Gilt bronze clock featuring a reclining Venus, under a bed c - Lot 177

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Gilt bronze clock featuring a reclining Venus, under a bed c - Lot 177
Gilt bronze clock featuring a reclining Venus, under a bed canopy held by a putto, and surmounted by a love. Enamel dial signed Vander Cruze in Paris. Louis XVI period, circa 1780. Height: 43 cm - Width: 28 cm - Depth: 17 cm Designed by Jean Goyer, initially a cabinetmaker before becoming a bronze-maker. The Doucet library holds the preparatory drawing for this clock, entitled Le repos de Vénus, under number 76 in Le recueil de modèles de pendules. Jacques Francois II Van Der Cruse-Lacroix, received his master's diploma in 1778, first settled in rue du faubourg St Antoine, then rue de Charonne, rue Mouffetard and finally rue Neuve des petits champs under the Empire.
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