover, a pinecone for the city o f Augsburg
and the monogram MB, the maker's mark
Glaskunst aus Renaissance u n d Barock,"
Weltkunst 47, no. 8 (April 15,1977), p. 791;
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi?, (1985),
no. 194, p . 246, illus.
o f Mathaeus Waldbaum (active i n Augsburg
1582-1630/32).
Height: 1 ft. % i n . (31.3 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.513
PROVENANCE
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJii (1985),
no. 193, p. 246, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 208,
illus.
386. U m b o Filigrana
Vase
Venice, late sixteenth century
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass or cristallo
and httimo, vetro a retorti
Height: 8V3 i n . (21.6 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.656
PROVENANCE
385
John M a l c o l m , Poltalloch (1805-1893);
Col. George M a l c o l m , Poltalloch (sold,
385. C o v e r e d Filigrana
Pokal
Glass: Venice, t h i r d quarter o f the sixteenth
Christie's, L o n d o n , February 8,1977,
lot 241); [David, Inc., Vaduz].
century
Mounts: German, circa 1585-1600
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass or cristallo
and httimo, vetro a reticelh w i t h silver-gilt
mounts
EXHIBITIONS
Venice, Palazzo Ducale, Museo Correr,
Mille Anni di Arte del Vetro a Venezia, 1982,
p. 31; no. 163, p. 124.
386
ITALIAN GLASS
387. Filigrana
Kuttrolf
(?) Venice, late sixteenth or early seven
teenth century
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass or cristallo
and Uttimo, vetro a retorti
Height: 9 % i n . (24 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.661
PROVENANCE
Fritz Biemann, Z u r i c h ; (sold, Sotheby's,
L o n d o n , June 16,1984, l o t 48); [Rainer
Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; D a v i d , Inc., Vaduz.
EXHIBITIONS
D٧sseldorf, Stδdtische Kunsthalle, Meister
werke der Glaskunst aus internationakm
Privatbesitz, 1968, no. 65, p. 29; Cologne,
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, Kunst
gewerbemuseum, and Z u r i c h , Museum
Bellerive, Sammlung Biemann Ausstellung
$00 Jahre Ghskunst, 1978-1979, no. 55, p. 113;
Lucerne, Kunsthalle, 3000 Jahre Glaskunst
von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil, 1981,
no. 668, p. 159.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Fritz Biemann, "Der Kuttrolf: Sonderling
unter den Glasgefδssen," Keramik-Freunde
der Schweiz, Mitteilungsblatt 76 (April 1968),
p. 13, pl. 10; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ
13 (1985), no. 196, p. 247, illus.; Journal of
GUss Studies, no. 16, pp. 102-103.
387
221
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
[(?) Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; R u t h and
Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 228, p . 252, illus.
388
388 Filigrana Stemmed Bowl
Venice or the Netherlands ([?] Antwerp),
circa 1600
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass or cristallo
and lattimo, vetro a retorti, ana vetro a fili
Height: 3 /i6 i n . (10 cm)
I5
Accession number 84.DK.652
PROVENANCE
Sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n , February 23,1976,
lot 175; [David, Inc., Vaduz].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ada Polak, "Venetian Renaissance Glass:
The Problems o f D a t i n g vetro a filigrana"
Connoisseur 192, no. 774 (August 1976),
p. 3; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 197, p. 247, illus.
389
ITALIAN MOSAICS
Mosaics
Marble, lapis lazuli, mother-of-pearl, lime
stone, and calcite (some overpainted paper
3 9 1 . Portrait
One of a pair
of Pope Clement
VIII
or fabric cartouches) o n a silicate black
(Ippolito A l d o b r a n d i n i )
stone i n original gilt-bronze frame
Florence, 1600-1601
Height (with frame): 3 ft.
Designed by Jacopo Ligozzi; produced i n
W i d t h (with frame): 2 ft. 5 /s i n . (75.2 cm);
the Galleria de' Lavori i n pietre dure by
Height (without frame): 3 ft. 2 /i6 i n . (97 cm);
Romolo d i Francesco Ferrucci, called
W i d t h (without frame): 2 ft. 2 4 i n . (68 cm)
del Tadda
Accession number 92.SE.67
I3
in. (101.7 cm);
5
3
3
390
Hardstones
390.
3 /i6
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
Accession number 92.DJ.68.1-.2
PROVENANCE
Sold, Sotheby's, M o n t e Carlo, M a r c h 3,
1990, l o t 70; [ D i d i e r A a r o n , Paris]; [Same
Art, Ltd., Zurich].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJ 21 (1993),
i n press, illus.
391
223
224
ITALIAN
MOSAICS
PROVENANCE
Given by Grand D u k e Ferdinando I de'
Medici to Giovanni Bardi i n 1601; Corsini,
Rome, from at least 1853 through 1891;
[Same A r t , L t d . , Z u r i c h , 1991].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A n t o n i o Z o b i , Notizie storiche sulTorigine e
progressi dei Uvori di commesso in pietre dure
nelll. e R. stabilimento di Firenze (Florence,
1853), pp. 184-186; Guida delle RR. Cappelle
Medicee e R. Opificio delle Pietre Dure in
Firenze, Edoardo M a r c h i o n n i , ed. (Florence,
1891), pp. 99-100; L u d w i g v o n Pastor, The
History of the Popes (London, 1952), v o l . 23,
p. 32; A n n a M a r i a Giusti et al., IIMuseo
delTOpificio dette Pietre Dure (Florence,
1978), p. 282; A n n a M a r i a Giusti, Palazzo
Vecchio: Committenze e collezionismo medicei
(Florence, 1980), p. 239; "Acquisitions/1992,"
GettyMusJ21 (1993), i n press, illus.
392
392. Portrait
of Cantillo
Rospigliosi
PROVENANCE
Circa 1630-1640
According to its paper label, this w o r k
A t t r i b u t e d to Giovanni Battista Calandra
belonged to the nephew o f Giovanni
Mosaic i n gilt-wood frame
Battista Rospigliosi (1646-1722); private col-
Inscribed o n a paper label attached to the
lection, Z u r i c h ; [Danae A r t International,
gilt frame, Questro ritratto in mosaico del
S.A., Panama].
Ball Camillo Rospigliosi fratello del Papa
Clem. I X e di proprieta di mió ñipóte [Don?]
Giöv. Battista Rospigliosi.
Height (without frame): 2 ft. /s i n . (62 cm);
3
W i d t h (without frame): 1 ft. 7/16 i n .
(48.5 cm)
Accession number 87.SE.132
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987,"
no. 88, p. 185, illus.
GettyMusJ\6,1988,
GERMAN
DECORATIVE ARTS
226
GERMAN
CABINETS
Furniture
CABINETS,
AND
CASKETS,
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
Private collection, Sweden; [J. Kugel, Paris,
since the mid-1970s].
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
Dieter Alfter, Die Geschichte des Augsburger
Kabinettschranks (Augsburg, 1986), no. 23,
pp. 69-70, pis. 56-58; "Acquisitions/1989,"
GettyMusJiS (1990), no. 58, pp. 196-197,
illus.; Handbook 1991, p . 213, illus.
393
G E R M A N
CASKETS
A N DC O M M O D E S
394
395
London, June 19,1882, lot 2185, to W i l l i a m
394· Casket
395
Commode
Southern German, circa 1680-1690
K i n g for £242,10s); Christopher Becket-
Circa 173 5-1740
W o o d veneered w i t h brass, mother-of-pearl,
Denison, Esq. (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
Gessoed, painted, and gilded pine;
pewter, copper, stained a n d painted horn,
June 6, 1885, l
marble top
and rosewood; gilt-bronze mounts
Willshaw, by 1958 (sold, Sotheby's, Monaco,
Height: 2 ft. 9 i n . (83.8 cm); W i d t h :
One foot stamped w i t h the crowned Cfor
June 24,1976, lot 21); purchased at that sale
4 ft. 6/2 i n . (138.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 9/2 i n .
1745-1749·
by The British Rail Pension Fund.
Height: 5/8 i n . (12.9 c m ) ; W i d t h : i /s i n .
o t
685); A r t u r o Lopez-
(32.1 cm); D e p t h : 10V% i n . (26.5 cm)
Accession number 8 8 . D A . I I I
E X H I B I T I O N S
M a l i b u , The J. Paul Getty Museum, o n
loan, 1982-1988.
Palace, Lanarkshire, Scotland (sold, Christie's,
P R O V E N A N C E
Michael Taylor, San Francisco (sold, Butterfield's, San Francisco, A p r i l 7,1987, lot 340).
P R O V E N A N C E
W i l l i a m , 12th D u k e o f H a m i l t o n , H a m i l t o n
(54.5 cm)
Accession number 87.DA.47
5
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Stephane Faniel et al., LeXVIII
e
siede
frangais (Collection Connaissance des arts,
Paris, 1958), p. 206; "Acquisitions/1988,"
GettyMusJ ij (1989), no. 81, p. 145, illus.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1987" GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
no. 75, p. 179, illus.
227
228
GERMAN
COMMODES
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
(?) Louis X V I , cabinet du Roi, Palais des
Tuileries; later moved to the Chateau de
Versailles; removed i n 1793 to Russia; (?)
C o u n t Iljinski, Castle o f Romanova, near
One of a pair
396
St. Petersburg, 1793-1852; [ M . C o u r t , r u é de
la Madeleine, Paris, 1857] (sold, M . le comte
396. P a i r o f C o m m o d e s
M a r c h 1,1882, l o t 165, for 210 guineas;
[Jacques Helft, N e w York]; Georges Lurcy
M u n i c h , circa 1745
Carving attributed to Joachim D i e t r i c h ;
(1891-1953), N e w York (sold, Parke-Bernet,
side panels after engraved designs by
N e w York, November 9,1957, l o t 383);
Fran£ois de Cuvilliés
[Frank Partridge, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; Maha-
Gessoed, painted, and gilded pine; gilt-
ranee o f Baroda, Paris; [Frank Partridge,
bronze mounts; jaune rosé de Brignolles
L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
marble tops
Height: 2 ft. 8 4 i n . (83.2 cm); W i d t h :
3
c
m
) ; D e p t h : 2 ft. Vs i n .
(61.9 cm)
Accession number 72.DA.63.1—.2
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Anonymous sale, Christie's, L o n d o n ,
to M i g e o n ) [above information: Patrick
Leperlier]; [(?) Samson Wertheimer, London]
(sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , M a r c h 15,1892,
lot 637, to Jackson); C o u n t J α n o s Pαlffy,
Palais Pαlffy, V i e n n a (sold, Gl٧ckselig u n d
Warndorfer, Vienna, M a r c h 7,1921, l o t 209,
to Castiglione); Baroness M a r i e de Reitz,
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Vienna; [French and Co., N e w York, 1960s];
Thomas E. N o r t o n , One Hundred Years of
purchased by J. Paul Getty.
3
4 ft. i 4 i n . (126.4
de Μ . . . , Paris, November 12,1859, l o t 1,
Collecting in America: The Story ofSotheby,
Parke, Bernet (New York, 1984), p. 166, illus.
(one); Handbook1986, p. 156, illus. (one);
Handbook 1991, p. 171, illus. (one).
E X H I B I T I O N S
Washington, D . C . , T h e State Department,
o n loan, 1960s.
GERMAN DESKS
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
La Gazette de France (October 30,1857);
Alois C. Riegel, Der Wiener Congress
(Vienna, 1898), fig. x; Heinrich Kreisel,
Die Kunst des deutschen Mφbels (Munich,
1973), vol. 3,fig.17; Hans H u t h , Roentgen
Furniture: Abraham and David Roentgen:
European Cabinetmakers (London and
N e w York, 1974), illus. 64-68; Josef Maria
Greber, Abraham und David Roentgen:
Mφbelf٧r Europa (Starnberg, 1980), vol. 2,
figs. 683, 684; D i e t r i c h Fabian, Die Ent
wicklung der Roentgen-Schreibmφbel (Bad
Neustadt, 1982), p. 45, figs. 66~6y; W i l s o n ,
Selections, no. 44, pp. 88-89, illus.; Dietrich
Fabian, Roentgenmφbel aus Neuwied: Leben
und Werk von Abraham und David Roentgen
(Bad Neustadt, 1986), p. 96, illus. p. 134,
figs. 307-310; Handbook 1986, p. 176, illus.;
Pradιre, Les Ebιnistes, illus. p. 417, fig. 514;
Kjellberg, Dictionnaire, p. 727; Handbook
1991, p. 194, illus.
397
229
230
G E R M A N
SECRETAIRES
Clock face painted Mollinger a Berlin.
TABLES
Height: 8 ft. (243.8 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. 8 i n .
(111.8 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. (60.9 cm)
Accession number 84.DA.87
P R O V E N A N C E
Purchased by Frederick W i l l i a m I I I , K i n g
o f Prussia (1770-1840), for Schloss Pots
dam, circa 1802; private collection, Berlin;
Ragaller, Berlin; (sold, Weinm٧ller, M u n i c h ,
M a y 2-5,1956, l o t m i ) ; (sold, W e i n m ٧ l l e r
[Neumeister], M u n i c h , October 23-24,
1974, l o t 861); private collection, M u n i c h ;
[Juan Pσrtela, N e w York].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Claudia Freytag, Bruckmanns Mφbel-Lexikon
( M u n i c h , circa 1978), illus. p. 298; Michael
St٧rmer, Handwerk und hφfische Kultur
Europδische Mφbelkunst in Munich ( M u n i c h ,
1982), p. 193, p i . 102; Dietrich Fabian, Die
Entwicklung der Roentgen-Schreibmφbel
(Bad Neustadt, 1982), pp. 53-55, figs. 77d-g;
H e i n r i c h Kriesel, Die Kunst des deutschen
Mφbels, v o l . 3 ( M u n i c h , 1983), illus. p. 264;
398
Dietrich Fabian, Kinzing und Roentgen
Uhren aus Neuwied (fiza Neustadt, 1984),
398. Secretaire
Berlin, circa 1798-1799
p. 147; W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1984," no. 5,
pp. 83-88, illus; "Acquisitions/1984,"
By Johann Andreas Beo; clock movement
GettyMusJ Y*, (1985), no. 68, p. 184, illus.;
by Christian M o l l i n g e r
Dietrich Fabian, Roentgenmφbel aus Neuwied
Pine and oak veneered w i t h mahogany,
(Bad Neustadt, 1986), p. 312, illus. p. 305,
satinwood, bloodwood, ebony, and k i n g -
figs. 72-4-727.
wood; white marble; bronze; enameled
metal; gilt-bronze mounts
399. C o n s o l e T a b l e
M u n i c h , circa 1730
Design attributed to Joseph Effner; carving
attributed t o Johann A d a m Pichler
L i m e w o o d ; Tegernsee marble top
Height: 2 ft. 9% i n . (86.5 cm); W i d t h :
5 ft. 1/2 i n . (156 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. ιΥ i n .
4
(64 cm)
Accession number 88.DA.88
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Karl Albrecht (Charles V I I , 1697-1745),
Elector o f Bavaria, 1726, and H o l y Roman
Emperor, 1742, i n the Kaisersaal at Kloster
Ettal; Paris (art market o r private collection),
1960s; private collection, Germany (sold,
Nouveau D r o u o t , Paris, December 5,1980,
lot 99); [Bernheimer Fine Arts, L t d . ,
L o n d o n , 1988].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ YJ (1989),
no. 82, p . 145, illus.
GERMAN TABLES
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
(108.6 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9 i n . (53.3 cm)
Accession number 85.DA.319
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Germany; [Capricorn A r t
International S.A., Panama].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14 (1986),
no. 206, p. 248, illus.
399
400
23I
232
GERMAN
TABLES
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
H e i n r i c h Kreisel, Die Kunst des deutschen
Mφbels-Spδtbarok und Rokoko (Munich,
1970), v o l . 2, pp. 294, 428, fig. 992; Hans
H u t h , Roentgen Furniture: Abraham and
David Roentgen, European Cabinetmakers
(London and N e w York, 1974), fig. 110;
Josef M a r i a Greber, Abraham und David
Roentgen: Mφbelfur Europa (Starnberg,
1980), vol. 2, pp. 32-33, pis. 57-58; Dietrich
Fabian, "Entwicklung der Roentgen:
Mehrzwecktische-Funktion, Konstruktion,
Oberflachenschmuck, Einrichtung," Alte
und moderne Kunst-174-175 (1981), pp. 18-26,
figs. 14,14a; Georg Himmelheber, "Abraham
Roentgen and the Archbishop o f Trier,"
401
401. R e a d i n g a n d W r i t i n g S t a n d
Neuwied, circa 1760-1765
By Abraham Roentgen
Pine, oak, and walnut veneered w i t h pali
Antiques127 (January 1985), pp. 245-259,
fig. 12; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14
(1986), no. 207, p . 248, illus.; Dietrich
Fabian, Roentgenmφbel aus Neuwied (Bad
Neustadt, 1986), p. 29, illus. p. 33, figs, n-14;
Handbook 1991, p. 185, illus.
One-quarter of floor
402
P R O V E N A N C E
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N e w
York, deaccessioned, 1970; [Dalva Brothers,
Inc., N e w York, 1970].
sander, alder, rosewood, ebony, ivory, and
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
mother-of-pearl; gilded metal fittings
The tabletop bears the archepiscopal coat
o f arms and the monogram JPC for Johann
W i l s o n , "Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979,"
Architectural Woodwork
Philipp Churfurst.
Height: 2 ft. 6 / 2 i n . (76.8 cm); W i d t h :
402. F l o o r
2 ft. 4% i n . (71.7 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 7% i n .
(?) German, circa 1725
(48.8 cm)
Pine veneered w i t h kingwood, bois satinι,
Accession number 85.DA.216
sycamore, t u l i p w o o d , and olive
Length: 10 ft. 11 i n . (332.7 cm); W i d t h :
P R O V E N A N C E
Johann Philipp v o n Walderdorff, Prince
Archbishop and Elector o f Trier; by descent
to C o u n t Emanuel v o n Walderdorff.
