Lot 110
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF THE CROUCHING VENUS

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A BRONZE FIGURE OF THE CROUCHING VENUS
FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY, AFTER ANTOINE COYSEVOX

The naked female figure resting on a turtle holding a drape across her loins--10 7/8in. (27.7cm.) high, mounted on an ormolu mounted antico giallo marble base, olive brown patina with extensive black lacquer

Lot Essay

This cast is a reduction of Coysevox's marble for Versailles which was inspired by the Antique marble (now in the Borghese Gallery). Coysevox added the turtle and altered the pose and position of the drapery. The Versailles marble of the Crouching Venus was subsequently replaced by a bronze case which was made by Joseph Vinasche in 1688-89 for the gardens at Marly.