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Walnut Sideboard, France, 19th Century
Walnut Sideboard, France, 19th Century

Walnut Sideboard, France, 19th Century

Located in Madrid, ES

Walnut wood sideboard with two doors on the top decorated with reliefs (rhombuses, triangles panels, symmetrical vegetal composition, etc.), a space in the central area with two vase...

Category

19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Madrid

Materials

Metal

Modern Chair Yellow Green Cotton Spiked Biomorphic Surface Hand-Sewn by ESTO
Modern Chair Yellow Green Cotton Spiked Biomorphic Surface Hand-Sewn by ESTO

Modern Chair Yellow Green Cotton Spiked Biomorphic Surface Hand-Sewn by ESTO

By ESTO

Located in New York, NY

Chair 02 by ESTO Tubular Steel, Padded Cover, Foam Seat, Cotton Fabric H 33.5 x L 16.5 x W 15.7 A functional furniture piece with a steel structure, finished in a hand-sewn textil...

Category

2010s Spanish Modern Madrid

Materials

Steel

Model "2040" lamp in blown glass with 12 oval-shaped arms, amber green -Murano
Model "2040" lamp in blown glass with 12 oval-shaped arms, amber green -Murano

Model "2040" lamp in blown glass with 12 oval-shaped arms, amber green -Murano

By Vittorio Zecchin

Located in Madrid, España

Model "2040" lamp in blown glass with 12 oval-shaped arms, amber green - Vittorio Zecchin - Murano, Italy - c. 1930 Dimensions: 90 x 130 x 70 cm

Category

1930s Italian Vintage Madrid

Materials

Glass

Bronze Sculpture of Child - 105 cm
Bronze Sculpture of Child - 105 cm

Bronze Sculpture of Child - 105 cm

Located in Madrid, ES

This impressive bronze sculpture depicts a child bitten by a crab, capturing a dramatic and emotive moment. Signed by the renowned sculptor Annibale De Lotto (San Vito di Cadore, 187...

Category

Early 1900s Antique Madrid

Materials

Bronze

Important Spanish School 17th Century: Triptych of the Adoration H: 145cm
Important Spanish School 17th Century: Triptych of the Adoration H: 145cm

Important Spanish School 17th Century: Triptych of the Adoration H: 145cm

Located in Madrid, ES

Spanish School 17th Century: Triptych of the Adoration Oil on panel. Total height: 145 cm; Total width: 96 cm Restorations. In an antique molded oak frame. Our important triptyc...

Category

17th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Madrid

Materials

Paint

Chain Link Floor Lamp in wrought iron with a paper shade sewn with satin
Chain Link Floor Lamp in wrought iron with a paper shade sewn with satin

Chain Link Floor Lamp in wrought iron with a paper shade sewn with satin

By Franz West

Located in Madrid, España

Floor lamp with a central structure and base of wrought iron chain links and a paper shade sewn with satin - Atr. Franz West - c. 1950 - France Dimensions: 182 x 70 Ø cm

Category

1950s French Vintage Madrid

Materials

Iron

"Bermuda" Chairs Designed by Carlos Miret for Amat, Spain, 1986
"Bermuda" Chairs Designed by Carlos Miret for Amat, Spain, 1986

"Bermuda" Chairs Designed by Carlos Miret for Amat, Spain, 1986

Located in Madrid, ES

The "Bermuda" chairs were designed by Carlos Miret and edited by Amat in 1986 in Spain, This Memphis-style tripod chair is composed of a black lacquered m...

Category

1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Madrid

Materials

Iron

19th Century Pair of Engravings of "Description of Egypt"
19th Century Pair of Engravings of "Description of Egypt"

19th Century Pair of Engravings of "Description of Egypt"

Located in Madrid, ES

Two engravings from the book "The Description of Egypt", a major publication by the scholars who accompanied Napoleon, which included descriptions and engravings made by these schola...

