Lot Essay
A chenet of this model mounted with a Persian cat and attributed to Jacques Caffiéri is in the Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung, Munich and illustrated H. Ottomeyer P Pröschel et al. Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 201, fig. 3.14.10. It was previously thought to be the only existing example with this form of base. Chenets with a cat and poodle are mentioned in Jacques Caffiéri's workshop inventory in 1755. His son Philippe Caffiéri delivered a pair of chenets of this model but with different bases to the prince de Condé in 1773 for 1120 livres, and he also had models for Un feu à chien et à chat in stock.
Chenets of this form but with different bases have been sold at auction on numerous occasions. A pair sold from the collection of the marquis de Biron, Paris, June 1914, lot 345, is illustrated in S. Eriksen, Early Neo-Classicism in France, London, 1974, p. 357, pl. 223. A pair from the Collection M. V. was sold Sotheby's Monaco, 21 February 1988, lot 800
Chenets of this form but with different bases have been sold at auction on numerous occasions. A pair sold from the collection of the marquis de Biron, Paris, June 1914, lot 345, is illustrated in S. Eriksen, Early Neo-Classicism in France, London, 1974, p. 357, pl. 223. A pair from the Collection M. V. was sold Sotheby's Monaco, 21 February 1988, lot 800