1790

A 'Hansel im Keller' cup, Silver-gilt, Nuremberg, circa 1580, Mark of Jobst Eissler III, H 18 cm. © D'ARSCHOT & CIE. Flemish heart, Silver and rose cut diamonds, Flanders, probably Antwerp, 1790, H 7.5 cm. © D'ARSCHOT & CIE. Kettle, Silver and ebony, Mechelen, 1719-1720, Maker’s mark: an anchor, H 19.6 cm. © D'ARSCHOT & CIE.

Lot 142. Francesco Righetti I (1738 - 1819) Rome, vers 1790, d'après l'Antique, Ajax et Patrocle; Paetus et Arria. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 EUR. Photo Sotheby's. en bronze à patine brun vert; sur des bases en marbre rouge, signé F.RIGHETTI.F. ROMAE.1790, porte un monogramme PK sur la terrasse. Haut. 33,5 et 36 cm ; height 13 and 14 in. A PAIR OF ROMAN, CIRCA 1790, BRONZE GROUPS OF AJAX AND PATROCLUS ; PAETUS AND ARRIA, BY FRANCESCO RIGHETTI, SIGNED AND DATED, AFTER THE ANTIQUE  ... [Lire la suite]

Gilet with pinwheels decor, 1790, France. Cream-colored silk taffeta, launched multicolored, multicolored silk embroidery, cream-colored cotton flannel. Ident.Nr. 2003 KR 126. © Photo: Museum of Decorative Arts of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage. Photo: Stephan Klonk The Gilet with straight has a short stand-up collar and small lapel. It combines an à disposition woven geometric decoration of triangles, which are associated with one another pinwheel shape with embroidered... [Lire la suite]

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755-1842 Paris), Self-portrait, 1790. Oil on canvas. Galleria degli Uffizi, Corridoio Vasariano, Florence (1905). Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842) is one of the finest 18th-century French painters and among the most important of all women artists. An autodidact with exceptional skills as a portraitist, she achieved success in France and abroad during one of the most eventful, turbulent periods in European history. Vigée Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary... [Lire la suite]

L’aiguière en or Beckford-Béhague par Henri Auguste, Paris, 1790, d’après un dessin attribué à Jean-Guillaume Moitte. Estimation: €1,200,000 – €1,800,000 ($1,321,801 - $1,982,702). Invendu. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 De style néoclassique, unie sur piédouche à bordure de feuilles en rappel sur le bas du corps, la panse gravée d'une frise de rinceaux, de griffons et de médaillons avec une tête de Mercure et deux profils de Janus, entourée de frises de perles en rappel sur le bord du col, l'anse double en ébène... [Lire la suite]

  The Northumberland Aphrodite, a Marble Figure of Aphrodite (detail), Roman Imperial, circa early 1st Century A.D. Estimate: 4,000,000–6,000,000 GB. Photo Sotheby's LONDON.- On 9th July 2014, Sotheby’s fifth successive sale of Treasures will be led by a group of 17 masterworks from the celebrated collections of the Dukes of Northumberland. From their historic homes at Alnwick Castle and Syon House, these treasures span over two millennia of Art History and 500 years of collecting: from a sublime marble statue of... [Lire la suite]

Fauteuil à dossier plat en bois laqué crème et rechampi or  d'époque Louis XVI, attribué à Georges Jacob, vers 1790 - Photo Sotheby's sculpté d'entrelacs, le dossier cabriolet de forme évasée, les supports d'accotoir en balustres, reposant sur des pieds avant fuselés à cannelures rudentées et des pieds arrière en sabre ; garni à carreau et recouvert de chintz à motif floral ; avec un numéro au pochoir à l'encre noire : 808. Haut. 90 cm, larg. 62 cm. Estimation: 7,000 - 10,000 EUR - Lot. Vendu... [Lire la suite]

An Unusual Paste-Set Ormolu Casket Containing a Clock, English, Circa 1790 - Photo Sotheby's the rectangular casket with bell-shaped top surmounted by a white and red paste florette, the corners with blue glass and pearl vignettes, the front and sides further applied with paste-set florettes and gilt flowers, the reeded borders tied with flowers, the interior with 4-inch enamel dial with centre seconds and subsidiary dials for strike/silent, regulation and lunar date, the movement with fusee and chain for the going train, verge... [Lire la suite]

A set of three late 18th century Chinese paper panels, ca 1790 © 2012 MALLETT ANTIQUES depicting exotic birds including ducks and oriental pheasants amongst flowering branches and rock work, against a tobacco-coloured background. H: 85.4 in (217.0 cm). W: 23.6 in (60.0 cm) http://www.mallettantiques.com/

A late 18th century Chinese wallpaper panel, ca 1790 © 2012 MALLETT ANTIQUES decorated with numerous figures and cranes amongst pavilions and trees, in a giltwood frame headed by a carved shell and scrolling acanthus. H: 82.7 in (210.0 cm). W: 45.1 in (114.5 cm) http://www.mallettantiques.com/