Category

Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Madrid

Materials

Wood, Paper

IGI Certified 0.35ct Natural Diamond Three-Stone 18K white gold
IGI Certified 0.35ct Natural Diamond Three-Stone 18K white gold

IGI Certified 0.35ct Natural Diamond Three-Stone 18K white gold

Located in Sant Josep de sa Talaia, IB

Certification: IGI Certified – Report No. 10j1963825 IGI Certified 0.35 Ct Three-Stone Diamond Ring in 18K White Gold. Natural round brilliant diamonds in a minimalist prong setti...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary European Contemporary Madrid

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold

Ferdinand Barbedienne " Diana" Sculpture, 19th Century
Ferdinand Barbedienne " Diana" Sculpture, 19th Century

Ferdinand Barbedienne " Diana" Sculpture, 19th Century

By Ferdinand Barbedienne

Located in Madrid, ES

"Diane de Gabies" French sculpture, late 19th century. Patinated bronze with "Ferdinand Barbedienne" foundry marks. Height: 51 cm. Very goo...

Category

19th Century French Baroque Antique Madrid

Materials

Bronze

Large Clock Portico Empire And Gilded Bronze Mercury Gilt
Large Clock Portico Empire And Gilded Bronze Mercury Gilt

Large Clock Portico Empire And Gilded Bronze Mercury Gilt

Located in Madrid, ES

Large, very imposing portico clock, from the Charles chiselled with acanthus leaves, geometric shapes, gadroons and water leaves as well as on the flat surfaces of the garlands and r...

Category

Late 19th Century Antique Madrid

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Style Solid Wood and Colored Glass Italian Sideboard
Mid-Century Modern Style Solid Wood and Colored Glass Italian Sideboard

Mid-Century Modern Style Solid Wood and Colored Glass Italian Sideboard

Located in Madrid, ES

Sideboard composed of two folding doors and one shelve inside. Original structure from 1950s made of solid wood and coated with colored glass. Details, handles and legs made of brass...

Category

1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Madrid

Materials

Brass

Pair of Winged Warrior Garden Statues
Pair of Winged Warrior Garden Statues

Pair of Winged Warrior Garden Statues

Located in Madrid, ES

Impressive pair of garden statues depicting winged warriors, inspired by the heroic figures of Classical mythology and Renaissance sculpture. Combining martial strength with celestia...

Category

1970s Vintage Madrid

Materials

Marble

Frame. Ebonized wood, metal. Dutch School, 17th  century.
Frame. Ebonized wood, metal. Dutch School, 17th  century.

Frame. Ebonized wood, metal. Dutch School, 17th century.

Located in Madrid, ES

Frame. Ebonized wood, metal. Dutch School, 17th century. It has faults. Slightly rectangular frame made of ebonized wood and decorated with a series of smooth moldings of varying w...

Category

17th Century European Baroque Antique Madrid

Materials

Other

Pair of French Patinated Bronze Vases Urns Clodion Style
Pair of French Patinated Bronze Vases Urns Clodion Style

Pair of French Patinated Bronze Vases Urns Clodion Style

By Claude Michel Clodion

Located in Madrid, ES

A pair of late 19th century French vases or urns, in the style of C.M.Clodion, in patinated bronze with a Belgian black marble base. The vases...

Category

Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Madrid

Materials

Marble, Bronze

19th Century French Mantel Clock by Achille Brocot, Bronze, 1860-1880
19th Century French Mantel Clock by Achille Brocot, Bronze, 1860-1880

19th Century French Mantel Clock by Achille Brocot, Bronze, 1860-1880

Located in MADRID, ES

Magnificent 19th century French mantel clock garniture in the Napoleon III style, comprising a finely sculpted mantel clock and a matching pair of large candelabra. Executed circa 18...

