Lot 35
35
A LOUIS XVI TERRACOTTA RELIEF DEPICTING A BACCHANTE AND SATYR
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE JANE, LADY ABDY (LOTS 30-38 & 447-461)
A LOUIS XVI TERRACOTTA RELIEF DEPICTING A BACCHANTE AND SATYR

BY JOSEPH-CHARLES MARIN (1759-1834), DATED 1785

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A LOUIS XVI TERRACOTTA RELIEF DEPICTING A BACCHANTE AND SATYR
BY JOSEPH-CHARLES MARIN (1759-1834), DATED 1785
16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) diameter, without frame

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Lot Essay

Joseph-Charles Marin (1759-1834) was a pupil of Clodion, and although his career straddled the divide created by the French Revolution, Marin is best known today for intimate terracotta figures of nymphs, which are entirely characteristic of the ancien régime.

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