a rediscovered masterpiece - November 20, 2019

The bronze bust of Paul Phélypeaux, seigneur de Pontchartrain (1569-1621), a rediscovered masterpiece attributed to the King's sculptor, Francesco BORDONI (1574-1654).

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A rediscovered masterpiece - The bust of Paul Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain (1569-1621)
25/07/2019




At aucion in Paris at DROUOT : November 20, 2019


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Attributed to FRANCESCO DI BARTELOMEO BORDONI
(Francisque Bourdonny)
(Florence circa 1574 - Paris 1654)
Paul Phélypeaux, seigneur de Pontchartrain (Blois 1569 – Castel-Sarrazin 1621)
A bronze bust with a brown patina on a turquin blue marble socle
Height with base: 87.7cm, 34 ½ in
Dimensions: 70.5 cm x 66 cm, 27 ¾ x 26 in
Height of the base: 17.2 cm, 6 ¾ in
On the verso a brass plaque with the inscription: « PAUL PHELYPEAUX – SEIGNEUR DE PONTCHARTRAIN - SECRETAIRE DESTAT- 1610 »

Provenance
Commissioned from Bordoni for the chapelle des Trépassés, Church of Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois, Paris
• Louis II Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain (1643 - 1727) before 1714
• Jérôme Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain (1674-1747)
• Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de Maurepas et de Pontchartrain (1701-1781)
• Diane-Hortense Mancini-Mazarini, (1742-1808) spouse of Louis-Hercule de Cossé-Brissac, duc de Brissac (1734-1792)
• Adélaïde de Cossé-Brissac (1765-1818), spouse of Jean-Baptiste de Rochechouart, duc de Mortemart (1752-1812)
• Thence by descent

Estimation
500 000 / 800 000 €

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