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Zebregs&Röell Fine Art and Antiques
Jan van Mekeren (Tiel 1658-1733 Amsterdam) 't Blommenkabinet Dutch floral marquetry cabinet-on-stand Amsterdam, late 17th century H 206 x W 171 x D 61 cm The present and V&A cabinet were both possibly ordered by Jens Wijbergen, a Dutch merchant living in Copenhagen. According to the van Mekeren archives, an order was placed by Wijbergen in 1700, probably for two cabinets, because the price was comparable to other orders for a pair of van Mekeren cabinets. The previous owner of the present cabinet, living in Austria, is a descendant of a patrician family from Riga. Some members of the Danish Wijbergen family are known to have moved to Riga in the early eighteenth century. The cabinet and all its oak bases have been retained in their original state. The whole cabinet is covered with a floral marquetry veneer of various kinds of wood, including walnut, holly, laburnum, boxwood, satiné rubané, amaranth, tulipwood, barberry, elm, sycamore, olive wood, padouk and kingwood. A modest rectangular cornice over a frieze inlaid with marquetry of various flowers over two doors with marquetry depicting urns on a plinth issuing bouquets of tulips, bluebells, cornflowers, marigolds, irises, peonies, daffodils, crown imperials, roses, lilies, anemones, chrysanthemums and carnations; several different species of butterflies and moths, including Arctia caja, swallowtails, garden white, meadow brown, and a brimstone butterfly, at least three different bird species, including turtle dove, thrush, and warbler, and a garden snail, Cepaea hortencis. Jan van Mekeren, born in Tiel 1658, moved to Amsterdam in 1687, where he was recorded as ‘kabinetmaker’ or ‘kistenmaker’. Before moving to Amsterdam, he had been in London in 1682, where he had asked to be admitted to the Dutch Reformed Church. He apparently wanted to stay for some time in London, presumably to learn the art of furniture marquetry under Gerrit Jensen. In 1687, he was back and mentioned as a guildsman, a member of the St. Josef guild in Amsterdam. He was successful as a cabinetmaker because, in 1693, he bought a house in the expensive Kalverstraat and extended his business into the wood trade as well. Since the headquarters of the VOC was in Amsterdam, the city was the foremost European market for exotic woods in the seventeenth century. Despite a 1624 regulation stipulating that members of the Amsterdam cabinetmaker’s guild offer their wares for sale in the guild’s shop, furniture makers in seventeenth and eighteenth century Holland hardly ever marked their work. However, thanks to the inventory after Jan’s death, there is a good list of his workpieces with thorough descriptions, prices, and the names of his clientele. The estate included many finished and unfinished pieces of furniture, an extensive collection of cabinet woods, and, most interesting, a long list of claims with names of the debtors and the amounts due. Most debtors were well-known Amsterdam patricians; only a few were from outside Amsterdam, including Jens Wijbergen from Copenhagen, who still owed Jan van Mekeren fl. 33,13. Because of a very close resemblance, this cabinet possibly is the pendant of the Van Mekeren cabinet now in the Victoria & Albert Museum (W.5:1 to 14-1986). There are minor differences in the flower decorations on the doors and sides of the cabinet. Still, a pair of Van Mekeren cabinets in Amerongen Castle, ordered as a pair, look less like each other than the present cabinet and its possible pendant in the V&A. Only six other floral Van Mekeren cabinets are known: one in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (inv. R.B.K. 1964-12), one in the Metropolitan Museum New York (1995, 371a, b), one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, one in Charlecote Park, Warwickshire, and a pair in Amerongen Castle, the Netherlands.
Herwig Simons Fine Arts
Sculpture representing Emperor Augustus of Prima Porta Italy, 19th century Bronze, roso levanto and nero Belgio marble base, smooth medal patina H 110 cm Signed by the foundry A. Röhrich Roma The original statue was discovered on April 20, 1863, during archaeological excavations directed by Giuseppe Gagliardi at the Villa of Livia owned by Augustus' third and final wife, Livia Drusilla in Prima Porta. The Augustus of Prima Porta is now displayed in the Braccio Nuovo (New Arm) of the Vatican Museums.
