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Lot Essay
These elegant candelabra, with their delicate incurved putto herm tripod supports and with pearl-festooned arms and drip-pans, relate to the oeuvre of the accomplished bronzier François Rémond (1747-1812). The incurved supports recall the celebrated model created by Rémond for the cabinet turc of the Comte d’Artois, of which other versions were supplied to Princesse Kinsky, while a further pair is in the Louvre (illustrated in D. Alcouffe, A. Dion-Tennebaum and G. Mabille, Gilt Bronzes in the Louvre, Dijon, 2004, pp.174-5, cat. 89). The pearled nozzles are a particular leitmotif of Rémond’s oeuvre, and features on a pair of candelabra à grande figure et corbeille de fleurs, and a further pair of candelabra with griffin supports, both supplied to Princesse Kinsky circa 1782-5 (see C. Baulez, “Le Luminaire de la Princesse Kinsky’, L’Estampille/L’Objet d’Art, May 1991, pp. 89 and 97).
FRANCOIS REMOND
François Rémond was one of the foremost bronziers of the late Louis XVI period and in 1786 had the fourth highest capitalization out of over 800 bronziers in Paris. He worked for many of the most sophisticated collectors of the day, such as the Comte d'Artois and Princesse Kinsky, as well as supplying a considerable amount of bronzes d'ameublement to the king and queen, all in the style which has come to define the last flowering of the Louis XVI period, the goût Etrusque or arabesque. He worked above all through the celebrated marchand mercier Dominique Daguerre, for whom he supplied work valued at the staggering sum of 920,000 livres between 1778 and 1792.
FRANCOIS REMOND
François Rémond was one of the foremost bronziers of the late Louis XVI period and in 1786 had the fourth highest capitalization out of over 800 bronziers in Paris. He worked for many of the most sophisticated collectors of the day, such as the Comte d'Artois and Princesse Kinsky, as well as supplying a considerable amount of bronzes d'ameublement to the king and queen, all in the style which has come to define the last flowering of the Louis XVI period, the goût Etrusque or arabesque. He worked above all through the celebrated marchand mercier Dominique Daguerre, for whom he supplied work valued at the staggering sum of 920,000 livres between 1778 and 1792.