About the Artwork
Plate Cover
between 1771 and 1772
Jacques Nicolas Roettiers
1736-1788
French
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 7 5/8 × 9 3/8 inches (19.4 × 23.8 cm)
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European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection of Early French Silver Fund
57.70
Public Domain
Markings
Mark: I [crowned; Paris 1772] Mark: A [crowned; under administration of J. Alaterre] Mark: J.N.R [Master silversmith Jacques Nicolas Roettiers; fleurs de lis crowned; a sheaf of wheat and the two grains]
Provenance
commissioned by Catherine II of Russia [1729-1796] for Gregory Orloff [Grigory Orlov, 1734-1783];Gregory Orloff [Grigory Orlov, 1734-1783];
after 1783, reacquired by Catherine II of Russia [1729-1796].
Ricardo do Espirito Santo Silva (Lisbon, Portugal).
1957-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Les Trésors de l'Orfèvrerie du Portugal. Exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Paris, 1954, no. 469 (pl. 176).
Grigault, Paul. "Late Eighteenth Century French Silver in the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection." Bulletin of the DIA 36, nos. 3/4 (1959-60): pp. 78-83.
Davis, F. French Silver 1450-1825. New York and Washington, 1970, (fig. 68).
Helft, Jacques. Treasure Hunt, Memoirs of an Antique Dealer. London, (pls. 3 and 11b), pp. 29-30.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Report of the Year 1989-1990. Philadelphia, 1990, p. 23 (ill.).
The Jaime Ortiz-Patino Collection, 18th Century French and English Silver. Sales cat., Sotheby's, New York, May 21, 1992, lot no. 119.
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Jacques Nicolas Roettiers, Plate Cover, between 1771 and 1772, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection of Early French Silver Fund, 57.70.
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