Lot Essay
For the most comprehensive study on the Van Blarenberghes, see M. Maillet-Chassagne, Une dynastie de peintres lillois, les Van Blarenberghe, Paris, 2001.
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BY JEAN-BAPTISTE CARNAY (FL. 1764-1793), MARKED, PARIS, 1781/1782, WITH THE FIRST CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1780-1782, LATER STRUCK WITH THE VIENNESE TAX MARK 1806/1807 AND THE DUTCH POST-1955 MARK FOR 18-CARAT GOLD OF FOREIGN ORIGIN, THE MINIATURE SIGNED AND DATED 'VAN BLARENBERGHE 1784'
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A LOUIS XVI GOLD BOÎTE-À-MINIATURE
by Jean-Baptiste Carnay (fl. 1764-1793), marked, Paris, 1781/1782, with the first charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel 1780-1782, later struck with the Viennese tax mark 1806/1807 and the Dutch post-1955 mark for 18-carat gold of foreign origin, the miniature signed and dated 'van Blarenberghe 1784'
Circular box, the independent cover inset with a glazed gouache on card miniature depicting a battle scene with castle in the background, the base engine-turned with concentric reeded circles scattered with pellets and centred by a double rosette with various types of engine-turning, the sides similarly engine-turned with horizontal reeding scattered with pellets, fluted rims, the matted gold borders applied with ropetwist
2 15/16in. (75 mm.) diam.
by Jean-Baptiste Carnay (fl. 1764-1793), marked, Paris, 1781/1782, with the first charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel 1780-1782, later struck with the Viennese tax mark 1806/1807 and the Dutch post-1955 mark for 18-carat gold of foreign origin, the miniature signed and dated 'van Blarenberghe 1784'
Circular box, the independent cover inset with a glazed gouache on card miniature depicting a battle scene with castle in the background, the base engine-turned with concentric reeded circles scattered with pellets and centred by a double rosette with various types of engine-turning, the sides similarly engine-turned with horizontal reeding scattered with pellets, fluted rims, the matted gold borders applied with ropetwist
2 15/16in. (75 mm.) diam.
Sale room notice
We are grateful to Dr Monique Maillet, the author of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné on the Van Blarenberghes, for identifying on the basis of a photograph, in a letter dated 30 October 2002, the artist as Louis-Nicolas Van Blarenberghe. She has identified the scene as the Battle of Melle opposing the English and French troops close to Ghent on 9 July 1745. This miniature will be included in Dr Maillet's forthcoming catalogue raisonné on the Van Blarenberghes.