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Nicolas Besnier (1686–1754): Architecte, orfèvre du roi et échevin de la Ville de Paris
05/2025 | 1466 | 167
Pages: 516–7
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Minter, Alice (Minter, Alice)
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Nicolas Besnier (1686–1754): Architecte, orfèvre du roi et échevin de la Ville de Paris By Christophe Huchet de Quénetain. 348 pp. incl. 280 col. + b. & w. ills. (Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2024), €39. ISBN 978–2–7535–9475–3. | :
Illustrations
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1. Pair of tureens with covers and their plates, from the Horatio Walpole service, by Nicolas Besnier. 1726–27. Silver, height of tureens 38 cm., diameter of plates 45.3 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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Illustrations
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[Agnew's, 43 Old Bond Street, London] St Peter's
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[Agnew's, 43 Old Bond Street, London] Priorato di Malta, Monte Aventino
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[Bordeaux Galerie des beaux-Arts, Palace du Colonel Raynal, France] Jean Nattier. Marie Lerzezynska. Warsaw National Museum
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[C. G. Boerner, Kasernenstrasse 13, Dusseldorf, Germany] Thomas Wijck Mother and Children Oil Painting, on Panel 32.5 by 25 cm.
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[Christie's, 8 King Street, London, UK] A Fine Marquetry Commode, Attributed to Peter Langlois - 50 Inches Wide - Anglo-French, c.1760
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[Christie's, 8 King Street, London, UK] A George II Helmet-Shaped Ewer - 15 Inches High - by George Methuen, 1746
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[Christie's, 8 King Street, London, UK] A George II Inkstand - 11½ Inches Wide - by Louis Laroche, 1733
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[Christie's, 8 King Street, London, UK] A George III Chocolate Jug - 9¼ Inches High - by S. and N. Crespell, 1768
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[Christie's, 8 King Street, London, UK] A German Soup Tureen - 11 Inches Wide - by J. C. Drentwett, Augsburg, 1757-9
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[Christie's, 8 King Street, London, UK] A Tea and Coffee Service by Paul Storr, 1814
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[Christie's, 8 King Street, London, UK] An Epergne by Henry Chawner, 1791
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[Christie's, 8 King Street, London, UK] An Extremely Rare Pair of Colt Presentation 3rd Model Dragoon Revolvers in Fitted Case
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[Christie's, 8 King Street, London, UK] Costumes des Ordres Religieux et Militaires by J. C. Bar, 1778. 6 Volumes
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[Christie's, 8 King Street, London, UK] Hungarian and Highland Broad Sword by Thomas Rowlandson, 1799
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[Christie's, 8 King Street, London, UK] Left: Portrait of King Charles II Right: Portrait of Lady Frances Cooper by Samuel Cooper
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[Christie's, 8 King Street, London, UK] Left: Portrait of Lady Arabella Stuart by Peter Oliver Right: Portrait of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia by John Hoskins, sen.
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[Colnaghi, 15 Old Bond Street, London, UK] Michele Rocca, c.1675-1751. Copper, 22 3/8 Inches Diameter
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[E. & A. Silberman Galleries, 1014 Madison Avenue, New York, New York] Lionel Feininger. Luneburg (Size 18¼ by 24½ in.)
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[H. Terry-Engell, 8 Bury Street, London, UK] H.-J. Harpignies (1819-1916). Vue de Paris. Signed, Panel, 9 7/8 by 13 5/8 in.
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[Janet Nessler Gallery, Inc., 718 Madison Avenue, New York, New York] Chas Sibley White Scarf, 1961 Oil, 38 by 38 Inches
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[Knight, Frank & Rutley, 20 Hanover Square, London, UK and A.C. Frost] A Family Group by J. G. Cuyp
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[Knight, Frank & Rutley, 20 Hanover Square, London, UK and A.C. Frost] The Regnier Pauw Family, by Cornelis Holsteyn
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[Lefevre, 30 Bruton Street, London, UK] Claude Monet. Varengeville 1882 (25 by 32 in.)
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[Leonard Koetser, 13 Duke Street, London, UK] Winter Landscape with Walled Town, by Jan Brueghel. Copper Panel 9¼ by 11 5/8 Inches
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[Marlborough Fine Art Ltd, 39 Old Bond Street, London, UK] Armitage Girl without a Face Height 14½ in.
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[Marlborough Fine Art Ltd, 39 Old Bond Street, London, UK] Chadwick Standing Figures Height 22½ in.
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[Marlborough Fine Art Ltd, 39 Old Bond Street, London, UK] Maillol Standing Bather Height 31 in.
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[Marlborough Fine Art Ltd, 39 Old Bond Street, London, UK] Moore Leaf Figure Height 9 3/4in.