Category

19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Madrid

Materials

Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu

Brutalist Oak Wood Chest of Drawers with Sculptural Fronts, Italian Handcrafted
Brutalist Oak Wood Chest of Drawers with Sculptural Fronts, Italian Handcrafted

Brutalist Oak Wood Chest of Drawers with Sculptural Fronts, Italian Handcrafted

Located in Madrid, ES

Handcrafted chest of drawers made of solid oak, featuring a bold brutalist design with sculptural, geometric drawer fronts. The piece includes seven spacious drawers, offering both f...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Brutalist Madrid

Materials

Oak

Pair of Carlotta Lounge Chairs by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Cassina
Pair of Carlotta Lounge Chairs by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Cassina

Pair of Carlotta Lounge Chairs by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Cassina

By Cassina, Afra & Tobia Scarpa

Located in Madrid, ES

Pair of Carlotta easy chairs designed by Afra and Tobia for Cassina, circa 1967. The chairs have a simple rectangular black lacquered wooden frame that has been restored. Woven elastic cord supports the movable back...

Category

Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Madrid

Materials

Fabric, Cord, Wood

Contemporary Geometric Artisian Raw Cotton South American Sculpture/Tapestry
Contemporary Geometric Artisian Raw Cotton South American Sculpture/Tapestry

Contemporary Geometric Artisian Raw Cotton South American Sculpture/Tapestry

Located in Ibiza, Spain

This large format wall-hanging sculpture is handmade from 100% raw agave cotton thread, featuring naturally dyed thread details in various shades. It offers a contemporary reinterpre...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary South American Modern Madrid

Materials

Cotton

Roman Bronze Sculpture Depicts Roman Chariot 19th Century
Roman Bronze Sculpture Depicts Roman Chariot 19th Century

Roman Bronze Sculpture Depicts Roman Chariot 19th Century

Located in Madrid, ES

Roman bronze sculpture Depicts Roman Chariot 19th century Measures: cm. 33 × 66 H. 50 Good conditions.

Category

19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Madrid

Materials

Bronze

Mid Century Style Grey Murano Glass and Brass Italian Table Lamps
Mid Century Style Grey Murano Glass and Brass Italian Table Lamps

Mid Century Style Grey Murano Glass and Brass Italian Table Lamps

Located in Ibiza, Spain

Elevate your space with this exquisite pair of sculptural Italian table lamps. Crafted from polished brass and adorned with elegant grey Murano glass spheres, these lamps exude luxur...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Madrid

Materials

Brass

TAKASHI MURAKAMI: With eyes on... Hand signed & numbered. Superflat, Pop Art
TAKASHI MURAKAMI: With eyes on... Hand signed & numbered. Superflat, Pop Art

TAKASHI MURAKAMI: With eyes on... Hand signed & numbered. Superflat, Pop Art

By Takashi Murakami

Located in Madrid, Madrid

With eyes on the reality of one hundred years from now Date of creation: 2013 Medium: Offset lithograph with silver on paper Edition: 300 Size: 50 x 50 cm Observations: Offset lithog...

Category

2010s Pop Art Madrid

Materials

Varnish, Lithograph, Offset

Portrait Traditionally Identified as Maria Theresa of Austria, c. 1720
Portrait Traditionally Identified as Maria Theresa of Austria, c. 1720

Portrait Traditionally Identified as Maria Theresa of Austria, c. 1720

By France"

Located in Madrid, ES

Portrait of Maria Theresa of Austria, Queen Consort of France, 17th Century Oil on canvas, European School, ca. 1660–1680, late 17th century Oil on canvas depicting Maria Theresa of...

Category

1710s Spanish Baroque Antique Madrid

Materials

Paint

Bronze Fawns deers from the Villa dei Papiri, Herculaneum
Bronze Fawns deers from the Villa dei Papiri, Herculaneum

Bronze Fawns deers from the Villa dei Papiri, Herculaneum

Located in Madrid, ES

Bronze Fawns from the Villa dei Papiri, Herculaneum This elegant pair of bronze fawns are replicas of the original sculptures discovered in 1756 at the Villa dei Papiri, an aristocr...

