FRENCH, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A TERRACOTTA BUST OF AN INFANT GIRL
French, late 19th Century
Depicted looking to dexter, with flowers in her hair, on a circular green marble socle, the reverse of the shoulders bearing the insciption 'L. Vassé. 1761. .Mlle. Jeannette de Saint Pierre'
8½in. (21.5cm.) high, 11½in. (29.3cm.) high, overall

Provenance

Acquired from Bruton Gallery Ltd, Somerset, 1986.

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Lot Essay

Although bearing an inscription on the reverse indicating that the present bust is by Louis-Claude Vassé and depicts Jeannette de Saint Pierre as a child, on stylistic grounds alone this attribution must be rejected.

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