A FRENCH WHITE MARBLE BUST OF MADAME DU BARRY
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A FRENCH WHITE MARBLE BUST OF MADAME DU BARRY

AFTER ETIENNE-PIERRE-ADRIEN GOIS (1765-1836), 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH WHITE MARBLE BUST OF MADAME DU BARRY
AFTER ETIENNE-PIERRE-ADRIEN GOIS (1765-1836), 19TH CENTURY
Set on a waisted socle
26 ¾ in. (68 cm.) high
Provenance
With Wildenstein, Paris
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Lot Essay

This bust is based on the original of circa 1770 in the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Durham.

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