Cayeux Claude Philippe (1 results)

A talented sculptor and frame-maker, Cayeux (1688-1769) collected for six decades: "his cabinet was renowned for its examples of 'our talented modern artists'" like Boucher, van Loo and Cochin (Bailey). Many lots have eighty or more drawings or prints. One copy in the U.S. In good condition, contemporary title inscription On behalf of your most humble servant Cayeux (tr.) ?penned by the deceased collector's son, Louis-Philippe (d. 1776). Bailey, Patriotic Taste: Collecting Modern Art in Pre-Revolutionary Paris 21-22; Advielle, Notice sur Philippe Cayeux passim; Lugt, Répertoire des catalogues des ventes 1793. Contemporary gilt-ruled polished tan calf (rubbed), flat spine gilt à la grotesque with a gilt-lettered morocco label, red edges, blue silk marker. …