A PAIR OF GRIOTTE MARBLE FIGURES OF CHILDREN

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A PAIR OF GRIOTTE MARBLE FIGURES OF CHILDREN
AFTER CHARLES-ANTOINE BRIDAN, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Each on an integrally carved oval base.
Repair to the neck of the boy; losses to wings and tail of bird.
13 and 13½in. (33 and 34.3cm.) high

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
S. Lami, Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs de l'Ecole Française au dix-huitième siècle, Paris, 1910, reprint 1970, p. 137
J.-R. Gaborit, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle 1714-1785 - Sculptures du Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1985, figs. 1-2, p. 26
Paris, Louvre, Clodion 1738-1814, A. Poulet ed., 17 March - 29 June 1992, p. 141

Lot Essay

Although the authorship of these models has been disputed between Bridan and Pigalle, scholars are now attributing them decisively to the former (Gaborit, loc.cit.; Poulet, loc.cit). The models were originally created for the Cardinal de Luynes, and it is noted by Stanislas Lami (Lami, loc.cit) that Bridan executed five further versions in marble.

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