sht. 9
Giuseppe Valadier Luigi Valadier
B 1785 ca.
C 1780 - 1785
D 1780 - 1785
E 1785 ca.
F 1770 ca.
G 1780 - 1785
B 205 x 180 mm
C 240 x 170 mm
D 190 x 170 mm
E 225 x 140 mm
F 230 x 160 mm
G 200 x 145 mm
A
Giuseppe Valadier, Table clock partly in ormolu with base in Egyptian rosso antico marble or porphyry; tortoises on the base, a pair of rhytons in the central body and a Roman eagle on the crown, c. 1785, graphite, pen, brown ink, grey, brown, yellow and red wash on paper, 250 x 165 mm.; numbered upper left: “11”.
Bibliography: Leone 2019a, p. 82.
B
Giuseppe Valadier, Table clock in white marble and ormolu; two sphinxes on the base, a garland borne by rams’ heads around the lower part of the clock face; amphora and putti on the crown, c. 1785, graphite, grey, yellow and red wash on paper, 205 x 180 mm.
Bibliography: Leone 2019a, p. 82.
C
Giuseppe Valadier (?), Table clock partly in ormolu in the shape of a stepped temple; below the clock face, Apollo and the muses in ormolu; on the crown, the chariot of Apollo in ormolu, c. 1780-5, graphite, grey and yellow wash on paper, 240 x 170 mm.
Bibliography: Leone 2019a, pp. 81-82.
D
Giuseppe Valadier (?), Table clock partly in ormolu with kneeling atlases supporting the machinery; a group with Apollo and the muses on the crown, c. 1780-5, graphite, grey, dark grey and yellow wash on paper, 190 x 170 mm.
Bibliography: Leone 2019a, p. 83.
E
Giuseppe Valadier, Table clock partly in ormolu with sphinxes supporting the machinery; dancing female figures and lions’ heads on the base; a Roman eagle on the crown, c. 1785, graphite, pen, grey ink, brown ink, grey, brown and yellow wash on paper, 225 x 140 mm.
Bibliography: Leone 2019a, p. 83.
F
Workshop of Luigi Valadier, Table clock with winged sphinxes; a Roman eagle with a ribbon at the top, c. 1770, graphite, pen, brown ink, yellow and red wash on paper, 230 x 160 mm.
Bibliography: Leone 2019a, p. 83.
G
Giuseppe Valadier, Table clock in white marble, ormolu and prophyry; two sphinxes on the base; a garland borne by a ram’s head around the lower part of the clock face; amphora and putti on the crown, c. 1780-5, graphite, grey, yellow and red wash on paper, 200 x 145 mm.; inscription in pen on the clock from top to bottom referring to the legend below: “1”; “2”; inscription in pen bottom centre: “Cassa senza movimento / s.i 90 = / ultimo pezzo”; inscription in pen bottom right: “1 Marmo bianco / 2 Porfido Rosso / Il resto ormolu”. This is the same as the model illustrated in drawing B on sht. 9.
Bibliography: Leone 2019a, p. 83.
