14 mars 2023

 N. Du Quesne, Amsterdam, Blois school enamel case, circa 1685. Gold, enamel, and gilt metal. D. 4.1 cm (1.6 in.). Courtesy SOMLO LONDON at TEFAF Maastricht 2023. N. Du Quesne, Amsterdam, Blois school enamel case made circa 1685. 22ct gold and painted on enamel pocket watch with single hand and case with hinged bezel and back. The case depicts scenes from the story of the birth of Christ on the dial, case band, case back, and inner case. Potentially unique piece.

Apostle, Burgundy (Dijon?), France, c. 1420-1430. Walnut wood with traces of polychromy; 48.5 x 26 x 10 cm (19.1 x 10.2 x 3.9 in.). Courtesy BRIMO DE LAROUSSILHEat TEFAF Maastricht 2023. Provenance: From a dismembered altarpiece, probably originally in the Cistercian Abbey of Theuley, or nearby, in the Franciscan convent at Gray (Haute-Saône); France, private collection. Literature: 2009, Les Premiers Retables (XIIe-début du XVe siècle). Une mise en scène du sacré. Published in Exhibition catalogue,... [Lire la suite]

Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652), The Penitent St Jerome. Oil on canvas 100.7 x 73.7 cm. (39.6 x 29 in.). Monogrammed (lower left): JR a. Courtesy COLNAGHI at TEFAF Maastricht 2023 Provenance: Madame de Magnanville;Her sale (Lugt 83654), Versailles, Hôtel des Ventes, 16 – 17 May 1922, lot 10, as ‘Ribera (José, dit l’Espagnolet)’;Private collection, France;Anonymous sale (‘The Property of a Belgian Collector’), London, Christie’s, 10 December 2003, lot 57;With Jean Luc Baroni Ltd, London, from whom acquired by... [Lire la suite]

Simon de Passe, A Gold Engraved Portrait Medal Representing the Infanta Mary of Austria (1606-1646), London, 1616-1620. Gold, 5.6 x 4.4 cm (2.2 x 1.7 in.). Signed Simon Pass: fecit. Lond. Courtesy ENDLICH ANTIQUAIRS at TEFAF Maastricht 2023. Provenance: With S.J. Phillips, London, shown during Tefaf, Maastricht, March 2001Private collection, Netherlands. Passe worked in London when an attempt was made to arrange a marriage between the Catholic Infanta Maria (1606 Escorial - Linz 1646), daughter... [Lire la suite]

Johann Christian Neuber, A Gold Box set with 57 Numbered Gemstones, Dresden, c. 1785-1790. Gold, gemstones, andhardstones. 1.9 x 6 cm (0.7 x 2.4 in.). Courtesy GALERIE KUGEL at TEFAF Maastricht 2023. Provenance: Christie’s, New-York, 23 October 2008, lot 19. Literature: 2012. Published in Gold, Jasper and Carnelian, Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon Court, by Alexis Kugel, catalogue 177 NDB: Cf. A similar one in Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Johann... [Lire la suite]

Amedeo Modigliani, Cariatide Rouge sur Fond Noir (Red Caryatid on Black Ground), c. 1913-1914. Red and black gouache with admixtures of white and blue water-based thickened paint and stick charcoal on thin white wove paper laid down to medium weightwove paper, 62.5 x 42.5 cm (24.6 x 16.7 in.). Courtesy DAVID TUNICK, INC. at TEFAF Maastricht 2023. Provenance: The artist; c. 1913-14 direct to his friend,Mariska Diederich (1884?-1953?), Paris; sometime between the teens and mid-1940’s toSydney G. Biddle... [Lire la suite]

An Extremely Rare and Important Octagonal Lacquer 'Bird' Plate with 'Zhang Cheng' Maker's Mark, (Yuan dynasty, 14th century), 14th century. Lacquer, D. 30.5 cm d (12 in.). Courtesy LITTLETON & HENNESSY ASIAN ART at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: The Mike Healy Collection of Chinese Lacquer. Literature: 2002. Published in Masterpieces of Chinese Lacquer from the Mike Healy Collection, by Julia M. White and Bao Yanli, page 52-53 The octagonal shaped plate exquisitely carved... [Lire la suite]

Andy Warhol, Skull, 1976-1977. Synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas, 38.5 x 48 cm (15.2 x 18.9 in.). Signed Andy Warhol (on the overlap). Price $750k-1M. Courtesy VAN DE WEGHE at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Attilo Codognato, VenicePrivate collection, Milan (1987)Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, October 12, 2007, lot 47Private collectionChristie's, New York, November 11, 2010, lot 215Private collection, Belgium. Warhol’s "Skull" (1976-77) came near the end of his life’s... [Lire la suite]

Tankard, Augsburg, End of 16th century. Silver, silver-gilt, filigree, and glass. H. 21 cm (8.3 in.). Hallmark of Augsburg 1590-1600; Maker's Mark IDK. Courtesy  at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Private French collection

Roelandt Savery, The Animals Leaving Noah's Ark, 1619. Oil on panel, 55.9 x 100.4 cm (22 x 39.5 in.). Signed and dated '.ROELANDT / .SAVERY.FE / .1619.' (lower right, on the rock). Courtesy GALERIE FLORENCE DE VOLDÈRE at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Private collection, France, since at least the late 19th century;Hôtel Drouot [Madame de Cagny], Paris, 3 December 1990, lot 72.Franco Cesari, Paris; his sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 29 June 2004, lot 32. Literature: 1991.Published in Roelandt... [Lire la suite]