Expert’s Voice | A Beauvais grotesque tapestry and sculptures | Venduehuis The Hague

#Antique "Dive into the opulence of the French ancien régime with our expert Frederik Knegtel! He discusses the Louis XIV Beauvais grotesque tapestry ‘The Elephant' and two bronze reductions of large marble sculptures that can be found in the garden of the château of Versailles.

These lots will be up for auction in our Home & Interiors: Antique Furniture & Design, Ceramics & Decorative Art auction on 16 June 2022.

Lot 5517 | A Louis XIV Beauvais grotesque tapestry, 'The Elephant’
From the series ‘Les Grotesques’, designed by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1636-1699)
Ca. 1688-1732, France
240x370 cm
Estimate: € 30.000 - € 50.000

Lot 4501 | After Gaspard Marsy (1624-1681) and Anselme Flamen (1647-1717), 'Boreas abducting Orithya'; and after François Girardon (1628-1715), 'Pluto abducting Proserpina'
Probably 18th century, France
Boreas group: H 54,5 cm, Pluto group: H 56,5 cm
Estimate: € 20.000 - € 30.000"