拍品专文
Jean Demontreuil specialised in still-life carvings of flowers and birds. A nearly identical carving is at Burghley, Lincolnshire.
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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
(LOT 1250)
A LATE LOUIS XVI FRUITWOOD CARVING OF A CANARY
SIGNED AND DATED 'DEMONTREUIL 1791'
细节
A LATE LOUIS XVI FRUITWOOD CARVING OF A CANARY
SIGNED AND DATED 'DEMONTREUIL 1791'
The rectangular panel with the dead bird suspended from a nail, indistinctly inscribed in pencil to the top 'grohe' and to the bottom 'Le Serin par Demontreuil 1791', in a later beaded and molded black-painted and parcel-gilt glazed frame
7½ in. (19 cm.) high, 6½ in. (16 cm.) wide, approximately the carving
SIGNED AND DATED 'DEMONTREUIL 1791'
The rectangular panel with the dead bird suspended from a nail, indistinctly inscribed in pencil to the top 'grohe' and to the bottom 'Le Serin par Demontreuil 1791', in a later beaded and molded black-painted and parcel-gilt glazed frame
7½ in. (19 cm.) high, 6½ in. (16 cm.) wide, approximately the carving
拍场告示
Jean Demontreuil exhibited similar carvings at the Paris Salons in 1791, 1792 and 1793. A further carving by him was sold anonymously, Le Carpentier, Paris, 14 May - 1 June 1866, lot 181 as Un oiseau mort, suspendu par une patte. Tres-jolie sculpture en haut relief, par Demontreuil. Dans un cadre carr' en bois sculpt'., which sold for 250 livres.
The carving at Burghley was framed by Mayhew & Ince and invoiced in mid-summer 1768 A case for the bird, deal, batten & c, and a man's time packing ... £ 0-1-6
We are grateful to John Culverhouse, Curator at Burghley House, for his help in preparing this note.
The carving at Burghley was framed by Mayhew & Ince and invoiced in mid-summer 1768 A case for the bird, deal, batten & c, and a man's time packing ... £ 0-1-6
We are grateful to John Culverhouse, Curator at Burghley House, for his help in preparing this note.