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Auction archive: Lot number 118

GRANDE INTAILLE NEOCLASSIQUE

Estimate
€700 - €900
ca. US$748 - US$962
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 118

GRANDE INTAILLE NEOCLASSIQUE

Estimate
€700 - €900
ca. US$748 - US$962
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

sur cornaline et dans sa monture originelle, début XIXe siècle. Leda et le cygne. Épouse de Tyndare, roi de Sparte, Léda était réputée pour sa grande beauté. Pour la séduire, Zeus se transforme en cygne et, suite à leur union, d’un oeuf naissent les Dioscures, Castor et Pollux.
Cette intaille rappelle les productions néoclassique du Prince Poniatowski.
Camée 29 x 20 mm; monture 28 x 35 mm; 10,25 g
A Large Neoclassical intaglio set in its original mounting. Leda and the Swan. Wife of Tyndareus, king of Sparta, Leda was renowned for her great beauty. To seduce her, Zeus transforms himself into a swan and, following their union, from an egg are born the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux.
This intaglio recalls the neoclassical productions of Prince Poniatowski. Early 19th Century.
Description complète

Auction archive: Lot number 118
Auction:
Datum:
28 Jun 2024
Auction house:
Hôtel des Ventes de Monte Carlo
Quai Antoine 1er 10-12
98000 Monaco
Monaco
info@hvmc.com
+377 93258889
+377 93258890
Beschreibung:

sur cornaline et dans sa monture originelle, début XIXe siècle. Leda et le cygne. Épouse de Tyndare, roi de Sparte, Léda était réputée pour sa grande beauté. Pour la séduire, Zeus se transforme en cygne et, suite à leur union, d’un oeuf naissent les Dioscures, Castor et Pollux.
Cette intaille rappelle les productions néoclassique du Prince Poniatowski.
Camée 29 x 20 mm; monture 28 x 35 mm; 10,25 g
A Large Neoclassical intaglio set in its original mounting. Leda and the Swan. Wife of Tyndareus, king of Sparta, Leda was renowned for her great beauty. To seduce her, Zeus transforms himself into a swan and, following their union, from an egg are born the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux.
This intaglio recalls the neoclassical productions of Prince Poniatowski. Early 19th Century.
Description complète

Auction archive: Lot number 118
Auction:
Datum:
28 Jun 2024
Auction house:
Hôtel des Ventes de Monte Carlo
Quai Antoine 1er 10-12
98000 Monaco
Monaco
info@hvmc.com
+377 93258889
+377 93258890
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