An Oversized Empire Ormolu Mantel Clock ‘Hypocrate refusant les présents d’Artaxerxès’ ‘Laguesse & Cie à Paris’,
An Oversized Empire Ormolu Mantel Clock ‘Hypocrate refusant les présents d’Artaxerxès’ ‘Laguesse & Cie à Paris’,
large spring-driven pendule movement, power reserve: 2–3 weeks, lever escapement, half-hour count wheel striking mechanism on bell, gilt guilloché bronze dial with snake bezel, delicate blued steel hands, superb fire-gilt bronze case in exquisite design and gilding, Hippocrates refusing to accept the gifts of Artaxerxes’ Persian envoys, attributed to: Pierre-François Feuchère, Paris 63 x 64 cm, France c. 1810/20, very well-kept original condition, minor signs of age and use, no warranty for precision of movement and long-term functioning, 1 gold painted wooden base with glass lintel, 1 pendulum. (HP)
This clock is illustrated in the book "Vergoldete Bronzen - Die Bronzearbeiten des Spätbarock und Klassizismus", where its dimensions and whereabouts are indicated as unknown. A clock with the same rare subject of the incorruptible doctor was offered at auction from Feuchère’s estate in 1831 under no. 78 (Sale Feuchère Paris 12-14.12.1831, 18).
Lit.:
Hans Ottomeyer/Peter Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Die Bronzearbeiten des Spätbarock und Klassizismus, ill. 5.6.5, p. 349, Klinkhardt & Biermann 1986, Munich
Specialist: Peter Hüttler
Peter Hüttler
+43-1-515 60-293
peter.huettler@dorotheum.at
27.04.2021 - 14:24
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EUR 15,000.-
An Oversized Empire Ormolu Mantel Clock ‘Hypocrate refusant les présents d’Artaxerxès’ ‘Laguesse & Cie à Paris’,
large spring-driven pendule movement, power reserve: 2–3 weeks, lever escapement, half-hour count wheel striking mechanism on bell, gilt guilloché bronze dial with snake bezel, delicate blued steel hands, superb fire-gilt bronze case in exquisite design and gilding, Hippocrates refusing to accept the gifts of Artaxerxes’ Persian envoys, attributed to: Pierre-François Feuchère, Paris 63 x 64 cm, France c. 1810/20, very well-kept original condition, minor signs of age and use, no warranty for precision of movement and long-term functioning, 1 gold painted wooden base with glass lintel, 1 pendulum. (HP)
This clock is illustrated in the book "Vergoldete Bronzen - Die Bronzearbeiten des Spätbarock und Klassizismus", where its dimensions and whereabouts are indicated as unknown. A clock with the same rare subject of the incorruptible doctor was offered at auction from Feuchère’s estate in 1831 under no. 78 (Sale Feuchère Paris 12-14.12.1831, 18).
Lit.:
Hans Ottomeyer/Peter Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Die Bronzearbeiten des Spätbarock und Klassizismus, ill. 5.6.5, p. 349, Klinkhardt & Biermann 1986, Munich
Specialist: Peter Hüttler
Peter Hüttler
+43-1-515 60-293
peter.huettler@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | L’Art de Vivre - Collection Dr. Alain Gruber |
| Auction type: | Online auction |
| Date: | 27.04.2021 - 14:24 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | online |