Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume III : À travers l’Hôtel Lambert

A pair of Louis XVI gilt-bronze chenets attributed to Pierre Gouthière, circa 1780-1790

Auction Closed

October 13, 06:27 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

A pair of Louis XVI gilt-bronze chenets attributed to Pierre Gouthière, circa 1780-1790

height 18¾in; width 18 1⁄5 in; depth 6¾in; 48 cm; 46 cm; 17 cm.

(2)

____________________________________________

Paire de chenets en bronze doré d'époque Louis XVI attribués à Pierre Gouthière, vers 1780-1790

height 18¾in; width 18 1⁄5 in; depth 6¾in; 48 cm; 46 cm; 17 cm.

(2)

Daguerre Paris, 23 November 2007, lot 135.

____________________________________________

Daguerre Paris, 23 novembre 2007, lot 135.

Related literature:

Madame du Barry, de Versailles à Louveciennes. Exh. cat., Marly-Le-Roi-Louveciennes, Musée Promenad. Louveciennes, 1992, pp. 59, 69, 80, no. 122.

Baulez, Christian, Charlotte Vignon, et al. Pierre Gouthière: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court. Exh. cat., The Frick Collection. New York, 2016, p. 230.

A pair from this model was delivered by Pierre Gouthière for Madame du Barry at Louveciennes. Two similar pairs are known, one is kept at the Detroit Institute of Arts (71.211.A), the other one at the château de Compiègne.