Lot Essay
Jules-Jacques Labatut won the Prix de Rome in 1881, was a regular exhibitor at the Salon, and took home silver medals at the Expositions of 1889 and 1900.
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BY JULES-JACQUES LABATUT, CIRCA 1890,
Details
A French ormolu-mounted white marble group depicting the birth of Venus,
By Jules-Jacques Labatut, Circa 1890,
The naturalistic base inscribed J. LABATUT
44½in. (113cm.) high
By Jules-Jacques Labatut, Circa 1890,
The naturalistic base inscribed J. LABATUT
44½in. (113cm.) high
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