Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I

Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

Live Auction: 14 June 2022 • 2:00 PM CEST • Paris

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection 14 June 2022 • 2:00 PM CEST • Paris

O ur auction Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900 (“Paintings Drawings Sculptures 1300-1900”) features a nice selection of works of art, covering 600 years of art history from medieval times to the 19th century.

Notable highlights include rediscoveries by Sassoferrato and Antonio Maria Vassallo, but also paintings by Nicolas Tournier, Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, Marten van Cleve, Jan Brueghel the Younger, Frans Francken, an emblematic Satan bronze by Jean-Jacques Feuchère and an enamelled earthenware Vase by Louis Ernest Carrier Belleuse.

The auction will also include Treasures of the Renaissance a selection of works from the collection of Arlette and Antony Embden, eminent antiques dealers who had a boutique on Quai Voltaire for more than 50 years. Combining bronzes, Limoges enamels, ivories, hardstones, marbles and ceramics, the Embden collection is a true cabinet of curiosities.

The Italian vedute by the likes of William James, 18th-century French paintings by Hubert Robert, Boilly, and a work by François Boucher, which will be the highlight; and important 19th-century French and European works by Zandomeneghi, Fernand Khnopff, Eugène Delacroix, Ferdinand Keller but also by the Finnish Albert Edelfelt, complete this sale.

Auction Highlights

Nicolas Tournier

Nicolas Tournier

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife | Joseph et la femme de Putiphar

Estimate: 100,000 – 150,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

French, circa 1680-1700, the model by Gaspard Marsy (1624-81) and Balthasar Marsy (1629-74)

French, circa 1680-1700, the model by Gaspard Marsy (1624-81) and Balthasar Marsy (1629-74)

Latone and her children | Latone et ses enfants

Estimate: 200,000 – 300,000 EUR

Estimate: 200,000 – 300,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

François Boucher

François Boucher

The Flute Player | Le Joueur de flageolet

Estimate: 250,000 – 350,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

View of the Piazzetta in Venice, with Saint Mark's Basilica on the left and the Biblioteca Marciana on the right | Vue de la Piazzetta à Venise, avec la basilique Saint-Marc à gauche et la Bibliothèque marcienne à droite

Estimate: 250,000 – 350,000 EUR

Estimate: 250,000 – 350,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Federico Zandomeneghi

Federico Zandomeneghi

Estimate: 200,000 – 300,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Jean-Jacques Feuchère

Jean-Jacques Feuchère

Estimate: 60,000 – 80,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Michel Corneille the Elder

Michel Corneille the Elder

The Death of Virginie | La Mort de Virginie

Estimate: 150,000 – 250,000 EUR

Estimate: 150,000 – 250,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

An architectural capriccio with ruins | Caprice architectural aux ruines

Estimate: 120,000 – 180,000 EUR

Estimate: 120,000 – 180,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

The Waterfall | La cascade

Estimate: 120,000 – 180,000 EUR

Estimate: 120,000 – 180,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Fire in the island | L'incendie dans l'île

Estimate: 120,000 – 180,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Barthélemy Prieur

Barthélemy Prieur

Bathing Woman | Jeune fille à son bain

Estimate: 120,000 – 180,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

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Attributed to Benedetto Buglioni

Attributed to Benedetto Buglioni

Thurifer Angel | Ange thuriféraire

Estimate: 25,000 – 40,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Attributed to Tiziano Aspetti

Attributed to Tiziano Aspetti

Estimate: 25,000 – 40,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

An ebony, mahogany, tinted horn, bone veneer cabinet, with marble, mother-of-pearl and bone inlays, Antwerp, second half of the 17th century and later | Cabinet en placage d'ébène, acajou, corne teintée, incrustations de poudre de marbre, nacre et os, Anvers, seconde moitié du XVIIeme siècle et postérieur

An ebony, mahogany, tinted horn, bone veneer cabinet, with marble, mother-of-pearl and bone inlays, Antwerp, second half of the 17th century and later | Cabinet en placage d'ébène, acajou, corne teintée, incrustations de poudre de marbre, nacre et os, Anvers, seconde moitié du XVIIeme siècle et postérieur

Estimate: 30,000 – 50,000 EUR

Estimate: 30,000 – 50,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

An important silver-gilt two-handled cover cup with stand, John Swift, London, 1738 | Grande coupe couverte à deux anses et son présentoir en vermeil par John Swift, Londres, 1738

An important silver-gilt two-handled cover cup with stand, John Swift, London, 1738 | Grande coupe couverte à deux anses et son présentoir en vermeil par John Swift, Londres, 1738

