probably Peterhof Palace (St. Petersburg, Russia); purchased from (French & Co., New York, New York, USA); Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kanzler; 1952-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Wall Clock, ca. 1740, with later movement
- Jacques Caffieri, French, 1678-1755
Gilt bronze, enameled metal, glass
- Framed: Overall: 41 5/8 × 15 7/8 × 7 1/4 inches (105.7 × 40.3 × 18.4 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kanzler
52.166
On View
- Fashionable Living: S330.5
Department
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
- Scrolls (motifs)
- Putti
- Rococo
- Gilding
- Metal
- Bronze
- Enamel
- Glass
- Leaves (plant materials)
- Wall clock
- Paris
Details
Provenance
Published References
"Family Art Game." DIA Advertising Supplement, Detroit Free Press, June 4, 1978, p. 25 (ill.). Bulletin of the DIA 47, nos. 3/4 (1968): p. 46, p. 48 (ill.). Ottomeyer, H. and P. Proschel. Vergoldete Bronzen: Die Bronzearbeiten des Spatbarock und Klassizismus. vol. 1. Munich, 1986, p. 115, no. 2.5.5 (ill.). Important French Furniture, Clocks, Porcelain, Sculpture and Tapestries. Sales cat., Christie's. New York, May 8, 1991, no. 40. Art Treasures of Russia, vol. 2. p. 170.
Rights Status
case by Jacques Caffieri, Wall Clock, ca. 1740, with later movement, gilt bronze, enameled metal, glass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kanzler, 52.166.
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