1760

Lot 36. Jean-Etienne Liotard (Geneva 1702- 1789), A Dutch girl at breakfast, oil on canvas, 46.8 x 39 cm.; 18 3/4  x 15 3/8  in. Estimate 4,000,000 — 6,000,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. Provenance: Jean Etienne Liotard, his exhibition sale, Great Marlborough Street, London, 6–9 July 1773, lot 55 ('A Dutch girl pouring coffee'), unsold; Jean Etienne Liotard, his sale, London, Christie's, 16 April 1774, lot 33 ('A Dutch girl at breakfast'), for £15.4s.6d.; Acquired at... [Lire la suite]

Hubert Robert (1733–1808), The Landing Place, 1788, oil on canvas. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Richard T. Crane. Washington, DC—Celebrated for the fundamental role he played in promoting the architectural capriccio, Hubert Robert combined famous monuments of antiquity and modernity in unexpected ways to create strikingly new and imaginative city scenes and landscapes. On view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, from June 26 through October 2, 2016, Hubert Robert, 1733–1808 is the first... [Lire la suite]

Men's Vest with sleeves, 1760, France. Cream-colored silk rep, Lisere, launches and paperback, polychrome silk, silver-colored metal threads, smooth and Frise umd silk soul. Lining: cream-colored silk, twill weave. Ident.Nr. 2003 KR 146 © Photo: Museum of Decorative Arts of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage. Photo: Stephan Klonk The Art of French Seidenwebereien demonstrates this collarless vest with its "à disposition" woven decor. The pattern shows inflorescences in colorful silk and... [Lire la suite]

Red silk waistcoat with sleeves, 1760, France. Red silk satin, gold-colored metal embroidery. Length: 91 cm. Ident.Nr. 2003 KR 113 © Photo: Museum of Decorative Arts of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage. Photo: Saturia Linke Collarless, almost knee-length lap vest with long sleeves. It is made entirely of red side Atlas and fully lined. , The edges of the front parts that sleeve hems and pocket flaps show rich metallic embroidery. There are combined in groups long... [Lire la suite]

Indian, Tiger's head, 1785-93, 46.0 x 57.0 x 48.0 cm (excluding base/stand). RCIN 67212. Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2014 The beauty and symbolism of gold, from the Early Bronze Age to the 20th century, is celebrated in an exhibition opening at The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse on 27 March.  Through over 60 items drawn from across the entire breadth of the Royal Collection, Gold explores the distinctive qualities that make this rare and precious... [Lire la suite]

Thomas Frye. Young Man with a Candle, from Life-Sized Heads,1760. The Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection. CHICAGO, IL.- The eerie effects and seductive textures of the medium of mezzotint are brought vividly to life at the Art Institute of Chicago in the exhibition Burnishing the Night: Baroque to Contemporary Mezzotints from the Collection, opening Saturday, February 21, and continuing through May 31, 2015, in Galleries 125–127.  Mezzotint... [Lire la suite]

ZURICH - Top bids covering the Renaissance up to Historicism. The large auction for Furniture and Sculptures on 27 March brought several surprises over the course of the day. Already shortly after the auction opened, bidders wereagitatedly fighting over a Venetian wedding casket from the 15th century by the Embriachi workshop, opulently decorated with carved bone. The casket sold for CHF 108 000, i.e. more than four times the estimated price (lot 1019). The top lots for the morning were the red lacquer... [Lire la suite]

18th century diamond six petal flowerhead brooch, c.1770. Photo S. J. Phillips Ltd. centred by an oval rose cut diamond cluster, to slightly curved petals of pointed drop outline, pave set with lines of cushion cut diamonds, diamond line spurs between, close set in silver. Width 5.5cm / 2 1/8'' - Weight: 38.5g. Price range: £20,000-£50,000 18th century chrysolite ribbon bow and drop brooch-pendant, Portuguese c.1770. Photo S. J. Phillips Ltd. the double ribbon tied bow of openwork design, the loops centred by trailing... [Lire la suite]

Pink topaz, gold & silver brooch, Portuguese, 1760. Photo courtesy Nelson Rarities, Inc Nelson Rarities, Inc. Two Monument Square. Seventh Floor. Box 453. Portland, Me 04112 - 1-800-882-3150 - www.nelsonrarities.com

Ise Monogatari Leaf (Front). Tawaraya Sotatsu, Japanese; ca.1600.  BALTIMORE, MD.- The Walters Art Museum has acquired seven exceptional works of Japanese art to compliment its growing collections. The paintings are by well-known Japanese painters active between the 1560s and the 1810s. The seven paintings include: Sesson Shukei, Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers (Shosho hakkei), ca.1860; Tawaraya Sotatsu, Album Leaf Illustrating the Tales of Ise, ca. 1600; Sakaki Hyakusen, Landscape, ca. 1750; Soga Shohaku, Orchid... [Lire la suite]