Estimate: 40,000 – 60,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Urbino, circa 1560

Urbino, circa 1560

Diana and Callisto | Diane et Callisto

Estimate: 12,000 – 18,000 EUR

Estimate: 12,000 – 18,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Attributed to Cosimo Castrucci (1536-1636), Imperial Workshop of the Emperor Rudolf II, Prague, circa 1600-1611

Attributed to Cosimo Castrucci (1536-1636), Imperial Workshop of the Emperor Rudolf II, Prague, circa 1600-1611

An important pietra dura panel depicting a Landscape with a village beside a river | Un important panneau en pierres dures représentant un Paysage avec une chapelle et village au bord d'une rivière

Estimate: 70,000 – 100,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Attributed to Gianfrancesco Susini (1585-1653), after a model by Giambologna (1529-1608)

Attributed to Gianfrancesco Susini (1585-1653), after a model by Giambologna (1529-1608)

Bagpipe Player | Joueur de cornemuse

Estimate: 8,000 – 12,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Attributed to Barthélemy Prieur

Attributed to Barthélemy Prieur

Little dog scratching its ear | Petit chien se grattant l'oreille

Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Visions of Italy

An architectural capriccio with ruins | Caprice architectural aux ruines

Estimate: 120,000 – 180,000 EUR

Estimate: 120,000 – 180,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

View of the Piazzetta in Venice, with Saint Mark's Basilica on the left and the Biblioteca Marciana on the right | Vue de la Piazzetta à Venise, avec la basilique Saint-Marc à gauche et la Bibliothèque marcienne à droite

Estimate: 250,000 – 350,000 EUR

Estimate: 250,000 – 350,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

A View of the Molo in Venice, with the Doge's Palace and the Quai des esclavons | Vue du Molo à Venise avec le palais ducal et le quai des esclavons

Estimate: 80,000 – 120,000 EUR

Estimate: 80,000 – 120,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Attributed to Cosimo Castrucci (1536-1636), Imperial Workshop of the Emperor Rudolf II, Prague, circa 1600-1611

Attributed to Cosimo Castrucci (1536-1636), Imperial Workshop of the Emperor Rudolf II, Prague, circa 1600-1611

An important pietra dura panel depicting a Landscape with a village beside a river | Un important panneau en pierres dures représentant un Paysage avec une chapelle et village au bord d'une rivière

Estimate: 70,000 – 100,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Attributed to William James | Attribué à William James

Attributed to William James | Attribué à William James

Venice, a view of the Molo from the Bacino di San Marco with the Buncintoro | Venise, vue du Bassin de Saint-Marc avec le Bucentaure

Estimate: 30,000 – 50,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Fire in the island | L'incendie dans l'île

Estimate: 120,000 – 180,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Grand Siècle

Nicolas Tournier

Nicolas Tournier

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife | Joseph et la femme de Putiphar

Estimate: 100,000 – 150,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Michel Corneille the Elder

Michel Corneille the Elder

The Death of Virginie | La Mort de Virginie

Estimate: 150,000 – 250,000 EUR

Estimate: 150,000 – 250,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Nicolas Poussin

Nicolas Poussin

Landscape with a nymph and a river God | Paysage à la nymphe et au dieu fleuve

Estimate: 60,000 – 100,000 EUR

Estimate: 60,000 – 100,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer

Still life with flowers | Nature morte aux fleurs

Estimate: 50,000 – 70,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Circle of Orazio Marinali (1643-1720)

Circle of Orazio Marinali (1643-1720)

Allegory of Winter | Allégorie de l'Hiver

Estimate: 8,000 – 12,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

French, circa 1680-1700, the model by Gaspard Marsy (1624-81) and Balthasar Marsy (1629-74)

French, circa 1680-1700, the model by Gaspard Marsy (1624-81) and Balthasar Marsy (1629-74)

Latone and her children | Latone et ses enfants

Estimate: 200,000 – 300,000 EUR

Estimate: 200,000 – 300,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Images of the Divine

The Master of the Magdalene Legend | Maître de la Légende de Marie Madeleine

The Master of the Magdalene Legend | Maître de la Légende de Marie Madeleine

Virgin and Child | Vierge à l'Enfant

Estimate: 30,000 – 50,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Circle of Jacques du Broeucq (1505-1584), circa 1545

Circle of Jacques du Broeucq (1505-1584), circa 1545

The Good Samaritan | Le Bon Samaritain

Estimate: 15,000 – 25,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Circle of Adriaen Isenbrant, circa 1520 | Entourage d'Adriaen Isenbrant, vers 1520

