Adapted from the marble groups ascribed to J.A. Houdon (1741-1828), one of which was originally made for the Duc de Chârtres.

C.f. the bronze pair after Houdon in the Wallace Collection (s. 217 and 218), illustrated, Wallace Collection Catalogue, Sculpture, fig. 193.

A virtually identical pair from the Collection of Elizabeth Park Firestone was sold in these Rooms, 22-23 March 1991, lot 853.