A FRENCH BRONZE FOUNTAIN GROUP OF THREE SATYRS

CIRCA 1900, AFTER PIERRE LEGROS (1629-1714)

Details

A FRENCH BRONZE FOUNTAIN GROUP OF THREE SATYRS
CIRCA 1900, AFTER PIERRE LEGROS (1629-1714)
Supporting a stone scallop basin, the bronze stamped 'BY/G108'
56 in. (143 cm.) high

Provenance

Château des Guignes, Orléans.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's Sussex, 24 May 1994, lot 169.

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Lot Essay

The present lot is after one of fourteen groups of figures known as 'Marmousets' for the Allée d'Eau, Versailles. Designed by Le Brun, they were originally cast in lead and gilded in 1669-70 by Louis Lerambert, Pierre Legros the Elder, and Etienne Le Hongre.

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