A WHITE MARBLE BUST OF VOLTAIRE

WORKSHOP OF PETER ANTON VON VERSCHAFFELT (1710-1793), FLEMISH, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A WHITE MARBLE BUST OF VOLTAIRE
WORKSHOP OF PETER ANTON VON VERSCHAFFELT (1710-1793), FLEMISH, LATE 18TH CENTURY
On a later red and brown marble socle
18 in. (45.7 cm.) high, 15 in. (38 cm.) wide, 12. in. (30.5 cm) deep

Provenance

Auction, Paris, June 1958
with Mathias Komor, New York
Gift of Mrs. John C. Atwood, Jr.

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Lot Essay

Another bust of Voltaire (1694-1778), also by Peter Anton von Verschaffelt and originally from the d'Arenberg Palace (Brussels), is know in the Louvre (RF. 3064). Both sculpture bears very close stylistic comparison, the drapery and the treatment of the face being similar. However, in the Louvre version, Voltaire is represented with hairs in the antique manner with a laurel wreath instead of a peruke in the present.

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