Lot Essay
Related examples are in the Hermitage, the Musée Cognac-Jay, and the Walters Art Gallery.
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A MARBLE FIGURE OF A SEATED NYMPH
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLES LAMBERT GODECHARLE, FRENCH 18TH CENTURY
The seated nymph rests upon a drapery swag on a naturalistic ground with a quiver of roses at her side--13in. (33cm) high, mounted on a velvet base
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLES LAMBERT GODECHARLE, FRENCH 18TH CENTURY
The seated nymph rests upon a drapery swag on a naturalistic ground with a quiver of roses at her side--13in. (33cm) high, mounted on a velvet base
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
G. Levitine, The Sculpture of Falconet, Greenwich, Ct. 1972, p. 44, plates 63-66
G. Levitine, The Sculpture of Falconet, Greenwich, Ct. 1972, p. 44, plates 63-66