拍品 43
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A PAIR OF FRENCH BISCUIT FIGURES of le Baiser Donné and le Baiser Rendu after Houdon, each on turned ormolu socle and grey marble cylindrical plinth, on square black marble base, late 19th Century

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A PAIR OF FRENCH BISCUIT FIGURES of le Baiser Donné and le Baiser Rendu after Houdon, each on turned ormolu socle and grey marble cylindrical plinth, on square black marble base, late 19th Century
8in. (20cm.) high (2)

拍品专文

Adapted from the marble groups of circa 1774 - 1778 ascribed to Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741 - 1828), Le Baiser Donné was originally commissioned by the Duc de Chârtres, and was inspired by La Fontaine's fables. Cf. the bronze pair after Houdon in the Wallace Collection (s. 217 and 218), illustrated J. G. Mann, Wallace Collection Catalogues, Sculpture, London, 1931, pl. 54. Another pair of reductions, in gilt-bronze, is in the Royal Palace, Stockholm