A BRONZE GROUP OF LE BAISER DONNE

AFTER JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON (1741-1828), SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Details

A BRONZE GROUP OF LE BAISER DONNE
AFTER JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON (1741-1828), SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
On a cylindrical ormolu-mounted porphry column; greenish-black patina and lighter high points
18 in. (46 cm.) high

Provenance

Bukovsky's, Sweden.

Literature

R. Shore, 'The Churchills in London', Veranda, November - December 2001, p. 173

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Lot Essay

This bronze group is based on the original by Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) who conceived Le Baiser donné circa 1772 when he sent a plaster version to the Duke of Saxe-Gotha in Germany.

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