European School, 17th/18th Century

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European Decor and Design

By Bonhams Skinner

Jul 24, 2022 - Aug 3, 2022

Set Reminder 2022-07-24 12:00:00 2022-08-03 19:00:00 America/New_York Bidsquare Bidsquare : European Decor and Design https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/skinner/european-decor-and-design-9743
A wide array of bronze and marble sculpture of mythological and other subjects highlight the summer auction. Of note is a remarkable marble sculpture of Flora by German artist Anton Werres, once thought to be lost. Bonhams Skinner bidsquare@bonhamsskinner.com

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  European School, 17th/18th Century
  
  Three Framed Portrait Engravings: James I, François-Antoine Dulieu, and Jules Hardouin Mansart
  Edward Lutterell (Irish, c.1650-c.1725), with Peter Vanderbank (Vandrebanc) and Michael Vandergucht, King James I of England and VI of Scotland, signed in the plate "E Lutterell delin" lower left, "P Vanderbanck and M. Vander Gucht Sculpt." lower right, 1706, image size 11 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (28.3 x 19.5 cm); Robert Nanteuil (French, 1623-1678), François-Antoine Dulieu, inscribed in the plate surrounding the portrait "FRAN. ANTONIVS DV LIEV REGI A CONS. IN SVPREMA RATIONVM CVRIA MAGIST. D.' DE CHENEVOVX. &." and "R. Nanteüil ad viuum pinge. et Sculpebat 1667." lower left, partial collector's stamp from Martin Folkes (British, 1690-1754) to lower right corner of the recto (Lugt 1034), identified on a label from Frederick Keppel & Company, New York, affixed to the frame backing paper, engraving, first state of two (Petitjean & Wickert), plate size 15 3/4 x 12 3/8 in. (40.0 x 31.5 cm); Gérard Edelinck (French, 1640-1707) After Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743), Jules Hardouin Mansart, signed in plate below frame "'Edelinck Egues Sculpsit." lower right, "Hiacinthe Rigaud pinxit" lower left, identified on a label from Frederick Keppel & Company, New York, embellished with a handwritten description signed by Frederick Keppel, plate size 20 1/4 x 15 in. (51.5 x 38.0 cm). Condition: Lutterell with pale staining and foxing. Mansart with pale toning and foxing, not examined out of frames.
  
  N.B. Examples of these three engravings may be found in major collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the National Portrait Gallery, London.
  
  Lutterell: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw128105/King-James-I-of-England-and-VI-of-Scotland
  
  Nanteuil: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/349117
  Catalogue Raisonné: Petitjean & Wickert 180-81.63 i/ii; Adamczak 231.205
  
  Edelinck: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/43966/jules-hardouin-mansart
  Catalogues Raisonnés: Robert-Dumesnil 268 II/III, Weigert & Préaud 321.

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