Andiron (feu or chenet) (one of a pair)

François Rémond

ca. 1780 · Gilded bronze · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The kissing doves on clouds bursting with quivers, torches and a wreath of roses give these firedogs a distinct love theme. In 1780, the bronze worker François Rémond supplied a pair of firedogs of this model to the Comte d’Artois. It was used in one of the private rooms at the Chàteau de Bagatelle, the pleasure pavilion built for Comte d’Artois in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris. The original provenance of this particular pair is unknown.

Artist

François Rémond

Date

ca. 1780

Medium

Gilded bronze

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019