Lot 115: A SET OF FOUR ALLEGORICAL MARBLE FIGURES REPRESENTING THE FOUR SEASONS PIER

A SET OF FOUR ALLEGORICAL MARBLE FIGURES REPRESENTING THE FOUR SEASONS PIERRE MAZELINE (1632-1708), PARIS, CIRCA 1690 Spring depicted as a semi-clad female figure with garlands of flowers in her hair and left hand, standing in front of a tree trunk with a putto at her side; Summer depicted as a semi-clad female figure holding a sickle, a sheaf of corn and with a crown made of corn; Autumn depicted as a youthful Bacchus holding a goblet and grapes, with a lion skin over his shoulder, vines in his hair and standing against a tree trunk alongside a wine pitcher; Winter depicted as an old man, wrapped in a cloak, standing beside a flaming brazier: each on a panelled faux marble wood pedestal Spring 34 1/8 in. (86.5 cm.) high; Summer 31 in. (78.8 cm.) high; Autumn 35. in. (89 cm.) high; Winter 30 1/4 in. (77 cm. high) (4)

PROVENANCE: Almost certainly the estate of Pierre Mazeline (1632-1708), rue de Bourbon, Paris, appearing in an inventory of 29 February, 1708 and sold 2 July, 1708 (11, 870 livres). Joseph-Marie Terray, abbé de Molesme and contrôleur général des fnances under Louis XV (1715-1778), rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs, Paris and château de la Motte Tilly. Antoine Jean Terray, vicomte de Rozières (1750-1794), hôtel d’Aumont, 7 rue de Jouy, Paris and sold 20 January, 1779, lot 16. Dubois [Paris trade]. Frédéric, comte Pillet-Will (1837-1911), Hôtel Pillet-Will, 31 rue de Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, Paris. With Wildenstein, New York. European Private Collection.