Lot 155
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A French sculpted stone figure 'Une Baigneuse', 18th century
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A French sculpted stone figure 'Une Baigneuse', 18th century

AFTER A MODEL BY CHRISTOPHE-GABRIEL ALLEGRAIN (1710-95)

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A French sculpted stone figure 'Une Baigneuse', 18th century
After a model by Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain (1710-95)
The Venus figure shown standing, inscribed to the reverse ALLEGRAIN FECIT, distressed, on a square stepped plinth
98in. (248cm.) high
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Lot Essay

The original figure finished in 1766, now in the Louvre, shown in a salon catalogue of 1767. A letter from Allegrain to Pierre regarding this sculpture is printed with further discussion on the piece in Lami Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs Paris 1910, volume 3, page 23.

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