A PAIR OF FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL GROUPS OF DIANA  AND ADONIS
A PAIR OF FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL GROUPS OF DIANA  AND ADONIS
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A PAIR OF FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL GROUPS OF DIANA AND ADONIS

CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, PARIS, AFTER THE MODELS BY NICOLAS COUSTOU, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY,

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A PAIR OF FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL GROUPS OF DIANA AND ADONIS
CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, PARIS, AFTER THE MODELS BY NICOLAS COUSTOU, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY,
Modelled as a seated nymph with attendant putto emblematic of love and a seated heroic nude emblematic of hunting, each signed 'F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR' and with 'REDUCTION MECANIQUE A COLLAS' cachet
35 in. (89 cm.) high

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These bronze groups of impressive scale are fine, late 19th century reductions of the marble statuary originals by Nicolas Coustou of 1708-10. Depicting Adonis, or Chasseur au Repos, and Nymphe de Diana the originals were supplied with a third group of Nymph à la Colombe: each emblematic of the ‘Return from the Chase’. First supplied to the Château de Marly as pendants to two similar groups by Coysevox, they were transferred to the Tuileries in 1721, and today are displayed at the Louvre. The present bronzes are rare ‘reduction n°1’ editions produced by the Barbedienne foundry.

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