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A PAIR OF CARVED IVORY BUSTS OF VOLTAIRE AND MONTESQUIEU
Lot 60

A PAIR OF CARVED IVORY BUSTS OF VOLTAIRE AND MONTESQUIEU

BY CLAUDE ANTOINE ROSSET (D. 1818), CIRCA 1790-1800

Closed8 July 2010

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A PAIR OF CARVED IVORY BUSTS OF VOLTAIRE AND MONTESQUIEU
BY CLAUDE ANTOINE ROSSET (D. 1818), CIRCA 1790-1800
Each on an associated cylindrical alabaster pedestal; Voltaire signed to the reverse 'A:ROSSET. á St. Claude', Montesquieu signed 'A: ROSSET'; very minor damages and repairs
3 and 3 1/8 in. (7.5 and 8 cm.) high; 6¾ and 7 in. (17 and 17.7 cm.) overall (2)

Specialist note

For an almost identical pair of busts by Rosset in the Louvre, see P. Malgouyres, Ivoires du musée du Louvre 1480-1850, une collection inédite', Paris, 2005, nos. 51 and 51.