On 11 and 12 December, Sotheby’s Paris will offer for sale a selection of historical pieces from the collection of the Count and Countess de Ribes. Held over two sessions, the auction will present artworks, fine books and manuscripts from the family’s ancestral home in Paris – covering three centuries of French history.

Auctions

Type: auction
Category: Past Auction
La Collection Ribes I
11 December 2019 | 6:00 PM CET | Paris
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Type: auction
Category: Past Auction
La Collection Ribes II
12 December 2019 | 2:30 PM CET | Paris
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The Ribes Collection Part I Results

14
Type: lot
Category: Lot
ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO SUSINI (1558-1624), THE MODEL BY GIAMBOLOGNA (1529-1608), ITALIAN, FLORENCE, CIRCA 1590-1610 | Rape of a Sabine
Rape of a Sabine
Estimate: 2,500,000 – 5,000,000 EUR
La Collection Ribes I
11 December 2019 | 6:00 PM CET | Paris
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3
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Elisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun
Elisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun
Juno Borrowing the Belt of Venus
Estimate: 1,000,000 – 1,500,000 EUR
La Collection Ribes I
11 December 2019 | 6:00 PM CET | Paris
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10
Type: lot
Category: Lot
AN ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE MOUNTED, WHITE AND BLACK MARBLE MUSICAL AND AUTOMATON MANTEL CLOCK, LOUIS XVI, PARIS, CIRCA 1784, THE MECHANISM BY JEAN-BAPTISTE-ANDRÉ FURET AND FRANÇOIS-LOUIS GODON, THE GILT-BRONZE BASE ATTRIBUTED TO ETIENNE MARTINCOURT |
an ormolu and patinated-bronze mounted, white and black marble musical and automaton mantel clock, louis xvi, paris, circa 1784, the mechanism by jean-baptiste-andré furet and françois-louis godon, the gilt-bronze base attributed to etienne martincourt |
Estimate: 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 EUR
La Collection Ribes I
11 December 2019 | 6:00 PM CET | Paris
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15
Type: lot
Category: Lot
ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO SUSINI (1558-1624), THE MODEL BY GIAMBOLOGNA (1529-1608), FLORENCE, CIRCA 1580-1600 | Fortuna
Fortuna  
Estimate: 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 EUR
La Collection Ribes I
11 December 2019 | 6:00 PM CET | Paris
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31
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Hubert Robert
Hubert Robert
Morning; Evening
Estimate: 1,000,000 – 1,500,000 EUR
La Collection Ribes I
11 December 2019 | 6:00 PM CET | Paris
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59
Type: lot
Category: Lot
A GOLD AND PIETRA DURA SNUFF BOX, JOHANN CHRISTIAN NEUBER, DRESDEN, CIRCA 1770 |
a gold and pietra dura snuff box, johann christian neuber, dresden, circa 1770 |
Estimate: 500,000 – 700,000 EUR
La Collection Ribes I
11 December 2019 | 6:00 PM CET | Paris
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16
Type: lot
Category: Lot
NORTH ITALIAN, PROBABLY MANTUA, CIRCA 1550, AFTER THE ANTIQUE | Allegory of the Abundance
Allegory of the Abundance
Estimate: 300,000 – 500,000 EUR
La Collection Ribes I
11 December 2019 | 6:00 PM CET | Paris
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The Ribes Collection Part II Results

118
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Montaigne, Michel de
Montaigne, Michel de
Essais. Livre premier et second. Bourdeaus, S. Millanges, 1580.
Estimate: 300,000 – 500,000 EUR
La Collection Ribes II
12 December 2019 | 2:30 PM CET | Paris
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122
Type: lot
Category: Lot
BRAUN & HOGENBERG. CIVITATES ORIS TERRARUM. COLOGNE, 1593-1594. 5 VOL. IN-FOLIO. MAROQUIN ROUGE DU XVIIE SIÈCLE.
Civitates orbis terrarum.Cologne, Gottfried von Kempen [tome I] ; Cologne et Anvers, les auteurs et Philippe Galle [tome II] ; Cologne, Bertram Bucholtz [tomes III & IV], 1593-1594 ; S.l.n.d. [tome V].
Estimate: 70,000 – 90,000 EUR
La Collection Ribes II
12 December 2019 | 2:30 PM CET | Paris
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186
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Stendhal, Henri Beyle dit
Stendhal, Henri Beyle dit
Promenades dans Rome.Paris, Delaunay, 1829.
Estimate: 70,000 – 90,000 EUR
La Collection Ribes II
12 December 2019 | 2:30 PM CET | Paris
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123
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Montaigne, Michel de
Montaigne, Michel de
Les Essais de Michel Seigneur de Montaigne. Edition nouvelle, trouvee apres le deceds de l’Autheur, reveüe & augmentee par luy d’un tiers plus qu’aux precedentes Impressions.Paris, Michel Sonnius, 1595.
Estimate: 60,000 – 80,000 EUR
La Collection Ribes II
12 December 2019 | 2:30 PM CET | Paris
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136
Type: lot
Category: Lot
Nicolaes Visscher
Nicolaes Visscher
Atlas minor sive geographia compendios qua orbis terrarium per paucas attamen novissimas tabulas ostentditur. Amsterdam, Nicolaes Visscher, [vers 1685].
Estimate: 60,000 – 80,000 EUR
La Collection Ribes II
12 December 2019 | 2:30 PM CET | Paris
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