AFTER THE MODEL BY GERARD-JEAN GALLE

细节

AN EARLY RESTAURATION BRONZE AND ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
AFTER THE MODEL BY GERARD-JEAN GALLE
Cast with the figure of Minerva holding a shield standing on a rouge griotte base applied with masks and lion masks side mounts on plinth base, the shield-clock face cast in relief with Muses emblematic of the seasons and with signs of the Zodiac and white enamel numerals, the later movement signed CH VCNE PARIS 51232 and with 1889 Medaille d'Argent disc by L Marti & Cie. plinth re-mounted, later bezelled glass and frame over dial
33½in. (85cm.)

来源

Acquired by Angus McBean for the Academy Cinema, Oxford Street, London in 1953 and reacquired by him in 1960.

出版

Robin Muir, 'The Legacy of Angus', The World of Interiors, September 2005.

注意事项

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拍品专文

The original model for the present clock was supplied by Gerard-Jean Galle (d. 1846) to the Royal Palace in Stockholm in 1823 (see H. Ottomeyer and P. Proschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986. p. 397, fig. 5.18.12). Other similar examples may be found in the Prado and at Malmaison. An earlier version, without clock movement, was acquired in 1814 by Ferdinando III and may be found in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence (see M. Chiarini and S. Padovari, Gli Appartamenti di Palazzo Pitti, Florence, 1993, p. 230, fig II.39). A clock of related design is in the Spanish Royal collection, illustrated in J. Ramon Colon de Carvajal, Catalogo de Relojes del Patrimonio Nacional, Editorial Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, 1987, p.185, no.165. Another example is illustrated in Tardy, La Pendule Francaise, Paris, 1967-1969, vol. II. pg.378.

A closely related clock sold Christie's London, 26 November 1996, lot 132, another sold Christie's New York, 31 October 2000, lot 356, and another sold Christie's, South Kensington, 14 July 2004, lot 42.