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case: Manufactory of the duc d'Angoulême, Paris; movement: David Courvoisier and Jacques-Frédéric Houriet

Mantel Clock with a Genius Honoring the Arts, c. 1785/1790

Not on View

Medium

bisque, glazed, and enameled porcelain with gilded bronze ornament; marble base

Dimensions

overall: 55.1 × 67.6 × 19.5 cm (21 11/16 × 26 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of the children of Robert and Argentina Dudley)

Accession Number

2014.136.364

Artists / Makers

Manufactory of the duc d'Angoulême, Paris (sculptor)

David Courvoisier (clockmaker) French

Jacques-Frédéric Houriet (clockmaker) French, 1743 - 1830

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Inscription

base signed: Manufacture de Me le Duc d'Angoulême à Paris; clock signed: Courvoisier et Houriet; paraphrased Greek inscription on the book: Whoever does not welcome the art of the painter does an injustice to truth and wisdom

Provenance

(Kunsthandlung E. Heinemann K.G., Wiesbaden). possibly Major A.J. Boggs, Washington.[1] Robert Whittier [d. 1986] and Argentina Copello [d. 1984] Dudley, Bethesda, Maryland; gift 1993 from their children to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

[1] A letter dated 25 July 1950, from the Heinemann gallery to U.S. Air Force Major Boggs, in NGA curatorial files, discusses the clock and Boggs's interest in it. There is no further documentation indicating whether or not Boggs purchased the clock.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Dudley, Children of Robert and Argentina
Dudley, Robert Whittier and Argentina Copello