Design of an andiron for the princess Lamballe
Pierre-Philippe Thomire (Paris 1751 - Paris 1843), attr.
Lot-No. 470
Proceeds : 16.400 €
Pen and ink drawing and wash. 32,5 x 40,5 cm. Matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. Min. foxing. - Provenance: Nouveau Drouot, 20.2.1981, lot 32; estate Countess Finck von Finckenstein-Brinkama - French sculptor and designer. Th. studied at the Académie de St. Luc in Paris and specialized in gilded bronze fittings for ceremonial furniture. He received several important commissions from Napoleon. Mus.: Paris (Louvre), New York (Metrop. Mus.), London (Wallace Coll.), Vienna (Schatzkammer) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
Pierre-Philippe Thomire: Design of an andiron for the princess Lamballe
Pierre-Philippe Thomire (Paris 1751 - Paris 1843), attr.
Design of an andiron for the princess Lamballe
Lot-No. 470
Proceeds : 16.400 €
Pen and ink drawing and wash. 32,5 x 40,5 cm. Matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. Min. foxing. - Provenance: Nouveau Drouot, 20.2.1981, lot 32; estate Countess Finck von Finckenstein-Brinkama - French sculptor and designer. Th. studied at the Académie de St. Luc in Paris and specialized in gilded bronze fittings for ceremonial furniture. He received several important commissions from Napoleon. Mus.: Paris (Louvre), New York (Metrop. Mus.), London (Wallace Coll.), Vienna (Schatzkammer) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
