A carved wooden figure of Marsyas

AFTER PIERRE LEGROS II, 18TH CENTURY

細節

A carved wooden figure of Marsyas
After Pierre Legros II, 18th century
On an integrally carved naturalistic plinth which has been leaded on the underside.
Cracks; repairs.
25¾ in. (65.4 cm.) high

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
N. Penny, The Classical Tradition and the Garden Ornament, Art History, V, 1982, pp. 243-246.
M. Baker, 'That most rare Master Monsù Le Gros and his Marsyas', Burlington Magazine, CXXVII, 1985, pp. 702-707.
F. Souchal, French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th centuries - The Reign of Louis XIV, Supplement, London, 1993, pp. 148-149, no. 42.

拍品專文

Pierre Legros II's Marsyas, the marble original of which has been recently identified in a British private collection, was one of the most admired statues of the entire eighteenth century (Penny, Baker, Souchal, locs. cit.). Originally paired with a figure of Apollo ordering the flaying of the satyr (Souchal, op. cit., no. 55), it was copied in marble, bronze, and wood, with and without its companion piece.