A female bacchant with faun and child on a gilt wood base,
the drunken faun seated rock base, holding a basket with grapes, the child reaching for it, at his feet pan pipes, biscuit porcelain, the reverse side inscribed Clodion, height: 40 cm, Ø 22,5 cm, the base of the socle and 1 grape leaf with minute chips, the round wood base with moulded blossoms 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 110: Clodion, (Claude Michel), French sculptor, (Nancy 20.12. 1738- 28.3.1814 Paris), among the most important 18th cent. French sculptors, 1759 recipient of the “grand prix de sculpture”, commissions by the Duke de La-Rochefoucauld and Catherine II., marble statues for the gardens at Versailles, St. Cloud, as well as numerous exhibits at the Salon, commissions by private collectors, models for the Niderviller Porcelain Manufactory; with numerous museums owning some of his works; at the Museum Chalons-sur-Marne, the Female Bacchant with Faun;
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
25.10.2018 - 15:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 1,200.- to EUR 1,500.-
A female bacchant with faun and child on a gilt wood base,
the drunken faun seated rock base, holding a basket with grapes, the child reaching for it, at his feet pan pipes, biscuit porcelain, the reverse side inscribed Clodion, height: 40 cm, Ø 22,5 cm, the base of the socle and 1 grape leaf with minute chips, the round wood base with moulded blossoms 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 110: Clodion, (Claude Michel), French sculptor, (Nancy 20.12. 1738- 28.3.1814 Paris), among the most important 18th cent. French sculptors, 1759 recipient of the “grand prix de sculpture”, commissions by the Duke de La-Rochefoucauld and Catherine II., marble statues for the gardens at Versailles, St. Cloud, as well as numerous exhibits at the Salon, commissions by private collectors, models for the Niderviller Porcelain Manufactory; with numerous museums owning some of his works; at the Museum Chalons-sur-Marne, the Female Bacchant with Faun;
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: | 25.10.2018 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 13.10. - 25.10.2018 |