Live Auction 7764Important Early European Furniture, Sculpture & Tapestries
Christie’s roundel
Lot 267

A PAIR OF PAINTED CANVAS ENTRE-FENETRE PANELS

BY ANDIEN DE CLERMONT (FL. 1716/7-1783), CIRCA 1750

Closed5 November 2009

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A PAIR OF PAINTED CANVAS ENTRE-FENETRE PANELS
BY ANDIEN DE CLERMONT (FL. 1716/7-1783), CIRCA 1750
Each painted with waiding birds by a fountain modelled with a putto and flanked by floral sprays, on a chocolate brown fond within a simulated picturure frame border
11 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 5 in. (339 cm. x 195 cm.) (2)

Commissioned by Sir Hugh Smithson, 1st Duke of Northumberland and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the 7th Duke of Somerset, for Syon House, Middlesex; and by descent with the Dukes of Northumberland until sold, Syon Park, Sotheby's house sale, 14-16 May 1997, lots 22 and 23 (part lot each).