9 ft. 11 i n . (302.2 cm)
Accession number 78.DH.360.1-.4
no. 10, p . 46, illus.
GERMAN CLOCKS
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
Michael Kφnig, M u n i c h ; [Alexander and
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1985].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ'15 (1987),
no. 113, p. 215, illus.
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;
403
bronze; gilt-bronze mounts; enamel dial;
PROVENANCE
glass; blued steel
Edward Joseph, L o n d o n (sold, Christie s,
The movement is inscribed Roentgen &
L o n d o n , M a y 1890, lot 374 to "Payne");
Kinzing δ Neuwied. Inside the chest o f
private collection, France; [Aveline et Cie,
bellows is the penciled inscription Jean
Paris, 1984].
Guittaume Weyl Fait a Neuwied h 16 May
178 p] No. 18.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Height: 6 ft. 3 Κ i n . (192 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 1V2 i n . (64 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9/2 i n .
(54.5 cm)
Accession number 85.DA.116
Dietrich Fabian, Kinzing und Roentgen
Uhren aus Neuwied (fiza Neustadt, 1984),
no. 51, p. 235; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ
14 (1986), no. 208, p. 249, illus.
233
234
GERMAN
METALWORK
Metalwork
Europe: X-XTVvv," Arkheohgiia SSSR (1966),
pi. 89; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ'14
(1986), no. 219, p. 253, illus.
405. C a r o l i n g i a n R e l i q u a r y
Upper Rhine, reconstructed at a later date
o f elements attributed to the eighth century
G i l t copper, silver, cabochon hardstones,
4 0 7 . Ewer and Basin
and glass pastes
Augsburg, 1583
Height: 5 Vs i n . (13 cm)
By Abraham Pfleger I
Accession number 85.SE.53
Parcel-gilt silver w i t h enamel plaques
and engraving
P R O V E N A N C E
Richard v o n Kauffmann, Berlin; Erich
Coat o f arms o f Pαlffy and Fugger families
Lederer, Geneva.
o n basin, base, and cover o f ewer.
Ewer: Height: 9% i n . (25 cm); Basin:
Diameter: 1 ft. j A i n . (50.5 cm)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
7
O t t o v o n Falke, Die Sammlung Richard von
Accession number 85.DG.33.1—.2
Kaufmann (Berlin, 1917), no. 413, pp. 63-64;
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ \\ (1986),
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, Christie s, Geneva, November 15,1984,
no. 219, p. 253, illus.
406
4 0 6 . Romanesque
Aquamanile
Lower Saxony (Hildesheim or Magdeburg),
circa 1220
Bronze
Height: 10 % i n . (26 cm)
Accession number 85.SB.55
P R O V E N A N C E
A . Seligmann, Paris; Robert von Hirsch,
Basel (sold, Sotheby's, London, June 22,
1978, lot 206); [David Carritt, L o n d o n ] ;
Erich Lederer, Geneva.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
O t t o v o n Falke and Erich Meyer, Bronze
gerδte des MitteMters, vol. 1 (Berlin, 1935),
no. 332, p. 53, figs. 309a~b; Vladislav Petro405
vich Darkevich, "Proizvedeniia zapadnogo
khudozhestvennogo remesia ν Vostochnoi
lot 606; [David, Inc., Vaduz].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ\\ (1986),
no. 220, p. 254, illus.; Handbook 1991,
p. 208, illus.
GERMAN METALWORK
407
408. P a i r o f Stags
Augsburg, circa 1680-1700
proper right shoulder): Height: 2 ft. 2V16 i n .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
(66.$ cm); W i d t h : io /s i n . (27 cm); D e p t h :
Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby's 1983-1984
(London, 1984), p. 288; Deutscher Kunst
handel im Schloss Charlottenburg (Berlin,
1985), pp. 74-75; "Acquisitions/1985,"
GettyMusJ 14 (1986), no. 221, p. 254, illus.;
5
By Johann L u d w i g Biller the Elder
8 Vs i n . (22 cm)
G i l t silver
Accession number: 85.SE.442.1-.2
Stamped ILB o n one antler o f each model;
ILB and Augsburg m a r k stamped five times
on each base: (1) o n t o p border o f upper r i m
o f spool; (2) o n underside o f same; (3) o n
top border o f lower r i m o f spool; (4) o n
underside o f same; (5) o n t o p o f border
PROVENANCE
Possibly i n the collection o f K i n g Fer
nando I I , Portugal, by 1882; (sold, Sotheby's,
Geneva, M a y 15,1984, lot 66); [Albrecht
Neuhaus, W ٧ r z b u r g ] .
around foot o f base.
EXHIBITIONS
Stag .1 ( w i t h head bent over proper left
(?) Lisbon, Exposigδo Retrospectiva de Arte
Ornamental, 1882, vol. 1, no. 57, p. 245;
vol. 2, no. 37.
shoulder): Height: 2 ft. 1 i n . (63.5 cm);
W i d t h : 1154 i n . (28.5 c m ) ; D e p t h : 8/2 i n .
(21.5 c m ) ; Stag .2 ( w i t h head bent over
408
Lorenz Seelig, "Jagdliche Motive i n der
Goldschmiedekunst des. 16 bis 18 Jahr
hunderts," Weltkunst 59, (February 1989),
p. 234, p i . 2.
235
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 Johanneum 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
(11.1 cm); D e p t h : 3% i n . (9.5 cm)
Accession number 85.DE.231
PROVENANCE
Augustus the Strong, Elector o f Saxony,
Japanese Palace, Dresden (sold, Rudolph
Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin,
409
October 12-14,1920, lot 59 or 60); [Kate
Foster, L t d . , England, 1985].
4 1 0 . Standing C u p and Cover
EXHIBITION
Meissen manufactory, circa 1710-1715
T h e Los Angeles C o u n t y M u s e u m o f A r t ,
A t t r i b u t e d to Johann Friedrich Bφttger
September 1987 t o present.
Stoneware; silver-gilt mounts
Height: 9% i n . (25 cm); Diameter: 4V16 i n .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14 (1986),
no. 201, p . 247, illus.
(11 cm)
Accession number 85.Di.286
PROVENANCE
[Bent Peter Bronιe, Copenhagen].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
no. 202, p. 247, illus.
410
GERMAN CERAMICS: MEISSEN
411. Teapot
413. Figure ([?] Beltrame
di
Milano)
Meissen manufactory, circa 1715-1720
Meissen manufactory, circa 1720
A t t r i b u t e d t o Johann Friedrich Bφttger
Hard-paste porcelain
Stoneware; silver-gilt mounts and chain
Height: 6K i n . (16.5 cm); W i d t h : 2 % i n .
Height: 5/2 i n . (14 cm); W i d t h : 6V16 i n .
(6.8 cm); D e p t h : 2 /s i n . (6.5 cm)
(15.4 cm); D e p t h : \ A i n . (12.4 cm)
Accession number 8 6 . D E . 542
5
7
Accession number 85.Di.287
P R O V E N A N C E
412
P R O V E N A N C E
[Bent Peter B r o n ι e , Copenhagen].
Dr. Marcel Nyffeler, Switzerland (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 9,1986, lot 21).
412. Leaf-shaped D i s h
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
no. 203, p . 247, illus.
Porcelain: Meissen manufactory, circa
1715-1720
Painted decoration: Breslau, circa 1715-1725
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ 1$ (1987),
no. 112, p . 215, illus.
Painting attributed to Ignaz Preissler
Hard-paste porcelain; painted decoration;
gilding
Height:
I /i6
9
i n . (4 cm); W i d t h : 3% i n .
(8.3 cm); D e p t h : 4 /s i n . (11.1 cm)
3
Accession number 86.DE.541
P R O V E N A N C E
Dr. Marcel Nyffeler, Switzerland (sold,
Christie's, L o n d o n , June 9,1986, lot 183).
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, "Two Pieces o f
Porcelain Decorated b y Ignaz Preissler i n
the J. Paul Getty Museum," GettyMusJ'15
(1987), pp. 35-52, figs, ioa-e; "Acquisitions/
1986," GettyMusJ'15 (1987), no. i n , p. 215,
411
illus.
413
237
238
GERMAN CERAMICS:
MEISSEN
416. A s s e m b l e d Set o f F i v e Vases
414. W i n e Pot
Meissen manufactory, circa 1725
Meissen manufactory, circa 1730
Painting attributed to the studio o f Johann
Painting attributed to Johann Gregor
Gregor H φ r o l d t
H φ r o l d t ; largest vase molded by Schiefer
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
decoration; gilding
decoration; g i l d i n g
Height: 5/2 i n . (14 cm); W i d t h : 6 % i n .
Each vase painted under its base w i t h the
(17 cm); D e p t h : 3V2 i n . (8.9 cm)
blue AR m o n o g r a m o f Augustus the Strong,
Accession number 85.DE.381
Elector o f Saxony. Largest lidded vase
incised w i t h Schiefers mark o f a cross w i t h
P R O V E N A N C E
four dots.
Private collection, Torquay, England (sold,
L i d d e d Vase .1: Height: 1 ft. 2 /i6 i n .
n
Bearne s A u c t i o n House, Torquay, M a y 2,
(37.3 cm); W i d t h : 9% i n . (24.1 cm); L i d d e d
1984, l o t 224); [ W i n i f r e d Williams, L t d . ,
Vases .2-.3: Height: 1 ft. % i n . (32.2 cm);
London].
W i d t h : 7 /8 i n . (19.4 cm); Open Vases .4-.5:
5
Height: 10% i n . (27.6 cm); W i d t h : 7 i n .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14 (i<)$6),
415
no. 204, pp. 247-248, illus.
415 B e l l
(17.8 cm)
Accession number 83.DE.334.1-.5
P R O V E N A N C E
Meissen manufactory, circa 1725-1730
Private collection (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
Painting attributed to the studio o f Johann
M a r c h 5,1957, l o t 123); [The A n t i q u e
Gregor H φ r o l d t
Porcelain Co., L o n d o n , 1957]; Alamagna
Hard-paste porcelain, mauve and pale green
family, M i l a n , 1961-1982; [The A n t i q u e
ground colors; polychrome enamel decora
Porcelain Co., L o n d o n , 1982].
tion; gilding
Height: 3 /s i n . (8.6 cm); Diameter: ζ /ιβ i n .
3
7
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(6.5 cm)
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 16,
Accession number 85.DE.203
pp. 217-222, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
GettyMusJ 12 (1984), no. 18, pp. 267-268,
P R O V E N A N C E
Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Frank
furt am M a i n ; Christoph Hoffman-Frey,
Z u r i c h ; [Lovice Reviczky A . G., Z u r i c h ] .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
414
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJi4 (1986),
no. 205, p. 248, illus.
illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 153, illus.
GERMAN CERAMICS:
MEISSEN
4i6
i 7 . P a i r o f L i d d e d Vases
Height: 1 ft. 2 i n . (35.5 cm); Diameter:
Vases: Meissen manufactory, before 1733
y /s i n . (20.1 cm)
Lids: Possibly Meissen porcelain replace
Accession number 73.DE.65.1-.2
ments, circa 1760
One vase probably m o l d e d by Rehschuck
Hard-paste porcelain; polychrome enamel
decoration; gilding
Each vase painted under its base w i t h the
7
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Z u r i c h (sold, Sotheby's,
London, M a r c h 27,1973, lot 39); purchased
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
blue AR m o n o g r a m o f Augustus the Strong,
Elector o f Saxony; each incised w i t h a cross
under the base; one vase w i t h a simple
cross (probably the m a r k o f the molder
Rehschuck), the other w i t h a cross hatched
at each extension.
One of a pair
417
239
240
G E R M A N
CERAMICS:
M E I S S E N
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
8% i n . (20.6 cm); Depth: 4% i n . (10.5 cm);
Basin: Height: z A i n . (7.3 cm); W i d t h :
7
ι ft. Yz i n . (31.8 cm); Depth: 10 i n . (25.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DE.918.1-.2
Ewer
418
P R O V E N A N C E
Sir H u g h Smithson, first Duke o f N o r t h
V a s e .1
419
V a s e .2
419
umberland and Earl Percy (1714-1786);
by descent to Algernon Heber-Percy (sold,
Christies, L o n d o n , October 30,1967,
lot 154); Dr. and M r s . E. Pauls-Eisenbeiss
(sold, Christie's, Geneva, November 12,
1976, l o t 197); (anonymous sale, Christies,
L o n d o n , June 25,1979, lot 177); private col
lection, L o n d o n (sold, Christie's, London,
December 3,1984, l o t 275, to [The Antique
Porcelain Co., L o n d o n ] ) .
Basin
418
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porce
lain of the Eighteenth Century (London,
1972), vol. ι, pp. 484-487; "Acquisitions/
1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 67, p. 183,
illus.
GERMAN CERAMICS
419. Pair o f Vases M o u n t e d w i t h Flowers
Bowls: Meissen manufactory, before 1733
PROVENANCE
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
blue AR m o n o g r a m o f Augustus the Strong,
Elector o f Saxony. M o u n t s struck w i t h the
crowned C for 1745-1749.
Height: 1 ft. 3V8 i n . (39.7 c m ) ; W i d t h :
ι ft. 3/8 i n . (38.3 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. i /s i n .
3
(34 cm)
Accession number 79.DI.59.1—.2
BIBLIOGRAPHY
M . A . Pfeiffer, " E i n Beitrag zur Quellenge
421
schichte des E u r o p δ i s c h e n Porzellans,"
Werden und Wirken: Ein Festgruss f٧r Karl
W Hiersemann (Leipzig, 1924), p. 285;
421. B o w l
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722),
Sassoon, "Acquisitions 1983," no. 17,
circa 1700
pp. 222-224, illus.; "Acquisitions/1983,"
Decoration: German (Breslau), circa
GettyMusJ12 (1984), no. 19, p. 268, illus.
1715-1720
PROVENANCE
Painted decoration attributed to
Consuelo Vanderbilt ( M m e Jacques Balsan);
Ignaz Preissler
[ M a t t h e w Schutz, L t d . , N e w York].
Hard-paste porcelain; underglaze blue and
black enamel painted decoration; gilding
Height: 2% i n . (7.3 cm); Diameter: 5 A i n .
7
(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)
Liberec, Czech Republic), 1912; private
Accession number 83.Di.271
collection, Germany; [Kate Foster, L t d . ,
9
L o n d o n , 1986].
420
24I
242
G E R M A N
GLASS
423. D r i n k i n g B o w l
BIBLIOGRAPHY
(Maigeletn)
Zeitschrift des Nordbφhmischen Gewerbe
(?) Lower Rhineland or the Netherlands,
museums. Neue folge: VII Jahrgang, Reichen
second h a l f o f the fifteenth century
berg ( N o . 3,1912), p. 95; Gustave Ε .
M o l d - b l o w n potash-lime glass
Pazaurek, Deutsche Fayence- und Porze٧an-
Height:
Hausmaler (Leipzig, 1925), vol. 1, p. 214;
Accession number 84.DK.521
I
I 5
/I6
i n . (4.9 cm)
Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, "Two Pieces o f
PROVENANCE
Porcelain Decorated by Ignaz Preissler i n
Leopold H . Seligmann, Cologne (sold,
the J. Paul Getty Museum," GettyMusJ'15
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , June 30,1932, l o t 33);
(1987), pp. 35-52, figs, i a - h ; "Acquisitions/
K a r l R u h m a n , Vienna; R u t h and Leopold
1986," GettyMusJ i5 (1987), no. n o , p. 215,
r
Blumka, N e w York.
illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
422
Franz Rademacher, " D i e gotischen Glδser
der Sammlung S e l i g m a n n - K φ l n , " Pantheon
Glass
8 (1931), pp. 290-294, fig. 3 (upper left);
idem, Die deutschen Glδser des Mittelalters
422. B e a k e r
(Maigelein)
(Berlin, 1933), pp. 94Νf., p i . 22c; Jaroslave
Lower Rhineland, Hesse or (?) Franconia,
Vavra, Das Glas und die Jahrtausende (Prague,
first half o f the fifteenth century
1951), no. 95, p i . 38; "Acquisitions/1984,"
M o l d - b l o w n potash-lime glass
GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no. 199, p. 247, illus.
Height: 3 i n . (7.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.522
PROVENANCE
Leopold H . Seligmann, Cologne (sold,
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , June 30,1932, lot 35);
Baron Maurice de Rothschild, Paris; Alex
ander v o n Frey, Paris; Ruth and Leopold
Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Franz Rademacher, " D i e gotischen Glδser
der Sammlung Seligmann-Kφln," Pantheon
8 (1931), pp. 290-294, fig. 3 (lower left);
idem, Die deutschen Glδser des Mittehlters
(Berlin, 1933), pp. 94ff., p i . 24c; "Acquisi
tions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no. 200,
p. 247, illus.
423
G E R M A N GLASS
424· Beaker
(Maigelein)
PROVENANCE
(?) Spessart, late fifteenth or early
Hohenzollern Museum, Sigmaringen;
sixteenth century
Leopold H . Seligmann, Cologne (sold,
M o l d - b l o w n potash-lime glass
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , June 30,1932,
Height: 3 %6 i n . (9 cm)
lot 24); Kreitz; (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
Accession number 84.DK.523
November 10, 1938, l o t 56); A . Vecht,
Amsterdam; Alexander v o n Frey, Paris;
PROVENANCE
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
Alexander v o n Frey, Paris; R u t h and Leo
p o l d B l u m k a , N e w York.
EXHIBITIONS
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Catalogus van de
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
no. 202, p. 248, illus.
425
425.
