Description
Napoleon III style buffet in walnut veneer, late XNUMXth century.
On each side of the columns with Corinthian capitals.
The door is decorated with a bronze bas-relief signed Ferdinand BARBEDIENNE, it is a work of Bartolommeo Michelozzo and Benozzo Gozzoli (1425-1452).
Element of the Door of the Saint-Jean Baptistery known as the Door of Paradise in Florence
“The scene depicts Rebecca pregnant thanks God, Rebecca gives birth to twins, Isaac sends Esau hunted, Esau on the hunt, Jacob brings two lambs, Blessing of Jacob”
H 100 XL 115 XP 63 cm
It should be noted that another reduction in gilded bronze by Barbedienne was sold for €270 HF representing the entire doors of the baptistery.
https://magazine.interencheres.com/art-mobilier/ouvrez-les-portes-du-paradis/
Provenance remains in Normandy.
