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PIERRE SIGNAC (1623–1684) BOX In chiselled yellow gold, set …
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PIERRE SIGNAC (1623–1684) BOX In chiselled yellow gold, set …
See original version (French)
Estimate €12,000 - €15,000
Voluntary lot
Description
PIERRE SIGNAC (1623–1684)
BOX
In chiselled yellow gold, set with guilloché green enamel; the borders are adorned with ribbons of pink enamel. The lid is adorned with a miniature portrait of Laurens de Geer or Jean-François Paul de Gondi?
The base features a central cartouche depicting a child in a monochrome pink enamel.
Circa 1660.
An enamel and 18-carat gold snuffbox, set with a miniature portrait of Laurens de Geer or Jean-François Paul de Gondi, by Pierre Signac. Circa 1660.
Note:
Pierre Signac was ‘one of the finest enamellers of the 17th century’ (Henry Clouzot, *La Revue de l’art ancien et moderne*, July 1911, p. 187). A pupil of Jean Toutin, he was noticed at a very early age by his peers, and later by Magnus de la Gardie, who offered him a position in the service of Queen Christina of Sweden.
From 1646 onwards, Signac produced numerous enamelled portraits of the sovereign, her family and prominent members of her court.
This box, with its rich polychrome enamels and the quality of its portrait, fits perfectly within the artist’s output of the 1650s and 1660s.
RC:
Enamel chips.
Dimensions of the box: approx. 6.8 x 5 x 3.8 cm.
Dimensions of the miniature: approx. 2.7 x 2.3 cm.
Gross weight: 103.4 g (18k – 750).
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