Circle of Adriaen Isenbrant, circa 1520 | Entourage d'Adriaen Isenbrant, vers 1520

The Temptation of Adam and Eve | La Tentation d'Adam et Eve

Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Flemish, 17th Century, After Alessandro Algardi

Flemish, 17th Century, After Alessandro Algardi

The Flagellation of Christ | La Flagellation du Christ

Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 EUR

Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Hispano-Flemish School, circa 1520 | Ecole hispano-flamande vers 1520

Hispano-Flemish School, circa 1520 | Ecole hispano-flamande vers 1520

Christ crowned with thorns | Christ de douleur

Estimate: 60,000 – 80,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Attributed to Lucas Gassel | Attribué à Lucas Gassel

Attributed to Lucas Gassel | Attribué à Lucas Gassel

The conversion of Paul the Apostle | La conversion de saint Paul

Estimate: 60,000 – 80,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Giovanni Battista Salvi, dit Sassoferrato

Giovanni Battista Salvi, dit Sassoferrato

Virgin and Child | Vierge à l'Enfant

Estimate: 40,000 – 60,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Gustav Adolf Mossa

Gustav Adolf Mossa

Estimate: 70,000 – 100,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Boleslas Biegas

Boleslas Biegas

Adam before Eve | Adam avant Eve

Estimate: 40,000 – 60,000 EUR

Estimate: 40,000 – 60,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Boleslas Biegas

Boleslas Biegas

Monument de l'Infini

Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 EUR

Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane | Le Christ au jardin de Gethsémani

Estimate: 8,000 – 12,000 EUR

Estimate: 8,000 – 12,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Portraits

Attributed to Caspar Grass

Attributed to Caspar Grass

Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (1628-1662) on horseback | Statue équestre de l'Archiduc Ferdinand Karl d'Autriche (1628-1662)

Estimate: 80,000 – 120,000 EUR

Estimate: 80,000 – 120,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Anton Maria Vassallo

Anton Maria Vassallo

Portrait of Marcantonio Grillo (1622-1679) as Rinaldo in the garden of the palace of Armida | Portrait historié de Marcantonio Grillo (1622-1679) en Renaud dans les jardins du palais d'Armide

Estimate: 60,000 – 80,000 EUR

Estimate: 60,000 – 80,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Barthélemy Prieur

Barthélemy Prieur

Henri IV and Marie de Médicis | Henri IV et Marie de Médicis

Estimate: 24,000 – 35,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Italian School, 18th Century | Ecole italienne du XVIIIe siècle

Italian School, 18th Century | Ecole italienne du XVIIIe siècle

Portrait (or Selfportrait) of an artist | Portrait (ou Autoportrait) d'un artiste

Estimate: 15,000 – 25,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Italian, 19th century, after Gianlorenzo Bernini

Italian, 19th century, after Gianlorenzo Bernini

Le Cardinal de Richelieu (1585-1642)

Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 EUR

Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Gaetano Gandolfi

Gaetano Gandolfi

Head of an Old Man | Tête de vieillard

Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 EUR

Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Federico Zandomeneghi

Federico Zandomeneghi

A young girl from Pont-Aven | Jeune fille de Pont-Aven

Estimate: 30,000 – 50,000 EUR

Estimate: 30,000 – 50,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Albert Edelfelt

Albert Edelfelt

Portrait of Madame de Saussine | Portrait de Madame de Saussine

Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 EUR

Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

French, circa 1680-1700, the model by Gaspard Marsy (1624-81) and Balthasar Marsy (1629-74)

French, circa 1680-1700, the model by Gaspard Marsy (1624-81) and Balthasar Marsy (1629-74)

Latone and her children | Latone et ses enfants

Estimate: 200,000 – 300,000 EUR

Estimate: 200,000 – 300,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Anglo-Flemish, Early 18th century, Inspired by the model of John Michael Rysbrack

Anglo-Flemish, Early 18th century, Inspired by the model of John Michael Rysbrack

Anne, Queen of Great Britan (1665-1714) | Anne, reine de Grande-Bretagne (1665-1714)

Estimate: 15,000 – 25,000 EUR

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection

14 June 2022 | 2:00 PM CEST | Paris

Upcoming Auctions

Treasures of the Renaissance from the Antony Embden Collection

10–15 June 2022 | 1:00 PM CEST | Paris

Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session II

10–15 June 2022 | 3:00 PM CEST | Paris

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