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Lot Essay
Julien Béliard, maître horloger recorded on the rue Saint-Benôit and rue Pavée in 1777, still active in 1817, or Julien-Antoine Béliard, maître horloger in 1786, recorded on the rue de Hurepoix, 1787-1806.
This model of clock derives its inspriation from a painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) Young Girl Mourning her Dead Bird' which in turn was inspired by a poem by Catullus. The dead bird is a symbol of lost innocence. (see E. Niehüser, French Bronze Clocks, 1700-1830: A Study of the Figural Images, Atglen, PA, 1999, p. 27 and for an illustration of a similar clock, p. 6, pl. 2.)
This model of clock derives its inspriation from a painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) Young Girl Mourning her Dead Bird' which in turn was inspired by a poem by Catullus. The dead bird is a symbol of lost innocence. (see E. Niehüser, French Bronze Clocks, 1700-1830: A Study of the Figural Images, Atglen, PA, 1999, p. 27 and for an illustration of a similar clock, p. 6, pl. 2.)