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Lot 8 - Attributed to the Master of Romagna Ceramics (Maestro delle ceramiche romagnole, painter active in Emilia-Romagna in the mid-18th century) Kitchen interior with jars and mortar Canvas (Tears, holes and missing pieces; red wax stamp on back). Height 82.5 cm; Width: 120.5 cm A group of several ceramic still lifes has been assembled under the conventional name of "Maestro delle ceramiche romagnole". It comprises paintings previously attributed to Giovanni Domenico Valentino, Andrea Seghizzi, Rodolfo Lodi, Arcangelo Resani and Pseudo Resani. These artists are all, to some extent of Cristoforo Munari, depicting rustic kitchen interiors, accumulations of dishes accumulations of crockery, pottery and vases, juxtaposed side by side. This production from the Baroque still lifes of the rest of the Italian Peninsula at the same time, which abound in moving garlands of flowers and heaps of fruit. On the contrary, these canvases influenced by the "bodegones" of Spanish Caravaggism in the previous century, and are not unlike the work of Luis Meléndez. Our painting fits well into this context, and appears to be of higher pictorial quality than the works the Master of Romagna Ceramics, such as Still Life with Ceramics, branches and tomatoes and Interior with garlic rosary, carafe, branches, ceramics and plates, both formerly on sale at Semenzato in Venice (cf. op. infra, Bacchi, 2015, p. 143 and Giardini, 2020, p. 121). Here, the interplay of full and empty spaces, articulated by stone entablatures, the rendering of different textures (are unified and stylized by a range of browns and blacks, enhanced by white earthenware some white earthenware with bluish decoration. In places, the touch becomes unctuous, for example on the lid of the pot to the right of the mortar. General bibliography relating to this group of still lifes: - Edited by Daniele Benati and Lucia Peruzzi, La natura morta in Emilia e in Romagne: Pittori, centri de produzione produzione e collezionismo fra XVII e XVIII secolo. Milano, Skira editore, 2000. pp. 135-139. - Anna Colombi Ferretti, "La natura morta a Bologna e in Romagna", in Frederico Zeri, La natura morta in Italia, Milano, Electa, 1989, pp. 492-494. - Giulia Palloni, "Cucine e deschi tra Romagna e Marche nel XVIII secolo. Il Maestro delle ceramiche romagnole e i Ceccarini", in Bacchi Andrea, La natura morta di Federico Zeri, Bologna, Fondazione Federico Zeri, 2015, pp. 135-151. - Edited by Claudio Giardini, Pitture in quiete, Carlo Magini e la natura morta tra Marche e Romagna nel XVIII secolo. Ancona, Il lavoro editoriale, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Fano, 2020, p. 121.

Estim. 8 000 - 12 000 EUR

Lot 11 - French school circa 1790, workshop of Élisabeth VIGÉE LE BRUN Portrait of the composer Paisello Canvas Dated 1791 at bottom Height : 130 cm ; Width : 97 cm Exhibition: - Turin, Teatro Regio, L'arcano incanto, May-September 1991, no. IV.27 (as Louise-Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun). In the aftermath of the French Revolution, on the night of October 5 to 6, 1789, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was forced to migrate to Italy. to migrate to Italy. Although this Italian period gave a new inflection to her work, in Paris she continued to present to present her paintings at the Salon. In 1790, she established herself in Naples where she met Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816), the famous music composer. This encounter left a lasting impression on both artists. Paisiello was born in Naples, where, from the age of 5, his voice attracted the attention of the Marquis of Fragagnano, Kapellmeister of the Church of the Capuchins. Chapel Master of the Capuchin Church. Under his patronage, the young musician trained at the Naples conservatory in Naples under the supervision of the Baroque composer Francesco Durante. From then on, Paisiello embarked on a musical career that took him from Bologna to Modena to Venice, writing his own works or adapting others. his own works or adapting scores by other composers. It was really with his operas bouffes such as La Pupille that the artist really came into his own. By 1766, Paisiello returned to his native Naples. He quickly became the benchmark for opera buffa, mixing styles styles, tonalities and settings. Such was his critical success that King Ferdinand IV commissioned his creation Chinese Idol at court for the arrival of his brother-in-law Joseph II and his wife Marie-Caroline of Austria. The musician became responsible for Ferdinand IV's royal bedroom. It was at this moment Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun painted the musician at the height of his fame. The original composition remained in the artist's collection until its bequest to the Musée du Louvre in 1842. Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun exhibited a similar version at the Salon of 1791, now kept at the châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon (inv. MV 5877). Going against the Romantics, Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun delivers a personal vision of the artist at her instrument. Against a dark background that highlights the Italian composer, Giovanni Paisiello is looking elsewhere, his face modulating to the fervor of his artistic inspiration. His hands simply rest on the keyboard keyboard of his pianoforte, waiting to play, while the scores of his operas, including the Rondo di Nina di Nina and the Te Deum, which were resounding successes at the time.

