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413

Antwerp

1st half of the 17th century

Tortoiseshell cabinet mirror frame with bronze and silver medallions. Circa 1620

Tortoiseshell, coloured, on poplar; gilt bronze; silver, pressed; mirror glass; with original trimmings. 59,5 × 47,5 cm, mirror glass 34 × 27,5 cm (23 ⅜ × 18 ¾ in., mirror glass 13 ⅜ × 10 ⅞ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Antwerp. Tortoiseshell cabinet mirror frame with bronze and silver medallions. Circa 1620.

Estimate:

EUR 4,000

 

- 6,000

USD 4,500

 

- 6,750

Sold for:

5,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 247-254

Orangerie Selected Objects, Thursday, 26.11.2015

Information

Tortoiseshell, coloured, on poplar; gilt bronze; silver, pressed; mirror glass; with original trimmings. 59,5 × 47,5 cm, mirror glass 34 × 27,5 cm (23 ⅜ × 18 ¾ in., mirror glass 13 ⅜ × 10 ⅞ in.). Label: "... Caroli d’Alvymare“ with crown. On the reverse the original iron hanging elements.

Related literature: Johann Kräftner (ed.): Halt und Zierde. Das Bild und sein Rahmen, exh. cat., Vienna 2010, p. 74ff.

1990 private collection, London / private collection, Berlin