THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN FAMILY
(lots 318-320)
A set of four Italian white marble figures of Pandora, Hebe the Cup-Bearer, Flora and Venus, on stone pedestals
PANDORA AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-JACQUES PRADIER, HEBE AFTER A MODEL BY CANOVA, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A set of four Italian white marble figures of Pandora, Hebe the Cup-Bearer, Flora and Venus, on stone pedestals
Pandora after the model by Jean-Jacques Pradier, Hebe after a model by Canova, Third quarter 19th Century
Pandora, naked and wearing a headdress and long veil falling down her back and front, supporting a vase in her arm; Hebe, with drapery falling from her waist, a ewer in her raised hand, a cup in the other; Flora, with rose garland in her hair, scantily-clad and holding flowers in her hands; Psyche, naked, with flowers in her hair, clutching drapery and flowers to her breast and modesty, each on a circular base and on a cylindrical stone pedestal with stepped top and base, weathered, restorations
The figures: 57½ in. to 60¾ in. (146 cm. to 154.2 cm.) high
The pedestals: 31¾ in. (80.5 cm.) high (4)
Pandora after the model by Jean-Jacques Pradier, Hebe after a model by Canova, Third quarter 19th Century
Pandora, naked and wearing a headdress and long veil falling down her back and front, supporting a vase in her arm; Hebe, with drapery falling from her waist, a ewer in her raised hand, a cup in the other; Flora, with rose garland in her hair, scantily-clad and holding flowers in her hands; Psyche, naked, with flowers in her hair, clutching drapery and flowers to her breast and modesty, each on a circular base and on a cylindrical stone pedestal with stepped top and base, weathered, restorations
The figures: 57½ in. to 60¾ in. (146 cm. to 154.2 cm.) high
The pedestals: 31¾ in. (80.5 cm.) high (4)