Live Auction 2695The Opulent Eye
A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP OF THE THREE GRACES
Lot 337 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, LOS ANGELES

A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP OF THE THREE GRACES

AFTER THE MODEL BY GERMAIN-PILON, CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed18 April 2013

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A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP OF THE THREE GRACES
AFTER THE MODEL BY GERMAIN-PILON, CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Signed F. BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR and stamped with Réduction Mécanique cachet
39 in. (99 cm.) high

Specialist note

Illustrated in the 1886 catalogue of the Parisian bronzier Ferdinand Barbedienne, the caryatid nymphs are two-fifth reductions of Germain Pilon's celebrated 'Graces' executed for the monument of Henri II, which has been displayed at the Louvre since 1816.