Estim. 8 000 - 12 000 EUR

Lot 17 - Charles-Émile VACHER DE TOURNEMINE (1812-1872) Flamingos and parrots circa 1866-1867 Oil on canvas, signed lower left Ch. de Tournemine On the reverse, stamp of the color and canvas dealer "Emmanuel Chenoz, rue de Condé". (Old restorations) Height 89 cm; Width 180.5 cm Bibliography - Jean-Claude Lesage, Charles de Tournemine, peintre orientaliste, Aix-en-Provence, Édisud, 1986, ph.10. p.101 (reproduced in black and white from a photograph belonging to M. Bourget d'Aulnoy). - Explanation des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, architecture, gravure et lithographie des artistes vivants exposés au Palais des Champs-Élysées, le 15 avril 1867, p. 202 Exhibition: - Salon de Paris 1867, under n° 1485 Provenance : - French private collection. Charles Vacher de Tournemine was fascinated by the Mediterranean world, which he discovered when he signed up as a midshipman at the age of thirteen. He later moved to Paris, where he studied painting in the studios of Eugène Isabey and Louis Garneray. After completing his training, he continued his travels, which took him to the Maghreb, Asia Minor and the Balkans, and produced some of the finest canvases of French Orientalism. Familiar with the Salon des artistes français, where he exhibited from 1846 onwards, Tournemine received regular critical acclaim. In 1861, the French government purchased his "Café à Adalia", now in the Musée d'Orsay, as well as other paintings in the museums of his native Toulon, Marseille and Montpellier. In 1867, Tournemine presented two large canvases of the same format at the Salon: "Elephants of Africa" (under no. 1474), acquired and donated by the Emperor to the Musée du Luxembourg (now in the Musée d'Orsay), and our painting, "Flamingos and Parrots" (under no. 1475). With a lively touch and evident pleasure, the painter declines and multiplies colorful birds. Some fly into the sky towards the natural perch provided by a jacaranda trunk caught in the vegetation, while others fish, hidden in the plants that emerge from the calm waves, sleep on a branch, or observe each other, in front of the infinite landscape that borders this wide South American river. For this work of original territory, known only from a black-and-white photo in the artist's family archives, Tournemine drew inspiration from explorer Paul Marçoy's account of a trip to Peru, quoted in the Livret du Salon: "In the depths of perspective, distant shores stand out in silhouette. Sometimes the hollow trunk of a jacaranda tree, torn from its native soil by a riverbank collapse or overflow, floats on the surface of the water; while another, encountering a sandbank, stops in its tracks and comes to rest on the beach (...).... Beautiful pink flamingos frolic close to the shore in the midst of this luxuriant vegetation, and families of parrots populate this enguirlanded trunk, making these magical and incomparable regions resound with their cries". A painter of the Orient, Tournemine was fascinated by the animals he observed on his travels, particularly the wading birds of the Danube, whose verve and colors enchanted and fascinated the public (for example: Flamingos and Ibises, Turkish bank of the Lower Danube, 1861 salon, coll. Préfecture de Nantes). Our work brings to a climax this fascination for exotic birds, which the Parisian public discovers with astonishment and curiosity. The critic Alfred Nettement commented in La Semaine des familles: "What the traveler tells, the painter shows with his magical brush. Nothing less than M. Tournemine's delicate, fine touch and bright, vivid colors were needed to evoke on canvas the solitude of the new world, populated by delightful birds, for nature is not like the coquettes of our salons; it is in the desert that she displays the most beautiful diamonds of her jewel case.

