Auction on
10 June 2022 - 13:30 (CEST) -
Salle 5-6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
With two preemptions, a world record and a total result exceeding the €3 M mark, this prestigious sale lived up to expectations.
Mathieu Criaerd (1689–1776), Louis XV period, chest of drawers with doors opening to two drawers and two leaves, satinwood and rosewood veneer inlaid with diamond points in crosses, Aleppo breccia marble top, chased gilded bronze, 91.5 x 176 x 67.5 cm/36.02 x 69.29 x 26.57 in. Result: €556,800
Mathieu Criaerd (1689–1776), Louis XV period, chest of drawers with doors opening to two drawers and two leaves, satinwood and rosewood veneer inlaid with diamond points in crosses, Aleppo breccia marble top, chased gilded bronze, 91.5 x 176 x 67.5 cm/36.02 x 69.29 x 26.57 in. Result: €556,800
The highlight of this two-day sale at Drouot was undoubtedly the important Louis XV period chest of drawers with doors "à la Régence", stamped Mathieu Criaerd. It shattered the high estimate by fetching the handsome sum of €556,800, a very good score for 18 th -century furniture, whose exceptional pieces are still in high demand. In addition to the panel attributed to the Mandyn-Huys group (see photo below), €87,040 went to Fishermen Lifting Their Nets (34 x 60 cm/13.38 x 23.62 in), a small oak parquet panel monogrammed by Arent Arentsz , known as Cabel (1585/86-c. 1635). Thirty-three lots of watercolor drawings of birds attributed to Violante Vanni (1732–1776)…
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