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From 1739 To 1761

  • Yoel Davis

Yoel Davis

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French, Turin 1695–1750 Paris / The Met

    In 1728, a design for a candlestick by Juste-Aurele Meissonnier (1695-1750) incorporated a pair of entwined children in its spirally twisted stem.
    The three drawings for this model were engraved by Louis Desplaces (1682-1739) and published in Deuxième livre de l'oeuvre de J.
   A Meissonnier, Chandeliers de sculpture en argent in 1734.
    This highly sculptural model proved to be very fashionable and was executed with variations both in gilt bronze and in porcelain (an example from the famous Meissen swan service for Count Bruhl of 1739 is on view in the German and Austrian Galleries).

Modern Rome

Italian, Piacenza 1691–1765 Rome / The Met

    Among Panini's most brilliant inventions are Modern Rome and its pendant, which cleverly contrive to show the famous monuments of the city as paintings arranged in a sumptuous gallery.
    They were commissioned by the Count de Stainville, later Duke de Choiseul, ambassador to Rome from 1753 to 1757; he is shown seated in an armchair.

A Masked Ball in Bohemia

Austrian, Warsaw or Vienna 1699–1780 Vienna / The Met

    This is the only known study for the decoration of the ballroom at Ceský Krumlov, a castle in Bohemia that belonged to Prince Joseph Adam zu Schwarzenberg.
    The elaborate illusionism suggests that it may be by the prince's architect and designer, Andreas Altomonte.
    The wall paintings, which are less sophisticated, are signed by Josef Lederer and dated 1748.

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