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Daniel Marot I
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- Daniel Marot I
- Design for an ornamental garden with a central fountain and figures nearby
- Pen and black ink and gray ink and wash and watercolor over traces of black chalk, within double black ink framing lines;
signed lower center in pen and black ink: Daniel Marot fecit
Condition
Window mounted. Overall in good condition. Slight scattered foxing and some surface dirt. Colors remain fresh.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Marot's designs for both interior and exterior projects were hugely influential. Many of his drawings were probably for stage sets or other related purposes, like the design for a garden theater, formerly in the Houthakker collection1, but others, like the present work, may have been made as designs for real gardens. Large-scale drawings by Marot such as this are rare: only two others have appeared on the market in recent decades.2
Marot trained at the court of Louis XIV, but as a Huguenot was forced to flee to Holland after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. His most important projects for garden designs and ornament were made for his patron, William of Orange, for the palaces of Het Loo and Hampton Court.
1. Peter Fuhring, Design into Art. Drawings for Architecture and Ornament: The Lodewijk Houthakker Collection, London 1989, vol. II, p. 656, no. 975, reproduced
2. Sold, New York, Sotheby's, 23 January 2001, lot 291, and 25 January 2012, lot 186