A French ormolu-mounted white marble group depicting the birth of Venus

BY JULES-JACQUES LABATUT, CIRCA 1890

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A French ormolu-mounted white marble group depicting the birth of Venus
By Jules-Jacques Labatut, Circa 1890
Drying her hair as Cupid drives her dolphin-pulled shell-form chariot, the naturalistic base inscribed J. LABATUT
44½in. (113.cm.) high

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Jules Jacques Labatut studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts under Jouffroy and Mercié. He won the Prix de Rome in 1881, was a regular exhibitor at the Salon, and took home silver medals at the Expositions of 1889 and 1900.

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