Krautstrunk
Last quarter o f the fifteenth century
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
decoration
Height: 2% i n . (6.2 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.524
PROVENANCE
Tentoonstelling van oude Kunst uit het bezit
van den internationalen Handel, 1936,
no. 687.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Franz Rademacher, " D i e gotischen Glδser
der Sammlung S e l i g m a n n - K φ l n , " Pantheon
8 (1931), pp. 290-294, fig. A (upper right);
idem, Die deutschen Glδser des Mittelalters
(Berlin, 1933), p. 113, p i . 45b; "Acquisitions/
1984," GettyMusJii (1985), no. 203, p. 248,
illus.
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
no. 201, p. 247, illus.
426. P r u n t e d B e a k e r
Late fifteenth or early sixteenth century
424
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
decoration
Height: 3% i n . (9.9 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.526
426
243
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
Accession number 84.DK.532
PROVENANCE
Alexander v o n Frey, Paris; R u t h and Leo
p o l d Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
no. 241, p. 255, illus.
427
427.
Krautstrunk
429
(?) Southern German or Swiss, first t h i r d o f
429. Prunted
the sixteenth century
Humpen
First h a l f o f the sixteenth century
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
decoration
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
Height: 4/8 i n . (10.5 cm)
decoration
Height: 9 % i n . (25.2 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.525
Accession number 84.DK.510
PROVENANCE
Hohenzollern Museum, Sigmaringen;
PROVENANCE
Leopold H . Seligmann, Cologne (sold,
Hans G r a f Wilczek, B u r g Kreuzenstein;
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , June 30, 1932, lot 23);
Franz R u h m a n n , Vienna; R u t h and Leo
Alexander v o n Frey, Paris; R u t h and Leo
p o l d B l u m k a , N e w York.
p o l d Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alfred Walcher-Molthein, " D i e deutschen
Franz Rademacher, " D i e Glδser der Samm
Renaissanceglδser a u f Burg Kreuzenstein, I , "
l u n g S e l i g m a n n - K φ l n , " Pantheon 8 (1931),
Belvedere 9-10, no. 3 (March 1926), p. 41,
pp. 290-294, fig. 4 (lower right); idem,
fig. 18; Wolfgang B o r n , "Five Centuries o f
Die deutschen Glδser des Mittelalters (Berlin,
1933), pp. i i i f f . , p l . 42d; "Acquisitions/1984,"
GettyMusJ 13 (1985), no. 232, p. 253, illus.
428
Glass: I , T h e Franz R u h m a n n Collection
at Vienna," Connoisseur 101 (January
GERMAN
1938), pp. 12-13, fig. 6; "Acquisitions/1984,"
GLASS
432. R i n g B e a k e r
GettyMusJ 13 (1985), no. 204, p. 248, illus.;
First half o f the sixteenth century
Journal of GUss Studies, p. 100, fig. 8.
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
decoration
Height: 4% i n . (12.1 cm)
430. Rφmer
Accession number 84.DK.531
(Berkemeyer)
(?) Southern Germany or lower Rhineland
PROVENANCE
([?] 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
R u t h and Leopold B l u m k a , N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 237, p. 254, illus.
431
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
mouth): 2/8 i n . (5.4 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.509
PROVENANCE
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 231, p. 253, illus.; Journal of Glass Studies,
430
p. 99, fig. 6.
432
245
24-6
GERMAN
GLASS
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Ghss, 1958,
no. i n .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi?, (1985),
no. 233, p. 253, illus.
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
433
433. G o b l e t
Central German or Bohemian, second half
o f the sixteenth century
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n glass w i t h gilding
and enamel decoration
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
scimitar as in the shield, between two eagles
wings gules, each ensignedwith a bend—
dexter transformed into a bar—or, charged
with three escutcheons azure; on the center
section o f the opposite side, azure, a fallow
deer salient with tail, armed or; crest, a demifallow deer salient, as in the shield. Dated on
the side o f the vessel, i n enamel, 1586.
Height: 8 % i n . (21 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.554
Height: 8 i n . (20.3 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.550
PROVENANCE
Hans Graf Wilczek, Burg Kreuzenstein;
PROVENANCE
Alexander v o n Frey, Paris; R u t h and Leo
p o l d Blumka, N e w York.
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
434
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alfred Walcher-Molthein, "Deutschen
Renaissanceglδser auf Burg Kreuzenstein I I , "
Belvedere 9-10, no. 4 (April 1926), p. 57,
fig. 28; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi?,
(1985), no. 205, p. 248, illus.; Journal of Glass
Studies, no. 25, p. 105.
G E R M A N GLASS
holding a stone; (6) quarterly one and four,
a rose and two and three lozengy in bend
sinister, o n an inescutcheon and a pale the
lettering SMD in pale, sable; (7) a gem ring;
(8) an ox rampant armed; (p) a stag standing
in profile; (10) flanking a tree a goat rampant
and a man; (n) as 2; (12) as 7; (13) quarterly
one and four a bendy with tree and two and
three a chevron with three bezants; (14) a
shield tripart theflorettes;(JJ) as 2 and 11;
(16) Forstmarke MS; (17) Hausmark IG Η;
(i8) a crescent between three mullets; (ip)
blank; (20) blank.
Height: io Δ6 i n . (27.5 cm)
I3
Accession number 84.DK.551
P R O V E N A N C E
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
435
no. 249, p. 256, illus.
436
lieblich aber nur ihr ehr vreidt mich ich lieb
eich aus hertzen Igrundt. wollt godt eur maul
unndt mein maul war ein mundt. ich lieb
eich / noch von grundt meinnes hertzen ob ich
so [lit] nicht mitt eich darffschertzn I drink
allen valschen hertzen. Ich wolt sie miesten
alle ehr hengen. I die mier undt eich nichts
ginnen.; at the end o f the inscription,
dated 1631.
Height: 2 4 i n . (7 cm)
3
Accession number 84.DK.561
435. G o b l e t w i t h the A r m s o f Bregenz a n d
of L o c a l Patricians
Southwestern German (Baden), probably
P R O V E N A N C E
436. T u m b l e r
{Stehaufbecher)
the southern Schwarzwald, after 1621-
Central German, Franconian (possibly
circa 1635
Fichtelgebirge, Bishofsgrun), or northwest
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h diamond-
ern Bohemian (Falkenau or Kreibitz), 1631
Franz Ruhmann, Vienna; Hans Graf W i l czek, B u r g Kreuzenstein; Ruth and Leopold
Blumka, N e w York.
p o i n t etching
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h enamel
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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
nid[er] Steh ich auffso vil mich wider, gib
mich deinen I nechsten wider, ich lieb was
wein ist obs gleich nicht mein ist. unndt mier
nicht wertten khan I so hab ich gliech wol
mein vreidt daran, liebt ihr mich wie ich
eich nicht mehr veger ich I von eich, vilsint
(unnumbered) a patchwork of pelts, a pale
ermine-, (1) a swan with wings open; (2) quar
terly one andfour on a mount a lion rampant
holding a gem ring and two and three on a
pale three bezants', (5) an ox rampant armed;
(4) a pale three trees; (5) issuantfrom a mount
vert, a cross between two arms, vested, each
Belvedere 9-10, no. 4 (April 1926), p. 64,
fig. 41; Tilde Ostertag, Das Fichtelgebirgsglas,
Beitrδge zur Frδnkischen Kunstgeschichte 2
(Erlangen, 1933), p l . 22a; Axel von Saldern,
German Enameled Glass, p. 149, fig. 266;
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 243, p. 255, illus.
247
248
GERMAN
GLASS
PROVENANCE
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
no. 239, p. 254, illus.
438. Pattern-molded
Humpen
German or Netherlandish, first half o f the
seventeenth century
Pattern-molded glass w i t h applied decoration
Height: 6 i n . (11.2 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.530
PROVENANCE
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 247, p. 256, illus.
439. Rφmer
(Berkemeyer)
German or Netherlandish, second or t h i r d
quarter o f the seventeenth century
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
437
decoration
Height: 7% i n . (18.5 cm)
437. J o k e G l a s s (Scherzgefδss)
or
Siphon Glass
German or Netherlandish, early seventeenth
century
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h applied
decoration and silver mounts
Height: 1 ft. 1*4 i n . (33.7 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.520
Accession number 84.DK.528
PROVENANCE
Snouck Hurgronje, The Hague (sold,
Frederick Muller, Amsterdam, July 8,1931,
lot 56); A . Vecht, Amsterdam; Alexander
v o n Frey, Paris; R u t h and Leopold Blumka,
N e w York.
438
G E R M A N
GLASS
EXHIBITIONS
Height: 4Ύ16 i n . (12.5 cm)
Height: 8 /i6 i n . (21.5 cm)
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Tentoonstelling
Accession number 84.DK.529
Accession number 84.DK.562
van oude Kunst uit het Bezit van den internationlen Handel, 1936, no. 692.
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 246, p . 256, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 207, p . 248, illus.
9
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJi^ (1985),
no. 209, p. 249, illus.
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,
440
440. Thick-walled Beaker
(?) Central German, 1643
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
Sie meckert dass sie muss mit dem zu fusse
fort I Mit dem sie vor stets fuhr an iede Stell
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
decoration
barrel Mea Constientia; o n his staff Unicum
Etched around the l i p i n diamond-point,
et fragile; from the personification o f the
Trinck mich auss und wirffmich Nider I
Hebb mich auffund vill mich wider and
w i n d Vindicta divina / Vindicta divina;
dated Anno 1643.
painted i n a modern hand, 3822 and 1180.
below the l i p , dated 1.6.6.0; o n the b o t t o m ,
441
249
250
GERMAN
GLASS
the inscription, dated i6jr, o n the arcade
over the figures, inscribed Drinckt und est
Gott I nich vergest.
Height: 10 4 i n . (27.3 cm)
3
Accession number 84.DK.563
PROVENANCE
Oscar Bondy, Vienna; Ruth and Leopold
Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 210, p. 249, illus.
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
442. C o v e r e d J u g
V i k t o r Schick, Prague (sold, Sotheby's,
Thuringia, 1671
L o n d o n , M a y 4,1939, lot 34); R u t h and
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h enamel
Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
decoration and unmarked pewter mounts
Inscribed around the vessel wall, i n enamel,
Wirtt komt die ein Gast so drag ihm fur
wass du hast, ist er Erbau und Wohlgemutt I
so nimbt er mitt einen drunckt und Brodt
ver gutt ist er aber ein schalckin I der hautt
geborhn so ist alle gutt thut an ihm verlohrn,
Gott beh٧tte und erhalte I Dass gantze
l٧bliehe handtwerck der k٧frschjner.; below
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
no. 208, p. 249, illus.; Journal of Ghss Studies,
no. 37, p. 109.
444. C o v e r e d G o b l e t
Silesia, Schaffgotsch glassworks (Hermsdorf),
1691-1694
By Friedrich W i n t e r
Glass w i t h wheel-engraved, high-relief deco
ration (Hochschnittglas)
Wheel-engraved o n the vessel wall above the
handle, Aucun temps ne le change.
Height: 1 ft. Ye i n . (31.2 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.568
PROVENANCE
K a r l R u h m a n n , Vienna; R u t h a n d Leopold
Blumka, N e w York.
GERMAN
IVORY
Ivory
445
Covered G o b l e t
1631
By Marcus Heiden
Lathe-turned and carved ivory
Marked MARCUS
COBURGENSIS.
HEIDEN.
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
Presumed to have been made for D u k e
Johann Casmir o f Saxe-Coburg and seized
by Colonel Giovanni Giovacchino Keller
o f Schaikaine during the sack o f Coburg
in 1632; private collection, Germany;
[Same A r t , L t d . , Z u r i c h , 1990].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Eugen v o n Philippovich, Elfenbein
(Bibliothek f٧r Kunst- u n d
444
A n t i q u i t δ t e n f r e u n d e , M u n i c h , 1982), v o l .
17, p. 422, fig. 372; Klaus Maurice, Der
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Wolfgang B o r n , "Five Centuries o f Glass: I I , "
Connoisseur 101 (March, 1938), p. 121, fig. 1;
Drechselnde Souverδn, Materialen zu einer
f٧rstlichen Maschinenkunst (Zurich, 1985),
pp. 74,152, fig. 78.
Ignaz Schlosser, Das alte Ghs: Ein Handbuch
f٧r Sammler und Liebhaber (Brunswick,
1965), 226, p l . 185; Axel v o n Saldern,
"Unbekannte Glδser v o n Johann Wolfgang
Schmidt, Friedrich W i n t e r and Franz
Gondelach," Anzeiger des Germanischen
Nationalmuseums (1970), n o ; "Acquisitions/
1984," GettyMusJ'(1985), no. 230, p. 253,
illus.; Journal of Glass Studies, no. 38, p. 109.
445
251
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
Accession number 92.SE.69
PROVENANCE
Corsini family, Florence, by 1730; [Same
A r t , L t d . , Z u r i c h , 1991].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJ τι (1993),
i n press, illus.
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
Prince o f Liechtenstein, Vaduz; R u t h and
Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
no. 234, pp. 253-254, illus.; Journal of Ghss
Studies, no. 23, p. 105.
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
449
(?) Bohemian, 1525-1575
Free-blown soda glass w i t h gilding, enamel,
449. C o v e r e d T a n k a r d
and etched decoration
1578
Height: SVs i n . (22 cm); Diameter (at
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h enamel
m o u t h ) : 7% i n . (19 cm)
decoration; pewter mounts
Accession number 84.DK.547
Inscribed around central zone o f vessel,
Konig. Herodis . Lest. Die I unschuldigen
kindlein elendiglich todten-, dated 1578.
PROVENANCE
Robert v o n Hirsch, Basel (sold, Sotheby's,
L o n d o n , June 22,1978, lot 256); R u t h and
Height: io /s i n . (27 cm); Diameter (at
Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
base): 5% i n . (14.5 cm)
5
Accession number 84.DK.553
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The History of Glass, D a n Klein and W a r d
PROVENANCE
Lloyd, eds. (London, 1984), p. 74, illus.;
Wilczek, Schloss Eisgrub; R u t h and Leo
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
no. 211, p. 249, illus.; Journal of Ghss Studies,
no. 22, p. 104.
p o l d Blumka, N e w York.
448
B O H E M I A N GLASS
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,
p. 251, illus.; Journal of GUss Studies, no. 24,
p. 105.
EXHIBITIONS
New York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
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
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 186, p. 245, illus.; Journal of GUss Studies,
no. 14, p. 102.
451. Stangenglas w i t h the A r m s o f P u c h n e r
(?) Northwestern Bohemian or German,
Saxon ([?]Erzgebirg), 1587
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h enamel
decoration
Arms, o n the central zone o f the vessel wall,
450
450. G o b l e t w i t h the A r m s o f Liechtenberg
in enamel, tiercedper chevron or, in chief
sable a lion or, armed and languedgules and
in base, azure, on a mount vert a [beech]
tree proper, crest, lion issuant between two
buffaloes' horns, couped dexter azure and or,
sinister or and sable, issuant from each flames
451
PROVENANCE
(?) Southern Bohemian, before 1580
gules. Inscribed o n upper and lower vessel
Free-blown soda glass w i t h gilding and
enamel decoration
wall, i n enamel, AujfGott mein hoffnung I
Paulus Puchner Churtz: S: Zeug I meister
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,
upon a cushion gules, tasseled or, afishargent,
in front of a panache of peacock's feather proper.
dated ι$8γ.
Jahre Gkskunst: Sammlung Biemann (Zurich,
1978), p. 309; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ
13 (1985), no. 206, p. 248, illus.; Journal of
GUss Studies, no. 26, p. 106.
Height: 9% i n . (23.5 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.537
Height: 1 ft. %. i n . (31.2 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.555
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
255
256
BOHEMIAN
GLASS
w i t h the A r m s o f H i r t
452. Stangenglas
and
Maier
(?) Southwestern Bohemian, B φ h m e r Wald,
1590
Free-blown potash-lime glass and enamel
decoration
Arms, gules, a pale argent, three rosettes gules-,
on the opposite side, azure, a stork argent.
Inscribed o n band above the cresting, i n
enamel, ALLES ALLES
MIT
GOTTES
below the arms, HANS HIRT V
HVLF;
WEISSENAV
FVRST /
BRAVNSCHWEIGIS-
CHER VND LVNEBVRGIISCHER
RATH
AM KAYs I HOFF; o n the
VND AGENT
opposite side above the cresting, HIE
ZEITLICHS
FREVD;
LEID BRINGT
D
below the arms, MARIA
VON
WEISSENAU
VON
SANTI
/ GEBORNE
GILGEN
ALLES ALLES
STEIN
MIT GOTTES
EWIGE
HIRTIN
MAIER
IN
HAVSFRAV
HVLF; and
just below the upper bands, dated Patientia
Durum Frango ifpo.
Height: 4V8 i n . (10.4 cm)
Accession number 85.DK.214
452
453
453.
Jagdhumpen
PROVENANCE
Bohemian or central German, 1593
V i k t o r Schick, Prague; Mrs. Hedwig Schick,
Free-blown potash-lime glass and enamel
Prague (sold, Sotheby's, London, M a y 4,
D a t e d 1593.
1939, l o t 17); R u t h and Leopold Blumka,
Height: n /s i n . (28.9 cm)
New York.
Accession number 8 4 . D K . 556
3
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVENANCE
L . Fusch, " D i e fr٧hen s ٧ d d e u t s c h e n
Hans G r a f Wilzcek, Burg Kreuzenstein;
Wappenhumpen," M٧nchener Jahrbuch
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.
Ε. and A . Silberman, Vienna; Oscar Bondy,
B O H E M I A N GLASS
455. B e a k e r
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"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.
454. Reichsadler
W٢STEN
Humpen
.AN/NO.
IN. DER I
1.5.9.9.
