Art à la française
This month Paris hosts the world’s most beautiful art and antiques fair, the Biennale des Antiquaires. Susan Moore selects some highlights of this great feast of French art and taste.
Susan Moore, Monday, 25th August 2008
1 Helmet, Thracia, 4th century BC. Bronze,ht 22.6 cm. Phoenix Ancient Art sa
2 An Italianate Landscape by Pierre Patel the Elder (c. 1605-1676). Oil on copper, 31 x 44.5 cm. Colnaghi
3 Chest of drawers by Bernard Van Riesenburg (1696-1766). Wood with Chinese lacquer, gilt- bronze mounts and marble, 85.7 x 145 x 62 cm. Kraemer Antiquaire
4 Virgin and Child attributed to Gil de Siloé (d. c. 1501), 1480s. Alabaster, 31.5 x 22.5 x 16 cm. Sam Fogg
5 Table designed by Gio Ponti (1892-1979), 1954. Painted and lacquered metal, 38 x 90 cm. Galerie du Passage
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