Lot 152
PAIRE D'AIGUIERES EN BRONZE SYMBOLISANT LE VIN ET L'EAU
D'APRES SIGISBERT-FRANCOIS MICHEL (1728-1811), FRANCE, VERS 1800
Closed17 December 2009
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EUR 3,750
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En 1774 Sigisbert-François Michel exposa à l'Académie de Saint-Luc à Paris une paire d'aiguières en plâtre surmontées d'un triton et d'un satyre. Ce prototype fut par la suite la base de nombreux modèles par exemple en malachite (Wallace Collection, Londres), en porcelaine (musée d'Orléans) en bronze (musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris).
In 1774 Sigisbert-François Michel exhibited a pair of plaster ewers surmounted by a triton and a satyr in the Académie de Saint-Luc, Paris. This prototype was later the basis for a number of subsequent ewers in malachite (a pair of which can be seen in the Wallace Collection, London), biscuit porcelain (with a pair in the Musée d'Orléans) and bronze (with a pair in the Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris).
Wedgwood versions in basalt and jasperware could also be found in England after 1775 when John Flaxman Sr. presented Josiah Wedgwood with a plaster model based on Michel's original model - the former version of which can be seen in the Wedgwood Museum, Barlaston.
In 1774 Sigisbert-François Michel exhibited a pair of plaster ewers surmounted by a triton and a satyr in the Académie de Saint-Luc, Paris. This prototype was later the basis for a number of subsequent ewers in malachite (a pair of which can be seen in the Wallace Collection, London), biscuit porcelain (with a pair in the Musée d'Orléans) and bronze (with a pair in the Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris).
Wedgwood versions in basalt and jasperware could also be found in England after 1775 when John Flaxman Sr. presented Josiah Wedgwood with a plaster model based on Michel's original model - the former version of which can be seen in the Wedgwood Museum, Barlaston.