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
Axel van Saldern, German Enameled Glass
I
(Corning, 1965), p. 446; "Acquisitions/1984,"
VRG; o n the banderoles
BRANDENB
GettyMus] 13 (1985), no. 221, p. 251, illus.
attached to each feather and o n the bands
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
AVGSBVRG
ILVBECKI
4 SEMPER
I METZ
FREIEN
/ACH
ILVNDBVRG
WES Τ ERB VRG / THVSSIS
4 Β VRG GRA VEN /
BERG I REMECKI
GRAVEN
SCHWEIG
LVTRING;
VICARII
BRANDENB
VRG I
IBRVAN-
I BAIRN I SCHWABEN
I
I
HAGENAWI
I BAMBERG
SLETSTATI
ABVRGILVTZELBVRGIR
ALTENBVRG;
I
VLMI
4 BIRG I MADO TT EN Β VR GI
below the r i m , opposite the
eagles, dated 1599.
Height: n / i 6 i n . (29.9
9
cm)
Accession number 84.DK.558
and o n the sinister wing, 4
BRABAND IΝ
WESTERBVRG
SACHSEN
I SCHLESTI
/ DVRING
HESSEN
/ LEVCHTERBERG
/ CLEVE
/ SAPHOYI
I 4 RITTER
SENBACH
/ 4 MAR-
/ 4 SEIL
GRAVEN
ZILL1
/ 4 DORFFER
MAIDBVRGINVRN-
/ BADEN
454
/
I ALTWALTEN
STANBERG
/ ERCHERNI
MEISCHEN
STETTI
4
/
LAND-
IEDELSASI
I 4
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
GRAVEN
SCHWARZBVRGI
IANDELAWI
P R O V E N A N C E
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] 13 (1985),
no. 236, p. 254, illus.
WEIS
IFRAWENBERGISTVNDECK
455
257
258
BOHEMIAN
456.
GLASS
457.
Stangenglas
Huntpen
Southern Bohemian, 1600
Southern German or Bohemian, 1614
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h diamond-
Free-blown potash-lime glass w i t h diamond-
point etching
p o i n t etching
Inscribed i n the upper paralled bands,
Arms, (?) gules, three swords, a right one in
pale, between two others of different shape, hilt
and pommel or, together enfiled in a coronet
FRISCHAUF
JUNG
GESEL
WOL GEM٢
ND Τ GAR WOL I MIR DAS
THUT.
FRIEDELN
or, the charges o f the shield, repeated.
Inscribed over the couple, Lieb
haben und nicht genissenn I Thut manchen
Etched o n one side Daniel Weger 1.6.1.4.,
gar sehrferl driessen I. Inscription flanking
and o n the other side Fein Undficht du zu
the couple, Ich aber thut genissen I dass thuet
ganz nicht vorfriessen. Inscribed over the
naked woman, Halte feste kom I men frembde
gaste I Frisch auff-, dated 1600 twice o n cen
mir her I ein. Und Uss dein K٧rschneri / sehen
huffen sein. Mich dunckt du Iforcht dich fur
den streichenn. Drumb wirdt dass I glass am
dich Nicht reichenn. Dated 1614 on central
tral zone o f vessel wall.
zone o f vessel wall.
Height: 1 ft. 1V16 i n . (34.5 cm)
Height: io /s i n . (26.3 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.559
Accession number 84.DK.560
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
Richard Leitner, Vienna; Oscar Bondy,
K a r l R u h m a n n , Vienna; R u t h and Leopold
Vienna (sold from his collection, June 16,
Blumka, N e w York.
3
1922); R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w
BIBLIOGRAPHY
York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ignaz Schlosser, Das alte Glas: ein Handbuch
fur Sammler und Liebhaber (Brunswick,
Hans Zedinek, " D i e G l a s h ٧ t t e zu H a l l i n
1956), pp. 152,159, fig. 131; Erich Egg, Die
T i r o l , " Altes Kunsthandwerk ι, no. 3 (1927),
Glassh٧tte zu Hall und Innsbruck im 16.
pp. 98-117, p i . 89; W i l f r e d Buckley, Dia-
Jahrhundert, Tiroler Wirtschaftsstudien,
meterond Engraved Glasses of the Sixteenth
Century with Particular Reference to Five
Attributed to Giacomo Verzelini (London,
1929), p. 16, pi. 31; Erich Egg, Die Glash٧tte
zu Hall und Innsbruck im 16. Jahrhundert,
vol. 15 (Innsbruck, 1962), p. 80;
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no.
242, p. 255, illus.; Journal of Glass Studies,
no. 33, p. 108.
Tiroler Wirtschaftsstudien, vol. 15 (Inns
bruck, 1962), p. 80; "Acquisitions/1984,"
GettyMusJ'13 (1985), no. 222, p. 251, illus.;
Journal of GUss Studies, no. 32, p. 108.
456
B O H E M I A N GLASS
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
Fritz Biemann, Z u r i c h (sold, Sotheby's,
London, June 16,1984, lot 46); [David, Inc.,
Vaduz].
EXHIBITIONS
Lucerne, Kunstmuseum Luzern, 3000 Jahre
Glaskunst von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil,
1981, no. 705, p. 161, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dagmar Hnikova, " B φ h m i s c h e s Glas,"
Orbis Pictus, v o l . 61 (Bern and Stuttgart,
1974); Brigitte Klesse and Axel v o n Saldern,
$00 Jahre Glaskunst: Sammlung Biemann
(Zurich, 1978), p. 15, fig. 12; p. 118, no. 65;
"Acquisitions/ 1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 223, p. 251, illus.
457
458
259
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
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Olga Drahotava, "Dans le sphere d u m a ν t r e
graveur d u goblet d i t de Koula," Cristal de
Boheme (1965), pp. 29-32; "Acquisitions/
1984," GettyMusJ"13 (1985), no. 224, p. 252,
illus.
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 fleurde-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
Sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , December 5,1983,
4 6 0 . C u p a n d Saucer
lot 177; [Winifred Williams, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
(trembleuse)
Vienna, D u Paquier manufactory, circa 1740
Hard-paste porcelain, black enamel decora
tion; gilding
Cup: Height: 2% i n . (7.1 cm); W i d t h : 3 /s
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
no. 181, p. 239, illus.
5
i n . (9.2 cm); D e p t h : 2%6 i n . (6.2 cm);
Saucer: Height: i /s i n . (3.5 cm); W i d t h : 6
3
% in.
(17 cm); D e p t h : 4% i n . (12.2 cm)
Accession number 85.DE.375.1-.2
461
AUSTRIAN GLASS
PROVENANCE
Wormser, Paris; R u t h and Leopold Blumka,
N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 218, pp. 250-251, illus.; Journal of GUss
Studies, no. 28, p. 106.
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
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
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
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 219, p. 251, illus.; Journal of GUss Studies,
no. 30, p. 107.
462
263
264
AUSTRIAN
GLASS
463. G o b l e t
465.
(Kelchpokal)
Goblet
H a l l , circa 1540-1560
H a l l , circa 1535-1555
Workshop o f Wolfgang V i t l or that o f
(?) Workshop o f Sebastian H φ c h s t e t t e r
Sebastian H φ c h s t e t t e r
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass w i t h
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass w i t h
gilding
Height: 10 i n . (25.4 cm)
gilding
H e i g h t : y /i6
7
i n . (18.9
Accession number 84.DK.544
cm)
Accession number 84.DK.542
PROVENANCE
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
PROVENANCE
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ'13 (1985),
BIBLIOGRAPHY
no. 216, p . 250, illus.
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 212, pp. 249-250, illus.
464
464. Goblet
(Kelchpokal)
H a l l , circa 1540-1560
(?) Workshop o f Sebastian H φ c h s t e t t e r
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass w i t h
gilding
Height: 7% i n . (19 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.543
PROVENANCE
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 213, p. 250, illus.
465
463
AUSTRIAN GLASS
PROVENANCE
Hans Graf Wilzcek, Burg Kreuzenstein;
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 217, p. 250, illus.; Journal of Ghss Studies,
no. 27, p. 106.
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
Accession number 84.DK.515
PROVENANCE
Graf von Trautmannstorff, Schloss Gleichen
466
466. Goblet
(Trichterpokal)
berg bei Graz; Ε. and Α . Silberman, Vienna;
467
Oscar Bondy, Vienna (acquired i n 1932);
Ruth and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
EXHIBITIONS
Trappisches W i l k o m m g l a s , " Der Schiern 40
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n soda glass w i t h
New York, The M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f
(1966), pp. 120-122; Rainer R٧ckert, Die
applied decoration
Art, T h e Cloisters, The Secuhr Spirit: Life
and Art at the End of the Middle Ages, 1975,
no. 279.
H a l l , circa 1550-1560
(?) Workshop o f Sebastian H φ c h s t e t t e r
Height: 1 ft. 3% i n . (38.3 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.545
Dr. Oswald Trapp, " D i e Geschichte eines
Ghssammlung des Bayerischen National
museums M٧nchen I (Munich, 1982), p. 79;
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985),
no. 214, p. 250; Journal of Ghss Studies,
no. 21, p. 104.
265
266
AUSTRIAN
GLASS
468
468. B o w l
Innsbruck, 1570-1591
Royal glassworks, (?) executed by M u r a n o
craftsmen
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Brian J. R. Blench, letter to the editor, Jour
nal ofGhss Studies 26 (1984), pp. 155-157;
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] 13 (1985),
Colorless soda glass w i t h diamond-point
no. 215, p. 250, illus.; Journal of GUss Studies,
etching, gilding, and cold enamel decoration
no. 29, p. 107.
Height: 6V16 i n . (16 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.653
PROVENANCE
Magdelene Sharpe Erskine, D u n i m a r l e
Castle, Culross, Fife, Scotland (sold,
Sotheby's, L o n d o n , June 26,1978, l o t 26);
[David, Inc., Vaduz].
ENGLISH
DECORATIVE ARTS
268
ENGLISH
CABINETS
Furniture
CABINETS
469. Cabinet on Stand
Circa 1690-1700
Painted, gessoed, and silvered w o o d ;
brass mounts
Cabinet: Height: 2 ft. 854 i n . (82.5 cm);
EXHIBITIONS
W i d t h : 3 ft. ι i n . (93.9 cm); D e p t h :
L o n d o n , T h e V i c t o r i a and Albert Museum,
ι ft. 7 Κ i n . (49.5 cm); Stand: Height:
The Orange and the Rose: Holknd
2 ft. 7% i n . (79.3 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. 5% i n .
Britain
(104.7
c m
) ; D e p t h : 1 ft. 11% i n . (59.6 cm)
and
in the Age of Observation, 1600-1750,
October 1964-January 1965, no. 220; N e w
York, T h e C o o p e r - H e w i t t M u s e u m and
Accession number 78.DA.117
Pittsburgh, T h e Carnegie Museum, Courts
PROVENANCE
M r s . Geoffrey H a r t , London; purchased by
J. Paul Getty, 1961.
and Colonies: The William and Mary Style in
Holland, EngUnd, and America,
November
1988-May 1989, no. 107, p. 157, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
R. W . Symonds, "The C i t y o f Westminster
and Its Furniture Makers," Connoisseur 100
(July 1937), pp. 3-9, illus. pp. 2, 9; R. W .
Symonds, " T h e Age o f Charles I I , "
Con
noisseur111 (June 1943), illus. p. 125; Horace
Shipp, "A H o m e and Its Treasures: M r s ;
Geoffrey Hart's Collection at H y d e Park
Gardens, "Apollo
62 (December 1955), illus.
p. 181; R. W . P. Luff, "Oriental Lacquer and
English Japan: Some Cabinets from the C o l
lection o f M r . J. Paul Getty at Sutton Place,
Surrey," The Antique
Collector
(December
1962), pp. 256-261, illus. p. 259, fig. 5.
469
E N G L I S H SEAT F U R N I T U R E
SEAT
472. A r m c h a i r
FURNITURE
L o n d o n , circa 1750-1760
W a l n u t w i t h pine and oak; traces o f gesso,
470. Side C h a i r
(?) L o n d o n , late seventeenth century
paint, and gilding; remnants o f original
Gessoed a n d gilded walnut; modern
w o o l upholstery
upholstery
Height: 3 ft. 3 i n . (99 cm); W i d t h :
Height: 3 ft. 10 i n . (116.8 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 1/4 i n . (64.7 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 1 i n .
ι ft. i o K i n . (57.1 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 1 i n .
(63.5 cm)
(63.5 cm)
Accession number 85.DA.120
Accession number 75.DA.62
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
(?) D a v i d Garrick, L o n d o n (1717-1779); an
[Frederick Victoria, Inc., N e w York]; Nicolas
upholsterer, outside Philadelphia; [Glenn
Landau, Paris; purchased by J. Paul G e t t y
Randall, N e w York, 1984].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
One of a pair
471
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMus] 14 (1986),
no. 186, p. 240, illus.
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
R. W. M i l l e r (sold, Christies, L o n d o n , Janu
ary 21, i960, l o t 43, to Pallott); [A. Cook,
London]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, i960.
470
472
269
270
E N G L I S H
FRAMES
Accession number 78.DG.149
PROVENANCE
Dukes o f Westminster; [Frank Partridge,
L t d . , L o n d o n , 1967]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty, 1967.
EXHIBITIONS
T h e Los Angeles C o u n t y M u s e u m o f A r t ,
o n loan, 1982-present.
EXHIBITIONS
T h e Minneapolis Institute o f Arts, on loan,
November 1988-present.
475. P a i r o f Sugar C a s t o r s
L o n d o n , 1730
By Paul de Lamerie
Silver-gilt
Metalwork
Bodies and lids marked w i t h the maker s
stamp o f LA. between an arched crown
474. M o n t e i t h
w i t h a star and a fleur-de-lys ( i n use around
L o n d o n , 1705
1720-173 2); a lion's head erased (the assay
By John Rand
mark o f L o n d o n ) ; the figure o f Britannia
Silver
Marked w i t h the maker's stamp o f Ra; a
lions head erased (the assay mark o f L o n
don); the figure o f Britannia (the standard
mark indicating .9583 silver content); the
letter / ( t h e date letter for 1705). Engraved
473
w i t h an unidentified coat o f arms.
Castor .1 engraved 1730 and N 2=27-12;
c}
Castor .2 engraved 1730 and N°i=27;
both
engraved w i t h Garter coat o f arms and the
H o w a r d crest.
Height: 9 /s i n . (23.8 cm); Diameter: 3% i n .
3
Height: 10 i n . (25.5 cm); Diameter:
Architectural Woodwork
and Fixtures
(the standard mark indicating .9583 silver
content); the letter Ρ (the date letter for 1730).
(9.9 cm)
ι ft. 2/2 i n . (36.8 cm)
Accession number 78.DG.180.1-.2
PROVENANCE
Dukes o f N o r t h u m b e r l a n d ; [S. J. Phillips,
FRAMES
L o n d o n ] ; purchased by J. Paul Getty
around 1938.
473. F r a m e for a M i r r o r
L o n d o n , circa 1740-1745
EXHIBITIONS
A t t r i b u t e d to Matthias L o c k
T h e Minneapolis Institute o f A r t , o n loan,
Gessoed and gilded pine details o n an oak
1980-1981; T h e Los Angeles C o u n t y
support; m i r r o r glass
M u s e u m o f A r t , o n loan, 1982-1988; L o n
Height: 7 ft. (213.3 cm); W i d t h : 4 ft. 2 i n .
don, Goldsmith's H a l l , Paul de Lamerie,
(127 cm)
M a y 16-June 22,1990, no. 65, p. 109, illus.
Accession number 78.DH.243
474
ENGLISH METALWORK
Height: 11% i n . (28.6 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 6 i n .
EXHIBITIONS
(45.7 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 4 i n . (32.4 cm)
T h e Minneapolis Institute o f A r t , o n loan,
Accession number 78.DG.130.1-.2
1980-1981; W i l l i a m s t o w n , Massachusetts,
PROVENANCE
on loan, 1983-1988.
3
Sterling and Francine Clark A r t Institute,
Charles, 4th D u k e o f R i c h m o n d and
Lennox (succeeded 1806, L o r d Lieutenant
o f Ireland 1807-1813); Dukes o f R i c h m o n d
and Gordon, G o o d w o o d House, Sussex, by
descent (sold, Christie's, L o n d o n , July 20,
1938, l o t 114); purchased by J. Paul Getty.
One of a pair
475
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
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.
One of a pair
476
2J1
272
ENGLISH MOUNTED ORIENTAL
PORCELAIN
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
Joseph Downs, W i n t e r t h u r , Delaware;
W i l l i a m Heere (sold, Christie s, N e w York,
October 29,1983, l o t 32); [Aveline et Cie,
Paris].
E X H I B I T I O N S
N e w York, T h e Frick Collection, Mounted
Oriental Porcehin, December 1986-March
1987, no. 9, pp. 46-47, illus.
One of a pair
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14 (1986),
no. 185, p . 240, illus.; F. J. B . Watson,
" M o u n t e d Oriental Porcelain," The Maga
zine Antiques 131 (April 1987), p p . 813-823,
illus. p. 823.
477
NETHERLANDISH
DECORATIVE ARTS
274
NETHERLANDISH
FURNITURE
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
5 ft. 2% i n . (158 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 5 /s i n .
3
(74.5 cm)
Accession number 88.DA. 10
P R O V E N A N C E
Prince d'Arenberg, Egmont Palace, Brussels;
[Axel Vervoordt, s Gravenwezel, Belgium].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMusJ 17 (1989),
no. 86, pp. 146-147, illus.; Handbook1991,
p. 209, illus.
478
NETHERLANDISH METALWORK
P R O V E N A N C E
(?) Orangezaal, Royal Palace, Huis ten
Bosch, H o l l a n d ; Neues Palais, Potsdam,
Museum voor Kunstambachten, Tentoon
stelling Kunstvoorwerpen uit Verzamelingen
in de Provincie Antwerpen (Exhibition o f
1895 (purchased i n Amsterdam, 1895); dis
Decorative Arts from Collections i n the
played i n the Japis Galerie, 1926; (sold,
Province o f Antwerp), 23 A p r i l - 2 July 1961,
Palais Galliera, Paris, December 9,1963, l o t
no. 245, p. 34.
