Nicolas de la Paix (1645/9-1722, attributed to): An exceptional French bronze mortar with medallions, caryatids and fleurs-de-lis, Paris, dated 1692

H 14,2 cm - Dia.: 20,3 cm

The frieze of this important mortar bearing the name 'I. Cavelier' and the date '1692'. The mortar relief decorated with elegant caryatids, fleur-de-lis and four medallions, representing king Louis XIV, Cosimo III de Medici (Grand Duke of Tuscany), his wife Marguerite d'Orleans and Bacchus sitting on a wine barrel.

Provenance:

- Ex-collection Didier Houberechts, Louvain, Belgium.

- Private collection, Brussels, Belgium.

Ref.:

- Serge Domini (ed.), Mortiers français du XVe au XVIIIe siècle. Fleurs et figures de bronze, 2021, p. 315.