Lot Essay
First modelled by Falconet in 1757
Cf. Émile Bourgeois, op.cit., fig. 333, for a figure of the girl with the garland complete
A similar male figure form the Sainsbury Collection was sold Sotheby's, London, 5 May 1970
Two similar figures from the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection, were sold in our New York Rooms, 21 March 1991, lot 123. The catalogue notes for that sale explain the attribution of the models to Falconet
Cf. Émile Bourgeois, op.cit., fig. 333, for a figure of the girl with the garland complete
A similar male figure form the Sainsbury Collection was sold Sotheby's, London, 5 May 1970
Two similar figures from the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection, were sold in our New York Rooms, 21 March 1991, lot 123. The catalogue notes for that sale explain the attribution of the models to Falconet