93); [Fabius Frιres, Paris, 1970s].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Burkhard Meier, Potsdam Schlφsser und
"Acquisitions/1988," GettyMus]YJ (1989),
no. 88, p. 148, illus.
Gδrten aufgenommen von der Staatliche
Bildstelle (Berlin, 1926), fig. 46; W i l s o n ,
"Acquisitions 1977 to m i d 1979," no. 13,
pp. 49-51, illus. (one); M a r t e n Loonstra,
The Royal PaUce Huis ten Bosch in a Histori
cal View (Zutphen, 1985), p. 75, illus. p . 74.
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)
Accession number 88.DH.62
One of a pair
479
P R O V E N A N C E
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
Gessoed, painted, and gilded w o o d ; crushed
glass
Height: 6 ft. uVs i n . (212.4
c m
) ; Width:
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
E X H I B I T I O N S
Antwerp, Tentoonstelling van Oude Vlaamsche
Kunst (Exhibition o f O l d Flemish A r t ) , 1930,
" D 178"; Duerne-Antwerp, Provinciaal
480
275
Xy6
NETHERLANDISH
GLASS
Glass
PROVENANCE
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
481. G o b l e t
Southern Netherlandish, 1560-1600
Made by a glasshouse i n the region o f
Chimay, (?) Hainault
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n glass or cristallo
Height: 8/2 i n . (21.6 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.549
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass, 1958,
no. 115, p. 105.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJY>, (1985),
no. 248, p. 256, illus.
481
482. Ice-glass B e a k e r
Late sixteenth century
Free-blown soda glass w i t h applied
decoration
Height: S Α6 i n . (21.5 cm)
7
Accession number 84.DK.564
PROVENANCE
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] ; R u t h and
Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
482
N E T H E R L A N D I S H
GLASS
PROVENANCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 225, p. 252, illus.
Alexander v o n Frey, Paris; R u t h and Leo
pold B l u m k a , N e w York.
EXHIBITIONS
New York, The C o r n i n g Museum o f Glass,
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass, 1958,
no. 112, p. 103.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJ13 (1985),
no. 238, p. 254, illus.
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
Accession number 84.DK.516
PROVENANCE
Karl Ruhmann, Vienna; A . Vecht, Amster
dam; R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ignaz Schlosser, Das alte Ghs: Ein Handbuch
f٧r Sammler und Liebhaber (Brunswick,
1965), p. 210, p l . 161; "Acquisitions/1984,"
483
GettyMusJ13 (1985), no. 245, p. 255, illus.;
Journal of GUss Studies, no. 34, p. 108.
483. G o b l e t
Southern Netherlandish or French, late
sixteenth or early seventeenth century
Free- and m o l d - b l o w n cobalt glass
Height: 8/4 i n . (21.6 cm)
Accession number 84.DK.517
484
277
278
NETHERLANDISH
485. Filigrana
GLASS
Beaker
Southern Netherlandish, 1650-1700
Free-blown soda glass or cristallo and
lattimo, vetro a fili
Height: 5 A i n . (14 cm)
l
Accession number 84.DK.658
PROVENANCE
[David, Inc., Vaduz].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMusJY>> (1985),
no. 244, p. 255, illus.
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
PROVENANCE
Commissioned by the Counts o f Benavente;
(offered for sale, Christies, London, A p r i l 24,
1986, lot 34, withdrawn); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . ,
London].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJi^ (1987),
no. 120, p. 219, illus.
4
Ceramics
8
7
PROVENANCE
Leonardo Lapiccirella, Florence; (sold,
4 8 7 . H i s p a n o - M o r e s q u e Deep D i s h
(brasero)
Valencia, mid-fifteenth century
Blue and copper luster-glazed earthenware
Marked IHS i n the center o f the obverse.
Height: 4% i n . (10.8 cm); Diameter: 1 ft. 7 / 2
i n . (49.5 cm)
Accession number 85.DE.441
486
Christie's, L o n d o n , July 1,1985, l o t 270);
[Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Giovanni C o n t i , L'Arte de٧a maiolica in
Italia ( M i l a n , 1973), p i . 8; Apollo 122 (1985),
no. 5, p. 405; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ
14 (1986), no. 214, p. 252, illus; Hess, Maio
lica, no. 2, pp. 14-15, illus; Handbook 1991,
p. 201, illus.
SPANISH
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
6 A i n . ( n o cm); Square Tiles: Length:
7
4%6 i n . to 4 /s i n . (11.2 to 12.4 cm);
7
Hexagonal Tiles: Length: 8 % i n . to 8 /i6 i n .
9
(21 to 21.8 cm); W i d t h : 4% i n . to 4 /s i n .
3
(10.8 to 11.ι cm)
Accession number 84.DE.747
PROVENANCE
Grassi collection, Florence, before 1920;
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
EXHIBITIONS
A l l e n t o w n A r t Museum, Beyond Nobility:
Art for the Private Citizen in the Early
Renaissance, September 1980-January 1981,
no. 122, pp. 115-116.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A n n a Berendsen et al., Tiles (London, 1967),
p. 76; "Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus) i3
r
(1985), no. 151, p. 239, illus; Hess, Maiolica,
no. ι , pp. 12-13.
488
CERAMICS
28l
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
R u t h and Leopold Blumka, N e w York.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1984," GettyMus] Y>, (1985),
no. 227, p. 252, illus.; Journal of Glass Studies,
no. 17, p. 103.
489
CHINESE,
JAPANESE, PERSIAN,
AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN
DECORATIVE ARTS
284
CHINESE CERAMICS
Chinese Ceramics
491. P a i r o f L i d d e d Vases
Chinese, K a n g x i (1662-1722)
Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue
490. G a r n i t u r e o f T h r e e L i d d e d Vases a n d
T w o O p e n Vases
decoration
Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Height: 1 ft. 5 i n . (43.2 cm); Diameter: 10 i n .
Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue
(25.4 cm)
decoration
Accession number 72.DE.73.1-.2
Lidded Vases: Height: 1 ft. A i n . (31.8 cm);
l
P R O V E N A N C E
Diameter: 10 4 i n . (27.3 cm); O p e n Vases:
3
Dukes o f N o r t h u m b e r l a n d (probably sold
Height: 11 Ys i n . (28.3 cm); Diameter: 5 i n .
circa 1910); [Ralph Chait, N e w York and
(12.7 cm)
L o n d o n , 1970s]; [Neil Sellin, N e w York,
Accession number 72.DE.72.1—.5
1972]; purchased b y J. Paul Getty.
One of two
490
P R O V E N A N C E
Dukes o f Northumberland (probably sold
circa 1910); [Ralph Chait, N e w York and
L o n d o n , 1970s]; [Neil Sellin, N e w York,
1972]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
One of three
490
One of a pair
491
CHINESE CERAMICS
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
[Spink and Son, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
no. 183, p. 239, illus.
492
494
492. L i d d e d Vase
494. L i d d e d Vase
Chinese, Kangxi (168 2-1722)
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
glaze blue.
Accession number 86.DE.629
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
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14 (1986),
no. 182, p . 239, illus.
493
285
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
ι ft. ι i n . (33 cm)
Accession number 72.DE.62.1-.2
PROVENANCE
Alfred M o r r i s o n , Fonthill House, Wiltshire;
John Greville M o r r i s o n , L o r d Margadale
o f Islay, Fonthill House, by descent (sold,
Christies, L o n d o n , June 5,1972, lot 29);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
495
495. W i n e Bottle
One of a pair
(kendt)
Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
496
4 9 7 . Figure o f a n E l e p h a n t
Stoneware
Chinese, Q i a n l o n g (1736-1795)
Height: y Vi i n . (20.1 cm); W i d t h : 5 /s i n .
Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel
(14.3 cm); D e p t h : 4Ύ16 i n . (12.5 cm)
decoration; gilding
Accession number 85.DE.232
Height: 1 ft. 9% i n . (55.2 cm); W i d t h :
s
PROVENANCE
[Kate Foster, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
EXHIBITIONS
The Los Angeles C o u n t y M u s e u m o f A r t ,
September 1987-present.
ι ft. ιVx i n . (34.2 cm); Depth: 10 i n . (25.4 cm)
Accession number 72.DE.61
PROVENANCE
George Christie (sold, Christie s, London,
June 5,1972, l o t 24); purchased at that sale
by J. Paul Getty.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14 (1986),
no. 184, p . 239, illus.
497
PERSIAN
Chinese Textiles
(for Italian export)
CARPETS
Persian Carpets
500. C a r p e t
Herat or Isfahan, late sixteenth century
498. Wall Hanging
Chinese, late seventeenth t o early eighteenth
Wool
century
Length: 25 ft. 10% i n . (788 cm); W i d t h :
Silk brocade
10ft.3 *4 i n . (313 cm)
Length: 11 ft. 10 i n . (360.5 c m ) ;
Accession number 78.DC.91
W i d t h : 7 ft. 4 4 i n . (225.5
3
c
m
)
PROVENANCE
Accession number 87.DD.37
Hagop Kevorkian (sold, Sotheby's, L o n d o n ,
PROVENANCE
December 5,1969, lot 20); purchased at that
Private German collection; [Rainer Zietz,
sale by J. Paul Getty.
Ltd., London].
EXHIBITIONS
N e w York, T h e M e t r o p o l i t a n Museum o f
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ i6 (1988),
r
no. 87, p . 185, illus.
One of three
499
A r t , Collection of Rare and Magnificent
Oriental Carpets (1966), no. 5, pi. 3.
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
Diameter: 7 i n . (17.8 cm)
Accession number 87.DE.26.1-.3
PROVENANCE
[Spink and Son, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1986].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ 16 (1988),
no. 76, p . 179, illus.
498
Detail
500
287
288
SOUTHEAST ASIAN
FURNITURE
Southeast Asian Furniture
502. Set o f Twelve C h a i r s (five armchairs
a n d seven side chairs)
(?) D u t c h colonial from Indonesia or Sri
Lanka (Ceylon), circa 1680-1720
Ebony and ebonized wood, some details
inlaid w i t h ivory
Armchairs: Height: 3 ft. 6 i n . (106.7
c m
);
W i d t h (at front): 2 ft. (61 cm); W i d t h
(at back): 1 ft. 8 i n . (50.8 cm); Depth:
ι ft. j /i6
7
i n . (49.4 cm); Side Chairs: Height:
3 ft. 4 i n . (101.6 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 9% i n .
(55.2 c m ) ; D e p t h : 1 f t . 6 /i6 i n . (47.5
n
cm)
Accession number 92.DA.24.1—.12
PROVENANCE
(?) Thomas Thynne, ist Viscount
W e y m o u t h , Longleat Castle, Wiltshire,
One of five
502
One of seven
5°
circa 1700; Marquess o f Bath, Longleat
Castle, Wiltshire, circa 1700; (sold,
501
Christies, L o n d o n , November 17,1988, l o t
75); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
5oi. "Polonaise" C a r p e t
Kashan, circa 1620
Silk w i t h metallic thread
Length: 9 ft. 1 i n . (277 cm); W i d t h : 5 ft. 7 i n .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions /1992" GettyMusJxi
(1993),
i n press, illus.
(170 cm)
Accession number 68.DC.6
PROVENANCE
Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris (sold,
Palais Galliera, Paris, March 18,1968, lot 104);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
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INDEXES
290
I N D E X
O F
MAKERS
INDEX OF MAKERS
The following index includes the names o f
makers and artists. Please note that references are
to entry numbers, not page numbers.
Β
Badin (bronze castor; active last quarter o f the
eighteenth century), 16
A
Bailleul, Nicolas, lejeune (engraver; active 1740s),
146
Abbiati, Francesco (cabinetmaker; active late
eighteenth century), 324
Bardet (Sevres painter; active 1751-1758), 212
Andreoli, Maestro Giorgio (ceramic artist; direc
tor o f maiolica workshop i n Gubbio; late
i470s-circa 1553), 357
Anguier, Guillaume (painter; 1628-1708), 289
Asselin, Charles Eloi (Sevres painter; active
1765-1804), 243
Audran, Claude, I I I (painter and designer;
1658-1734), 292, 300
Audran, Michel (tapestry weaver; high-warp
weaver at the Gobelins manufactory from 1732;
1701-1771), 300
Baudouin, Fran9ois, pere (Sevres gilder; active
1750-1800), 49
Baumhauer, Joseph, I {ιbιniste; ιbιnisteprivilegiι
du Roi circa 1749; died 1772), 13, 29, 44, 64
Blakey, William, I I (clock springmaker; before
1714-after 1788), 139
Boels, Pierre (Boulle), (painter; active second half
o f the seventeenth century), 289
Boizot, Simon-Louis (sculptor; 1743-1809), 154,
183
Bono, Etienne-Henry (Sιvres rιpareur; active
1754-1781), 237
Bonnemer, Francois (painter and engraver;
1638-1689), 287
Bιhagle, Philippe (director o f the Beauvais tapes
try manufactory from 1684; 1641-1705), 286
Borde, Louis (cartographer and engraver; graveur
du Roi et des affaires ιtrangιres; active 1730-1740S),
146
Bιlanger, Fran9ois-Joseph (architect; dessinateur
des menus-plaisirs 1767; 1744-1818), 173
Borman (bronze castor; dates unknown), 267
Belin [Belain or Blin] de Fontenay, Jean-Baptiste,
lejeune (painter; 1653-1715), 282, 286, 287, 300
Bossi, Benigo (engraver and plasterer; 1727-1792),
270
Bellangι, Alexandre-Louis {ιbιniste; 1799-1863), 54
Bφttger, Johann Friedrich (Meissen alchemist and
designer; 1682-1719), 409-411
Auguste, Robert-Joseph (silversmith; maitre 1757;
circa 1723-1805), 193, 305, 307
Benneman, Guillaume (ιbιniste; maitre1785;
employed by the Garde-Meuble de h Couronne
1786-1792; died 1811), 16
Boucault, Jean (menuisier; maitre 1728; circa
1705-1786), 98
Avelli, Francesco Xanto (ceramic artist; poet; circa
1486/87-circa 1544), 359
Beo, Johann Andreas (ιbιniste; dates unknown),
Avisse, Jean (menuisier; maitre1743; 1723-after
1796), 94
398
Berchem, Nicolas (painter; 1620-1683), 233
Besnier, Nicolas (silversmith; orfιvre du Roi 1715;
administrator o f the Beauvais tapestry manufac
tory 1734-1754), 294-299, 302
Beurdeley, Louis-Auguste-Alfred (furniture maker
and bronze castor; 1808-1882), 274
Biller, Johann Ludwig the Elder (goldsmith and
silversmith; 1656-1732), 402
Boucher, Francois (painter; designer at the
Beauvais tapestry manufactory from 1734; active
at the Vincennes and Sevres manufactory
1749-1754; artistic director at the Gobelins manu
factory from 1754; 1703-1770), 71, 214, 217, 291,
294-299, 301
Bouillat, Edme-Fran9ois (Sιvres painter;
1739/40-1810), 49, 50
Boulle, Andrι-Charles (ιbιniste; maitre before
1666; ciseleur-doreur-sculpteur du Roi 1672;
1642-1732), 3, 4, 7, 8, 21, 58-61, 63,106,107,127,
129,131,132,158,163
INDEX OF MAKERS
Bradshaw, W i l l i a m (chairmaker; active
1736-1745), 471
British Royal Collection, 363
Buteux, Charles, pere (Sevres painter; 1719-1782,
active from 1756), 219
Chauveaux, Michel-Barnabι, Tainι (Sιvres
painter and gilder; born circa 1729, active
1752-1788), 235
Cheret, Jean-Baptiste-Frangois (silversmith;
mattre^1759; died after 1791), 192
Cochois, Charles-Michel (ιbιniste; mattre circa
1730; died 1764), 21
c
CafHeri, Jacques (sculptor; mattre 1714, fondeurciseleur des bδtiments du Roi 1736; 1678-1755), 137,
168
Cafneri, Philippe (sculptor; mattre by 1743;
sculpteur-ciseleur ordinaire du Roi 1755;
1714-1774), 170,171
Capelle, Antoine (Sevres painter; born circa 1722,
active 1745-1800), 238, 240
Carlin, M a r t i n (ιbιniste; mattre 1766; circa
1730-1785), 47, 50, 74-76, 79
Cornaille, Antoine-Toussaint (Sevres painter and
gilder; 1735-1812), 241
Coudray, Michel-Dorothιe (Sevres molder;
1718-1775, active 1753-1774/75), 229, 231
Couturier, Claude (Sevres painter; active
1762-1775, died 1775), 47
Coypel, Charles-Antoine (painter; premierpeintre
du Roi 1747; 1694-1752), 300
Cozzi, Geminiano (founder o f Cozzi porcelain
factory; active 1764-1812), 369
Carlini, Agostino (painter and sculptor; active
1760-1790), 479
Cressent, Charles (sculptor and marchandιbιniste; ιbιniste to the due d'Orlιans 1719;
1685-1768), 12, 34,133,134,139,177
Castel, Philippe (Sevres painter and gilder; born
1746/^.7, active circa 1771-1797), 239
Cuvellier, E. J. (ιbιniste; mattre1753), 10
Caton, Antoine (Sevres painter; 1726-1800, active
1749-1798), 237
Cuyilliιs, Fran9ois de (architect and designer;
circa 1695-1768), 396
D
Chaillot (peintre-doreur; active last quarter of the
eighteenth century), 102
Daguerre, Dominique (marchand-mercier; circa
1740-1796), 79
Chapelle, Jacques (modeler or painter at
Sceaux manufactory; born 1721, active at
