Lot Essay
Pilon's marble group of the Three Graces was commissioned around 1560-3 by Francesco Primaticcio, on behalf of Catherine de' Medici, and is now in the Louvre.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A FRENCH BISCUIT GROUP OF THE THREE GRACES,
LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER GERMAINE PILON, THE BASE INSCRIBED GERMAINE PILON,
Details
A FRENCH BISCUIT GROUP OF THE THREE GRACES,
LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER GERMAINE PILON, THE BASE INSCRIBED GERMAINE PILON,
in Classical robes, modeled standing with their backs to a hollow palm tree, on a tripartite base with gilt-bronze ribbon-tied berried laurel mount
21¼in. (54cm.) high
LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER GERMAINE PILON, THE BASE INSCRIBED GERMAINE PILON,
in Classical robes, modeled standing with their backs to a hollow palm tree, on a tripartite base with gilt-bronze ribbon-tied berried laurel mount
21¼in. (54cm.) high