BY CLÉMENT JAYET (1731-1804), 1787

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A PATINATED PLASTER BUST OF A GENTLEMAN
By Clément Jayet (1731-1804), 1787
Depicted looking to dexter, a lace jabot at his neck and drapery around the truncation of the shoulders; signed on the reverse of the shoulders 'CLEMENS JAYET FECIT 1787'; on a circular painted wood socle. Minor losses and restorations; damages to the reverse of the socle.
22½ in. (57.2 cm.) high
27¾ in. (70.4 cm.) high, overall

Provenance

Acquired from William Redford, London.

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Lot Essay

Clément Jayet was born in Langres, and was the son of the sculptor Abel Jayet. He began his career in Paris, was made a member of the Academy of St Luke in 1755, but moved to Lyon shortly thereafter. He later became professor of sculpture at the École de Dessin, and was known to have executed a number of portrait busts of local worthies. Although the subject of the present bust is unidentified, it bears strong stylistic similarities to the bust Jayet executed of the painter Jacques Nonotte in 1773 which was sold as part of the Humphris Collection, Sotheby's New York, 10 January 1995, lot 70 ($35,000, exc. premium).

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