Sceaux 1750-1763), 210
Dardet, Claude-Gabriel (silversmith; mattre 1715),
Chauveaux, Jean, lejeune (Sevres gilder;
1735—circa 1807, active 1764-1800), 236
Delorme, Adrien Faizelot (ιbιniste; mattre1748;
died after 1783), 30, 69
Deparis, Jean-Francois (Sevres designer, painter,
and rιpareur; active 1746-1797), 237
Desfarges (upholstery fabric manufacturer or sup
plier; dates unknown), 102
Desportes, Alexandre-Francois (painter;
1661-1743), 282, 283, 287, 300
Deumier, Pierre (serrurier des bδtiments du Roi;
active from the 1760s), 73
Dietrich, Joachim (menuisier; died 1753), 396
Dieu, Jean-Jacques (Sevres painter and gilder;
active 1777-1791,1794-1798, and 1803-1811), 244
Digue (clockmaker and mιcanicien; dates
unknown, active 1770s), 134
Dodin, Charles-Nicolas (Sevres painter;
1734-1803, active 1754-1802), 71, 220-222, 224
Doirat, Etienne (ιbιniste; 1675/80-1732), 22
Dominicι, Jean-Francois (clockmaker; 1694-after
1754), 130
Donner, Johann (Meissen modeler; active circa
1710), 409
Chabry, Etienne-Jean (Sevres painter, born before
1749, active 1764-1787), 235
Chaulnes, Michel-Ferdinand, 5th due de (scien
tist; 1714-1769), 147
Delafosse, Jean-Charles (architect and ornιmaniste; 1734-1789), n o
187
Darnault, Francois-Charles (marchand-mercier;
active 1 7 3 0 S - 1 7 8 0 S ) , 29
Deck, Jacques (painter and enameler; active by
1742-died after 1764), 10
Dubois, Jacques (ιbιniste; mattre 1742;
1694-1763), 35, 38, 43
Dubois, Rene (ιbιniste; mattre 1755; ιbιniste de k
Reine 1779; 1737-1799), 48
Dubuisson (enameler; mattre1769; died circa
1820), 144
Duplessis, Jean-Claude (designer, silversmith, and
sculptor; directeur artistique at Sevres 1745/481774, sculpteur-fondeur-doreur du Roi 1747, orflvre
du Roi 1758; died 1774), 214, 216, 231, 243, 244
29I
292
INDEX
O F MAKERS
Durand, F., fils {ιbιniste; active late
nineteenth-early twentieth century), 49
Fontaine, Jacques (Sevres painter; 1734/35-1807,
active 1752-1800), 234
Germain, Fransois-Thomas (silversmith; orfévre
du R0Í174S-1764;
1726-1791), 169,186,191
Ε
Fontana, Orazio (ceramic artist; director o f
maiolica workshop i n Urbino; 1510-1571), 364, 365
Germain, Thomas (silversmith; 1673-1748, maitre
1720, orfévre du Rot 1723; 1673-1748), 186, 190
Eckhout, Albert van der (painter; circa
1610-1665), 287
Forestier, Etienne-Jean (bronze castor; maitre
1764), 16
Girardon, Frangois (sculptor; 1628-1715), 132
EfFner, Joseph (architect and designer; 1687-1745),
Forestier, Pierre-Auguste (bronze castor;
399
i755-i835)> 16
Golle, Pierre (ébéniste; maitre menuisierand
ébéniste ordinaire du Roi before 1656; circa
1620-1684), 57
Fortier, Alexandre (scientist and mécanicien; circa
1700-1770), 138
Gondouin, Jacques (designer and architect; active
last quarter o f the eighteenth century), 100
Foullet, Antoine {ébéniste; maitre 1749; circa
1710-1775), 141
Gouthiére, Pierre (gilder; maitre 1758; doreur ordinaire des menus-plaisirs 1767; circa 1620-1684),
153,173,178,397
F
Fallot (Sevres painter and gilder; active
1764-1790), 236
Ferrucci, Romolo d i Francesco (called del Tadda)
(sculptor; hardstone carver; died 1621), 391
Francart, Fran£ois (painter; 1622-1672), 281
Feuchére, Jean-Pierre (gilder; maitre 17 67), 175
G
Feuchére, L.-F. (bronze castor; active from the
i78os-died 1828), 155
Galle, Andre (bronze castor; 1761-1844), 16,160
Feuchére, Pierre-Fran£ois (gilder; maitre 17 63),
169, 175
Fieffé, Jean-Jacques, pere (clockmaker; maitre
1715; circa 1700-1770), 133
Filippo, Jacopo d i Stefano d i (ceramic artist;
director o f maiolica workshop i n Cafaggiolo;
[?]i490-after 1576), 350
Fistulator, Blausius (scagliola artist; head o f scagliola workshop; active 1587-1622), 446
Folin, Nicolas-Alexandre (clockmaker; maitre
1789), 145
Foliot, Fran9ois-Toussaint {menuisier; maitre
1749),
100
Foliot, Nicolas-Quinibert (menuisier; maitre circa
1730; 1706-1776), 96
Gallien, Simon (silversmith; maitre 1714; died
1757), 189
Grue, Francesco Saverio I I Maria (ceramic artist;
director o f the gabinetto dipittura and tornante o f
the royal porcelain factory, Capodimonte;
1731-1809), 368
Gudin, Paul, called G u d i n lejeune, (clockmaker;
marchand-horloger du Roi suivant la cour et conseil
de sa Maj'esté1739), 132
Gambier (designer; dates unknown, active circa
1787), 42
Garden, Phillips (silversmith; active 1738-1763),
185
Η
Hackwood, W i l l i a m (Wedgwood modeler; active
1769-1832, died 1839), 7
J
Gamier, Pierre (ébéniste and marchand-ébéniste;
maitre 1741; circa 1720-1800), 39
Gaudron, Antoine, I (clockmaker; maitre 1675;
circa 1640-1714), 127
Gaul tier, Jacques (menuisier; active first half o f the
eighteenth century), 119
Genest, Jean-Baptiste-Etienne (Sevres painter;
1722/23 or 1730-1789, active from 1752), 230
Genoels, Abraham (painter; 1620-1723), 289
Georges, Paul (menuisier; maitrebeiore 1747), 115
Heiden, Marcus (ivory turner and sculptor; active
by at least 1618-died after 1664), 445
Herold, Christian Frederich (Meissen painter;
1700-1779), 418
Hertaut, Nicolas (menuisier; maitre 1753;
1720-after 1771), 95
Hochstetten Wolfgang (glassblower; director o f
glass workshop; 1540-1569), 463-467
H φ r o l d t , Johann Gregor (Meissen painter; chief
painter 1720-1756 and 1763-1765; 1696-1775),
414-416
INDEX O F MAKERS
Houasse, Renι-Antoine (painter; 1644/45-1710),
287
Howzer, Wolfgang (goldsmith; active 1652-circa
1688), 477
L
La Croix, Jean de (tapestry weaver; active at the
Gobelins manufactory 1662-1712), 289
Lalonde, Richard de (designer; active last decades
of the eighteenth century), 88,172, 304
I
Ivry, Contant d ' (architect; 1698-1777), 86, 303
Lamerie, Paul de (silversmith; 1688-1751, active
from 1712), 475
Lanfant [marbrier; dates unknown), 16
Lapina (clockmaker; dates unknown), 141
J
Jacob, Georges {menuisier; maitre 1765-1796;
1739-1814), 97, 102, 103, I I I
Laroche, Jacques-Francois-Louis de (Sevres
painter; 1740/41, active 1759-1802), 240, 241
Jacob-Desmaltier et Cie (firm o f menuisiers
formed by Georges Jacob's younger son, FrancoisHonorι-Georges [1770-1841, retired 1824]; after
1825 the business was run by Frangois's son
Georges-Alphonse Jacob-Desmaltier [1799-1870,
active until 1847]), 4
Latz, Jean-Pierre {ιbιniste; ιbιniste privilegiι du
Roi before May 1741; circa 1691-1754), 27, 36, 37,
i o
Jacques, Maurice (painter and designer; circa
1712-1784), 301, 302
138
Le Blond, Etienne-Claude (tapestry weaver;
active at the Gobelins manufactory 1727-1751),
292, 293
Joubert, Gilles {marchand-ιbιniste; ιbιniste ordi
naire du Garde-Meuble de la Couronne 1758;
ιbιniste du Roi 1763-1774; 1689-1775), 32
Le Brun, Charles (painter and designer; directeur
de la manufacture royale des Gobelins from 1662;
directeur de Tacadιmie royale de peinture et de
sculpture 1663; premierpeintre du Roi 1664;
1619-1690), 117, 281, 289, 290
Juvara, Francesco Natale (goldsmith and silver
smith; 1673-1759), 332
Ledoux, Claude-Nicolas (architect; 1736-1806),
124
Leeke, Ralph (silversmith; active 1679-after 1714),
Le Noir, Pierre Etienne (clockmaker; born circa
1725, maitre YJ43), 140
Lepaute, Pierre-Bazile (clockmaker; 1750-1843),
130
Le Roy, Charles (clockmaker; maitre 1733;
1709-1771), 142
Le Roy, Jean, IV (silversmith; maitre 1625), 185
Le Roy, Julien, II (clockmaker; maitre 1713-, horlogerdu Roi 1739; 1686-1759), 131,136,137
Ligozzi, Jacopo (painter and designer; circa
1547-1626), 391
Limosin, Leonard (enameler; head o f Limoges
workshop; circa 1505-1575/77), 197
Lock, Matthias (furniture designer and maker;
circa 1710-1765), 473
Louis, Victor (architect and designer; 1737-1807),
73
Lourdet, Philippe (director o f the Chaillot work
shops at the Savonnerie carpet manufactory from
1667; died 1671), 280, 281
Lullier {marchand-mercier; active 1750s), 35
Μ
Maelrondt, Philippe Claude {marchand; died
1824), 54
Κ
185
Kandier, Johann Joachim (Meissen modeler;
active 1731; chief modeler 1733; 1706-1775), 420
Le Guay, Etienne-Henri (Sevres gilder;
1719/20-circa 1799), 238, 243, 237, 232, 47
Maffei, Antonio (sculptor; woodcarver; born circa
Kinzing, Peter (clockmaker; 1745-1816), 404
Le Guay, Pierre-Andrι, fils ainι (Sevres painter;
active 1772-1818), 238
Manara, Baldassare (ceramic artist; active circa
1526-1547), 360
Leleu, Jean-Francois {ιbιniste; maitre 1764, retired
1792; 1729-1807), 45, 72
Marot, Daniel (architect and designer; circa
1663-1752), 277
Le Noir, Etienne, II (clockmaker; maitre 1717;
1699-1778), 10, 35,140
Martin, Etienne-Simon {vernisseur; died 1770),
146; 184
Koula Beaker, Master o f (glassblower; late seven
teenth century), 459
1530), 311
293
294
I N D E X
O F
MAKERS
Martin, Gilles-Fransois (sculptor and modeler;
circa 1713-1795), 16
Martin, Guillaume (vernisseur; died 1749), 146,
184
Martincourt, Etienne (sculptor and bronze castor;
maitre 1762; died 1791), 142,151
Martiniιre, Antoine-Nicolas (enameler; maitre
1720; ιmailleur etpensionnaire du Roi 1741;
1706-1784), 35,136,137
Masson, Pierre (clock springmaker; 1714-1788),
140
Mιreaud, Pierre-Antoine, Tainι (Sevres painter
and gilder; circa 1735-1791, active from 1754), 227
Merlet, Georges-Adrien (enameler; active from
1780s), 145
Meulen, Francois van der (painter; 1632-1690), 289
Meunier, Etienne {menuisier; active second quar
ter o f the eighteenth century), 92
Ν
Petit, Nicolas (ιbιniste; maitre 1761; 1732-1791), 30
Nan tier (Sιvres rιpareur; active 1767-1776), 229
Petitot, Eunemond-Alexandre (architect and
ornιmaniste; 1727-1801), 270
Neilson, Jacques (tapestry weaver; director o f the
Gobelins manufactory low-warp looms from
1759; circa 1718-1788), 301, 302
Nollet, Jean-Antoine (scientist; 1700-1770), 146
Mollet, Armand-Claude (architect; 1660-1742),
119
Mollinger, Christian (clockmaker; 1754-1826), 398
Molitor, Bernard (ιbιniste; maitre 17S7;
1755-1833X42
Monnet, Charles (painter; 1732-after 1808), 243
Pichler, Johann Adam (carver; active m i d eighteenth century), 399
O
Pierre, Jean-Baptiste-Marie (painter and" designer;
premierpeintre du Roi 1770; 1713-1789), 243
Oeben, Jean-Francois (ιbιniste; ιbιniste du Roi
1754, maitre 1761; 1721-1763), 31, 36, 37, 66, 67,
70
Pierre, Jean-Jacques, lejeune (Sevres painter; born
1745/46, active 1763-1800), 47
Oppenordt, Gilles-Marie (designer; 1672-1742),
130
Osmond, Robert (bronze castor; maitre 1746;
died 1789), 140
Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (painter; director o f the
Beauvais tapestry manufactory 1734; 1668-1755),
294-299
Micaud, Jacques-Fran9ois (Sevres painter;
1732/35-1811, active from 1757), 75
Moitte, Jean-Guillaume (sculptor; 1746-1810),
308
Pfleger, Abraham, I (silversmith; active 1558-died
1605), 407
Pineau, Nicolas (architect and designer;
1684-1754), 35
Post, Frans (painter; 1612-1680), 287
Preissler, Ignaz (Hausmalen 1676-1741), 412, 421
Prιvost, Henri-Martin (Sιvres gilder; active
1757-1797), 240
R
Ρ
Palagi, Filippo Pelagio (architect; portrait painter;
furniture designer; ornamentalist; 1775-1860),
328,333
Rand, John (silversmith; active from 1704-after
I7i3)> 4 7 4
Raskin, Henry (restorer; active first half o f the
twentieth century), 4
Palissy, Bernard (ceramic artist; painter; glassblower; designer; [?]i5io-i59o), 198
Raux, fils ainι (Sιvres painter; active 1766-1779),
Parent, Aubert-Henri-Joseph (sculptor, designer,
and architect; 1753-183 5), 112,113
Rehnisch (clockmaker; active circa 1740), 403
Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (painter; 1636-1699),
285-289
Parpette, Philippe (Sevres enameler; active
1755-1757 and 1773-1806; 1736-circa 1808), 237,
238
Montigny, Philippe-Claude (ιbιniste; maitre 1766;
1734-1800), 15, 46
Pιnicaud, Jean, I I (enameler; head o f Limoges
workshop; active 1531-1549), 196
Morin, Jean-Louis (Sevres painter; 1732-1787,
active from 1754), 214, 225
Perrot, Pierre-Josse (painter; active at the
Gobelins manufactory 1715-1749), 293
50
Rehschuck (Meissen modeler, active first half o f
the eighteenth century), 417
Reinicke, Peter (Meissen modeler; 1715-1768), 152
R ι m o n d , Francois (bronze castor; maitre1774;
circa 1747-1812), 42, 397
Richard, Claude (clock springmaker; maitre' 1759,
active until 1769; died after 1789), 141
INDEX OF MAKERS
Richard, Etienne-Claude (clock springmaker;
mδitre 177 z; 1747-before 1785), 142
Stollenwerck, Michel {mιcanicien; maitre 1746;
died 1768), 130
Riesener, Jean-Henri {ιbιniste; active from circa
1754; maitre 1768; ιbιniste ordinaire du Roi
1774-1785; retired 1801; 1734-1806), 53, 77
Storr, Paul (silversmith; active by 1792;
1771-1844), 476
Risenburgh, Bernard van, I I {ιbιniste; maitre
before 1730; after 1696-circa 1766), 10-12, 24, 26,
28, 33, 41, 65, 68
Roentgen, Abraham {ιbιniste; 1711-1793), 401
Roentgen, David {ιbιniste; active i n Neuwied
1772-1795; maitre o f the Paris guild 1780; ιbιnistemιcanicien du Roi et de la Reine 1785; 1743-1807),
397> 404
Roger pere (Sιvres rιpareur; active 1754—1784), 231
Romilly, Jean (clockmaker; maitre 1752;
1714-1796), 139
Rousseau de la Rottiιre, Jean-Simeon, called
Rousseau (sculptor; born 1747), 124
s
Saint-Germain, Jean-Joseph de (bronze castor;
maitre 1748; active until after 1772), 134, 139
Saunier, Claude-Charles {ιbιniste; maitre 1752;
1735-1807), 49
Schiefer (Meissen molder; active first half o f the
eighteenth century), 416
Schor, Johann Paul (called Giovanni Paolo
Tedesco) (painter and designer; 1615-1674), 321
Schwinger, Hermann (glassblower; 1640-1683),
443
Strozzi, Bernardo (painter and designer;
1581-1644), 331
Valade (painter; active at the Gobelins manufac
tory middle o f the eighteenth century), 300
Vallois, Nicolas (sculptor; born 1738, active
through the 1780s), 101
Vandι, Jean-Baptiste-Emmanuel, pere (Sιvres
gilder; active 1753-1779), 78
Τ
Taillandier, Genevieve (Sevres painter; active
1780-1798), 239
Taillandier, Vincent (Sevres painter; active
1753-1790), 239
Tandart, Jean-Baptiste, Tainι (Sιvres painter;
active 1754-1800; 1729-1816), 49
Targone, Cesare ([?] sculptor and goldsmith;
active 1575-1590), 330
Templetown, Elizabeth, Lady (designer;
1747-1823), 17
Teniers, David, lejeune (painter; 1610-1690), 220
Vandercruse, Roger (called Lacroix) {ιbιniste;
maitre Y]4% 1728-1799), 14
Varin, Jean, III (medalist, sculptor, and goldsmith;
circa 1604-1672), 7
Vernasal, Guy-Louis (painter; 1648-1729), 286,
292
Vincent, Henry-Francois, lejeune (Sιvres gilder;
born 1723, active 1753-1806), 51
V i t l , Wolfgang (glassblower; director o f glass
workshop; 1534-1540), 461-463
Voisin, Charles (clockmaker; maitre 1710;
1685-1761), 135
Tessier, Louis (painter; circa 1719-1781), 301, 302
Thomire, Pierre-Philippe (bronze castor; maitre
1772; active at the Sιvres manufactory 1783—1815;
1751-1843), 16, 144,154, 174, 183, 242, 266
w
Weisweiler, Adam {ιbιniste; maitre 1778; active
until 1809; 1744-1820), 17,18, 51
Tilliard, Jean-Baptiste (engraver; circa 1740-1813),
237
Weil, Johann Wilhelm (organ builder; 1756-1813),
404
Tilliard, Jacques-Jean-Baptiste (called JeanBaptiste, II) {menuisier; maitre1752; 1723-1798),
99,105
Winter, Friedrich (glassblower; died 1711/12), 444
Triquet, Pierre-Claude (sculptor; active second
half of the eighteenth century), 102
Sene, Jean-Baptiste-Claude {menuisier; maitre
1769; 1748-1803), 101
Spohn, P. (restorer; dates unknown), 27
V
u
Urbino, Nicola (di Gabriele Sbraghe) da (ceramic
artist; circa 1480-1537/38), 356
Y
Yvart, Baudrain, le pere (painter; 1611-1690), 281,
289, 290
295
296
INDEX OF PREVIOUS
OWNERS
INDEX OF PREVIOUS
OWNERS
Ardmore House (Middlesex), 57
Bardac, J., 175
Arenberg, duchesse Mathildis d', 20
Bardi, Giovanni, 391
Arenberg, dues d', 20
Bardini, Stefano, 340
Arenberg, prince d', 478
Bardini, Ugo, 1, 312, 313, 315
A
Argyll, Dukes of, 41
Bargigli, de, 225
Aaron, Didier, 5,16, 39, 44, 83,177,199, 261, 314,
Arlatan, Jean d' (marquis de la Roche and baron
Barker, Alexander, 72
The following index includes the names o f
private owners and dealers. Named residences
are also listed. Please note that references are to
entry numbers, not page numbers.
