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  • La Gazette Drouot

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    Art Price Index: Luxury 18th-Century Pocket Boxes, a Reflection of Refined Social Customs

    Illustrating the habits and customs of a refined and privileged society, exquisite small objects dating to and just after the Age of Enlightenment still arouse envy... and that's no sin! Sené & Neisser (goldsmiths) and Puyroche (watchmaker), Switzerland, c. 1805, spyglass in chased yellow gold and polychrome enamel decorated with alternating friezes…

    Sené & Neisser (goldsmiths) and Puyroche (watchmaker), Switzerland, c. 1805, spyglass in chased yellow gold and polychrome enamel decorated with alternating friezes of shells and foliage; the central panels, painted with country scenes and still lifes, slide out to reveal a watch and a window with automata, h. 7.5 cm/2.8 in., gross weight 189.5 g/6.7 g. In a gilded red morocco case. Hôtel Drouot, April 6, 2023. Audap & Associés auction house. Messrs Emeric and Stephen Portier. Sold for €347,760

  • La Gazette Drouot

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    François Gérard, a Neoclassical History Painter

    The great artist’s portrait of a Napoleonic officer who died in the prime of life has resurfaced. François Gérard (1770-1837), Portrait de Charles Ferdinand Théodore de Vassinhac d'Imécourt, oil on original canvas, 210 x 135 cm/82.67 x 53.14 in. Estimate: €250,000/350,000 The male portrait rarely reached such a peak of elegance…

    François Gérard a Neoclassical History Painter