22 janvier 2017

Mark Rothko, No.1, 1949, oil on canvas © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016 Mark Rothko, Untitled 2, 1949, oil on canvas, 238.8 × 135.6 cm, Menil Collection © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016 Mark Rothko, No.3/No.13 (Magenta, Black, Green On Orange), 1949,  oil on canvas, 216.5 x 164.8 cm, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2016 Mark Rothko, No.5,... [Lire la suite]

Coconut cup and cover. Silver mounted. Mechelen, 1602-1603. Silversmith: Thierry I van Eyck. H 27.5 cm. Courtesy Philippe d’Arschot. German wager cup depicting St Margaret of Antioch. Silver-gilt. Nuremberg, 1629. Silversmith: Georg Koler. H 14 cm. Courtesy Philippe d’Arschot. Wedding cutlery in a sheath. Silver and niello. Germany, circa 1610. W 16.3 cm. Courtesy Philippe d’Arschot. La galerie ouverte depuis 1992 est située avenue Louise à Bruxelles.... [Lire la suite]

Gregory van der Toorn (The Hague, 1715- probably 1771), Dutch soup tureen. Silver. Weight: 2635 gr. H 27 x W 36.2 x D 22 cm. Courtesy Honourable Silver Objects - Cabinet of Curiosities Coat of arms of the family Van Lintelo tot Ehse found in the Heraldic collection Steenkamp-Damstra thanks to the Central office for Genealogy. Gregory van der Toorn (The Hague, 1715- probably 1771), silversmith, master in 1738. One of the most prolific and best silversmiths in the Hague, his pieces exemplify his... [Lire la suite]

Chinese incense burner, Blue and white and copper-red porcelain on a celadon ground, China, Kangxi period (1662-1722). H 15.5 cm. Courtesy Galerie Bertrand de Lavergne Decorated in light relief with two deer and two cranes in a landscape.  Pair of incense boxes shaped as quails. Cloisonné enamel, China, Qianlong period (1736-1795). Total H 24 cm. Courtesy Galerie Bertrand de Lavergne They stand on a later wooden lotus shaped base Set of Chinese snuff bottles. Blue-and-white... [Lire la suite]

Niccolo di Pietro Gerini (Florence, 1368-1415), probably pupil of Taddeo Gaddi (Florence, 1290-1366), Virgin and Child with the Saints John the Baptist, Dominic, Peter and Paul. Tempera on panel, gold ground, shaped top, 81.3 x 49.5 cm. Courtesy Kunstberatung Zurich AG The overall design of this work matches the small-scale devotional panels that were very popular in the wake of the Black Death, but the decorative patterning of the background seems to be unique in the painter’s oeuvre. Provenance: private... [Lire la suite]

Pair of candle holders in the shape of angels with spread wings. A follower of Palissy (Agen 1510-1589/90 Paris), a painter, potter and scholar. Polychrome earthenware. Late 16th century. H 32 cm. Courtesy Galerie ‘Art et Patrimoine’ Comparable with a pair in the Metropolitan Museum, New YorkProvenance: former Boucault collection Columbine shaped hanap, Nuremberg. Silversmith: Philip Plapert, between 1637-1665. Engraved and embossed silver. H 31.5 cm. Courtesy Galerie ‘Art et... [Lire la suite]

Study of a young boy, Florentine school, 17th century. Red and white chalk on brown laid paper, 20.9 x 17.9 cm. Courtesy Galerie Grand-Rue Marie-Laure Rondeau Giuseppe Scoppa (Naples, mid 19th century), V. del Golfo di Pozzuoli. Gouache on wove paper, 42.7 x 64.5 cm. Traces of the artist's signature lower left in the margin. Courtesy Galerie Grand-Rue Marie-Laure Rondeau MR. Mauton (Naples, first half of the 19th century), Atrio del Cavallo,... [Lire la suite]

Giacomo Zoffoli (Italian, 1731-1785), 'After the Antique' figure of the Apollino, 18th century. Bronze with fine light brown patina and traces of dark lacquer. Signed on the base ‘G.Zoffoli’. H 35.5 cm. Courtesy Finch & Co. Provenance: former English private collection Attributed to Domenico Guidi (1625-1701) or Ercole Ferrata (1610-1686), Weeping cherubs displaying St Veronica’s veil, Italy, mid 17th century. Roman rectangular bronze devotional plaque. H 17.5 x W 21.5 x D 1.5... [Lire la suite]

Bird of paradise brooch, Cartier, Paris, circa 1950. Courtesy Epoque Fine Jewels Sapphire, emerald and diamond mounted in platinum and gold. Total sapphire weight: circa 20 cts. Total diamond weight: circa 11.20 cts. Signed 'Cartier Paris' and numbered. Art Nouveau 'chaîne de corsage’, Georges Fouquet (1862-1957), jeweller & Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), graphic artist, Paris, circa 1900. Courtesy Epoque Fine Jewels Detail of the Art Nouveau 'chaîne de corsage’.... [Lire la suite]

Fragment of an Egyptian relief. Limestone. New Kingdom, XVIIIth Dynasty; H 25 x W 20 cm. Courtesy Galerie Cybele The figure represents Hapi, the god of the annual flooding of the Nile, bearing offerings Provenance: Galerie Orient Occident, 1970 Statuette of Aphrodite. Bronze. Greece, Late Hellenistic period, circa 2nd century BC. H 36 cm. Courtesy Galerie Cybele Provenance: collection Arnold Herstand, New York, 1980 Head of the Goddess Cybele. Marble. Greece, 4th-3rd century... [Lire la suite]