Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume III : À travers l’Hôtel Lambert
Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume III : À travers l’Hôtel Lambert
A pair of gilt-bronze mounted Meissen porcelain candelabra with the Allegories of the Arts and Sciences modelled by J.F. Eberlein, the porcelain circa 1755, the mounts late Louis XV, circa 1770
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October 13, 06:27 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 80,000 EUR
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Description
A pair of gilt-bronze mounted Meissen porcelain candelabra with the Allegories of the Arts and Sciences modelled by J.F. Eberlein, the porcelain circa 1755, the mounts late Louis XV, circa 1770
each with a porcelain group depicting cherubs as the allegory of the Arts, the other the allegory of Science, on an oval gilt-bronze base cast with piastres and drapery swags, issuing three acanthus leaf-cast candlearms, drip-pans and bobèches entwined with porcelain flowers and gilt-bronze leaves, on acanthus cast scrolled feet
height 1ft.4 in., width 10¼ in.; 41 cm.; 26 cm.
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Paire de candélabres en porcelaine de Meissen et monture de bronze doré, avec les Allégories des Arts et des Sciences modelées par J.F Eberlein, la porcelaine vers 1755, la monture d'époque Louis XV, vers 1770
height 1ft.4 in., width 10¼ in.; 41 cm.; 26 cm.
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Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, from his collection from the Hôtel Lambert and the Château de Ferrières, Sotheby's Monaco, 25-26 May 1975, lot 227;
Sotheby's London, The Dimitri Mavrommatis Collection, 8 July 2008, lot 59.
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Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, de sa collection à Hôtel Lambert et du Château de Ferrières, Sotheby's Monaco, 25-26 Mai 1975, lot 227;
Sotheby's Londres, The Dimitri Mavrommatis Collection, 8 juillet 2008, lot 59.
Mayer Alphonse James Rothschild (1827-1905):
The banker, philanthropist, racehorse owner and art collector was a member of the French branch of the Rothschild banking family. He was also known as Alphonse and was the eldest son of James Mayer de Rothschild (1792-1868) and his mother was Betty de Rothschild (1805-1886), the daughter of Salomon Mayer von Rothschild from the Austrian branch of the family. Alphonse was trained to take over Rothschild Frères bank and became prominent in the financial world and was appointed regent of the Banque de France. In 1857, he married a cousin Leonora `Laure' de Rothschild (1837-1911), the daughter of Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1879) of the English branch of the family. As part of his father's estate he inherited a large residence in Paris at 2 rue Saint-Florentin on Place de la Concorde and the Château de Ferrières, an enormous mansion and woodlands to the East of Paris.
He operated a vineyard with his brother Gustave and on the death of their father in 1868, they inherited Château Lafite-Rothschild. He was made a member of the Legion of Honour for his contributions to the French economy at the time of the Franco-Prussian War and in 1896 he was elevated to the Grand Cross, the highest class of the Legion of Honour.
As an avid art collector he amassed a huge collection including Dutch Old Masters and Islamic Works of Art and in 1855, he was made a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.