Lot Essay
The comte d'Artois, the later Charles X (1757-1836), and his sister Clotilde (1759-1836) who married Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia, were the grandchildren of Louis XV.
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AFTER THE MODELS BY FERNAND CIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF TERRACOTTA PORTRAIT BUSTS OF CHARLES-PHILIPPE DE FRANCE, COMTE D'ARTOIS AND MADAME CLOTILDE
AFTER THE MODELS BY FERNAND CIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The boy wearing the order of Saint Esprit, and inscribed to the reverse Comte d'Artois, signed to the reverse Fernand Cian, 1776 Paris; the girl inscribed to the reverse Comtesse d'Artois and signed Fernand Cian, paris 1776, each mounted on a waisted yellow marble socle
35 cm. high (2)
AFTER THE MODELS BY FERNAND CIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The boy wearing the order of Saint Esprit, and inscribed to the reverse Comte d'Artois, signed to the reverse Fernand Cian, 1776 Paris; the girl inscribed to the reverse Comtesse d'Artois and signed Fernand Cian, paris 1776, each mounted on a waisted yellow marble socle
35 cm. high (2)
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