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A secretaire made for the French Crown
01/1960 | 682 | 102
Pages: 34-36
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Author:
Cecil, R. A. (Robert Arthur) (Cecil, R. A. (Robert Arthur); C., R. A.; Cecil, Robert Arthur)
Subjects
artists:
Joubert, Gilles
artists:
Riesener, Jean-Henri
dates:
1750-1799
places:
France
subjects:
Furniture makers / Furniture / French
subjects:
Ebénistes / Patronage
subjects:
Royalty
Illustrations
Attributed works:
47. Secretaire Delivered in 1774 by Gilles Joubert for Use in One of the French Royal Palaces. Height, 139 cm.; Width, 97 cm.; Depth, 46 cm. (Private Collection.)
Attributed works:
48. Inventory No. 2768 Painted on Reverse of Secretaire Reproduced in Fig.47.
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The Hertford-Wallace Collection of Tapestries
03/1958 | 660 | 100
Pages: 101
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Author:
Cecil, R. A. (Robert Arthur) (Cecil, R. A. (Robert Arthur); C., R. A.; Cecil, Robert Arthur)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Wallace Collection, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, United States
subjects:
Art museums / Textiles / Tapestries
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The Hertford-Wallace Collection of Tapestry
04/1956 | 637 | 98
Pages: 116-118
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Author:
Cecil, R. A. (Robert Arthur) (Cecil, R. A. (Robert Arthur); C., R. A.; Cecil, Robert Arthur)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Seymour-Conway, Richard, Fourth Marquess of Hertford, 1800-1870
collectors and dealers:
Wallace, Richard, Sir, 1818-1890
dates:
1800-1899
museums and institutions:
Wallace Collection, London, Great Britain
places:
France / England / London
subjects:
Textiles / Tapestries / Collections, Private
subjects:
Gobelins tapestries / Beauvais tapestries
subjects:
Exhibitions / Provenance / Documents
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The Remainder of the Hertford and Wallace Collections
06/1950 | 567 | 92
Pages: 168-172
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Author:
Cecil, R. A. (Robert Arthur) (Cecil, R. A. (Robert Arthur); C., R. A.; Cecil, Robert Arthur)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Wallace, Richard, Sir, 1818-1890
collectors and dealers:
Seymour-Conway, Richard, Fourth Marquess of Hertford, 1800-1870
collectors and dealers:
Murray Scott, John, Sir, 1847-1912
dates:
1800-1899
museums and institutions:
Wallace Collection, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Art museums / Collections / Collections, Private
subjects:
Bequests / Documents / Inventories
subjects:
French painting
subjects:
Collecting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Philippe, duc d'Orléans ('Monsieur'), Attributed to Antoine Coysevox. Marble, 90 by 74 cm. (Seligmann et Cie, Paris).
Attributed works:
20. Vertumne et Pomone, by Antoine Watteau. Canvas, 41.9 by 29.2 cm. (M. Georges Wildenstein, Paris.)
Attributed works:
21. The duc de Chartres Feeding the Swans, by Louis Tocqué. Canvas, 146 by 114 cm. (M. Germain Seligman, New York.)
Attributed works:
22. Une Baigneuse, by J. A. Houdon. Marble, Height 120 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.)
Attributed works:
23. King Louis XIV, Attributed to A. Coysevox. Marble, Height 95 cm. (Messrs Seligmann et Cie, Paris.)
Attributed works:
24. Count Cagliostro, by J. A. Houdon. Signed and Dated 1786 Marble, Height 79.5 cm. (M. Germain Seligman, New York.)
Attributed works:
25. Mlle Sophie Arnould, by J. A. Houdon. Marble. (Louvre, Paris.)
Western art unattributed:
19. View of the Gallery at No. 2 Rue Laffitte, Paris, in the Time of Sir John Murray Scott.