Live Auction 3696Christie's Interiors
A FRENCH BRONZE OF AENEAS CARRYING ANCHISES WITH ASCANIUS
Lot 772

A FRENCH BRONZE OF AENEAS CARRYING ANCHISES WITH ASCANIUS

SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY AFTER PIERRE LEPAUTRE

Closed10 November 2010

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GBP 3,125

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A FRENCH BRONZE OF AENEAS CARRYING ANCHISES WITH ASCANIUS
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY AFTER PIERRE LEPAUTRE
On a naturalistic base signed signed 'Peiget'
22 in. (56 cm.) high

Specialist note

The present bronze is after the marble by Pierre Lepautre (d.1744) completed for the gardens at Marly in 1716, and subsequently moved to the Tuilleries in 1718.