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Wood Carver, Elfenbeinschnitzer, Sculptor

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About Antoine Rosset

Wood Carver, Elfenbeinschnitzer, Sculptor

Aliases

Claude Antoine Rosset, Claude-Antoine Rosset

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Paire de petits bustes représentant Voltaire et Montesquieu.

Paire de petits bustes représentant Voltaire et Montesquieu.

Sold: EUR 2,600
ANTOINE ROSSET (FRENCH, 1749-1818): AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH AJOURE RELIEF IVORY PORTRAIT BUST OF BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE TOGETHER WITH AN IVORY PORTRAIT MEDALLION Bernardin de Saint-Pierre shown elegantly dressed in profile to the left, signed on the truncation 'A. Rosset, Sculpsit 1805', in a circular turned wood and glazed frame, together with a mid 19th century English or German oval ivory portrait medallion of a gentleman, possibly David Livingstone, in a gilt metal mount, 8cm high and 6.5cm high respectively, (2) Footnote: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737-1814) was a leading figure of the late French Enlightenment. David Livingstone (1813-1873) was a Scottish missionary and explorer to Africa. Please note this lot is subject to CITES regulations. PROVENANCE: CHARLES AVERY COLLECTION Charles Avery is a specialist in European sculpture, particularly Italian, French, English, Flemish and Dutch. A graduate in Classics at Cambridge University, he obtained a Diploma in the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute and a doctorate for published work from Cambridge. Having been Deputy Keeper of Sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum for twelve years (1966-79), and a Director of Christies for ten years, since 1990 he has been a highly respected, independent historian, consultant, writer and lecturer. His books include ‘Florentine Renaissance Sculpture’, 1970, ‘Giambologna the Complete Sculpture’, Phaidon, 1987, ‘Donatello: An Introduction’, John Murray, 1994; ‘Bernini, Genius of the Baroque’, Thames and Hudson, 1997 (paperback, 2006),  and ‘The Triumph of Motion: Francesco Bertos’, 2008.

ANTOINE ROSSET (FRENCH, 1749-1818): AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH AJOURE RELIEF IVORY PORTRAIT BUST OF BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE TOGETHER WITH AN IVORY PORTRAIT MEDALLION Bernardin de Saint-Pierre shown elegantly dressed in profile to the left, signed on the truncation 'A. Rosset, Sculpsit 1805', in a circular turned wood and glazed frame, together with a mid 19th century English or German oval ivory portrait medallion of a gentleman, possibly David Livingstone, in a gilt metal mount, 8cm high and 6.5cm high respectively, (2) Footnote: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737-1814) was a leading figure of the late French Enlightenment. David Livingstone (1813-1873) was a Scottish missionary and explorer to Africa. Please note this lot is subject to CITES regulations. PROVENANCE: CHARLES AVERY COLLECTION Charles Avery is a specialist in European sculpture, particularly Italian, French, English, Flemish and Dutch. A graduate in Classics at Cambridge University, he obtained a Diploma in the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute and a doctorate for published work from Cambridge. Having been Deputy Keeper of Sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum for twelve years (1966-79), and a Director of Christies for ten years, since 1990 he has been a highly respected, independent historian, consultant, writer and lecturer. His books include ‘Florentine Renaissance Sculpture’, 1970, ‘Giambologna the Complete Sculpture’, Phaidon, 1987, ‘Donatello: An Introduction’, John Murray, 1994; ‘Bernini, Genius of the Baroque’, Thames and Hudson, 1997 (paperback, 2006),  and ‘The Triumph of Motion: Francesco Bertos’, 2008.

Sold: GBP 720

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