拍品专文
This stamp was employed by Georges II (d. 1803) and François-Honoré- Georges Jacob (d. 1841) between 1796 and 1803.
The distinctive figures of Venus also feature on an amboyna meuble d'appui by Jacob Frères in the Victoria and Albert Museum (W.9-1971). Enriched with gilt-bronze and bronze mounts attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire (d.1843), it displays a third Venus wringing the water from her hair, which is directly inspired by Jean Goujon's Venus Anadyomene of the mid-16th Century (S. Jervis, Art and Design in Europe and America 1800-1900, London, 1987, pp.22-23). Although these mounts have been linked to the bronzier Pierre-Philippe Thomire (d.1843), the closely related Apollo mount that features on the commode supplied by Jacob-Desmalter for the chambre de l'Impératrice at the château de Compiène in 1810 was executed by the sculptor Charles-Antoine Chaudet
Possibly inspired by the designs of Percier and Fontaine, related mounts feature on further pieces stamped by Jacob Frères, such as that sold in Paris, Drouot, 8 December 1989, lot 159.
The distinctive figures of Venus also feature on an amboyna meuble d'appui by Jacob Frères in the Victoria and Albert Museum (W.9-1971). Enriched with gilt-bronze and bronze mounts attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire (d.1843), it displays a third Venus wringing the water from her hair, which is directly inspired by Jean Goujon's Venus Anadyomene of the mid-16th Century (S. Jervis, Art and Design in Europe and America 1800-1900, London, 1987, pp.22-23). Although these mounts have been linked to the bronzier Pierre-Philippe Thomire (d.1843), the closely related Apollo mount that features on the commode supplied by Jacob-Desmalter for the chambre de l'Impératrice at the château de Compiène in 1810 was executed by the sculptor Charles-Antoine Chaudet
Possibly inspired by the designs of Percier and Fontaine, related mounts feature on further pieces stamped by Jacob Frères, such as that sold in Paris, Drouot, 8 December 1989, lot 159.