Lot n° 228
Estimation :
7000 - 10000
EUR
Pair of ormolu and patinated bronze CHENETS representing a d - Lot 228
Pair of ormolu and patinated bronze CHENETS representing a dog and a cat sitting on a cushion on a gilt bronze base. Attributed to Caffieri. Circa 1770 H : 32 cm W : 20 cm deep : 17 cm (Patina resumed) This pair of chenets is one of the versions following the model executed for the Prince de Condé and delivered in 1773 for the sum of 1120 pounds. Several versions of bases are known : a base on four high fluted feet, a base decorated with a drapery falling down on the apron carved with laurel branches, placed on four twisted fluted feet, a base carved with posts finished with square feet decorated with macaroons, acanthus leaves mounted on square fluted feet. The Caffiéri, Philippe and Jacques are an important dynasty of sculptors and bronze workers, of Italian origin, who emigrated from Naples to Paris where they worked mainly as "sculptors of the king" for the French crown, . at the request of Cardinal Mazarin. Admitted to the Academy of Saint-Luc as a sculptor, Jacques Caffieri was appointed master founder-chiseler around 1715. When he died in 1755, Philippe Caffiéri, worked almost exclusively for the royal court and created numerous pieces of furniture for the castles of Versailles, Fontainebleau, Choisy, Marly, Muette and Compiègne. An identical pair is reproduced in: H. Ottomeyer / P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen - The Bronze Work of Late Baroque and Classicism, Munich 1986, Vol. I, page 201 Fig. 3. 14.
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