Mantel clock (pendule)

Louis Montjoye, c. 1781 - c. 1782

In 1782 Grand Duke Paul of Russia, the later Tsar Paul I, and his consort, Maria Feodorovna, bought this expen-sive showpiece from the Parisian dealer (marchand-mercier) Dominique Daguerre. With its combination of splendidly worked gilt-bronze (ormolu) and Sèvres porcelain, this clock is a spectacular demonstration of the unrivalled quality of Parisian craftsmanship.

  • Artwork typefurniture, clock, clockwork, mantel clock, mechanical clock
  • Object numberBK-16672
  • Dimensionsheight 65 cm x width 48 cm x depth 17 cm, width 47.5 cm x depth 17 cm
  • Physical characteristicsverguld brons, email, beschilderd en verguld porselein (pâte tendre)

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Mantel clock (pendule)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-16672

  • Description

    Klok van verguld brons, versierd met Sèvres-plaques. Het voetstuk komt twee keer naar voren en dit wordt gevolgd door het centrale veld erboven, geflankeerd door plaques met groteske-motieven en vrijstaande Toscaanse zuilen. Bovenop een medaillon, gehouden door putti in de wolken, waarin een plaque met soortgelijke voorstelling. Onder de ronde wijzerplaat een putto met kijker, passer, boek en motto. Op het voetstuk in het midden een plaque met herders en bloemen; ernaast plaques met florale motieven.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • signature: ‘Louis Montjoye AParis’
    • inscription: ‘CONNAISSANCE/ des/ TEMPS’
    • signature: ‘G Merlet’
    • inscription: ‘Richard x 1781’
    • signature: ‘montjoye a Cantième’
    • signature: ‘L. Montjoye/ A Paris’

Creation

  • Creation

    • clockmaker: Louis Montjoye, Paris
    • porcelain painter: Charles Nicolas Dodin, Sèvres
    • porcelain painter: Jean-Jacques Pierre, Sèvres
    • porcelain painter: Edmé-François Bouillat, Sèvres
    • gilder: Michel Barnabé Chauvaux, Sèvres
    • porcelain company , Sèvres
    • enameler: Georges-Adrien Merlet, Paris
    • after print by René Gaillard
    • after painting by François Boucher

  • Dating

    c. 1781 - c. 1782

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    verguld brons, email, beschilderd en verguld porselein (pâte tendre)

  • Dimensions

    • height 65 cm x width 48 cm x depth 17 cm
    • width 47.5 cm x depth 17 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    Inv.;…; from the dealer Antiqvariat, Paris, frs 75,000, to Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, in or before 1933;{GRI, Digital Collections, Duveen Brothers records, Series II.I, Collectors’ files: Mannheimer, F., ca. 1924-1948, image 97, letter from the Duveen office in Paris to New York, d.d. 7 November 1933.} purchased from his estate, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

  • Gisela Zick, ´Die russische Wahrsagerin, ein Tisch von Martin Carlin für Königin Marie Karoline von Neapel', Kunst & Antiquitäten 4 (1984) juli/aug., p. 44-45, fig. 18-20.

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