Allegorical figural groups for Catherine II. in Oranienbaum,
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7 items: Allegory of painting with 3 putti, 1 putto sitting before an easel with palette and brush painting another putto, another looking on, the reverse side with open paint box, bags of paint and portfolio, height: 18,5 cm, model No 5, former no. 163, red painter no. 14;
Allegory of poetry with 3 putti, central obelisk with laurel wreath and light purple band, the base with a medallion with the portrait of Tsarina Catherine II., flanked by a putto with laurel wreath and a lyre in the left hand as Apollo, the seated putto holding an open book, bearing the inscription “Historie de Russie sous le régne de Catharina II. Alexiewna la Grande”, a putto atop a cloud base blowing a trumpet, height: 30,5 cm, ground line, model No. 11, former no. 163, red painter no. 85;
Allegory of architecture with 3 putti, 1 putto measuring the architrave of a temple with a measuring rod, a kneeling putto with stylus and book , a seated one holding blueprints in the left hand, height: 21 cm, model no. 51, former no. 101, green painter no. 56;
Allegory of astronomy with 3 putti, the standing putto reading an astronomy book, in the foreground a bookrest and globe, to one side a putto measuring a map with a compass, a seated putto looking through a telescope, height: 19 cm, model No 9, red painter no. 16;
Allegory of arithmetic with 3 putti, the putto seated on the left with an open book on its knees and a pen in the right hand, the left hand holding its head in concentration, writing utensils, a putto on the right counting on its fingers and sitting on a book, another one holding a scroll in the left hand and examining the book, flanked by a leafy tree, height: 20,5 cm, model no. 12. former no. 57, 163, red painter no. 57;
Allegory of geography with 3 putti, the putto seated on the left looking through a magnifying glass with an open geography book in the right hand, the one on the right holds a globe in the left hand measuring countries with a gilt compass, the one at the centre embraces him, looking at the globe with a measuring rod in the right hand, and a compass and angle at its feet, height: 19 cm, with ground line, model No 131, former no. D 4, gilt painter no. 14;
Allegory of music with 3 putti, the putto seated on the left playing the transverse flute, the seated central one playing the harp, the left leg resting on 3 books, another dressed as a singer with a trumpet in the right hand, both wearing laurel wreaths, height: 23 cm, model No. 10, red painter no. 17; porcelain polychromed and gilt, rock bases with segmented fronts, wide and narrow gilt edging polychrome decoration
Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords, 1st half 19th cent., model by Michel Victor Acier ca. 1744 (Ru)
Lit.:
Meissen für die Zaren, Munich 2004, p 122, ill. 187-192, part of the “Great Russian Commission” of Tsarina Catherine II.
Esperta: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
25.10.2018 - 15:00
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Allegorical figural groups for Catherine II. in Oranienbaum,
7 items: Allegory of painting with 3 putti, 1 putto sitting before an easel with palette and brush painting another putto, another looking on, the reverse side with open paint box, bags of paint and portfolio, height: 18,5 cm, model No 5, former no. 163, red painter no. 14;
Allegory of poetry with 3 putti, central obelisk with laurel wreath and light purple band, the base with a medallion with the portrait of Tsarina Catherine II., flanked by a putto with laurel wreath and a lyre in the left hand as Apollo, the seated putto holding an open book, bearing the inscription “Historie de Russie sous le régne de Catharina II. Alexiewna la Grande”, a putto atop a cloud base blowing a trumpet, height: 30,5 cm, ground line, model No. 11, former no. 163, red painter no. 85;
Allegory of architecture with 3 putti, 1 putto measuring the architrave of a temple with a measuring rod, a kneeling putto with stylus and book , a seated one holding blueprints in the left hand, height: 21 cm, model no. 51, former no. 101, green painter no. 56;
Allegory of astronomy with 3 putti, the standing putto reading an astronomy book, in the foreground a bookrest and globe, to one side a putto measuring a map with a compass, a seated putto looking through a telescope, height: 19 cm, model No 9, red painter no. 16;
Allegory of arithmetic with 3 putti, the putto seated on the left with an open book on its knees and a pen in the right hand, the left hand holding its head in concentration, writing utensils, a putto on the right counting on its fingers and sitting on a book, another one holding a scroll in the left hand and examining the book, flanked by a leafy tree, height: 20,5 cm, model no. 12. former no. 57, 163, red painter no. 57;
Allegory of geography with 3 putti, the putto seated on the left looking through a magnifying glass with an open geography book in the right hand, the one on the right holds a globe in the left hand measuring countries with a gilt compass, the one at the centre embraces him, looking at the globe with a measuring rod in the right hand, and a compass and angle at its feet, height: 19 cm, with ground line, model No 131, former no. D 4, gilt painter no. 14;
Allegory of music with 3 putti, the putto seated on the left playing the transverse flute, the seated central one playing the harp, the left leg resting on 3 books, another dressed as a singer with a trumpet in the right hand, both wearing laurel wreaths, height: 23 cm, model No. 10, red painter no. 17; porcelain polychromed and gilt, rock bases with segmented fronts, wide and narrow gilt edging polychrome decoration
Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords, 1st half 19th cent., model by Michel Victor Acier ca. 1744 (Ru)
Lit.:
Meissen für die Zaren, Munich 2004, p 122, ill. 187-192, part of the “Great Russian Commission” of Tsarina Catherine II.
Esperta: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
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Asta: | Oggetti d'arte |
Tipo d'asta: | Asta in sala |
Data: | 25.10.2018 - 15:00 |
Luogo dell'asta: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
Esposizione: | 13.10. - 25.10.2018 |