Sekretär Im Louis XVI-Stil mit Darstellung einer... Lot n° 590

Height: 142 cm. Width: 68 cm. Depth: 40 cm. Stamped "CH Winckelsen" for Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen (1812-1871) and "G. Trollope & Sons". Paris, circa 1866. Over tapered ormolu-embellished feet brought together by a knotted tableau surmounted by a vase, the single-door corpus, released by a push mechanism, resting over fluted and ormolu-decorated legs. Above it a single-door corpus with hinged door, behind it four-bay interior and opened compartments and green colored leather writing tablet. Push-opening cornice drawer with overhanging stepped green and white veined marble top with ormolu baluster gallery around. Flanking the corpus are fluted and figured columns decorated with sculpted animal feet. The sides with elaborate instrumental marquetry, on the front side with a scene from the Commedia dell'Arte after Januarius Zick (1730-1797). One key present. Note on the marquetry: Depicted is a scene from the Commedia dell'Arte, which can be seen in the same way in theater performances for centuries: Harlequin, Columbine and Anselmo with his cane and tricorn on his head. Originally this kind of marquetry was designed by the painter Januarius Zick (1730 Munich-1797), for David Roentgen (1743-1807). Januarius Zick often collaborated with David Roentgen to decorate the fronts of chests of drawers made in Roentgen's workshop. The stencil drawings for the marquetry and inlay were made by the artist Elie Gervais (1721-1791) and his workshop. One of the most famous Roentgen chests of drawers with this Commedia dell'Arte motif was formerly in the Palace of Versailles. In the 19th century, this chest of drawers entered the collection of Baron Mayer de Rothschild, the head of the great banking house. He kept the piece in the Mentmore chateau. After the Mentmore auction, the chest of drawers entered the Thyssen Collection, and then from the Jack and Belle Linsky Collection it went on to the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Other commodes from the Roentgen workshop with the same Commedia dell'Arte motif are in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Literature: Cf. furniture by David Roentgen with the Commedia dell'Arte motif are illustrated in: Josef Maria Greber: Abraham and David Roentgen, Furniture for Europe, vol.2. ,1980, p. 276, figs. 540, 543 and 545. Cf. Dietrich Fabian: Abraham und David Roentgen, Von der Schreinerwerkstatt zur Kunstmöbel-Manufaktur, 1992, p. 27, fig. 48. Cf. Hans Huth, Roentgen, Abraham und David Roentgen und ihre Neuwieder Möbelwerkstatt, p. 73, Tafel III und fig. 178. (1330137) (13) Secretary in Louis XVI Style with depiction of a scene from the Commedia dell' Arte Height: 142 cm. Width: 68 cm. Depth: 40 cm. Stamped "CH Winckelsen" for Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen (1812 -1871) and "G. Trollope & Sons". Paris, ca. 1866. Over conically tapering feed with ormolu fittings, brought together by a knot tableau surmounted by a vase, the single-drawer structure, which can be released by a pressure mechanism, rests over fluted legs with ormolu décor. Surmounted by a single-door structure with a folding door, with a four-drawer interior and open compartments and a leather writing surface dyed in green. Push-to-open cornice drawer with overhanging tiered green and white veined marble tabletop with surrounding ormolu baluster gallery. The structure is flanked by fluted and nodal columns and nodal columns decorated with three-dimensional animal feet. Notes regarding the marquetry: The sides with elaborate instrument marquetry, the front decorated with a scene from the Commedia dell'Arte, as shown in theater performances in the same way for centuries: Harlequin, Columbine and Anselmo with a cane and tricorne on his head. This type of marquetry was originally designed by the painter Januarius Zick (1730 Munich - 1797) for David Roentgen (1743 - 1807). Januarius Zick frequently worked with David Roentgen to decorate the fronts of commodes made in Roentgen's workshop. The stencil drawings for the marquetry and inlays were created by the artist Elie Gervais (1721 - 1791) and his workshop. One of the most famous Roentgen commodes with this Commedia dell'Arte motif was formerly held at the Palace of Versailles. In the 19th century, this commode ended up in the collection of Baron Mayer de Rothschild, the head of the big banking group. He kept the piece in Mentmore Castle. After the Mentmore auction, the commode was acquired by the Thyssen Collection, then from the Jack and Belle Linsky Collection to the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Further commodes from the Roentgen workshop with the same Commedia d