Category

1950s Vintage Madrid

Materials

Bronze

Italian Oak Wood Sideboard with Travertine Marble Top and Hand Carved Patterns
Italian Oak Wood Sideboard with Travertine Marble Top and Hand Carved Patterns

Italian Oak Wood Sideboard with Travertine Marble Top and Hand Carved Patterns

Located in Madrid, ES

Elegant and sculptural, this Italian oak wooden sideboard features a refined travertine marble top and four hand-carved doors with geometric patterns that highlight the craftsmanship...

Category

2010s Italian Brutalist Madrid

Materials

Marble

Cluster Ring Natural Emerald Colombia 2.20 carat Diamond yellow gold 18 kts
Cluster Ring Natural Emerald Colombia 2.20 carat Diamond yellow gold 18 kts

Cluster Ring Natural Emerald Colombia 2.20 carat Diamond yellow gold 18 kts

Located in MADRID, ES

Curious Italian design ring made in the 80's with retro reminiscences. Handmade in 18 karat yellow gold, with a tube border and a wavy gallery. Double claw setting and bezel. Weight ...

Category

1980s Italian Contemporary Vintage Madrid

Materials

Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Organic-Shaped Green Italian Mirror Made of Murano Glass and Brass
Organic-Shaped Green Italian Mirror Made of Murano Glass and Brass

Organic-Shaped Green Italian Mirror Made of Murano Glass and Brass

Located in Madrid, ES

Mirror with a wooden structure featuring a brass profile and a front made of handcrafted Murano glass. Current production from Murano, Italy. This mirror is the perfect choice for ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Madrid

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern White Boucle Brass and Beechwood Italian Set of Four Chairs
Mid-Century Modern White Boucle Brass and Beechwood Italian Set of Four Chairs

Mid-Century Modern White Boucle Brass and Beechwood Italian Set of Four Chairs

Located in Ibiza, Spain

This set comprises four chairs crafted from solid beechwood, featuring upholstery in bouclé fabric and accents of brass. Designed for both durability and aesthetic appeal, these chai...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Madrid

Materials

Wool, Bouclé, Wood

Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper Arabescato Marble Eros Console Table, Italy
Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper Arabescato Marble Eros Console Table, Italy

Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper Arabescato Marble Eros Console Table, Italy

By Angelo Mangiarotti

Located in Ibiza, Spain

Console table designed by Angelo Mangiarotti composed of tabletop resting on two conical marble legs,1970s. Iconic and original design in Arabescato marble. This piece is an exampl...

Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Madrid

Materials

Marble

Tapestry   Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
Tapestry   Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins

Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins

By Aubusson Manufacture

Located in Madrid, ES

Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the History of Esther, illustrating Esther seated and attended by handmaidens, one washing her feet in golden basin, another fastening a bracelet, another offering a mirror, all observed by Mordecai, woven in the workshop of Michele Audran after a design by J. F. de Troy. The Toilet of Esther c.1778-85.Royal Collection Trust-Queens Audience Chamber Windsor Castle The Sketches for the Esther Cycle by Jean-François de Troy (1736) “and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mor’decai, ..., took for his own daughter.” (Est. 2:7) A supple and undulating genius, both a flattering portraitist and a prolix history painter, as well as a brilliant genre painter, in a gallant or worldly vein, Jean-François de Troy (Paris, 1679 – Rome, 1752), solicited, although he had passed the threshold of old age, a new royal commission up to his ambitions. To obtain it, he submitted – successfully - for the approval of the Bâtiments du roi (administration), seven modelli painted in 1736 with his usual alacrity. Inspired by one of the most novelistic texts of the Old Testament, the Book of Esther, these sketches in a rapid and virtuoso manner were transformed by the artist, between 1737 and 1740 into large cartoons intended to serve as models for the weavers of the Gobelins factory. Showing undeniable ease and skill in the composition in perfect harmony with the sensitivities of the times, the tapestry set met with great success. The Story of Esther perfectly corresponded to the plan of the Bâtiments du roi to renew the repertoire of tapestry models used for the weavers of the royal factories while it also conformed to the tastes of Louis XV’s subjects for a fantastical Orient, the set for a dramatic tale in which splendour, love and death were combined. Indeed, no tapestry set was woven in France during the 18th century as often as that of Esther. The series of modelli painted by de Troy during the year 1736 looks to the history of French painting and decoration under Louis XV as much as it does the history of the Gobelins. It probably counts among the most important rococo pictorial groups to have remained in private hands. First the Biblical source illustrated by De Troy which constitutes the base of one of the richest iconographical traditions of Western art will be considered. Then the circumstances and specific character of French civilisation during the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV which contributed to making the theme of Esther a relevant subject, both attractive to contemporaries and remarkably in line with the sensitivities of the time will be elucidated. An examination of the exceptional series of sketches united here, the cartoons and the tapestries that they anticipate as well as a study of their reception will close this essay. The Book of Esther: A scriptural source at the source of rich iconography. The origin of the Esther tapestry set by Jean-François de Troy – origin and creation of a masterpiece According to the evidence of one of the artist’s early biographers, the chevalier de Valory, author of a posthumous elegy of the master, read at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture on 6 February 1762, it was apparently due to early16 rivalry with François Lemoyne (1688-1737), his younger colleague who had precisely just been appointed First Painter to the King in 1736, that had encouraged François de Troy to seek a commission allowing him to show off his ease and his promptitude at the expense of a rival who was notoriously laborious: “M. De Troy, retaining some resentment of the kind of disadvantage which he believed to have suffered compared with his emulator looked to regain some territory by making use of the facility his rival did not possess. Lemoyne was excessively long in the creation of his works,and M. De Troy of a rare celerity: consequently, with this particular talent, the latter offered to the court to make paintings appropriate to be executed at the Gobelins Factory; and it is to this circumstance that we owe the beautiful series of the Story of Esther, which would be sufficient alone to give him a great reputation.”17 Beyond the suspicion inspired by the topos, which still constitutes, more or less, a tale of rivalries between artists in ancient literature, there is probably some truth in what Valory reports although A.-J. Dezalier d’Argenville (who indicates rather spitefully that de Troy did not hesitate to “cut prices” to impose himself, benefitting from the productivity assured by the unlikely rapidity of his brush)18 proves to be more evasive: “As he looked to busy himself, he had offered to make the paintings that serve as models for the King’s tapestries cheaply: which did not please his colleagues. He was given a choice of two tapestry series to be made and he took the Story of Esther and that of Jason”.19 Whether or not the choice was actually left to de Troy (which would appear rather casual on the royal administration’s part all the same), it seems likely that the artist, whose contemporaries extol his “fire”, as the faculty of invention was then called, must have ardently aspired to the possibility of using on a very large scale the “creative genius” with which Dezallier d’Argenville credits him. The decoration of the private apartments, the fashion for which Louis XV had promoted at Versailles and Fontainebleau, offered little opportunity to excel in this area. Other than painting for altarpieces, only tapestries could allow comparison with Lemoyne who had been granted – unfortunately for him – a major decoration: the enormous ceiling of the Hercules Room at Versailles. Favoured by the recent improvement in France’s financial situation, the revival of patronage offered de Troy a commission fitting for him, in a field in which, however, he had hardly any experience. Anxious to renew the repertoire of models available to the Gobelins