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Renacle-Nicolas Sotiau (f. Liège 1749, d. Paris 1791)

Fransk Louis XVI lyreformet kaminur af forgyldt bronze og hvid marmor, stor skive af hvid emalje. Sign. 'Sotiau à Paris'. 18. årh.s slutning. H. 56 cm. W. 29 cm. D. 12 cm.

Sotiau was a well known clockmaker in Paris and the most talented representative of Parisian luxury horology during the decade preceding the French Revolution. He became a maître in 1782 and was established in the rue St. Honoré by the following year until his death in 1791. Like all the finest clockmakers, Sotiau acquired his clock cases from the best and most skilful artisans, often working with the bronze casters Pierre-Philippe Thomire and François Rémond. The excellence of his work won him the coveted title of “Horloger de Monseigneur le Dauphin” (the dauphin being the elder son of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette). Today Sotiau’s clocks may be found in the most important international collections, both public and private. Among these are the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, the Frick Collection in New York, the Huntington collection in San Marino and the Musée national du Château de Versailles, as well as the Royal British and Spanish Collections.

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Konditionsrapport ved forespørgsel. Kontakt: furniture@bruun-rasmussen.dk

Auktion

Varia, møbler og tæpper, 10. juni 2020

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Vur­dering

60.000 DKK

Hammerslag

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