LAURENT DELVAUX (1696-1778) - Lot 78

LAURENT DELVAUX (1696-1778) Console with plant decoration, circa 1740 Patinated terracotta H: 24 x W: 21 x D: 12.5 cm metal clasp on reverse Related works : -Laurent Delvaux (1696-1778), Eléments décoratifs de la chaire à prêcher de Gand, ( cat. S98 p.296-297) ; Bibliography : Alain Jacobs, Laurent Delvaux (1696-1778), Arthena, Paris, 1999, described under no. S108, p.320. Our terracotta sketch is likened by Delvaux specialist Alain Jacob to the decoration on the Ghent pulpit. Provenance - Anne-Françoise Delvaux (1740-1786), daughter of the sculptor, Nivelles - Julie Baugniet (1780-1858), his daughter, Nivelles - Nestor Fievet (1820-1895), his son, Brussels -Louise Fievet (1846-1907), daughter, Brussels -Marie-Thérèse Bricourt (1870-1955), daughter, Brussels, wife of Jules t'Serstevens -By descent