Lot 153
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A pair of French bronze figures of children, late 18th century
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A pair of French bronze figures of children, late 18th century

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A pair of French bronze figures of children, late 18th century
After Charles-Antoine Bridan, both shown naked and standing beside a tree stump, the young girl with her right hand to her face in distress, holding an empty bird's nest in her left hand, the boy looking down at the captured bird in his hands, both on integrally cast oval bases 8¾ in. (22.3cm.) high (2)
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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
L. Réau, J.-B. Pigalle, Paris, 1950, nos. 40-1, figs. 28-9
J.-R. Gaborit, Jean. Baptiste Pigalle 1714.1785, Sculptures du Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1985, figs. 1-2, p. 26
F. Haskell & N. Penny, Taste and the Antique, London, 1981, appendix, p. 343

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