Dr. Lennart Booij Fine Art & Rare Items
rene lalique
René Lalique (Ay 1860-1945 Paris) Carafe Sirènes et Grenouilles, circa 1911 Blown glass with pressed air with stopper, decorated with four frog fountainheads and four cartouches with swimming mermaids H 39.5 cm Signed: Lalique Provenance: private collection, France Literature: Félix Marcilhac, René Lalique-Catalogue Raisonné de l'Œuvre de Verre, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2011, n° 3150
robertaebasta
André Sornay (France, 1902-2000) Pair of armchairs in black lacquered wood with brass details, upholstered seat and backrest covered in silk velvet France, circa 1935 H 72 x W 62.5 x D 78 cm Provenance: Galerie Alain Marcelpoil, Paris Literature: Alain Marcelpoil, Annik Béras Sornay, Olivier Lassalle, André Sornay designer d'avanguardia, Edizioni, Galerie Alain Marcelpoil, Paris, 2010
Repetto Gallery
Christo (Gabrovo 1935-2020 New York) The Pont Neuf, Wrapped (Project for Paris), 1980 Quai du Louvre, Quai de la Megissérie, Île de la Cité, Quai de Conti, Quai des Grands Augustins Graphite, charcoal, wax crayon, oil pastel, fabric and thread, aerial photograph and architectural drawings on card collage, in artist's plexiglass box frame with tape 83.8 x 71 cm
Stern Pissarro Gallery
auguste herbin
Auguste Herbin (Quiévy 1882-1960 Paris) VENUS I, 1945 Oil on canvas 100 x 81 cm Titled, signed and dated lower left, vénus-herbin 1945 Provenance: private collection, Stockholm; Galerie des Etats-Unis, S. Stoliar, Cannes; Sotheby's London, 2002; Dorval Gallery, Lille; private collection, France Literature: Geneviève Claisse, Herbin, Catalogue raisonné de l'Œuvre Peint, Paris, 1993, n° 846, (ill. in black and white p. 429) Exhibition: Cannes, Galerie des Etats-Unis, 1965, n° 29
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Francis Janssens van der Maelen
henry van de velde
Henry van de Velde (Belgium, Antwerp 1863-1957, Oberägeri, Switzerland) Art Nouveau flat desk (detail), circa 1898 Sycamore wood, double-sided, the top is covered with black leather in its centre 129.50 x 73 cm Certificate of authenticity from Professor Klaus-Jürgen Sembach This desk is a variation of a games table that was in the collection of Villa Esche Provenance: private collection, France Literature: Catalogue of the exhibition L'Art Nouveau en Belgique, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 19 December 1980-15 February 1981, p. 266 n° 143; Wolf D. Percher, Henry van de Velde - Das Gesamtwerk, Edition Factum, p. 94, ref 1318, p. 151, ref. 3406, p. 229, ref. 1317. This desk will be presented in a book about Henry van de Velde written by Bea Maybach from the Bauhaus-Museum in Weimar in Germany Exhibition: L'Art Nouveau en Belgique, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 19 December 1980-15 February 1981
Heutink Ikonen
Ascension of Christ Russia (Yaroslavl), 17th century Egg tempera with gold leaf on a wooden panel surfaced with gesso and linen 72 x 48.5 cm This monumental icon shows an unusual division of planes. In the upper register, Christ is depicted in a green mandorla that is carried to heaven by two angels. The footprints in the earth beneath the mandorla show how Christ was still standing on the earth shortly before. The disciples left beneath gaze and point upwards in wonder. Noticeably, the disciples are standing before the openings of a cave, a reminder of Christ's resurrection from the grave. Directly below Christ, the Mother of God is depicted, flanked by radiant white angels. She bows her head slightly and raises her hands in prayer and reception - a pose reminiscent of the Annunciation. Just as Mary received her divine child at that time, she now leaves him to return to his heavenly father.
