Lot 219
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A pair of French bronze mythological figure groups
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A pair of French bronze mythological figure groups

CAST FROM MODELS BY JEAN-LOUIS GRÉGOIRE, CIRCA 1870

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A pair of French bronze mythological figure groups
Cast from models by Jean-Louis Grégoire, Circa 1870
One depicting Perseus and Andromeda, the other Paris and Helen of Troy, each on a naturalistic base inscribed L. Grégoire
20¾in. and 20¼in. (52.7cm. and 51.3cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Jean Louis Grégoire (d.1890) studied under Salmson, exhibiting at the Salon beginning in 1867. Specialising in allegorical bronzes, he was one of the first Associates of the Société des Artistes Français. A single bronze group, depicting the Rescue of Andromeda by Perseus, sold Sotheby's London, 15 March 1991, lot 124 (£10,800).

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