390
de Lauris), 202
Abdy, Sir Robert, Bt., 29, 41, 76,189
Arto is, comte d', 19
Abdy, Sir Valentine, 189
Ashburton, Rt. H o n . Lord, 241
Adda collection, 351
Ashwick House (Somerset), 55
Aetas Antiqua, S.A., 331
Astor, Lord, 197
Alamagna family, 416
Atholl, 8th Duke o f (John George Murray,
Marquess o f Tullibardine), 67
Albani, conte Francesco Castelbarco, 302
Alexander and Berendt, Ltd., 13, 25, 57, 58, 62, 93,
Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, 409,
Baroda, Maharanee of, 18, 396
Bath, Marquess of, 502
Baudoint family, 56
Becker, Carl, 198
Beckett-Denison, Christopher, 18, 394
Beckford, William, 18
Beddard, Anne, 254
105,141,143,167,170,172, 211, 231, 247, 259, 283,
314, 326, 403
417, 419
Benavente, Counts of, 486
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
Antiquaires de Paris, Les, 13,
Bak, Dr., 340, 352
Antique Porcelain Company, The, 67, 208-210,
Ball, C , 28
214, 222, 233, 237, 416, 418
Ball, W , 54
Bertrand et Cie, P., 278
Best, Dr. Albert, 284
I N D E X
Bιthune-Pologne, comtesse de (AntoinetteLouise-Marie Crozat de Thiers), 90
Beurdeley, Alfred-Emanuel-Louis, 274
Beurdeley, Louis-Auguste-Alfred, 274
Biemann, Fritz, 374, 387, 458
Billarderie, comte de la (Alexandre de Flahaut),
60
Billy, Monsieur de, 46
Biron, 12th marquis de (Guillaume de GontautBiron), 146
Black, Bernard, 330
Black-Nadeau, L t d . , 330
Black, David, Sr., 330
Blair, C. Ledyard, 291
Blairman and Sons, H . , 310
O F PREVIOUS
Boore, William, 227
c
Botham, Miss, 224
Caledon, Earl of, 283
Botibol, J. M . , 14, 21, 30, 65, 68, 80
Cam House (London), 267
Bouchard, citoyen, 279
Cambacιrιs, dues de, 54
Bourbon, Louis-Henri, due de (7th prince de
Cambacιrιs, Ives, comte de, 104, 257
Conde), 199
Bourbon, Louise-Marie-Adιlaνde de, 286
Bourbon, Michael de, 290
Bouvier, 248
Braganca, Archbishop D o m Gaspar de, 190
Branicka, Christine, 35
Branicki, Count Jan Klemens, 35
British Rail Pension Fund, 73,183, 201, 394
Bronιe, Bent Peter, 41o, 411
OWNERS
Cameron, 61, 66,164
Camondo, comte de, 289
Camus de la Guibourgιre family, 287
Camus de Pontcarrι family, 287
Capricorn A r t International, 400
Carlhian, Andre, 119
Carlhian, Maison, 124
Carlhian, R. and M . , 122,124
Carnarvon, Countess o f (Almina Wombwell),
Brougham, Lords, 21
74» 75
Brunswick-L٧neberg, Dukes of, 193
Carlo Alberto o f Savoy, King, 328
Bucher, Alice, 300
Carrington, 2nd Lord (John Robert Smith), 190
Buckingham and Chandos, Dukes of, 58,192
Carritt, David, 406
Burat, Mme Louis, 268
Cartier family, 193
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, Baroness, 10
Cartier, Ltd., 193
Burdett-Coutts, H o n . William Bartlett, 10
Cassel van D o o m , Baron and Baroness, 48
Bolingbroke, 2nd Viscount (Frederick, 3rd
Viscount St. John), 214
Burgess, H . , 57
Castellani, Alessandro, 196, 353, 362
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
Bonnemet, M . d'Eustache, 20
Burton-Jones, Hugh, 212
Cavendish-Bentinck, Miss H . , 71
Block, Sidney, J., 37
Blohm, Otto and Magdalena, 219
Blondeel, Bernard, 287
Blumka, Ruth and Leopold, 370-373, 375,
377-380, 383-385» 389> 422.-444, 447-457/459»
461-467, 481-484, 487, 489
Bode, W i l h e l m von, 335
Burton-Jones, Kathleen (Mrs. Gifford-Scott), 212
297
298
INDEX OFPREVIOUS
OWNERS
Cei, P., 242
Coigny, Hotel de, 142
Cronier, Ernest, 61
Centanini, 369
Colbert family, 24
C r o σ m e Court (Worcestershire), 221
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
Chanteloup, Chateau de, 97
Compiιgne, Chateau de, 101,169
Currie, Laurence, 36
Chantilly, Chateau de, 199
Consolo, Philip R., 36
Curzon, Sir Nathaniel (ist Baron Scarsdale), 185
Chappey, Edouard, 61,157
Contini-Bonacossi, 338
Chαteau-sur-Mer (Newport, Rhode Island), 102,
Conyngham, Jane, Marchioness of, 238
D
Cook, Α., 471
Dalva Brothers, Inc., 52, 76,102,112,128, 244,
286
Chesaie, Chateau de la (Eubonne), 183
Chester Beatty, Sir Alfred and Edith, 29, 32,
63,76
Chinese Palace (Oranienbaum, near St.
Coope, Octavius E., 42
Cornbury Park (Oxfordshire), 2
Cornillion, Chateau de (Loire), 56
272, 274, 279, 282, 324, 402
Damiron, Charles, 347, 353, 360
Damiron, Paul, 347, 360
Damour family, 56
Petersburg), 64
Cornwallis West, William, 40
Choiseul, due de, 97
Corsini family, 318, 391, 446
Cholmondeley, Marchioness o f (Sybil Sassoon), 8
Cotte, Jules-Francois de, 8
Chompret, J., 342
Cotte, Jules-Robert de, 8
Christie, George, 497
Cotterstock Hall (Northamptonshire), 62
Christner, Mrs. John W , 226, 234, 235, 245
Coty, Francois, 61
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
Crag Hall (Lancashire), 25
Demidov, Anatole, Prince o f San Donato, 4,154
Cramoisan, Didier, 232, 240
Demidoff, Paul, 4
Cressart, Guillaume, 119
Despencer, family, Le, 58
72
Clore, Sir Charles, 230
Clumber (Nottinghamshire), 14
Cockshut, John, 71
Cressart, Hotel (Paris), 119
Danae A r t International, 323, 392
Dange, Francois Balthazar, 41
Dange, Marie-Emilie-Francoise, 41
D a n g e de Bagneux, Louis-Balthazar, 41
Daval, 11
David, Inc., 195, 374, 376, 381, 382, 386, 388, 407,
I N D E X
O F PREVIOUS
OWNERS
Digby, Α . Ε . H . , 60
Durlacher, George, 22, 358
F
D i ñ o Andia y Talleyrand-Périgord, due de, 146
Duselschon, M m e , 27
Fabius Frιres, 479
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
Donaldson, 18
Donjeux, Vincent, 18,130
Dorrance, Jr., John Thompson, 286
Dorrance, Sr., John Thompson, 286
Duvaux, Lazare, 213, 214
Duveen, 49, 255
Duveen and Co., 79
Duveen Brothers, 6, 23, 64, 67, 92, 98,100,109,
119,134,139,176,182, 220, 221, 296, 301, 365
Double, Leopold, 100
Ε
Douilla, Goupil de, 31
Egmont Palace (Brussels), 478
Downs, Joseph, 477
Eisgrub, Schloss, 449
Dragesco, Bernard, 232, 240
Elizabeth, Empress o f Russia, 64
Drey, David, 11
Ellsworth, Robert, 255
Dubois, Antoine-Alexandre, 107
Eist, Violet van der, 7
D u c h é family, 119
Ephrussi, Maurice, 138
Duché, Elisabeth-Louis (wife o f Jacques
Bertrand, marquis de Scépeaux et de Beaupreau),
Erlestoke Mansion (Wiltshire), 53
Dudley House (London), 58
Fahrbach, Georg, 124
Fane, Lieutenant Colonel H o n . Henry, 62
Farman, M m e Henry, 258
Faucigny-Lucinge, Pierre de, 163
Faucigny-Lucinge, princesse de, 106
Doucet, M m e , 122
119
180, 264, 288
Ernst Augustus I , Duke o f Cumberland and
Brunswick-Liineburg, King o f Hanover, 193
Faunce, Maria Sophia ( H o n . Mrs. Wilfred
Brougham), 21
Fenston, Felix, 117
Fernando I I o f Portugal, King, 408
Ferneres, Chateau de (Tarn), 133
Fetherstonehaugh, Sir Harry, 230
Feuchιres, baronne de (Sophie Dawes), 119
Fielden family, 12
Fitzhenry, J. H . , 192
Fitzmaurice, Lady Emily, 60
Ernst Augustus I I , Duke o f Cumberland and
Brunswick-Liineburg, 193
Flahaut de la Billarderie, comte de (Auguste-
Dudley, Earls of, 7, 58, 221, 222, 233
Dumont, 77
Erskine, Magdelene Sharpe, 468
Flannery, Thomas E, Jr., 195
Dundas family, 62
Espirito Santo, Josι and Vera, 10,190
Fleury, 97
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
Durier, Jeanne, 127
Durlacher, 380
Brownlow), 130
Charles-Joseph), 60
Fonthill House (Wiltshire), 263, 496
299
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
Fouquet, Nicolas, 117
Founιs, S., 27
Fournier, 124
Foz, marquis da, 4,143
France, government of, 168
Freda, Mrs. Rose, 94
Frederick Augustus I I I , Elector o f Saxony and
Hamilton), 67
Gawn, Roger, 86
Gendebien-Salvay, Baron, 289
George I I I , King o f England, 193
Georgian Court (Lakewood, New Jersey), 23,139
Gibbs, Christopher, 115,117
Gibson, 240
Gramont, due de, 122, 296
Grassi, Ugo, 336
Grassi collection, 488
Gravenwezel, s, 478, 480
Greenway, Lee, 170
Greffulhe, Henri, comte de, 11,100
Grimston Park (Yorkshire), 12
King of Poland, 28
Gignoux, Α., 126
Frederick W i l l i a m I I I , King o f Prussia, 398
Giustiniani, Longhi, 331
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,
225, 226, 242, 291, 292, 294, 297, 299, 320, 397
Givenchy, Hubert de, 91
Guibourgιre, Chateau de la (Bretagne), 287
Gleichenberg bei Graz, Schloss, 467
Guibourgιre, Raoul de la, Francoise-Louise, 287
Glogowski, 335
Guinness, Walter, 298
455» 483
Godefroy, Francois-Ferdinand-Joseph, 39
Guiraud, M . and M m e Louis, 145, 247
Fribourg, M m e Lucienne, 143
Goding, William, 222
Gunnersbury Park (Middlesex), 32
Friedel, de, 170
Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Baroness Alexis de, 241
Gwydir, ist Lord (Sir Peter Burrell), 130
Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Baron Maximilian von,
Gwydir, 2nd Lord (Sir Peter Burrell), 130
Freppa, Giovanni, 366
Frey, Alexander von, 380, 424, 426-428, 433, 439,
Fulco de Bourbon, Mme, 290
Grimsthorpe, Edmund, ist Lord, 72
Grosbois, marquis de (Germain-Louis de
152
G
Gallet, Gerard, 20
Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Erich, 415
Gonzaga, Palazzo (Mantua), 316
Η
Haddington, 12th Earl o f (George Baillie-
Galveias, Count o f (D. Martinho de Mello e
Castro), 186
Gonzales Lopez-Garcia, Manuel, 131
Hamilton), 115
Goode, W i l l i a m J., 221, 240, 243
Haggin, Mrs. James B., n o
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
Gastinet, 98
Gould, Anna (duchesse de Talleyrand), 4, 23
INDEX OF PREVIOUS OWNERS
Hamilton, i o t h Duke o f and 7th Duke o f
Brandon (Alexander Archibald Douglas), 18, 53
Hamilton, Duchess o f (Susan Beckford), 18
Hamilton Palace (Lanarkshire, Scotland), 18, 53,
394
Hamilton Place (London), 32
Hamsterly H a l l (Durham), 7
Hann, George R., 362
Heliot, Laurent, 264
I
Hennequart, 106
Iljinski, Count, 397
Henry, Prince o f Prussia, 302
Inchmery House (Exbury), 32
Hertford House (London), 228
Ingilby, Sir Thomas (Bt.), 339
Hertford, 3rd Marquess o f (Earl of Yarmouth),
Inval, Jean-Louis M i l o n d \ 119
224
Hertford, Richard, 4th Marquess of, 50, 271, 293
Hertford, 2nd Marchioness o f (Isabella Anne
Harbord, Felix, 117
Ingram-Shepherd), 228
Harcourt, 39
Hever Castle (London), 197
Harding, 71, 238
Heywood-Lonsdale, L t . Col. Α., 277
Harlaxton Manor (Lincolnshire), 7
Hillingdon, Lords, 70,129
Harrington, R. L . , L t d . , 274
Hirsch, Henry, 65
Harris, Jonathan, 86
Hirsch, Robert von, 406, 447
Harris, Moss, 18
Hodgkins, Ε. M . , 48, 297, 299
Hart, Mrs. Geoffrey, 469
Hoffman-Frey, Christoph, 415
Hartman, Alan, 255
Hohenzollern Museum (Sigmaringen, Germany),
Harvey, Lady, 67
Hastings, Barons of, 86
Haurι, Jean, 101
Heathfield Park (Sussex), 72
Heber-Percy, Algernon, 418
Hebert, 102
Heere, W i l l i a m , 477
Hegetschweile, Rudolph, 321
Heilbrunner, Galaries, n o
Iveagh, ist Earl o f (Edward Cecil Guinness), 298
Iveagh, 2nd Earl o f (Rupert Edward Cecil Lee
Guinness), 295
Inveraray Castle (Argyll, Scotland), 41
J
426, 427
Hoorn van Vlooswyck, Baron Pierre-Nicolas, 106
Horstmann, F. J. Ε., 189
Hosten, Maison (Paris), 124
Houghton Hall (Norfolk), 8
Howden, 2nd Baron (Sir John Hobart Caradoc),
Jackson, 397
Jarnac, comte de, 233
Jeremy, L t d . , 143
Johnson, Barbara Piasecka, 329
Johnson, Anne and Deane, 218, 219
Joseph, Edward, 404
Josse, Η . Η . Α., 6ι
Joubert, 97
Jouvenal, de, 200
Jullienne, Μ . , 261
Julliot, C. F., 4, 261
12
Humann, Christian, 229
Κ
Humphris, Cyril, 197, 346, 353, 357
Kahn, Samuel, 163
Hurgronje, Snouck, 439
Kaiser, Joachim, 124
H e i m Gallery, Ltd., 328
Karl Albrecht (Charles V I I I ) , Elector of Bavaria,
Helft, Jacques, 153,185,190, 257, 396
399
3OI
302
I N D E X
O F PREVIOUS
O W N E R S
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
60
Keller, Colonel Giovanni Giovacchino, 445
Kerin, Gerard, 83
Kessler, George Α., 280
Kevorkian, Hagop, 500
Kieslinger, F., 450
King, Η . J., 255
King, William, 394
Klaber and Klaber, 204
Koenigsberg, Claus de, 220, 221
Koenigsberg, Paula de, 220, 221
Konig, Michael, 403
Kraemer, Raymond, 12, 67
Kraemer et Cie, 12,13, 33, 46, 87,103,116,142,
150,156,158-160,173,179,184, 263
Kugel, Jacques, 91,113, 135,136,159, 251, 322, 393
Kugel, Mrs. Kila, 147
Lapiccirella, Leonardo, 448
Launay, Suzanne de, 8
Leαge, Francois, 121,162
Le Brun, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre, 261
Lederer, August, 335, 336, 340
Lederer, Erich, 335, 336, 340, 405, 406
Lee, Ronald, 58
Lefortier, Annette, 96
Lefebvre, Georges, 200, 203
Legere, M m e , 222
Leitner, Richard, 456
Lelong, M m e C , 124
Lemaitre, 225
Londesborough, Countess o f (Lady Grace
Adelaide Fane), 68
Londesborough, Barons and Earls, 12
Longari, Nella, 338
Longleat Castle (Wiltshire), 502
Longueil, marquis de, 19
Lopez-Willshaw, Arturo, 73, 185, 394
Lopez-Willshaw, Patricia, 185
Louis XIV, King o f France, 56, 280, 281
Louis XV, King o f France, 64,142
Louis XVI, K i n g o f France, 16, 42, 77,169, 237,
243, 300-302, 397
Louis, Dauphin o f France (1729-1765), 28
Louis, Grand Dauphin o f France (1661-1711), 57
Louise-Elisabeth o f France, Madame (Duchess o f
Lerouge, 46
Parma), 168
Leverghem, Count G. della Faille de, 480
Louise o f France, Madame, 32, 227
