Godfried Hendrik Rode Sold at Auction Prices

Godfried Hendrik Rode (Dutch, 1752-after 1793) A Gentleman, wearing leopard skin hat adorned with a plume, fur cape over brown jerkin and white chemise

A Gentleman, wearing leopard skin hat adorned with a plume, fur cape over brown jerkin and white chemise. Enamel, signed on the counter-enamel and dated G.H.Rode/ Pinx. 1783, and inscribed D. W. 4224 (David David-Weill), gold bezel. Oval, 56mm (2 3/16in) high Provenance: Garnier Sale, 1868 Lormier Collection, Rouen, 1921, lot 14 David David-Weill (1871-1952), Neuilly-sur-Seine, no.4224, Wildenstein's Sir Charles Clore (1905-1979), London Sotheby's, 10 November 1986, lot 158 Christie's, 30 April 1996, lot 14 Exhibited: Paris, Musée Galliéra, Exposition de la Verrerie et de l'Emaillerie modernes. Section rétrospective, 1923, no. 266 London, Garrard, Exhibition of Important 18th Century & 19th Century Miniatures and Enamels, 1961, no. 347 Literature: H. Clouzet, 'Les maitres de la miniature sur émail', Gazette des Beaux-Arts, VIII, 1923, p.59 H. Clouzet, Dictionnaire des miniaturistes sur émail, Paris, 1924, p. 173 C. Jeannerat and H. Clouzot, Miniatures and Enamels from the D. David-Weill Collection, Paris, 1957, no.347, p.484, ill. p. 485