Chambre professionnelle belge de la Librairie Ancienne et Moderne (CLAM)
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Brussels, 1525-1569) Invidia, Envy, one of the seven vices, circa 1558 Engraving by Pieter van der Heyden (1530-1572) Published by Hiëronymus Cock (Antwerp, 1518-1570) 29.7 x 22.6 cm References: New Hollstein Dutch 26 1(2), first state Lex Antiqua, Antiquarian Bookseller
Galerie Jean-François Cazeau
Auguste Herbin (Quiévy 1882-1960 Paris) Le Vieux Pont à Bruges, 1906 Oil on canvas 46 x 55 cm Signed lower left Provenance: the artist’s studio; M. Rheims, Paris; Malborough Fine Art Ltd., London; private collection, Basel Exhibitions: 1914, Exposition Auguste Herbin, Galerie Clovis Sagot, 2 March–17 March 1914, n° 3; Bern 1963, Auguste Herbin, Kunsthalle Bern, 16 February–24 March 1963, n° 1 (ill.); Amsterdam 1963, Herbin, Stedelijk Museum, 7 June–22 July 1963, n° 2 (ill.); Zurich 1965, Auguste Herbin, City Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, 2 April–30 April 1965, n° 2; Paris 1975/76, Le Bateau-Lavoir, Musée Jacquemart-André, 31 October 1975-31 November 1976 (label on the back) Literature: Geneviève Claisse: Herbin. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris 1993, p. 291, n° 70 (ill.)
Galerie Kaléidoscope
fernand teyssier
Fernand Teyssier (Paris, 1937-1988) X-ray and breathing-sheep, circa 1966-67 Acrylic, graphite pencil, stampo and ink on canvas 98.4 x 81.5 cm Provenance: estate Fernand Teyssier Exhibition: Konstanz/FRG, 1968, Bilder, Graphik, Objekte, Der Asta-Konstanz Universität
Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach
lita albuquerque
Lita Albuquerque (Santa Monica, 1946) On a sliver of sun, she travels toward the moon, 2021 24kt gold leaf on resin and pigment on panel 2.10 x 2.10 m Provenance: the artist's studio Exhibitions: Lita Albuquerque: Liquid Light; Collateral Event of 59th La Biennale di Venezia, Biennale Arte 2022; Presented by bardLA, Los Angeles, California. Curated by Elizabeta Betinski and Neville Wakefield
Giammarco Cappuzzo Fine Art
Willem Eversdijck (Dutch, circa 1620-1671) Unknown Zeeland family, circa 1665 Oil on canvas 138 x 194 cm Provenance: Horace Buttery, London; Christie's London, 20 November 1925, lot 97, bought by Frank Partridge London; (probably) Lady Bertha Schaul Baron (1899-1981); property of a Lady, Christie's London, 10 May 1935, lot 46, bought by W. Sabin, London; Christie's London, 24 February 1939, lot. 57, bought by Berendt; Christie's London, 17 March 1939, lot 23, bought by Suttle; Viorel Virgil Tilea C.B.E. (1896-1972) at Sotheby's London, 28 November 1951, lot 147; Antonio Roque' Rivero (1918-2015), Barcelona Literature: F. van der Ploeg, C.E. Zonnevylle-Heyning, Brave koppen en gladde aangesigten, Middelburg, 1999, pp. 112-114 & p. 136, n° WE5, ill. n° 107
Art et Patrimoine - Laurence Lenne
Large ceremonial covered vase Castelli, first half of the 18th century Polychrome tin-glazed earthenware H 52.5 cm It depicts an animated landscape representing a camp of Roman soldiers Literature: Fernando Filipponi, Aurelio Anselmo Grue. La Maiolica nel Settecento fra Castelli e Atri, Ed. Verdone, 2015; Luciana Arbace, Francesco Antonio Saverio Grue (1686-1746). L'attivita del Dottore maiolicaro da Castelli a Napoli, Ed. Andromeda, 2005
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Stéphane Renard Fine Art
henri-pierre danloux
Henri-Pierre Danloux (Paris, 1753-1809) Pair of portraits: Portrait of the Duc d'Angoulême & Portrait of the Duc de Berry Oil on canvas pasted on wood panels Duc d'Angoulême: oval canvas 25 x 21 cm - framed: 35.5 x 30 cm Duc de Berry: oval canvas 26.5 x 21 cm - framed: 35.5 x 30.3 cm Rectangular frames in the neoclassical style with pearl and rais-de-coeurs motif surrounding an oval medallion. The frames are surmounted by cartouches reading 'Donné par S.A.R. le Mgr Le Duc d'Angoulême à Lord Adam Gordon' and 'Donné par S.A.R. le Mgr Le Duc d'Berri à Lord Adam Gordon' Signed 'HP Danloux 1797' on the portrait of the Duc d'Angoulême Provenance: gifted by the models to Lord Adam Gordon and then by family descent