Levy, 58
Louis-Philippe d'Orlιans, King o f the French,
Levy, Claude, 261
L
Levy, Etienne, 12, 31,132, 261
Labia, Dr. Joseph, 58, 222
Levy, Gilbert, 213
Lacroix, Leon, 19
Levy, Olivier, 225, 226
Laird, Henry James, 57
Lewis and Simmons, 67
Laloux, Vincent, 289
Leyland, Captain Thomas, 40
Lambert, Sir John, 229
Liechtenstein, Prince of, 375, 379, 448
Lincoln, Earls of, 229
286
Louvre, Galerie d u Bord de l'eau (Paris), 281
Love, C. Ruxton, 194
Lowengard, Jules, 51
Lubin, Edward, 364
Lubormirska, Princess Isabella, 266
Luneville, M . de, 4
Lugli, E., 242
INDEX OF PREVIOUS OWNERS
Lupu, Jean, 239
Marin, M . , 18
Meyer, Michel, 60,157,159,161,179, 256, 265
Lurcy, Georges, 166, 396
Marismas del Guadalquivir, marquise de Las
(Mme Alexandre Aguado), 119
Michailoff, Grand Duke Nicolai, 104
Luxembourg, Palais d u (Paris), 101,169
Luxembourg, Palais Petit (Paris), 142
Lycett-Green, F. D . , 346
Lydiard Park (Wiltshire), 214
Lydig, Rita, 166
Marly-Le-Roi, Chateau de (Yvelines), 120
Marly, Chateau de (Paris), 142
Marquis, M . , 187
Masurel family, 259
Max Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, 40
Μ
Maclean, 18
Maglin, Ε Α., 303
Mayorcas, Ltd., 288
Mazarin, duchesse de (Louise-Jeanne de Durfort),
178, 261
Michailoff, Palais (St. Petersburg), 104
Michel, 101
Michel, Charles, 54
M i d t o w n Antiques, n o
Miller, R. W., 471
Mills, Sir Charles, 70
Moatti, Alain, 127, 316, 365
Mobilier Royal, 169
Moltke, Count Joachim Godske, 213
Magniac, Hollingworth, 380
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Helen, Duchess o f
(Princess o f Saxe-Altenburg), 64
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
Marais, Chateau de (Seine-et-Oise), 4
Melville Castle (Scotland), 62
Morrison, Alfred, 496
Margadale o f Islay, Lord (John Greville
Morrison), 496
Menars, marquis de, 191
Mortemart, dues de, 174
Menier, Gaston, 289
Moulinet family, 187
Mentmore Towers (Buckinghamshire), 45,155,
Murray Scott, Sir John, 48, 50, 236, 271, 293
Maria Feodorovna, Czarina o f Russia, Grand
Duchess, 79, 301
Marie-Antoinette, Queen o f France, 77,100-102
169,197
Mereworth Castle (Kent), 56, 216
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The, 402
Moncrif, Fran9ois-Augustin Paradis de, 199
303
304
I N D E X
O F PREVIOUS
O W N E R S
Ν
Orleans, Prince Thibaut d', 361
Napier, Robert, 243
Orsini Family, 314
Narishkine, Prince, 49
Ortiz, Georges, 281
Neidhardt Antiquitδten, G m b H , 125
Ortiz-Linares, M m e Jorge, 46, 281
Neues Palais (Potsdam), 479
Ossun, marquis d' (Pierre-Paul), 281
Neuhaus, Albrecht, 408
O t i n , Michel, n o
Archibald Douglas), 14
Ρ
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Dukes of, 14
Paget, E. R., 37
Niclausse, Juliette, 276
Paget, Gerald C , 278
Nicolier, 202
Paillet, 261
Niewenhuys, 50
Pαlfiy, Palais (Vienna), 397
Nordbφhmischen Gewerbemuseums, 421
Palffy, Count Jαnos, 132, 397
N o r t h Mymms Park (Hertfordshire), 249, 325
Pallott, 471
Northbrook, Florence, Countess of, 212
Parguez-Perdreau, 280
Northumberland, Dukes of, 475, 490, 491
Parpart, Familie von, 421
Northumberland, ist Duke o f (Sir Hugh
Partridge, Frank, and Sons, Ltd., 31, 36, 38, 48, 55,
Norton, Martin, 188
70, 77, 85, 89,155,166, 230, 233, 237, 254, 268,
309, 320, 396, 473
Norton Simon Foundation, 6
Partridge (Fine Arts) L t d . , 168, 205, 258, 263, 277,
Nyffeler, Dr. Marcel, 412, 413
325
Pasquale, Edward de, 94
Patino, Antenor, 11,158
o
Odiot, Maison, 304-308
Ojjeh, Akram, 35
Bourbon), 286
Perman, 22
Perrin, n o
Petit Trianon (Versailles), 77,100,102
Phillips, 57
Phillips, Miss A , 205
Newcastle, 7th Duke o f (Henry Pelham
Smithson), 418
Penthiιvre, due de (Louis-Jean-Marie de
Paul I , Czar o f Russia, 301
Pauls-Eisenbeiss, Dr. and Mrs., 418
Pavlovsk, Palace o f (near St. Petersburg), 79,182,
Orleans, Louis-Philippe I I , due d', 169
301
Orleans, Louis-Philippe-Joseph, due d', 169
Payne, 404
Peel, David, 112
Pelham-Clinton, Henry, 229
Phillips, S. J., 189,190, 475
Piantelli, Giovanna Musso, 331
Pichler, Gabriel, 432
Pilkington, 221
Piot, Eugene, 366
Platrier, 106
Pless, Princess o f (Mary-Theresa Olivia), 40
Pompadour, Hotel (Paris), 222
Pompadour, marquise de, 184, 222
Pope's Manor (Berkshire), 72,151,190
Porgιs, Jules Paul, 291, 302
Pσrtela, Juan, 398
Portland, Dukes of, 216
Portland, 5th Duke o f (William John CavendishBentinck-Scott), 216
Portugal, royal family, 291
Potocka, Marianna (Szymanowska), 35
Potocki, Count Alfred, 266
Potsdam, Schloss, 398
Powis, Earls of, 16
Powis Castle (Wales), 16
INDEX O FPREVIOUS OWNERS
Provence, Louis-Stanislas-Xavier and MarieJosephine-Louise, comte and comtesse de, 279
Pringsheim, Alfred, 337, 343, 347
Puiforcat, 191
Pyrford Court (Surrey), 295
Riddell, 380
Rivoli, due de, 124
Robert, Christie, 82
Robinson, Eric, 216
Robinson, Sir Joseph C , Bt., 58, 222
Rockefeller, Mrs. John D . , Jr., (Martha Baird), 67
Q
Quandt, Frau, 143
Rockefeller, Nelson, 222
Rocheaux, 102,130
Romanova, Castle o f (near St. Petersburg), 397
R
Racconigi Palace (near Turin), 328
Radcliffe, Sir Everard Joseph, 5th Bt., 270
Ragaller, 398
Rφmer, Galerie, 300
Rose, Palais (Paris), 4
Rosebery, 7th Earl o f (Neil Primrose), 45
Rosebery, 6th Earl of (Albert Primrose), 45, 78,
Rambouillet, Chateau de, 286
155,169,197
Randall, Glenn, 472
Rosenbaum, I . , 272
Randon de Boisset, Pierre-Louis, 106, 261
Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., 24, 35, 41, 43, 47, 51,
Reale, Palazzo (Turin), 333
69, 71, 82, 83,114,130,138,149,152,175, 206, 213,
220, 221, 256, 262, 266, 286, 329
Redfern, 58
Redford, W i l l i a m , 93
Regainy, Pierre de, 206
Reitlinger, Henry S., 358
Reitz, Baroness Marie de, 397
Residenz (Dresden), 28
Reviczky A . G., Lovice, 241, 270, 415
Rhodes, 241
Richmond and Gordon, Dukes of, 476
Richmond and Lennox, Charles, 4th Duke of,
476
Rothschild, Sir Anthony de, Bt., 27, 85, 294, 297,
299
Rothschild, Baronne Cecilie de, 8
Rothschild, Baroness Clarice de, 35, 38, 47, 51, 149
Rothschild, Baron David de, 34
Rothschild, Edmond de, 10
Rothschild, Edmund de, 32, 55, 85, 230, 233, 237,
320
Rothschild, Baron and Baronne Edouard de, 50
Rothschild, Baron Edouard de, 34,133
Rothschild, Baron Eric de, 107
Rothschild, Baron Gustav de, 138
Rothschild, Baron Gustave Salomon de, 8,107
Rothschild, Baron Guy de, 34, 50,133
Rothschild, Hannah de (Countess o f Rosebery),
45> i55> 169
Rothschild, Baron Henri cle, 153
Rothschild, Jacob, 333
Rosenberg, Paul, 44
Rothschild, Baron James de, 107
Rose Terrace (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan),
Rothschild, Baronne James de, 196
28, 64, 79, 92, 98, 100,101,109,134,139,176,
182, 296
Rothschild, Leopold de, 32, 55, 230
Rossignol, Jean, 186
Rothschild, Baron Adolphe de, 365, 501
Rothschild, Baron Alain de, 107
Rothschild, Alexandrine de, 10
Rothschild, Alfred de, 74, 75, 85, 230, 233, 320
Rothschild, Baron Alphonse de, 35, 38, 47, 51,
149,194
Rothschild, Annie de (Hon. Mrs. Eliot Yorke), 27
Rothschild, Baron Lionel de, 55, 230, 233, 237
Rothschild, Baroness Lionel de, 85, 320
Rothschild, Lionel Nathan de, 32
Rothschild, Baron Lionel Nathan de, 32
Rothschild, Baron Louis de, 279
Rothschild, Baroness Marie-Hιlιne de, 366
Rothschild, Baron Maurice de, 365, 422
305
3θ6
INDEX OF PREVIOUS
OWNERS
Rothschild, Baron Mayer de, 45
St. John, Frederick, 3rd Viscount, 214
Rothschild, Baron Mayer Alphonse de, 34,133,
Saint-Severin, Dupille de, 56
149
Sainte-Foix, Radix de, 261
Rothschild, Baron Mayer Amschel de, 45,155,169
Rothschild, Baron Nathaniel de, 35, 38, 47, 51,
149,194
Rothschild, Baron Robert de, 107
Rothschild collection, 175, 285
Saint-Vrain, Chateau de (Seine-et-Oise), 174
Same Art., Ltd., 107,196, 311, 317, 318, 390, 391,
Schutz, Matthew, L t d . , 94, 95,108, 248, 250, 255,
273> 32<7>4i9
Segoura, Maurice, 27,106,146,171,174, 271
Seilliιre, Baron Achille, 6,15
Seligmann, 72
445, 446
Seligmann, Α., 406
Samson, Anne-Marie, 41
Seligmann, Arnold, 11,15, 280, 406
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,
Ruhmann, Franz, 429, 436
Sassoon, Violet (Mrs. Derek C. Fitzgerald),
Ruhmann, Karl, 444, 457, 484
Ruthin Castle (Denbighshire), 40
Russian Imperial Collections, 79,182
Rutter, E., 222
s
Sabet, Habib, 50, 79
Sackville, Lady Victoria, 50, 236, 271, 293
72,151
Seligmann, Leopold H . , 422, 423, 426, 427
Sauphar, Lucien, 455
Sellin, Neil, 490, 491
Savedra, Carreras, 153
Sιre, Claude, 155
Savile family, 344
Seymour, Henry, 166
Savoy, House o f (Racconigi, Turin), 325, 332
Shandon collection, 243
Saxe-Coburg, Duke o f (Johann Casmir), 445
Shavington H a l l (Salop), 277
Saxe-Teschen, Albert and Marie-Christine, Duke
Shrigley-Feigel, Mrs. S., 25
and Duchess of, 300
Scιpeaux de Beaupreau, Elisabeth-Louise-
Sainsbury, Wilfred J., 206
Adιlaνde de, 119
Saint-Andrι-des-Arts, Church o f (Paris), 280
Scarsdale, Earls of, 185
Saint-Brice-sous-Forιt, Chateau de (Val d'Oise),
Schick, Mrs. Hedwig, 452
146
Saint-Cloud, Chateau de, 16, 42
239, 248, 271, 281, 282, 293, 298
Schick, Viktor, 443, 452
Schiff, John L., 4, 42, 74, 75, 99,178, 217, 227,
Saint-Cloud, marquis de, 142
236, 253, 280, 292
St. George, Mrs. Evelyn, 267
Schiff, Mortimer L., 42, 74, 75, 99,178, 217, 227,
236, 253, 280, 292
Schnyder von Wartensee, Paul, 420
Silberman, E. and A , 383, 453, 467
Simmons, Η . J., 10
Simon, Norton, 6,119, 301
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research,
The, 222
Smith, Sir Herbert, 7
Smolen, 131
Smulders, Henri, 170
I N D E X
OF PREVIOUS
OWNERS
Sonnenberg, Benjamin, 352
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Sorel, Cιcile, 30
Taillepied, Charles-Claude, 96
linger, Edmund de, 369
Souza, Guedes de, 31, 48
Talleyrand, due de, 146
Union Artistique, Paris, 119
Spence, W i l l i a m , 366
Talleyrand, duchesse de (Anna Gould), 4
Uthemann, Ε Ε, 63
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
Spitzer, 370
Taylor, 370
V
Steinitz, Bernard Baruch, 56, 80, 97, H I , 148,154,
Taylor, John Edward, 377
Vanderbilt, Alice, 53,130
Taylor, Michael, 395
Vanderbilt, Consuelo (Mme Jacques Balsan), 250,
163, 259
Steinitz, M m e Simone, 252
Steinkopff, Edward, 380
Stephens, Mrs. Lyne, 227
Stern, Mrs. Benjamin, 181
Stiebel, Hans, 257
Stirling, L t . Colonel W. J., 346
Stirling-Maxwell, Sir W i l l i a m (Bt., Κ. T.), 346
Stora, 355, 360
Stowe House (Buckinghamshire), 58
Strauss, Robert, 344, 346, 350, 353, 358, 363
Style, David, 40
Sutch, 22
Sutherland, 2nd Duke o f (George Granville
Sutherland-Leveson-Gower), 15
Teschen, Dukes of, 300
Thenadey collection, 288
419
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 53,130
Thomas, J. Rochelle, 229
Vanderbilt, Gladys Moore (Countess Laszlo
Szιchιnyi), 53, 130
Thomastown Castle (Ireland), 233
Vandermeersch, 208
Thorne, Mrs. Landon K., 30, 248
Vandermeersch, Michel, 207, 232
Thugny, Chateau de (Ardennes), 90
Vandyck, 42
Thynne, Thomas (ist Viscount Weymouth),
Varenne, La Cour de, 9, 52,165
Toulouse, comte de, and due de Penthiιvre
(Louis de Bourbon), 97
Vaudreuil, marquis de (Joseph-Fran9ois de Paule),
Toulouse, comte de, and due de Penthiιvre
(Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon), 286
Vaux-le-Vicomte, Chateau de, 117
Trautmannstorff, Graf von, 467
Trιvise, 5th due de (Edouard Morder), 104
Trevor and Co., 11
46
Vecht, Α., 426, 439, 455, 484
Vernon House (London), 129
Versailles, Chateau de, 32, 96, 98,100, 237, 243,
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
307
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INDEX
OF PREVIOUS
OWNERS
Villafranca, Marquess of, 50
Wettin, Prince Ernst Heinrich von, 28
Volpi, Elie, 340
Widener, Joseph E., 352
Vorontsov, Count, 64
Wildenstein, Daniel, 35
Vorontsov Palace (St. Petersburg), 64
Wildenstein, Georges, 35
Wildenstein and Co., 35
w
Wilson, Mrs. Orme, 44,143
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
.
'
Wallace, Lady, 48, 50, 236, 271, 293
Wallace, Sir Richard, 48, 50, 236, 271, 293
Waller, T. W , 243
Wallraf, Paul, 165
Walters, Henry, 48, 49, 238, 294
Warren, Whitney, 355
Warwick, Earls of, 309, 368
Warwick Castle (Warwickshire), 309
Wilzcek, Hans Graf, 429, 434, 436, 453, 466
Wimbourne, Viscount (Sir Ivor Churchill Guest),
89 Widey Court (Worcestershire), 7
Wolfe, Elsie de, 319
Wolff, Otto, 124
Wood, R. M . , 238
Wormser, 461
Worsch, Edgar, 255
Watney, O. V , 2
Watson Taylor, George, 53
Weiller, Rene, 12, 24
Y
Yvon, Madame d \ 282
Welbeck Abbey (Nottinghamshire), 216
Wernher, Sir Harold, 330
Wernher, Sir Julius (Bt.), 330
Ζ
Zietz, Rainer, Ltd., n , 334, 337~339>
4
34 ~3^
1
Wertheimer, Asher, 221, 243
387,389,482,486,488,498,502
Wertheimer, Samson, 53, 397
Zork Co., David, 90
Westminster, Dukes of, 86, 473
Zuylen van Nyevelt van der Haar, Baroness van,
Westmorland, Jane, Countess of, 62
Wetmore, Edith Μ . K. and Maude A. K., 102
82,256