factory, the Duc d’Antin, surintendant des Bâtiments du roi from 1708 to 1736 followed by his successor, Philibert Orry comte de Vignory, gave him the task of producing seven large cartoons inspired by the Book of Esther corresponding to the brilliant sketches or modelli which de Troy had produced in one go, or almost (very few preparatory drawings can in fact be linked to the Esther cycle and all seem to be at the execution stage of the cartoons).20 Subjected to the approval of the Administration des Bâtiments according to the procedure in use for projects being planned for the Gobelins, sketches made rapidly during 1736 were approved and the project launched immediately. Thereupon came the news of François Lemoyne’s death, who, ground down by work and a victim of his private torment, committed suicide on 4 June 1737. Against all expectations, de Troy did not replace his rival in the position of First Painter (which remained vacant until the appointment of Charles Coypel in January 1747), which would perhaps have made him too obviously the beneficiary of the drama. The awarding of the position of Director of the French Academy in Rome came to console him while he had already produced (or he was in the process of finishing), in Paris, three of the seven cartoons of the cycle (The Fainting of Esther finished in 1737 and the Toilet and Coronation of Esther, both finished in 1738). De Troy, we can see, did not follow the order of the narrative but began with the subjects which apparently offered the least difficulty because he had already depicted them, or because they fall into a strong pictorial tradition (such is the case especially for the Fainting of Esther). He had hardly settled at the Palazzo Mancini in August 1738, when his first task which awaited the new director of the French Academy naturally consisted of honouring the royal commission and finishing without delay the final cartoons of the Story of Esther after the sketches he must have taken with him. As prompt as ever, de Troy discharged himself of the execution of the four remaining cartoons in only two years, by beginning with the largest format which allowed him to strike the imagination and to impose himself as soon as he arrived on the Roman stage: the Triumph of Mor’decai which was finished in 1739 (like Esther’s Banquet). The following year, the Mor’decai's Disdain and The Sentencing of Haman were brought to an end in the same Neo-Venetian style, obviously tributary to Veronese with its choice of “open” monumental architecture which is characteristic of the entire cycle.21 The series, it should be noted, was almost augmented with some additional scenes in the mid 1740s. Indeed, the first tapestry set finished at the Gobelins in 1744 proved to be unsuitable for the arrangement of the Dauphine’s apartments at Versailles for which it had been intended to decorate the walls the following year (cf infra). Informed of this, de Troy, considering that the story of Esther offered “several good subjects,” immediately offered to illustrate one or new subject among those “which could appear to be the most interesting”. The directeur des Bâtiments Orry, who managed the State’s accounts, obviously judged it less costly to have one of the tapestries widened to fill in the end of the Dauphine’s bedroom,22 which has probably deprived us of very original compositions, because de Troy had already illustrated the most famous themes, those that benefitted from a strongly established iconographical tradition and from which it was not easy to deviate The Tapestry Set of the Story of Esther Placed on the tapestry looms of the Gobelins at the end of the 1730s in Michel Audran’s workshop, the cycle created by de Troy aroused true infatuation. The few hundred tapestries made between 1738 and 1797 – all in high-warp tapestry and woven in wool and silk except for four in low-warp made in Neilson’s workshop – show the impressive success of a tapestry set that was without any doubt the most frequently woven of the 18th century in France. 29 Only three cartoons had been delivered by de Troy in 1738 when the first tapestry set was begun by Audran under the expert eye of Jean-Baptiste Oudry to whom the Directeur général des bâtiments, Philibert Orry had assigned the (weekly) supervision of the weaving. During the summer of 1738, the piece of the Fainting of Esther, which Oudry judged to be admirable, was finished. During the winter of 1742, Oudry informed Orry that about two ells of the Triumph of Mor’decai had been made “with no faults”,that the Coronation of Esther was finished and that the Esther at her Toilet “a very gracious tapestry” was “a little over half” finished. Exhibited at Versailles in 1743, these two last pieces were admired by Louis XV and the Court. On 3 December 1744, the set of seven tapestries was finally delivered to the Garde Meuble. It was intended, the honour was not slight, to decorate the apartments of the Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain whose marriage to the young Dauphin Louis-Ferdinand had been fixed for the following year (it took place on 23 February 1745). Apparently it was thought that the theme of Esther the biblical heroine and wife of a foreign sovereign was appropriate for the apartments of the Spanish Dauphine. As early as the month of March, the architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel informed de Troy that her grand cabinet was decorated with the “Esther tapestry set” specifying however that “for lack of two small or one large piece, we have not been able to decorate the end of the room”. This difficulty led immediately to the Banquet episode being woven a second time in two parts (they were delivered to the Garde-Meuble on 30 December 1746) to garnish the panels on each side of the bed of the Dauphine who would hardly enjoy them (she died on 22 July 1746 and the decoration was installed for the new Dauphine Maria Josepha of Saxony). The appearance of the set’s remarkable border, which imitated a richly sculpted wooden frame, should be mentioned. Conceived