Master Clockmaker Charles Dutertre's Perfect Timing

Result EUR80,600

Published on 12 October 2021, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Auction on 28 September 2021 - 14:30 (CEST) - Salle 1 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Under the protection of Demeter and Persephone, a bronze clock by timepiece-maker Dutertre won hands down.

Transition period, c. 1770, a chased, patinated gilt bronze mantel clock featuring... Master Clockmaker Charles Dutertre's Perfect Timing

Transition period, c. 1770, a chased, patinated gilt bronze mantel clock featuring Demeter and Persephone on either side of a column supporting a movement and dial made by Charles Dutertre in Paris, 75 x 54 x 27 cm/29.5 x 21.3 x 10.6 in.
Result: €80,600

A surprise came with an objet d'art, not the Old Masters, although the latter performed well. The Portrait of the Eeremans de Beaufort Family , an oval painting by Etienne…

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A Neoclassical Family Portrait by Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin (1733-1793) drew inspiration from the English school to paint this 1798 portrait of members of the Eeremans de Beaufort family.