A Bacchant with faun and child on a gilt wood base,
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the drunk faun on rock base, holding on to one another, between them a basket of grapes, the child reaching for it, at his feet a pan flute, biscuit-porcelain, reverse side inscribed Clodion, Height: 40 cm, Ø 22,5 cm, the rim of the base and 1 grape leaf minutely chipped, the round base with moulded blossom frieze and laurel wreath, Height: 8 cm, Ø 27,5 cm, traces of wear France, 2nd half 19th cent. (Ru)
Lit.:
Thieme-Becker, VII, p. 100: Clodion (real name Claude Michel), French sculptor, Nancy 20 December 1736 – Paris 28 March 1814; one of the most important representatives of French plastic arts in the 18th century; received the grand prix de sculpture in 1759; commissions from Duc de la Rochefoucauld ad Catherine II; marble statues for the palace park at Versailles and Parc de Saint-Cloud); numerous salon exhibitions; commissions from private collectors, models for the porcelain works at Niderviller; works included in numerous museum collections; Bacchante with Faun in the Chalons-sur-Marne museum.
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
26.04.2018 - 15:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 1,400.- to EUR 1,800.-
A Bacchant with faun and child on a gilt wood base,
the drunk faun on rock base, holding on to one another, between them a basket of grapes, the child reaching for it, at his feet a pan flute, biscuit-porcelain, reverse side inscribed Clodion, Height: 40 cm, Ø 22,5 cm, the rim of the base and 1 grape leaf minutely chipped, the round base with moulded blossom frieze and laurel wreath, Height: 8 cm, Ø 27,5 cm, traces of wear France, 2nd half 19th cent. (Ru)
Lit.:
Thieme-Becker, VII, p. 100: Clodion (real name Claude Michel), French sculptor, Nancy 20 December 1736 – Paris 28 March 1814; one of the most important representatives of French plastic arts in the 18th century; received the grand prix de sculpture in 1759; commissions from Duc de la Rochefoucauld ad Catherine II; marble statues for the palace park at Versailles and Parc de Saint-Cloud); numerous salon exhibitions; commissions from private collectors, models for the porcelain works at Niderviller; works included in numerous museum collections; Bacchante with Faun in the Chalons-sur-Marne museum.
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
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Auction: | Works of Art - Furniture, Sculptures, Glass and Porcelain |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 26.04.2018 - 15:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 14.04. - 26.04.2018 |