Oil on canvas portrait of Anne-Marie-Louise d’Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1657-1693), after the portrait made by the workshop of Charles and Henri Beaubrun, around 1660.
This is a fine example of French painting from the first third of the 17th century. It presents a high-society woman, probably Madame d’Arjuzon, in an elegant and noble pose, dressed in rich finery and adorned with sumptuous jewels.
The animals seem almost humanized, some looking directly at the viewer, with expressions that exude a form of intelligence and sensitivity, adding a poetic dimension to the scene.
Italian school
Late 17th century – early 18th century
Portrait of Princess Anne-Géneviève de Bourbon, Duchess of Longueville (1619-1679), daughter of the Prince of Condé and Charlotte de Montmorency. Oil on octagonal panel by Jean Ducayer, painted after a work by François Clouet.
Around 1640
In the 18th century, the fashion for Chinoiserie was particularly popular at European courts. Inspired by precious imports from China and Japan, this aesthetic allowed nobles to escape into an imaginary world filled with pagodas, exotic gardens and oriental landscapes.
A superb Austrian inkwell depicting a finely sculpted horse head enhanced with cold-painting, a technique popular in the late 19th century. This rare model, made around 1900, illustrates the virtuosity of Viennese artisans, who were able to realistically capture the expression and movement of animals. The inkwell cleverly conceals its practical utility behind a sculptural work of art.
19th century
Elegant pair of candelabra in chased bronze combining patina and gilding, dating from the end of the 19th century. Each candelabra is magnificently decorated with a Bacchus, god of celebration and wine, depicted standing, holding a trumpet and a cornucopia from which escape arms of light ending in finely crafted sockets.
France 19th century
A delightful pair of candelabra in chased, gilded and patinated bronze, made in Paris in the 19th century in the Louis XVI style. Each candelabra depicts a standing faun, a mythological figure full of charm and elegance, holding two finely decorated light arms.
France 19th century
Umbrella dog, black forest work.
19th century
Switzerland
Important overmantel of gilded and carved woodwork, mercury glass.
18th century
Italy