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A PAIR OF CARVED MARBLE BATHING NYMPHS

WORKSHOP OF ETIENNE MAURICE FALCONET (1716-1791), LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF CARVED MARBLE BATHING NYMPHS
WORKSHOP OF ETIENNE MAURICE FALCONET (1716-1791), LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each on an integrally carved naturalistic base and mounted on a circular marble socle
11 ¾ in. (29.7 cm.) high overall

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
L. Réau, Etienne-Maurice Falconet, I, Paris, 1922, pp. 235-240, pls. XV-XX.
J. Pope-Hennessy and A. Radcliffe, The Frick Collection - An Illustrated Catalogue, IV, New York, 1970, pp. 95-97.
Z. Zaretskaia and N. Kossaréva, La Sculpture de l'Europe Occidentale à l'Ermitage, 1970, figs. 108-109.

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Lot Essay

Etienne-Maurice Falconet was one of the most important artistic figures of 18th century France. The present marble figures are entirely consistent with other known small-scale marbles produced by Falconet whilst he served as director of sculpture works at the Manufactory of Sèvres (1757-1766), including examples in the Wallace Collection, London, and the Frick Collection in New York (Pope-Hennessey, loc. cit.).

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