Sale 7412
London
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5 July 2007
PROPERTY FROM THE LOYD COLLECTION (LOTS 180-207)
Price realised
GBP 3,000
Estimate
A TERRACOTTA BUST OF SOCRATES BY CHARLES MALAISE (1775-1836), AFTER THE ANTIQUE, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY Depicted looking slightly to dexter and with bare shoulders; signed to the reverse 'Malaise'; very minor chips and abrasions 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm.) high
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Literature
F. Russell ed., The Loyd Collection of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, revised edition 1991, no. 197, pl. 89.
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