A TERRACOTTA MODEL OF A YOUNG GIRL WITH DOVES

BY PIERRE JULIEN (1731-1804), 1789

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A TERRACOTTA MODEL OF A YOUNG GIRL WITH DOVES
BY PIERRE JULIEN (1731-1804), 1789
ON AN INTREGAL CIRCULAR PLINTH AND A LATER COMPOSITE PEDESTAL; SIGNED ON THE REVERSE OF THE PLINTH 'P. JULIEN FECIT 1789'.

Literature

S. LAMI, SICTIONNAIRE DES SCULPTEURS DE LECOLE FRENAISE, PARIS, 1911, PP. 11-16

Lot Essay

THE PRESENT MODEL CORRESPONDS TO A TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A YOUNG GIRL HOLDING TWO DOVES' MENTIONED IN LAMI (OP. CIT., P. 16) WHICH IS ATTRIBUTED TO JULIEN AND WAS IN THE COLLECTION OF JACQUES DOUCET IN PARIS. IT IS TRADITIONALLY SAID TO BE FROM THE PARK OF SAINT-MAUR.

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