sht. 60
Luigi Valadier
B c. 1768
C 1779
B 215 x 355 mm
C 215 x 340 mm
A
Luigi Valadier, Silver gilt oil and vinegar cruet set with housing for a cardinal’s crest on the salver; two ribbed glass ampullae with silver gilt plant motif trim, c. 1770-5, graphite, pen, brown ink, brown, red and grey wash on paper, 245 x 360 mm.; numbered upper left: “69”.
Bibliography: Leone 2019a, p. 88; Leone 2019b, p. 78.
B
Luigi Valadier, Cafetière, ewer and salver, c. 1768, graphite, pen, brown ink, brown wash on paper, 215 x 355 mm. The forms and decoration of these three pieces are very close to those of the papal set belonging to Cardinal Domenico Orsini d’Aragona made by Luigi Valadier in 1768-9 and now in the Cathedral of San Nicola in Muro Lucano (Agresti 2017; González-Palacios 2018, pp. 337-346, with preceding bibliography).
Bibliography: Leone 2019a, p. 88; Leone 2019b, p. 74.
C
Luigi Valadier, Parts of a silver gilt papal set: bell, spoon, ewer, 1779, graphite, black chalk, pen, grey ink, brown and ochre wash on paper, 215 x 340 mm. Signed and dated bottom left: “Louis. Valadier in Roma 1779”.
Bibliography: González-Palacios in L’oro di Valadier 1997, p. 142, n. 35; González-Palacios 2004, p. 364; González-Palacios 2018, p. 345, fig. 7_48; González-Palacios 2019, p. 338, fig. VII.18; Leone 2019a, p. 88; Leone 2019b, pp. 77, 80 fig. 9. Valadier . Segno e architettura 1985, cat. 582, pp. 409, 416.
