Thomas COMPIGNIE (XVIIIE siècle) - View of the Château de Ve - Lot 180

Thomas COMPIGNIE (XVIIIE siècle) - View of the Château de Versailles from the Avenue de Paris. Gilded and polychromed pewter medallion, titled in a cartouche at the bottom, and signed "Executée sur le Tour, par Compigné, Tablettier du Roi" (small chips, stains, wear and holes). 18th century In a pressed blackened wood frame. Diameter: 9 cm (as seen) Thomas Compigné, tablettier to King Louis XV, was based at the "Roi David" sign on rue Greneta. He sold boxes, game accessories and cane handles. His specialty, as this medallion illustrates, was to produce small paintings in pewter, embossed and enhanced with gold, then gouache and varnish, henceforth known as "Compigné". Bibliography - Plaisir de France, N°427, March 1975, "Les compignés et leurs créateurs, Ces délicats chefs-d'oeuvre de la tabletterie au XVIIIe siècle". - Catalog of the exhibition "COMPIGNÉ, peintre et tabletier du Roy", Grasse, Villa Musée Fragonard, June to July 1991.