Sale 5062
Paris
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30 September 2003
Price realised
EUR 588
Estimate
STATUETTE EN PLATRE DE LOUIS XIV EN VAINQUEUR D'APRES THOMAS GOBERT, FRANCE, XIXème SIECLE Sur socle, éclats mineurs, patine brune Hauteur: 31,5 cm. (12½ in.)
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Literature
Francois Souchal, French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th centuries. The reign of Louis XIV, vol. II: G-L, p.85, no. 4 fig. ---S. Hoog, Musée National du château de Versailles. Les sculptures. Le Musée. Paris, RMN, 1993, p.240, no.1090 bis.
Oeuvre en rapport: Louis XIV foulant au pied l'Hérésie. Statuette en marbre. H. 83 cm. Signée et datée Gobert fecit 1692. Versailles, Musée National du Château. ---Inv.MV 8679.
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