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Les Frères Huaut
The cases painted by Les deux Frères Huaut on enamel were among the
finest examples of their kind from the Geneva School and were not only
highly valued when originally made, but remained as art treasures in
the centuries that followed; a perfect example is this watch case, which
was deemed of such excellent quality that it merited a custom made
movement by Adalbert Hochenadel in Vienna, at the beginning of the
18th century. Apparently several examples of cases enamelled by members
of the Huaud family were still available at the period, for many watches
with later movement by other makers, are known to have been specially
made to be housed in Huaud cases. Jean Pierre and Ami Huaud, sons of
Pierre Huaud I were partners from 1682 to 1688. They were appointed
painters to the Court of Prussia in 1686, and went to Berlin. At this time
they signed “Les deux frères Huaut Les Jeunes”; after 1686 “Les Frères
Huaud” or “Les deux frères Huaud” with the addition of “peintres de son
A.E. à Berlin” or “p.d.V.A. fct à Berlin”. They returned to Geneva in 1700 and
after that date their signature appeared as “Les frères Huaut”, or “Les deux
frères Huaut”, or “Peter et Amicus Huaut”; they also used the signature
“Fratres Huault”. The name is spelt in the variants “Huaud” or “Huaut” and
sometimes “Huault”. Among their most well-known works are: Diana and
Actaeon, The Judgement of Paris, The Holy Family, St. John the Baptist, The
Nativity, The Adoration of the Shepherds.
Adalbert Hochenadel
Venice, either related to identical to watchmaker Albert Hochenadel in
Graz, born in Friedberg and died in1744.
Source: Jürgen Abeler, “Meister der Uhrmacherkunst”, 2nd Edition,
Wuppertal 2010, p. 245.
32145 G/C: 2, 16 Z/D: 2, 50 W/M: 2, 22, 30
20.000 - 30.000 EUR 28.200 - 42.300 USD 200.000 - 300.000 HKD