Property from a European Royal Family
Guillaume de Grof
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662 - 1726)
Auction Closed
December 11, 05:00 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Guillaume de Grof
1676 - 1742
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662 - 1726)
The pedestal-base attributed to B.V.R.B. Ier (c.1660 - 1738)
circa 1716
a gilt bronze bust; on a Louis XIV brass-inlaid ebony Boulle premiere-partie marquetry pedestal-base
depicting intertwined lines and stylized foliage, terminating in gilt-bronze foliate scrolled lion paw feet
signed G. de Grof. F. on bronze plinth
an label on the back of the pedestal inscribed Schloss Banz / Inventar / N° 205
sculpture and pedestal 42,5 cm., 16¾in.
total height sculpture 21,5 cm., 8½in.
Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria (1752-1837), Schloss Banz (according to a 19th-century label on the socle);
thence by family descent
RELATED LITERATURE
H. R. Weihrauch, Die Bildwerke in Bronze und in anderen Metallen, cat. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, vol. XIII, 5, Munich, 1956, pp. 193-5, no. 234;
H.R. Weihrauch, Europäische Bronzestatuetten. 15.-18. Jahrhundert, Braunschweig, 1967, p. 438, fig. 520;
H. Glaser (ed.) Kurfürst Max Emanuel. Bayern und Europa um 1700, vol. II, 'Katalog der Ausstellung im Alten und Neuen Schloss Schleissheim', exhib. cat. Neues Schloß, Schleißheim, 1976, p. 219, no. 492;
J. N. Ronfort and J. D. Augarde, 'Le Maître du Bureau de l'Electeur', L'Estampille et L'Objet d'Art, January 1991, no. 243, pp. 42-61;
P. Volk. 'Darstellungen Ludwigs XIV. auf Steigendem Pferd', Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch. Westdeutsches Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte, vol. xxviii, Cologne, 1996, pp. 61-89;
M. Tillmann, 'Le mobilier de Boulle sous le Saint-Empire. Étude de la culture du goût, à l'exemple de l'électorat de Bavière' in André Charles Boulle (1642–1732). Un nouveau style pour l'Europe, exhib. cat. Museum for Decorative Arts, Frankfurt, 2009, 152-165;
'"Von denen neu französischen Mobilien" – The Impact of Boulle Furniture at the Court of Elector Max Emanuel (1680-1726)', in Baroque Furniture in Boulle Technique – Conservation, Science, History, papers given at the international conference held at the Bavarian National Museum, Munich, 5-7 May 2011, Munich, 2012;
M. Tillmann, ‘Von denen neu französischen Mobilien,’ The impact of Boulle furniture at the court of Elecxtor Max Emanuel,’ in Baroque Furniture in the Boulle Technique: Conservation Science, History, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, 2013, pp. 165-172.
J. Durand, M. Bimbenet-Privat, F. Dassas (dir.), Décors, mobilier et objets d'art du musée du Louvre, cat. musée du Louvre, 2014, p.159-160.
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