I02 FRENCH GILT BRONZE: WALL LIGHTS
PROVENANCE
Paul Wallraf, London (sold, Sotheby's,
London, December 8, 1983, lot 579);
[La Cour de Varenne, Paris, 1987].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJi6 (1988),
no. 70, pp. 177-178, illus.- Four Wall Lights
Paris, circa 1740
Soft-paste porcelain flowers; gilt bronze
Height: 1 ft. 6 in. (45.7 cm); Width:
ι ft. 1/4 in. (34.3 cm); Depth: 7% in.
(19.7 cm)
Accession number 75 .DF.4.1—.4
One of four 166PROVENANCE
Henry Seymour, London (with another
pair); [French and Co., New York (six)];
two lights sold to [Arnold Seligmann, Rey
and Co., 1941], later in the Georges Lurcy
collection, New York; Rita Lydig, (?) New
York, 1927; Sidney J. Lamon, New York
(sold, Christie's, London, November 29,
1973, lot 69); [Frank Partridge and Sons,
Ltd., London, 1973]; purchased by J. Paul
Getty.- Pair of Wall Lights
Paris, circa 1745-1749
Gilt bronze
Each light bears one crowned Cfor
1745-1749·
Height: 2 ft. 4% in. (72.4 cm); Width:
ι ft. 6^34 in. (47.6 cm); Depth: iolA in.
(26.7 cm)
Accession number 89.DF.26.1—.2
PROVENANCE
European private collection; [Alexander and
Berendt, Ltd., London].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1989," GettyMusJiS (1990),
no. 53, p. 193, illus.; Handbook 1991, p. 177,
illus.
One of a pair 167- Four Wall Lights
Paris, circa 1750
Attributed to Jacques Caffieri
Gilt bronze
Two lights stamped with a crown flanked by
CR for Casa Reale and the inventory num
bers C$62.1 and C$62.2 on front near base.
Two other lights stamped similarly C. 1068.1
and C1068.2.
Height: 3 ft. 1 in. (94 cm); Width:
ι ft. 10^34 in. (57.8 cm); Depth: 1 ft. iVs in.
(34 cm)
Accession number 84 .DF.41.1—.4
PROVENANCE
Mme Louise-Elisabeth of France (Duchess
of Parma), Palazzo di Colorno (near Parma),
circa 1753; ducal collection of Parma; private
collection, France (sold, Ader, Picard et