Estim. 15 000 - 20 000 EUR

Lot 25 - PUIFORCAT (attributed to) Two vermeil sugar bowls with conical body and two solid side handles with shell decoration, conical lid with chased decoration and ivory fretel. Unsigned. Servabo", "Je garderai la foi". Rim decorated with leaves and small berries. In their carrying cases. (Wear and tear) Height 11.5 cm; Length: 18 cm; Depth: 13 cm Gross weight : 1226 g. History : - Piece commissioned by Sir Michael Kielberg-Kroyer, later Sir Michael Kroyer, probably around 1928-1930 for the furnishings of his Stockgrove Park House castle, Bedfordshire, England. Provenance: - Former collection of Sir Michael KROYER KIELBERG (1882-1958) Danish-born shipping magnate and philanthropist, Sir Michael Kroyer-Kielberg was founding chairman of United Molasses. of United Molasses. Under his leadership, the company played a key role in supporting the Free Denmark Movement during the war. He also served as Danish Ambassador to the Court. An art lover, his collections included important works by Sisley, Corot, Pissarro and Epstein. Between 1928 and 1930, he built Stockgrove Park House in Bedfordshire, a property considered to be the last major castle in England. built in England. During this period, he probably commissioned opulent silverware from the houses of Puiforcat and Garrard (lots 22 to 34 and 37). // Please note that this lot contains elephant ivory and that in accordance with European regulation 2021/2280 of December 16, 2021, the export of goods containing this material outside the EU is prohibited. Audap & associés will be able to issue the buyer with the intra-community certificate for this item.

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 32 - PUIFORCAT (attributed to) Two serving trays in vermeil with oval-shaped bodies and detached scrolled side handles ending in ivory grips carved with gadroons and small side rosettes. Central incised decoration depicting a ship escutcheon on the lower part and two upright lions on the upper part, on a background of leaves, a rudder and ropes, marked with the motto "Fidem Servabo", "Je garderai la foi" ("I will keep the faith"). Surrounding leaves and berries. In their carrying cases. (Wear, oxidation, scratches). Height 5 cm; Length: 86 cm; Depth: 58 cm Height 5 cm; L 76 cm; D 50 cm Weight: 10.1 kg. History : - Piece commissioned by Sir Michael Kielberg-Kroyer who became Sir Michael Kroyer probably around 1928-1930 for the furnishings of his Stockgrove Park House castle, Bedfordshire, England. Provenance: - Former collection of Sir Michael KROYER KIELBERG (1882-1958) Danish-born shipping magnate and philanthropist, Sir Michael Kroyer-Kielberg was founding chairman of United Molasses. of United Molasses. Under his leadership, the company played a key role in supporting the Free Denmark Movement during the war. He also served as Danish Ambassador to the Court. An art lover, his collections included important works by Sisley, Corot, Pissarro and Epstein. Between 1928 and 1930, he built Stockgrove Park House in Bedfordshire, a property considered to be the last major castle in England. built in England. During this period, he probably commissioned opulent silverware from the houses of Puiforcat and Garrard (lots 22 to 34 and 37). // Please note that this lot contains elephant ivory and that in accordance with European regulation 2021/2280 of December 16, 2021, the export of goods containing this material outside the EU is prohibited. Audap & associés will be able to issue the buyer with the intra-community certificate for this item.

