girandole
Object NamePair of Girandoles on Mirrored Sconces
Maker
Giuseppe Lorenzo Briati
(Italian, 1686-1772)
Made FromGlass, Wood, Metal, Mercury-Tin Amalgam Mirror
Dateabout 1750
Place MadeItaly, Venice
TechniqueBlown, applied, tooled, assembled
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number2014.3.20
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPair of Girandoles on Mirrored Sconces. (AB) Colorless, blue, white, yellow, orange, pink, and turquoise glasses, mirror, metal, wood; blown, applied, and tooled glass, assembled. Girandole formed with a profusion of glass scrolls, leaves, and polychrome flowers; pink flower at top. Girandole retains its original arm and mirror plate. The metal support and the arched side branches are covered with pieces of hollow glass arranged on different tiers, decorated with two polychrome glass pendants, curls, and flowers.Provenance
Source
Mallett & Son (Antiques) Ltd.
- 2014-10-27
Acquired in Nice, France in 2010 by Sylvain Levy-Alban of Paris through a local dealer, who had acquired it via an agent of the Brandolini family, one of the sixty-one patrician families of Venice.
These two girandoles were first offered to Dodie Rosenkranz for her apartment in the Palazzo Brandolini in Venice, through an agent connected to the Brandolini family. In 2010 Mrs. Rosenkranz was no longer buying, and therefore suggested to her friend, the Paris dealer Sylvain Levy-Alban, that he look at what she described as �a pair of fabulous glass mirrors�, which were in the family�s house in the South of France. Mr. Levy-Alban reports that the mirrors were in a good state, with a couple of the leaves missing as noted in the condition report, but extremely dirty due to generations of dust and smoke. Mr. Levy-Alban was told by the agent who invoiced him for the two girandoles that the mirrors came from a family property in the Veneto, and were brought to France in 1920 when that house was being furnished.
No record of prior loss or theft, according to the Art Loss Register (see attached report). In addition, provenance inquiries were made of the dealer, and the information above was provided. The Getty Research Institute�s German Sales Catalogs, 1930-1945 were also consulted online, and there were no such objects listed. One of the few Nazi loot databases that contains any reference to decorative arts (albeit in small numbers), is that of the Jeu De Paume Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg database, which was also consulted. This resulted in non-reference to the objects proposed here for acquisition.
Likewise an online search was also carried out via the Central Registry of Information on Looted Cultural Property, 1933-45 in the UK, and no match result was found for the objects concerned.
Acquired in Nice, France in 2010 by Sylvain Levy-Alban of Paris through a local dealer, who had acquired it via an agent of the Brandolini family, one of the sixty-one patrician families of Venice.
These two girandoles were first offered to Dodie Rosenkranz for her apartment in the Palazzo Brandolini in Venice, through an agent connected to the Brandolini family. In 2010 Mrs. Rosenkranz was no longer buying, and therefore suggested to her friend, the Paris dealer Sylvain Levy-Alban, that he look at what she described as �a pair of fabulous glass mirrors�, which were in the family�s house in the South of France. Mr. Levy-Alban reports that the mirrors were in a good state, with a couple of the leaves missing as noted in the condition report, but extremely dirty due to generations of dust and smoke. Mr. Levy-Alban was told by the agent who invoiced him for the two girandoles that the mirrors came from a family property in the Veneto, and were brought to France in 1920 when that house was being furnished.
No record of prior loss or theft, according to the Art Loss Register (see attached report). In addition, provenance inquiries were made of the dealer, and the information above was provided. The Getty Research Institute�s German Sales Catalogs, 1930-1945 were also consulted online, and there were no such objects listed. One of the few Nazi loot databases that contains any reference to decorative arts (albeit in small numbers), is that of the Jeu De Paume Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg database, which was also consulted. This resulted in non-reference to the objects proposed here for acquisition.
Likewise an online search was also carried out via the Central Registry of Information on Looted Cultural Property, 1933-45 in the UK, and no match result was found for the objects concerned.
Former Collection
Sylvain Levy-Alban
- 2010
Acquired in Nice, France in 2010 by Sylvain Levy-Alban of Paris through a local dealer, who had acquired it via an agent of the Brandolini family, one of the sixty-one patrician families of Venice. Mr. Levy-Alban was told by the agent who invoiced him for the two girandoles that the mirrors came from a family property in the Veneto, and were brought to France in 1920 when that house was being furnished.
Acquired in Nice, France in 2010 by Sylvain Levy-Alban of Paris through a local dealer, who had acquired it via an agent of the Brandolini family, one of the sixty-one patrician families of Venice. Mr. Levy-Alban was told by the agent who invoiced him for the two girandoles that the mirrors came from a family property in the Veneto, and were brought to France in 1920 when that house was being furnished.
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