Art du XVIIIème siècle / 18th century art

Sotheby's auction with center view of the Sèvres porcelain 'Beau bleu'. Courtesy Sotheby’s.  PARIS.- Works from the collection of world-renowned interior designer Jacques Garcia bring €8 million / $8.7 million in an auction by Sotheby’s to benefit the future of Château du Champ-de-Bataille.Built in the 17th century, the Château du Champ de Bataille is today one of the most beautiful and inventive estates in France. In 1992, world-renowned interior designer and collector Jacques Garcia acquired the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 165. Bernardo Bellotto (1721 Venice– 1780 Warschau), Veduta With The Rialto Bridge From The South. Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 77.5 cm. Lot sold € 622.000 (Estimate € 600.000 - 800.000). © HAMPEL Fine Art Auctions Munich Provenance: Private collection. Exhibition: Galerie de L'Elysée, Paris, December 1950, no. 14. (13515322) (13) Note: The painting on offer for sale in this lot can be dated to the last years of the 1730s and is a variation of a prototype by Canaletto held in... [Lire la suite]

Royal Collection Trust. Photo: © His Majesty King Charles II 2023 LONDON - This spring, a major exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace will reveal life in the 18th century through the fashions of the day. This was an exciting period when trade, entertainment and technological innovations became driving forces for iconic fashion trends across all levels of society. Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians will bring together over 200 works from the Royal Collection, including... [Lire la suite]

Lot 633. A rare tortoise shell and ivory mounted wood house altar, Est Prussia-Baltic countries, early 18th century; 33 x 22,5 x 12,5 cm. Estimate 8 000 EUR - 12 000 EUR. © Nagel Three-storey wooden altar, paper covering on the back, on 6 amber bun feet. Three sides covered with amber plates, glass columns in front. In the niches the Annunciation and the Nativity made of ivory figures, surrounded by six ivory relief plaques with angels, butchers, Flight to Egypt and Adoration. Damaged, rest. Comes... [Lire la suite]

   Two Exceptional Louis XV Period Commodes Stamped by Bernard II Vanrisamburgh and Adorned with Chinoiseries Executed in Red and Gold Martin Varnish., c. 1750-1755, Louis XV period. Oak carcass; red and gold Martin varnish; gilded bronze; red Griotte marble. Commode A: H. 83.7 cm (33 in.); L. 114 cm (45 in.); W. 52.2 cm (20.5 in.) Commode B: H. 84 cm (33 in.); L. 115 cm (45.3 in.); W. 52.5 cm (20.7 in.). Signed: B.V.R.B. repeatedly visible under the marble on the front angles of the two... [Lire la suite]

An Early Louis XV Gilt-Bronze Mounted Chinese Lacquer Commode “De Vernis à Palmes Riches” from The Prince de Ligne Collection at Chateau Beloeil, c. 1733-1735. Oak, Chinese lacquer panels and parisian lacquer, Portor marble top; 99 x 185 x 65 cm (39 x 73 x 26 in.). Courtesy CHRISTOPHE DE QUÉNETAIN at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Collection vicomtesse de Courval, née Mary Ray (1835-1902)Collection duchesse de Mouchy et de Poix, née Madeleine Marie Isabelle Dubois de Courval (1870- 1944)Collection... [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]

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]

Joachim Tielke (Königsberg 1641- 1719 Hamburg), A showpiece cabinet, Hamburg, c. 1700. Ivory, tortoiseshell, gold leaf, silver, semi-precious stones and glass, and veneered wood. 90 x 103 x 46 cm (35.4 x 40.6 x 18.1 in.). Courtesy KOLLENBURG ANTIQUAIRS at TEFAF Maastricht 2023  A two-door cabinet standing on four turned feet of solid ivory. The entire cabinet is veneered with tortoiseshell and ivory in première-partie and contre-partie. The cabinet has two large doors, the inner sides of which are... [Lire la suite]

Lot 116. Johann Martin Metz (Bonn 1717 - c. 1790 Cologne), Still life with roses, honeysuckle, passion flower, daffodils and other flowers in a glass vase on a ledge, oil on canvas; unframed: 50 x 44 cm.; 19⅝ x 17¼ in., framed: 62.2 x 57 cm.; 24½ x 22½ in. Lot sold: 20,160 GBP (Estimate: 2,500 - 3,500 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's. of shallow rounded form, decorated in underglaze green, red and dark blue with thick black outlines, a central saz leaf rising from a... [Lire la suite]