Fear not, from now on no auctioneer or dealer will ever forget to mention that in May 2023, one of an innumerable supply of Jacques Barthélémy DeLamarre paintings of a shivering, shaved-ass little lion dog, sold for $279,400.
And until we can somehow find proof otherwise, despite the absence of any evidence to support it, they’ll similarly never not mention that this dog, «parfois dit Pompon [sometimes called Pompon]», was a purported favorite of Marie Antoinette.
And so it is, with the example that just turned up in Berkshire, England, where this little dog painting, identical in many large details to the Sotheby’s version, but missing the exuberant eyebrows, will be sold from the august halls of Dreweatt’s Donnington Priory, on November 18th.
At some point I’ll have to reckon with the fact I made a facsimile object of a facsimile object. In the mean time, I guess I’ll just keep blogging every Pompon I see.
Lot 6: JACQUES-BARTHELEMY DELAMARRE (FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY), PORTRAIT OF A SMALL POODLE, est. GBP 4-6,000 [dreweatts]
Previously, related: Somehow Pompon Returned [and sold for just EUR 9274]
Did anyone make more Pompon Facsimile Obects than DeLamarre himself? Non.