A French Renaissance Marble-Inlaid Walnut meuble a deux corps in the style of Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau (French, 1510–1584), 16th century and later

The center cupboard door with carved bas relief scene of the myth of Diana and Actaeon, the case inset with vert antique marble.

H: 62, W: 49 1/2, D: 18 in.

Note

Norman Stanley Potter (1926–1970) was a collector with wide-ranging interests who developed an eye for classical arts and built a collection of Asian art, antiquities, and early European art. Born to Polish immigrants in New York City, Potter began his self-edification in the arts while exploring the Metropolitan Museum of Art in his youth. As a prominent mathematician and engineer, he participated in the Manhattan Project and later was a designer of complex defense systems. Together with his wife, the abstract artist Berne Potter, he was active in the art and antique worlds of New York and became friends with important gallerists and collectors, including Julius Carlebach and Melvin Gutman.

Provenance

Collection of the artist Henry Golden Dearth (American, 1864-1918).

Anderson Galleries, New York, February 2, 1935, lot 98 (as by Androuet du Cerceau).

Property from the collection of Mr. Norman Potter.

Thence by descent.