Lot 297
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A FRENCH TERRACOTTA BUST OF A LADY, after Joseph Chinard, shown looking to her right with her hair tied with a band, partially draped with her hands held to her chest, signed CHINARD DE LYON and impressed with an anchor and impressed on the underside M, on a circular socle and square base (the back right hand side of the base repaired)

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A FRENCH TERRACOTTA BUST OF A LADY, after Joseph Chinard, shown looking to her right with her hair tied with a band, partially draped with her hands held to her chest, signed CHINARD DE LYON and impressed with an anchor and impressed on the underside M, on a circular socle and square base (the back right hand side of the base repaired)

24½in. (62cm.) high

Lot Essay

The present bust is after Chinard's(d.1813) marble portrait of Madame Récamier, now in the Musée des Beaux Arts, Lyon. Madame Récamier was one of the most admired society beauties of her day and Chinard's portrayal of her, with its sensuous charm, quickly became one of his best known works.

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