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LOT 518:
BRONZE MONUMENTAL PENDULUM CLOCK WITH BUST OF HENRY IV AND VICTORIA. Lagrange, Louis. Paris Date: ...
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Vendu pour: €9 500
Prix de départ:
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6 000
Prix estimé :
€10 000 - €12 000
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TVA: 19%
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BRONZE MONUMENTAL PENDULUM CLOCK WITH BUST OF HENRY IV AND VICTORIA.
Lagrange, Louis. Paris
Date: 1st half of the 19th c.
Technique: Bronze, with matte and polished gilding and partially with black patina.
Description: Rectangular, two-tiered stand on four paw feet. The front decorated with relief appliqués.
On the postament-shaped case a bust of Henry IV of France with the inscription "Il fut de
ses sujets le vainqueur et le père", a verse from Voltaire's "Henriade". To the right of
the case, a winged Victoria holding a victor's wreath over the bust. Enamel dial with
Roman numerals. Large 14-day pendulum movement with thread suspension and half-hour strike
on bell.
Measurement: 25x61x82cm.
Mark: On dial inscr. "Lagrange á Paris" (Louis Lagrange, Paris, Rue St-Martin, 1812).
Literature:
- Ottomeyer, Hans and Pröschel, Peter: Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich 1986. For a similar type compare p.346, fig.5.5.15.
- Tardy: For the master see p.342.
After Voltaire's publication of "La Henriade", a poem written in 1728 in honour of Henry IV, there was a revival of interest in the first Bourbon ruler. One of the most popular kings, who, after peace had been restored, had given the people back their former prosperity.
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Explanations to the Catalogue
Louis Lagrange
Clocks
19th century
Pendulum Clock
Bronze gilded