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[Midtown Galleries, 17 East 57th Street, New York, New York] William Thon. Early Spring Evening
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[N. M. Aquavella Galleries, 119 East 57th Street, New York, New York] Paolo Antonio Barbieri, 1603-1649. 43½ by 30½ Inches
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[Newhouse Galleries, 15 East 57th Street, New York, New York] The Holy Family with St Anne by Francesco Vanni 1563 - 1610 8½ by 11 Inches
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[Pardo, 160 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, France] Gilles de Berch (Died in Delft in 1699). Signed, Panel, 21 7/8 by 27½ Inches
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[Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 980 Madison Avenue, New York, New York] Chrysanthèmes by Chagall (1926) in Colour in the Catalogue
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[Robert Issacson Gallery, 22 east 66 Street, New York, New York] William Rimmer 1816-1879. Lion in the Arena. 9½ by 12½ Inches
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Sale 10th April. Sir P. P. Rubens. A Letter to Sir Balthazar Gerbier, 1640, the Last Known Letter of Rubens.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] A Capodimonte Figure of a Mutilated Soldier, 9¼ Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] A Du Paquier Vienna box, 6 3/4 Inches Long, 3 Inches High.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] A Du Paquier Vienna Glove-Shaped Box 5 Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] A Du Paquier Vienna Tobacco Jar, 5 3/4 Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] A Du Paquier Vienna Tureen and Cover, Decorated in Schwarzlot and Gilding, 10½ Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] A Fürstenburg Figure of Ragonda, 7 7/8 Inches, a Höchst Figure of Ragonda, 8 Inches, and Another Fürstenberg Figure of Ragonda, 7 3/4 Inches, All from the Italian Comedy Series and Modelled by Simon Feilner.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Ben Nicholson. Still Life, July 1946. 23 5/8 by 22 Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Francisco Goya. A Young Girl with Puppies. Brush and Brown Wash, 9 11/16 by 6 9/16 in.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] George Romney. Portrait of Captain John Row. 29¼ by 24 1/8 Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Hans Burgkmair the Elder. A Standing Bear. Pen and Ink, 9 3/4 by 5 3/8 Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Henry Moore, C.H. Ideas for Sculpture, 1942. 23 by 18 Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Henry Moore, C.H. Mother and Child, 1959. 15 Inches High.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Hieronymus Bosch. The Two Pharisees. Pen and Ink, recto, 5 7/8 by 4 1/16 Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Hugo van der Goes. A Saint, Probably St Barbara. Pen and Ink and Wash, Heightened with White, on Green Prepared Ground, 9 1/16 by 7 3/8 Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] J. M. W. Turner, R.A. Llangollen, 1835. 10½ by 16½ Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] J. M. W. Turner, R.A. Whitby, 1830. 6½ by 10 Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] J.R. Cozens. Lake Albano and Castel Gandolfo. Signed and Dated 1780, 14 1/5 x 20 5/8 Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] John Crome. A Norwich Backwater. On Panel, 14½ by 19 Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] John Frederick Herring, Sen. The Leamington Hunt. 35 by 50 Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Paul Nash. The Grotto. Pencil and Water-Colour, Signed and Dated 1938, 14 3/4 by 21 3/4 Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Peter Visscher the Elder. Scylla. Pen and Ink, 11½ by 8½ Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn. Shah Jahan and his Falconer. Pen and Ink and Wash, 8 3/8 by 7 in.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Rex Whistler. A Baroque Town. One of the Eight Murals for No.36 Hill Street, 85 by 63½ Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Sale 13th April. A Louis XIV Box, by Nicolas Besnier, Paris, 1714, 11¼ in.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Sale 18th April. Four Pieces from a Chelsea Tea and Coffee Service Decorated with Butterflies.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Sale 1st May. Examples from Five Sets of Continental Underglass Buttons Depicting the Monuments of Paris and Other Subjects, all Eighteenth Century.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Samuel Palmer. The Evening Star, c.1825 Oil on Panel, 9 by 11 Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] School of the Upper Rhine, c. 1470. An Angel with Two Escutcheons. Black Chalk on Pink Prepared Paper, 6 3/4 by 8 3/8 Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] W. R. Sickert, A.R.A. Pulteney Bridge, Bath, 1917. Signed, 27½ by 44½ Inches.
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] William Blake. The Death of Ezekiel's Wife. Grey Wash, 1792, 13 3/8 by 18 5/8 Inches.
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[Spink and Son, 5-7 King Street, London, UK] A Farmhouse with a Woman Standing by the Gate by J. M. W. Turner, R.A., 1775-1851 6¼ by 8¼ Inches Water-Colour Drawing
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[The Fine Arts Society, 148 New Bond Street, London, UK] View of la Riccia. J. M. W. Turner, R.A.
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[Tooth, 31 Bruton Street, London, UK] "La rue St Vincent en hiver" by S. Lepine. Canvas: 15″ × 18½″
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[Christie's, 8 King Street, London, UK] A Pair of Famille-Rose Figures of Cranes - 17 Inches High - Ch'ien Lung, c.1750
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[Christie's, 8 King Street, London, UK] A Pair of Famille-Rose Figures of Hawks - 11 Inches High - Ch'ien Lung, c.1775
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Sale 9th May. A Famille-Rose Armorial Part Dinner Service.
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[Christie's, 8 King Street, London, UK] A Fine Suit of German Fluted Gothic Armour of Maximilian Type, c.1500
Western art unattributed:
[Christie's, 8 King Street, London, UK] A Louis XV Marquetry Commode - 51 Inches Wide
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] A Capodimonte Group of Rabbit Catchers, 6½ Inches.
Western art unattributed:
[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Sale 21st April. An English Enamelled Opaque-White Glass Bowl, 3 in., c. 1760.