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拍品專文
Thonissen is recorded in the Rue Mandar between 1806 and 1820 and in the Rue Comtesse d'Artois in 1830
A design for this figure representing Africa was made by Jean Simon Deverberie (1764-1824) during the Directoire period. This style was to become known as the pendules Au bon sauvage or style Deverberie. Between 1795 and 1815 several different designs such as 'L'Amerique' and 'Indien et Indienne enlaci' were made in this genre. Its popularity reflected the increased interest in Europe for all things exotic. The designs which Deverberie executed in 1799 can be found in the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris.
For a survey on the models of Deverberie and a design drawing of the present lot see: Charlotte Vignon, Cleveland Studies in the History of Art, Vol. 8, 2003, 'Deverberie & Cie: Drawings, Models, and Works in Bronze', pp. 170-188, fig.1.15, p. 172.
A design for this figure representing Africa was made by Jean Simon Deverberie (1764-1824) during the Directoire period. This style was to become known as the pendules Au bon sauvage or style Deverberie. Between 1795 and 1815 several different designs such as 'L'Amerique' and 'Indien et Indienne enlaci' were made in this genre. Its popularity reflected the increased interest in Europe for all things exotic. The designs which Deverberie executed in 1799 can be found in the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris.
For a survey on the models of Deverberie and a design drawing of the present lot see: Charlotte Vignon, Cleveland Studies in the History of Art, Vol. 8, 2003, 'Deverberie & Cie: Drawings, Models, and Works in Bronze', pp. 170-188, fig.1.15, p. 172.