14 mars 2023

Hercules capturing the Ceryneian hind, Roman, 1st 2nd century AD. Marble. 45 x 29 x 16 cm. (17.7 x 11.4 x 6.3 in.). Courtesy GALERIE CHENEL at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: In the collection of sculptor Giovanni Battista della Porta (1542 1597), Casa delli Heredi, Italy.Acquired by the Borghese family in 1609, Stanza di Diogene, Villa Borghese, Italy.Mentioned by Giacomo Manilli in 1650, then by Domenico Montelatici in 1700.In the collection of Ludwig Mond (1839-1909), The Poplars,... [Lire la suite]

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Adam, Count von Schwarzenberg (1583 – 1641), Herrenmeister of the Johanniterorden and, later, Governor of Brandenburg. Oil on panel, 69 x 53 cm (27 x 20.9 in.). Signed and dated, center left: 'Aetatis 46. / A ° 1629 / M. Mierevelt'. Courtesy THE WEISS GALLERY at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Presumably by descent within the Schwarzenberg family;Adolphe Schloss (1842 – 1910), Paris, by 1903; bequeathed to his wifeLucie Schloss (1858 - 1938); to their children, who moved the entire... [Lire la suite]

Standing Marble Figure of a Bodhisattva, Guanyin, Northern Zhou (557-581) - Sui dynasty (589-618). White marble; gilding; red, orange, green, pink, black, blue pigments. H. 55 cm (21.7 in.). Courtesy GISÈLE CROËS S.A. at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: - Robert Rousset (1901-1981) collection, Paris

 Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, 5th–6th century, Tibetan Empire, Yarlung Dynasty, Newar artist. Wood with polychrome paint, H. 85 cm (33.5 in.). C14 test range: 430–650 (95.4%). Courtesy TENZING ASIAN ART at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Jean-Henri Daridan, French ambassador to India or Nepal in the 1960s, and thence by descentChristie’s Paris, Art d’Asie, 11 June 2008 (sale no. 5521), lot 216Chino Roncoroni collection, Paris, acquired from the above. Literature: 2023. Published in Enduring... [Lire la suite]

  Hans Jacob Erhart, The Rothschild Oliphant, Strasbourg, c. 1645. Ivory and fire-gilt silver. H. 51 cm (20.1 in.). Master maker’s mark and town mark. Courtesy KUNSTKAMMER GEORG LAUE at TEFAF Maastricht 2023 The Rothschild Oliphant is a masterpiece of ivory sculpture fitted with a high-quality mount of fire-gilt silver by the Strasbourg master goldsmith Hans Jacob Erhart around 1645. Removable from its stand, the oliphant can be used as a hunting horn. In seemingly endless succession, its... [Lire la suite]

Francesco Guardi, Venice: The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge and the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi, Venice, c. 1757. Oil on canvas, 86.4 x 106.7 (34 x 42 in.). Courtesy CHARLES BEDDINGTON LTD at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: With Jacques Goudstikker, Kalverstraat 73, Amsterdam, before 1927.Paul Siegfried Daniel May (1869-1940) and Rosine Mariane May-Fuld (1871-1940), Amsterdam; their sale, Mensing & Zoon (Frederik Muller & Co.), Amsterdam, 14 October 1941, lot 2, as Canaletto.With... [Lire la suite]