A FRENCH BRONZE OVAL PLAQUE depicting a classical figure presenting a child to a flaming altar, the pedestal surmounted by the figure of Cupid

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A FRENCH BRONZE OVAL PLAQUE depicting a classical figure presenting a child to a flaming altar, the pedestal surmounted by the figure of Cupid
10in. (25.5cm.) high

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This plaque, which can be identified with Claude Michel Clodion's 'Sacrifice a l'Amour', features on Louis XVI furniture such as the secretaire supplied by Jean-Henri Riesener (d.1806) in 1783. (See F.J.B. Watson, Wallace Collection, Furniture, 1956, no. F302)