Antique French 18th Century Louis XVI Carved Gilt-Wood Greyhound Dog Jardinière Stand 1780 Drawings & Prints and has previously been owned

and has previously been owned by such luminaries as Catherine the Great and Andrew Mellon

the lenses with the original dark green paint

Klejman Gallery Madison Avenue New York

depicting a medieval costumed couple

Pieter van Lint was also active as a designer of tapestries

Antique French 18th Century Louis XVI Carved Gilt-Wood Greyhound Dog Jardinière Stand 1780 Drawings & Prints and has previously been ownedSOLD A very rare, large, antique French Louis XVI carved gilt wood jardinire stand, modeled as a greyhound dog, circa 1780. This very rare survivor is finely carved in pine, and gesso and water gilded with gold leaf, the stand has the original circular zinc liner, above the dog's head is a circular stand with a carved arcaded lunette shaped gallery with a carved acanthus leaf support. The dog is very realistically carved and displays seated bolt