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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF THE EDUCATION OF ACHILLES
Lot 373

A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF THE EDUCATION OF ACHILLES

AFTER A PAINTING BY JEAN-BAPTISTE REGNAULT, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed23 March 2011

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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF THE EDUCATION OF ACHILLES
AFTER A PAINTING BY JEAN-BAPTISTE REGNAULT, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
On an integral, naturalistic base, and on a loose Siena marble plinth
47 cm. high; 51 cm. high overall

Specialist note

This group was inspired by Jean-Baptiste Regnault's monumental canvas entitled L'Education d'Achille par le centaure Chiron, which was exhibited at the Salon of 1783, and was also his morceau de réception at the Academy in the same year.