Lot 1034 ♣ - A210 Decorative Arts - jeudi, 19. septembre 2024, 14h00
OVAL IVORY PLAQUE “DANAË AND ZEUS AS GOLDEN RAIN”
Baroque, Flemish work, late 17th century, circle of Francis Van Bossuit (1635-1692).
Ivory carved in high relief. Depiction of the sleeping Danae on a bed, a cupid draws a curtain and reveals a servant collecting the golden rain (metamorphic representation of Zeus). Fixed on a wooden support and in a later, octagonal wooden frame. Verso with various annotations, a barely legible customs stamp, one label inscribed: N=4419, one label inscribed F.E.M.
Without frame H 11 cm, W 16 cm.
Cet objet contient des matériaux d'espèces en voie de disparition et est soumis à certaines restrictions commerciales. Les acheteurs potentiels doivent se familiariser avec les réglementations douanières pertinentes avant de faire une offre s'ils ont l'intention de l'importer dans un autre pays
Provenance:
- Probably former collection E. Molinier (according to inventory).
- Alain Moatti, Paris, December 7, 1976.
- Collection Dr. E. Boehlen, Berne, acquired from the above gallery.
A rectangular relief panel from the Reiner Winkler Collection also shows the same mythological subject in a varying arrangement of the figures. This example is attributed to Antonio Leoni (active ca. 1704-after 1716), who worked at the court of Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz in Düsseldorf (cf. Christian Theuerkauff: Elfenbein. Reiner Winkler Collection. Munich 1984, p. 71/72, fig. 34. According to Greek legend, Zeus had imprisoned Danae (the daughter of Acrisius) with an old nurse. The god-father of Olympus sought out Danae in the form of a shower of gold. Danae thus became the mother of Perseus.
This object cannot be exported from Switzerland due to the use of protected materials and the lack of documentation.
- Probably former collection E. Molinier (according to inventory).
- Alain Moatti, Paris, December 7, 1976.
- Collection Dr. E. Boehlen, Berne, acquired from the above gallery.
A rectangular relief panel from the Reiner Winkler Collection also shows the same mythological subject in a varying arrangement of the figures. This example is attributed to Antonio Leoni (active ca. 1704-after 1716), who worked at the court of Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz in Düsseldorf (cf. Christian Theuerkauff: Elfenbein. Reiner Winkler Collection. Munich 1984, p. 71/72, fig. 34. According to Greek legend, Zeus had imprisoned Danae (the daughter of Acrisius) with an old nurse. The god-father of Olympus sought out Danae in the form of a shower of gold. Danae thus became the mother of Perseus.
This object cannot be exported from Switzerland due to the use of protected materials and the lack of documentation.
CHF 5 000 / 8 000 | (€ 5 150 / 8 250)