Estim. 1 500 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 34 - PUIFORCAT (attributed to) Two serving trays in vermeil with oval-shaped bodies and detached scrolled side handles ending in ivory grips carved with gadroons and small side rosettes. Central incised decoration depicting a ship escutcheon on the lower part and two upright lions on the upper part, on a background of leaves, a rudder and ropes, marked with the motto "Fidem Servabo", "Je garderai la foi" ("I will keep the faith"). Surrounding leaves and berries. In their carrying cases. Height 5 cm; Length: 66 cm; Depth: 42 cm Height 5 cm; Length: 56 cm; Depth: 35 cm (Wear, oxidation, scratches) Total weight: 5,700 g. History : - Piece commissioned by Sir Michael Kielberg-Kroyer, later Sir Michael Kroyer, probably around 1928-1930 for the furnishings of his Stockgrove Park House castle, Bedfordshire, England. Provenance: - Former collection of Sir Michael KROYER KIELBERG (1882-1958) Danish-born shipping magnate and philanthropist, Sir Michael Kroyer-Kielberg was founding chairman of United Molasses. of United Molasses. Under his leadership, the company played a key role in supporting the Free Denmark Movement during the war. He also served as Danish Ambassador to the Court. An art lover, his collections included important works by Sisley, Corot, Pissarro and Epstein. Between 1928 and 1930, he built Stockgrove Park House in Bedfordshire, a property considered to be the last major castle in England. built in England. During this period, he probably commissioned opulent silverware from the houses of Puiforcat and Garrard (lots 22 to 34 and 37). // Please note that this lot contains elephant ivory and that in accordance with European regulation 2021/2280 of December 16, 2021, the export of goods containing this material outside the EU is prohibited. Audap & associés will be able to issue the buyer with the intra-community certificate for this item.

