Executed after the models by Jean-Louis Prieur, known as the Elder (Paris, circa 1725 – after 1785, “sculptor of adornments, modeller and chiseller”)
Carved and painted wood.
H. 316 cm. (124 ½ in.).
Provenance: private collection.
Reference literature: Alastair Laing & Martin Meade, Drawings for Architecture, Design and Ornament, volume II, The James A. de Rothschild Bequest at Waddesdon Manor, Cambridge, The National Trust, 2006, p. 424-464.
NEOCLASSICAL MANTELPIECE
ITALY, NEOCLASSICAL PERIOD, LATE 18TH CENTURY.
Neoclassical period mantelpiece
Adorned with a décor of eagle and lions with outspead wings and “term-shaped” feminine allegories.
Italy, neoclassical period, late 18th century.
Carrara marble and black Mazy marble.
H. 116.5 cm.; L. 162 cm.; W. 41 cm.
