A MARBLE RELIEF DEPICTING THE UNION OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE

AFTER JACQUES BUIRETTE (1631-1699), FRANCO-FLEMISH, CIRCA 1690-1710

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A MARBLE RELIEF DEPICTING THE UNION OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
AFTER JACQUES BUIRETTE (1631-1699), FRANCO-FLEMISH, CIRCA 1690-1710
in a carved oval gilt-wood frame
27 ½ in. (70 cm.) high; 43 in. (109. cm.) high, overall

Provenance

Thomas, 8th Earl of Pembroke (1654-1732), Wilton House, Salisbury, and by descent to Sidney 16th Earl of Pembroke (1906-1969).
Sold by the above, Christie's London, 2 June 1964, lot 85.
Phillips & Harris, 54 Kensington Church Street, London, 30th May 1985, where acquired.

Literature

The Connoisseur 170, February 1969, Abb. S. XXXII
F. Souchal, French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th Centuries, A-F, London, 1977, p. 70, no. 2.

Exhibited

Dusseldorf, Europäische Barockplastik am Niederrheim; Grupello und seine Zeit, 4 April - 20 June 1971, no. 359.

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Lot Essay

When it was first formed between the 1670s and 1720s, the sculpture collection at Wilton House was among the largest and most important in Europe. The collection was formed by Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke (1654-1732), who was considered one of the greatest patron of the arts of his time.
The present relief is a copy after Buirette's square original that he carved as a reception piece for the French Academy in 1661, and now resides in the Louvre. Due to its oval shape, the author of the present relief excluded several features, including a number of the sculptor's tools, whilst adding the rocky outcrop ledge at the bottom.

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