BY ANDIEN DE CLERMONT (FL.1716/7-1783), CIRCA 1750
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A PAINTED CANVAS WALL-HANGING
BY ANDIEN DE CLERMONT (FL.1716/7-1783), CIRCA 1750
Painted with a variety of birds including a peacock, ducks and penguins in a formal garden setting centred by a fountain modelled with two putti and flanked by two fruiting trees in ornamental vases beneath rose-decoratd foliate garlands, on a chocolate brown fond, within a simulated picture frame border
10 ft. 10 in. x 15 ft. 10 in. (330 cm. x 483 cm.)
BY ANDIEN DE CLERMONT (FL.1716/7-1783), CIRCA 1750
Painted with a variety of birds including a peacock, ducks and penguins in a formal garden setting centred by a fountain modelled with two putti and flanked by two fruiting trees in ornamental vases beneath rose-decoratd foliate garlands, on a chocolate brown fond, within a simulated picture frame border
10 ft. 10 in. x 15 ft. 10 in. (330 cm. x 483 cm.)
Provenance
Commissioned by Sir Hugh Smithson, 1st Duke of Northumberland and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the 7th Duke of Somerset, for Syon House, Middlesex; and by descent with the Dukes of Northumberland until sold,
Syon Park, Sotheby's house sale, 14-16 May 1997, lot 18.
Syon Park, Sotheby's house sale, 14-16 May 1997, lot 18.
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