A MARBLE BUST OF EDOUARD COLBERT, MARQUIS DE VILLACERF, SURINTENDANT DES BATIMENTS DU ROI

19TH CENTURY, AFTER MARTIN VAN DER BOGAERT, CALLED DESJARDINS

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A MARBLE BUST OF EDOUARD COLBERT, MARQUIS DE VILLACERF, SURINTENDANT DES BATIMENTS DU ROI
19th Century, After Martin van der Bogaert, called Desjardins
Wearing a wig, turned to the left, with a lace scarf, embroidered coat and swagged drapery, on a later white marble base
42in. (107cm.) high, 31in. (79cm.) wide, 16in. (40.5cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from Heim Gallery, Paris, 1971 ($23,000).

Literature

F. Souchal, French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th Centuries: the Reign of Louis XIV, 1977, vol. I, pp. 259-260.

Lot Essay

The original bust of Villacerf (1629-1699) at the age of 63 was modelled by Desjardins (Breda 1640-Paris 1694), but none of the three existing versions (including the one in the Louvre) is by his own hand as the original offered to the Academy on April 4 1693 has disappeared.

Another version of this marble was recently sold at Christie's New York, 21 May 2003, lot 49 ($21,000).

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