Dial painted JULI EN. LE ROY. .DE LA.
SO CIÉ TÉ DES ARTS; movement engraved
on back Julien Le Roy Ataris-, dial enameled
on reverse a.n. martiniere 1742.
Height: 1 ft. 6Vs in. (46 cm); Width:
ι ft.^34 in. (32.4 cm); Depth: 8/8 in.
(20.6 cm)
Accession number 79 .DB.4
PROVENANCE
[Jacques Kugel, Paris, 1978].
EXHIBITIONS
New York, The Frick Collection, French
Clocks in North American Collections,
November 1982-January 1983, no. 52, p. 58,
illus. p. 13.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wilson, "Acquisitions 1977 to mid 1979,"
no. 14, pp. 50-52, illus.137 Wall Clock
Paris, circa 1747
Case by Jacques Caffieri; movement by
Julien II Le Roy; enamel dial by Antoine-
Nicolas Martiniere
Gilt bronze; enameled metal; glass
Case engraved fait par Cafferi and stamped
with the crowned C for 1745-1749. Dial
inscribed JULIEN-LE-ROY- and on reverse
a. n. Martiniere Privilegié Du Roi 1747.
Movement engraved Julien Le RoyA?aris.
Height: 2 ft. 6Vx in. (77.5 cm); Width:
ι ft. 4 in. (40.6 cm); Depth: 4Vx in. (11.4 cm)
Accession number 72 .DB.45PROVENANCE
Sold anonymously, Christie's, London,
July 15,1971, lot 21; [French and Co., New
York]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wilson, Clocks, no. 10, pp. 52-55, illus.; The
Country Life Lnternational Dictionary of
Clocks, Alan Smith, ed. (New York, 1979),
p. 237, fig. 2; Ottomeyer and Pröschel,
Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 114, fig. 2.5.2.137- Planisphere Clock
Paris, circa 1745-1749
Case attributed to Jean-Pierre Latz; move-
ment (now missing) by Alexandre Fortier
Oak veneered with kingwood; bronze
mounts; glass; gilt paper
Dial engraved Lnventepar A. FORTIER;
mounts of lower sections stamped with
the crowned Cfor 1745-1749.
Height: 9 ft. 3 in. (282 cm); Width: 3 ft. Vx in.
(92.7 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 3Vx in. (39.5 cm)
Accession number 74.DB. 2
PROVENANCE
Baron Gustave de Rothschild, Paris; Charles
Davis (sold, Christie's, London, June 29,
1906, lot 132, for £577 to Stettiner); Maurice
Ephrussi, Paris (offered for sale, Galerie
Georges Petit, May 22,1911, lot 63, [?]
bought in); (sold, "Property of a Lady of
Title," Sotheby's, London, November 24,
1972, lot 34); [Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc.,
New York, 1974]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.EXHIBITIONS
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of
Art, The Grand Gallery, CINOA, October
1974-January 1975, no. 44.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wilson, Clocks, no. 7, pp. 38-43, illus.;
Wilson, Selections, no. 18, p. 36-37, illus.;
Verlet, Les Bronzes, p. 115, illus.88 FRENCH CLOCKS