Estim. 1 200 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 38 - PUIFORCAT & BACCARAT Two small jam jars with their silver spoons (Maison Garrard), with white crystal receptacle with conical body cut with large facets on circular vermeil plate with incised decoration and conical vermeil lid with ivory fretel. In their carrying case. Master and material hallmarks, signed with the Baccarat circular stamp. (Wear, oxidation, scratches). Height 11 cm; Diam. 18 cm Gross weight: 904 g. (total) History: - Piece commissioned by Sir Michael Kielberg-Kroyer, later Sir Michael Kroyer, probably around 1928-1930 for the furnishings of his Stockgrove Park House castle, Bedfordshire, England. Provenance: - Former collection of Sir Michael KROYER KIELBERG (1882-1958) Danish-born shipping magnate and philanthropist, Sir Michael Kroyer-Kielberg was founding chairman of United Molasses. of United Molasses. Under his leadership, the company played a key role in supporting the Free Denmark Movement during the war. He also served as Danish Ambassador to the Court. An art lover, his collections included important works by Sisley, Corot, Pissarro and Epstein. Between 1928 and 1930, he built Stockgrove Park House in Bedfordshire, a property considered to be the last major castle in England. built in England. During this period, he probably commissioned opulent silverware from the houses of Puiforcat and Garrard (lots 22 to 34 and 37). // Please note that this lot contains elephant ivory and that in accordance with European regulation 2021/2280 of December 16, 2021, the export of goods containing this material outside the EU is prohibited. Audap & associés will be able to issue the buyer with the intra-community certificate for this item.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 39 - WISKEMANN - BRUSSELS Two sugar bowls in vermeil with conical body and two solid side handles with shell decoration, conical lid with chased decoration and ivory fretel. Two silver spoons by Garrard. In their carrying case. Signed. (Wear, oxidation, scratches). Height 10 cm; Diam. 15 cm Total gross weight: 904 g. History: - Piece commissioned by Sir Michael Kielberg-Kroyer, later Sir Michael Kroyer, probably around 1928-1930 for the furnishings of his Stockgrove Park House castle in Bedfordshire, England. Provenance : - Former collection of Sir Michael KROYER KIELBERG (1882-1958) Danish-born shipping magnate and philanthropist, Sir Michael Kroyer-Kielberg was founding chairman of United Molasses. of United Molasses. Under his leadership, the company played a key role in supporting the Free Denmark Movement during the war. He also served as Danish Ambassador to the Court. An art lover, his collections included important works by Sisley, Corot, Pissarro and Epstein. Between 1928 and 1930, he built Stockgrove Park House in Bedfordshire, a property considered to be the last major castle in England. built in England. During this period, he probably commissioned opulent silverware from the houses of Puiforcat and Garrard (lots 22 to 34 and 37). // Please note that this lot contains elephant ivory and that in accordance with European regulation 2021/2280 of December 16, 2021, the export of goods containing this material outside the EU is prohibited. Audap & associés will be able to issue the buyer with the intra-community certificate for this item.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 40 - CZAPEK & Cie, Geneva Half-Chronometer Mid-19th century Enameled gold present watch bearing the effigy of Prince Napoléon-Jérôme with double date and diablotine chronograph. Round hinged case, enameled back on a rhinestone surround, central medallion, grisaille enamel depicting Prince Jérôme Napoléon, gold bowl, signed "Czapek & Cie à Genève Place Vendôme 25 Paris". White enamel dial, Roman numerals, off-center hours and minutes at 9 o'clock, hour counter at 12 o'clock, weekday and date indications on two auxiliary dials at 12 and 3 o'clock, central chronograph hand with railway minute track, auxiliary seconds at 6 o'clock with this function graduated from 1 to 5 called "diablotine". Mechanical movement with key winding, half-chronometer type for rate precision, differential with double gear train, two barrels, compensated balance-spring, anchor escapement, one advance/retard adjustment racket. retard. Diameter: 58 mm Gross weight: 98.4 g. Red morocco case, monogrammed "N" and surmounted by an imperial crown, signed inside "Czapek & Cie Genève Horlogers de L.L.A.A.L.L le prince Napoléon et la princesse Clotilde 25 Place Vendôme Paris". Provenance: Inherited since the 19th century. AN IMPERIAL WATCH Prince Napoleon-Jérôme was born in Trieste on September 9, 1822, and died in Rome on March 17, 1891. Son of Jérôme Bonaparte and first cousin of Emperor Napoleon III, he was a political and military figure of the Second Empire. At the time, he was known as "Prince Napoléon" and was colloquially nicknamed "Plon-Plon". On the back of our watch, a Geneva-made grisaille enamel miniature depicts Prince Napoleon. As the case mentions Princess Clothilde, whose marriage to the prince dates back to 1859, we can deduce a date between 1859 and the end of the Second Empire in 1870. THE DIABLOTINE: A RARE COMPLICATION Our watch is undoubtedly one of the finest discoveries of recent years in the field of Czapek complication watches, given the addition and complexity of the Diablotine in its chronograph mechanism. The Diablotine, also known as the "seconde foudroyante", features a 1/5-second graduation. There is also a double date display, for the date and the days of the week. To date, only one similar watch is known in the annals of auctioneering. Antiquorum, 1991, Hong Kong, lot 285. In addition to the diablotine, our watch has another rare feature for a timepiece of this period. It is a grisaille enamelled miniature. The Patek Philippe Museum collection includes similar enamelled watches from the same period. The last one to be sold came directly from Prince Napoleon's family: Napoléon, Plon-Plon (1822-1891); Prince Victor Napoléon (1862-1926); Prince Louis Napoléon (1914-1997). Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2018, lot 69. CZAPEK & PATEK Czapek was certainly one of the most gifted watchmakers of his generation. He was, among others, the first partner of Antoine Norbert de Patek. These two Polish émigrés, who had fled to Geneva in 1836, founded a factory in 1839, which took the name "Patek Czapek & Cie. After six years of working together to create exceptional timepieces, the company became known as "Patek Philippe". PLACE VENDÔME Paris plays an important role in the world of watchmaking. It was here, in 1844, that Patek met Philippe. At the national exhibition on the Champ-de-Mars, the brilliant watchmaker Adrien Philippe presented his innovation and patent for the winding crown. It was also at this time that Czapek established itself in Paris at N°25 Place Vendôme. PHOTOGRAPHIC ENAMEL: AN INNOVATIVE PROCESS In addition to rare complications, 19th-century watchmakers sought to incorporate the most innovative inventions of the industrial arts, particularly photography, into these pocket luxury items. In "L'art de la photographie ,1862", the famous photographer Disdéri describes a process perfected by Lafon de Camarsac around 1855: "the vitrification of the photographic image", particularly on enamel. The principle is based on the inclusion of unalterable colorants in a photogenic adhesive layer. The process transforms "heliographic drawings into indelible paints". Jewelers and watchmakers were quick to incorporate these unalterable photographs into their creations for watches, pendants and bracelets, by

Estim. 20 000 - 40 000 EUR