Lot 65
65
A CARVED PIERRE DE JURA BUST OF VOLTAIRE
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
A CARVED PIERRE DE JURA BUST OF VOLTAIRE

BY CLAUDE-ANTOINE ROSSET (1749/1759-1818), 1770

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A CARVED PIERRE DE JURA BUST OF VOLTAIRE
BY CLAUDE-ANTOINE ROSSET (1749/1759-1818), 1770
Signed and dated along the back edge Rosset fecit A claude/ 1770; standing on a pierre de jura base with a paper label marked Blumka Gallery
10 ½ in. (27.3 cm.) high
Provenance
with Blumka Gallery, New York.

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Lot Essay

In 1767, Jean Francois Joseph Rosset, dit Rosset père (1706-1786), began to specialize in producing small busts of 18th century philosophers, in marble, alabaster, pierre de jura, and ivory. He worked closely with his sons who continued to produce these busts for several decades. The present bust, signed a claude/ 1770, is most likely by his son Claude-Antoine Rosset (1749 or 1759-1818).

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