Lot Essay
Marianne Roland-Michel (loc. cit.) has suggested that the present painting was executed after a terracotta relief by Clodion in the collection of the artist.
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A female faun with children at play, a feigned bas-relief
Details
Anne Vallayer-Coster (Paris 1744-1818)
A female faun with children at play, a feigned bas-relief
signed and dated 'Melle Vallayer 1773' (lower left)
oil on canvas
63/8 x 11½in. (16.2 x 29.2cm.)
A female faun with children at play, a feigned bas-relief
signed and dated 'Melle Vallayer 1773' (lower left)
oil on canvas
63/8 x 11½in. (16.2 x 29.2cm.)
Provenance
M. Bécherel; his sale, Chevallier, Paris, 26-8 November 1883, lot 48.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, Monaco, 5-6 December 1991, lot 171A.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, Monaco, 5-6 December 1991, lot 171A.
Literature
M. Roland-Michel, Anne Vallayer-Coster 1744-1818, Paris, 1970, p. 178, no. 242, as present location unknown.