in 1738 by the ornamentalist Pierre Josse-Perrot and used in the later weavings until 1768, it tended to reinforce the resolutely painterly appearance of the tapestry set which, in this regard, pushed the art of tapestry as far as its ultimate mimetic possibilities. With the exception of Mor’decai's Disdain which had been removed earlier, the “editio princeps” of the story of Esther (from then on in nine pieces) remained at Versailles until the Revolution. Of the eight surviving tapestries, four are at the chateau of Compiègne and four belong today to the Mobilier National. No less than seven tapestry sets reputed to be complete (one of them in fact only had six tapestries) would be produced officially at the Gobelins up to 1772. Literature: 1- The Œuvres mêlées of an emulator of Racine, the Abbé Augustin NADAL thus include an Esther. Divertissement spiritual which is exactly contemporary with Jean François de Troy’s cycle since it was performed in 1735 and published in Paris three years later. 2-Le Siècle de Louis XIV, 1751, 1785 ed., p. 96-97 for French ed. 3- Lemoyne and de Troy had been obliged to share the First Prize in the competition organised in 1727 between the most prominent history painters of the Académie Royale. 4- Mémoires…, pub. L. DUSSIEUX et al., 1854, II, p.265. 5-The fact that de Troy, at the risk of falling out with his colleagues, did not hesitate to make use of prices in order to convince the new directeur des Bâtiments Philibert Orry, is confirmed by Mariette who adds tersely “it caused much shouting” (pub. 1851-1860, II, p. 103). 6- Abrégé de la vie des plus fameux peintres…, ed. 1762, IV, p. 368-369 20 Early comments on the painter are inclined to present him as a kind of “pure painter”, doing without the medium of drawing, a few intermediary studies between the Esther sketches and the large cartoons at the Louvre nevertheless show that de Troy used red chalk (see in the catalogue, the notice for the Meal of Esther and Ahasuerus under the entry drawing) to change one or other figure. 7-C. GASTINEL-COURAL (cat. exp. PARIS, 1985, p. 9-13) as well as the article by J. VITTET, exh. cat. LA ROCHE-GUYON, 2001, p. 51-55. 8-The Hermitage in St. Petersburg conserves five tapestries of these two royal gifts whose provenance still awaits elucidation (as far as we are aware). In 1766, the Grand Marshal of Russia, Count Razumovski (or Razamowski), acquired the Fainting and the Banquet extracted from the sixth weaving (J. VITTET, 2001, p. 53). 9- Lettres écrites de Suisse, d’Italie…,quoted by J. VITTET, op. cit., p. 54. 10-The tapestry set remained in the hands of a branch of the Hapsburg-Lorraine family until 1933 (ibid. P. 54). 11-Quoted by Chr. LERIBAULT, 2002, p. 97, note 269. 12-Y. CANTAREL-BESSON, 1992, p. 241. Catalogue The Esther at her Toilet Oil on canvas, 57 x 51 cm Provenance: Painted in 1736 at the same time as the six other modelli of the Story of Esther intended to be presented, for approval, to the direction des Bâtiments du Roi; perhaps identifiable among a lot of sketches by Jean-François de Troy in the post mortem inventory of the amateur, historian and critic Claude-Henri Watelet (1718-1786) drawn up on 13 January 1786 and following days (A.N. T 978, n° 30) then in the sale of the property of the deceased, Paris, 12 June 1786, n° 33; Paris, François Marcille Collection (who owned a series of six sketches from which the Triumph of Mor’decai was missing, see infra); Paris, Marcille Sale, Hôtel Drouot, 12-13 January 1857, n° 36; Asnières, Mme de Chavanne de Palmassy ( ?) collection; Paris, Galerie Cailleux; Paris, Humbert de Wendel collection (acquired from the Galerie Cailleux in 1928); by inheritance in the same family; Paris, Sotheby’s, 23 June 2011, n° 61. In order not to add unnecessarily to the technical commentary on each work, the catalogue raisonné by Chr. Leribault which contains a substantial bibliography on the series should be referred to. The other bibliographical references only concern the publications and exhibitions to have appeared and been presented more recently. Bibliography and Exhibitions: Chr. LERIBAULT, 2002, n° P. 247 (repr.); E. LIMARDO DATURI, 2004, p. 28; Exh. cat. NANTES, 2011, p. 138, n° 34, referred to in note 1; Sotheby’s catalogue, Tableaux anciens et du XIXe siècle, 23 June 2011, n° 61 (repr.). Related Works: Tapestry cartoon: The cartoon (oil on canvas, 329 x 320 cm), the third made by the artist in Paris after the sketches had been approved by the direction des Bâtiments, is in the Louvre (Inv. 8315). It previously bore the painter’s signature and the date 1738 (inscriptions which are found on the tapestries). The royal administration paid 1600 livres for it on 21 June 1738 and it was exhibited at the Salon in the year of its creation. Summary Biography 1679 (27 January): Baptism in Paris (Parish of St. Nicolas du Chardonnet) of Jean-François de Troy, son of the painter François de Troy and Jeanne Cotelle, sister of the painter Jean II Cotelle. 1696-1698: Studies (apparently rather turbulent) at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. 1698-1708: First trip to Italy. Is obliged to leave Rome in January 1711 after a tempestuous affair (a duel?), de Troy extends the traditional Roman experience as a pensionnaire at the Académie de France by also visiting Tuscany where he stays for a long time, Venice (his art in face has a strongly Venetian character) and Genoa. 1708: De Troy (whose father had been elected Director of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture on 7 July) is agréé and immediately received at the Académie with Apollo and Diana Piercing with their Arrows the Children of Niobe (Montpellier, Musée Fabre) on 28 July. 1710: First royal commission, paid for on 10 May (a sketch representing “the Promotion of the Order of the Holy Spirit” for the tapestry series of the History of the King). 1716: Jean-François de Troy is elected Assistant Professor at the Academy. 1720: He is appointed Professor. 1723: The artist creates the double portrait of Louis XV...

