Details of a suite of 92 (from a set of 100) prints representing the various nations of the Levant executed from nature between 1707-08 on the orders of M de Ferriol, estimate €15,000-20,000 at Aguttes.
They come from an apartment in this Parisian townhouse which was designed and decorated by John Coury and Florent Maillard, architects and interior designers and founders of CM Studio Paris.
On offer is a 150-lot collection spanning antiquity to the present day assembled by Coury and Maillard over a five-year period, with a particular focus on the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
The former mansion, located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, was built in 1630 and was the home of Charles-Louis Huguet de Montaran, Count, then Marquis de Sémonville (1759-1839), who gave his name to the house.
The marquis was a French member of parliament, diplomat and senator and also ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1792-96.
The marquis’ travels to the Orient were a common thread for Coury and Maillard and this is reflected in some of the works on offer. These include an oil on canvas by Jan Boeckhorst (1604-68), The Allegory of the Orient, estimated at €20,000-30,000, and a suite of 92 (from a set of 100) prints representing the various nations of the Levant executed from nature between 1707-08 on the orders of M de Ferriol, the king’s ambassador, six of which are shown here.
The suite has an estimate of €15,000-20,000.
