Master Sculpture from Four Millennia
Master Sculpture from Four Millennia
The Property of the 3rd Lord Fairhaven
De Vély
The Fairhaven Panels: A Polyptych with Mars, Virtu Invincibile, Minerva and Magnificence
Auction Closed
July 3, 02:32 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of the 3rd Lord Fairhaven
De Vély
fl. circa 1685-1700
French, Paris, 1685-1700[?]
The Fairhaven Panels: A Polyptych with Mars, Virtu Invincibile, Minerva and Magnificence
signed and dated: De vély. / inuenit, / et fecit, and: incepit / Anno 1685 / et Compleuit / Anno 1700[?];
the shield inscribed: NEC SORTE NEC FATO
hardstone including lapis lazuli, hessonite garnet, carnelian and sardonyx, seed pearls, shell, mother of pearl, glass beads, semi-precious and precious stones, and partially enamelled and gilt metal, on a wax and wood core, each mounted within gilt bronze cases; the whole within a later mirrored and glazed gilt wood frame
flanking panels: 48 by 26cm., 18 7/8 by 10¼in. each
central panels: 48 by 23.5cm., 18 7/8 by 9¼in. each
frame: 66 by 127cm., 26 by 50in.
Probably acquired by Cara Leyland Rogers (1867-1939), Lady Fairhaven, circa 1920-1930;
certainly Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton (1896-1966), 1st Baron Fairhaven, Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire;
thence by family descent to the present Lord Fairhaven
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