Lot 337
337
A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP OF THE THREE GRACES
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, LOS ANGELES
A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP OF THE THREE GRACES

AFTER THE MODEL BY GERMAIN-PILON, CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP OF THE THREE GRACES
AFTER THE MODEL BY GERMAIN-PILON, CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Signed F. BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR and stamped with Réduction Mécanique cachet
39 in. (99 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Illustrated in the 1886 catalogue of the Parisian bronzier Ferdinand Barbedienne, the caryatid nymphs are two-fifth reductions of Germain Pilon's celebrated 'Graces' executed for the monument of Henri II, which has been displayed at the Louvre since 1816.

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