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Félibien, André
Tapisseries du Roi, ou sont representez les quatre elemens et les quatre saisons. Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale [Colophon: S. Marbe-Cramoisy], 1670.
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Three: The Baroque and Rococo Periods, Lot 503
20. Jun - 20. Jun 2013
The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Three: The Baroque and Rococo Periods, Lot 503
20. Jun - 20. Jun 2013
Estimate: 6.000 - 9.000 USD
Price realised: 23.750 USD
Price realised: 23.750 USD
Description
FÉLIBIEN, André (1619-1695). Tapisseries du Roi, ou sont representez les quatre elemens et les quatre saisons. Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale [Colophon: S. Marbe-Cramoisy], 1670.
Broadsheets (455 x 410 mm). Engraved title, letterpress title with large engraved device with royal coat-of-arms, two engraved section titles, 8 large double-page engravings of tapestries, 32 emblematic half-page engravings by Le Clerc and other artists after Jacques Bailly and Charles Le Brun and 4 double-page plates of tapestries glorifying Louis XIV as issued. Contemporary French red morocco, presentation binding with gilt arms of Louis XIV (Olivier 2494 fer 10) on sides, framed by a triple gilt fillet panel with his crowned cipher in each corner, triple gilt fillet outer border, spine in seven compartments with six raised bands, gilt-lettered in second compartment, a repeated gilt panel in the rest with smaller crowned Louis XIV cipher (Olivier 2494 fer 21) at centers. Provenance: Philip Hofer (bookplate and inscription to the Vershbows).
FIRST EDITION with the most brilliant early impressions of this series that became part of the "Cabinet du Roy." The work, describes two series of tapestries commissioned by Louis XIV, the elements and the seasons, each depicted on four double-page plates of tapestries. In each corner of the tapestries are emblematic roundels which are also shown enlarged in the 32 emblematic illustrations. Berlin Kat. 1671; Brunet Suppl II:727; Landwehr, Romantic Emblem Books 285; See Praz, p. 334.
Broadsheets (455 x 410 mm). Engraved title, letterpress title with large engraved device with royal coat-of-arms, two engraved section titles, 8 large double-page engravings of tapestries, 32 emblematic half-page engravings by Le Clerc and other artists after Jacques Bailly and Charles Le Brun and 4 double-page plates of tapestries glorifying Louis XIV as issued. Contemporary French red morocco, presentation binding with gilt arms of Louis XIV (Olivier 2494 fer 10) on sides, framed by a triple gilt fillet panel with his crowned cipher in each corner, triple gilt fillet outer border, spine in seven compartments with six raised bands, gilt-lettered in second compartment, a repeated gilt panel in the rest with smaller crowned Louis XIV cipher (Olivier 2494 fer 21) at centers. Provenance: Philip Hofer (bookplate and inscription to the Vershbows).
FIRST EDITION with the most brilliant early impressions of this series that became part of the "Cabinet du Roy." The work, describes two series of tapestries commissioned by Louis XIV, the elements and the seasons, each depicted on four double-page plates of tapestries. In each corner of the tapestries are emblematic roundels which are also shown enlarged in the 32 emblematic illustrations. Berlin Kat. 1671; Brunet Suppl II:727; Landwehr, Romantic Emblem Books 285; See Praz, p. 334.
A top price for André Félibien
This artwork by André Félibien achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in June 2013. In the The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Three: The Baroque and Rococo Periods auction, the work Tapisseries du Roi, ou sont representez les quatre elemens et les quatre saisons. Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale Colophon: S. Marbe-Cramoisy, 1670. sold for USD 23,750.00 (€ 18,255.19) - well above the upper estimate of USD 9,000.00. This high result makes Tapisseries du Roi, ou sont representez les quatre elemens et les quatre saisons. Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale Colophon: S. Marbe-Cramoisy, 1670. the most expensive artwork by André Félibien that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für André Félibien
Dieses Kunstwerk von André Félibien erzielte im Juni 2013 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Three: The Baroque and Rococo Periods wurde die Arbeit Tapisseries du Roi, ou sont representez les quatre elemens et les quatre saisons. Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale Colophon: S. Marbe-Cramoisy, 1670. für USD 23.750,00 (€ 18.255,19) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 9.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Tapisseries du Roi, ou sont representez les quatre elemens et les quatre saisons. Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale Colophon: S. Marbe-Cramoisy, 1670. zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von André Félibien, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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