A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT BRONZE CHENETS AFTER QUENTIN-CLAUDE PITOIN, 19TH CENTURY |

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

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Description

height 17 in.; width 15 1/2 in.
43 cm; 39 cm

Catalogue Note

The bronzier Quentin-Claude Pitoin (1725-1777) supplied a pair of this model to the Royal Garde-Meuble at Versailles in 1771, where they are now in the cabinet doré of Marie-Antoinette. Other examples are in the Louvre, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, and Schloss Nymphenburg outside Munich.