The Infant St John the Baptist, a 17th Century Sevillian school Spanish Baroque

Late 17th century French Gilt Bronze Figure of a Crouching Venus Gilt bronze crouching Venus on a pedestal decorated with Boulle marquetry and...

This precious cabinet is one of the rare emblematic works of the city of Antwerp, produced in 17th century thanks to the collaboration between a painter and a cabinetmaker, and intended to adorn Kunstkammer (private museums) or art cabinets. Our cabinet is decorated with 13 oil painted panels featuring mythological and allegorical subjects and perfectly reflects the Antwerp pictorial trend of the early 17th century. Definitely in the spirit of the times, where one of the roles of the kunstkammer (the room for which it is intended) is to be able to contemplate the world in all its aspects. It opens with two doors revealing 10 drawers, 9 of which have painted panels on the front, a central door and an upper compartment, the interior of which is also decorated with a painted panel. The left door depicts a subject from Roman mythology: Pomona and Vertumnus in the garden. The fruits and vegetables placed at the feet of Pomona evoke the allegory of summer and the abundance of nature. While on the right door, under the airs of Venus and Love...

A 16th Century French Renaissance Cavred Walnut Buffet Loire Valley Dimensions: H. 1m62; L. 1m02; P. 0.52m. (63.78 in. x 40.16 in x 20....

A regence boulle marquetry ormolu-mounted bracket clock Our violin-shaped cartel is decorated with a marquetry Boulle with engraved brass decorated with windings, florets, cartridge...

Monumental pair of obelisks veneered with following marbles:  pink marble of the Pyrenees, blue Turquin and yellow of Siena. A very decorative pair of tall obelisks that would look g...

A Regence ormolu-mounted commode by Etienne Doirat (Paris, 1675-1732) Rare and elegant commode curved on the front and on the sides, in amaranth veneer arranged in sheets in the frames. It opens with four drawers in three rows: two large and two short and asymmetrical . Rich ornamentation of chiseled and gilt bronzes: the Rococo frontal cartouche, mounts with oak leaf windings, foliated handles and clogs, rosettes on the sides. Flanders red marble top. Size: h. 35.04 inch, w. 56.69 inch, d. 33.46 inch By Etienne Doirat (1675-25 June 1732), Regency period, 18th century Although not stamped, our commode belongs by its shape and its bronze ornamentations to an identified corpus of the production of Etienne Doirat, one of the most talented cabinetmakers under the Regency. This group of chests of drawers listed in public and private collections, some of which stamped E. Doirat are characterized by the almost identical front cartouche. On our chest of drawers, this cartouche is formed by two scalloped lambrequins joined by a clip they are extended by branches with acanthus foliage and flowers with beaded friezes. Inside are two keyholes, the first with a lion's mouth, the second formed by two stylized dolphins facing each other with lion's paws under a valance. Chests of drawers by Etienne Doirat with the frontal cartouche: Commode in identical "tombeau" shape: - Commode stamped Doirat, Christie's London, July 10, 2008 lot n 43 - Unstamped chest of drawers, doc. Me Tajan, published in "French 18th century Furniture" by Kjelleberg Commode of different shape, identical front cartouche: - Chest of drawers with three drawers, stamped Doirat, Christie's London, November 27, 2018 lot n 509 - Sarcophagus chest of drawers, stamped Doirat, J. Paul Getty museum, Los Angeles - Chest of drawers with two drawers, stamped Doirat, private collection, illustrated in J. - D. Augarde - Chest of drawers with three drawers, stamped by Migeon, but attributed to Doirat from the former Eugène Kraemer collection, sale at Galerie Georges Petit (Paris), May 5-6, 1913, lot 141; former Ogden Mills collection, Paris, rue de Varenne...

Stylistically, and to appreciate the stylistic differences, compare with the San Juan Bautista of the "Altarpiece of San Juan Bautista" by Juan de Juni and Inocencio Berruguete, dated in 1551 and today in the National Museum of Sculpture of Valladolid, or with the Sanint John the Baptist by Alonso...

Base. Carved and gilded wood. Spanish school, 17th century. Base for sculpture made of carved and gilded wood with a rectangular and flat shape, slightly raised on circular legs and...

A large-scale 17th century Spanish carving of Christ on the cross. Possibly of a much earlier date, the features and posture owing much to Byzantine depictions of Christ, especially ...

Base. Carved and polychrome wood. Spanish school, 17th century. Rectangular base base, made of carved and polychrome wood in gray tones, which has been decorated with a series of mo...

Auction. Carved and gilded wood. Spanish school, 17th century. Carved and gilded piece of wood probably coming from a Spanish school altarpiece decorated with deep carvings of archi...

Sculpture (figural candlestick). Carved and polychrome wood, wrought iron. Castilian school, 16tyh-17th centuries. Carved and polychrome wooden sculpture placed on a simple base showing a half-naked male figure, holding with his hands a cloth that covers the lower part of his body in front and holding up a wrought iron cone...