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20th Century Art Deco Sweden Commode or Chest of Drawers

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Located in Madrid, ES

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Set of 6 Brutalist Solid Pine Chairs, Spain, 1970s

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Located in Madrid, ES

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Mid-Century Afra And Tobia Scarpa Italian Wood Black Lacquer 1970s Sideboard

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Mid-Century Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen, Denmark, 1960

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Located in Madrid, ES

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Located in Madrid, ES

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Located in Madrid, ES

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PAIR OF TUSCAN IMPRUNETA TERRACOTTA URN 21th Century

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Located in Madrid, ES

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Located in Madrid, ES

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Paire de cygnes en bronze patiné vert, années 1950

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Located in Madrid, ES

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Located in Madrid, ES

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Located in Madrid, ES

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Emilio Grau Sala, Paddock, 1970

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Located in Madrid, ES

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Leopard Print Velvet Cushion in Cotton with Double Tinsel Trim and Linen Back

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Located in Madrid, ES

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Antique French Empire Revival Bronze 6 Light Chandelier, Sculptural Detailing

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Located in Madrid, ES

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Important 17th Century Italian Cabinet (Bargueño)

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Located in Madrid, ES

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White Modular Sofa Model Camaleonda Designed By Mario Bellini. Italy 1970

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Located in Madrid, ES

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Located in MADRID, ES

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Pair of Nineteenth Century French Calamina Sculptures, Circa 1860
Pair of Nineteenth Century French Calamina Sculptures, Circa 1860

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Located in MADRID, ES

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French Mantel Clock by Achille Brocot, Black Marble & Gilt Bronze

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Located in MADRID, ES

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