A FOUR PANEL POLYCHROME-PAINTED SCREEN

FRENCH OR ITALIAN, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

Details

A FOUR PANEL POLYCHROME-PAINTED SCREEN
FRENCH OR ITALIAN, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Each panel decorated with grotesque and mythological scenes, similarly decorated to the reverse
each panel: 80½ in. (204.5 cm.) high, 23½ in. (60 cm.) wide

Further details

PARAVENT À QUATRE FEUILLES, FRANCE OU ITALIE, SECOND QUART DU XVIIIÈME SIÈCLE

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Lot Essay

This refined screen would have been placed in front of a door to block drafts and appear in paintings of eighteenth century interiors such as Boucher's La Toilette. The decoration reflects popular styles of the time, with the painted panels in the manner of Watteau and panels of grotesques that relate to drawings by Jean Bérain (d.1711). Related screens have been sold anonymously at Christie's, London, 15 June 1995, lot 42 and at Phillips, London, 18 June 1996, lot 165.

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