Live Auction 5436Kinross House, Scotland And Property Removed From The London Residence of Mrs. Winston Spencer Churchill
A BRONZE GROUP OF LE BAISER DONNE
Lot 225

A BRONZE GROUP OF LE BAISER DONNE

AFTER JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON (1741-1828), SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Closed30 March 2011

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GBP 4,375

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A BRONZE GROUP OF LE BAISER DONNE
AFTER JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON (1741-1828), SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
On a cylindrical ormolu-mounted porphry column; greenish-black patina and lighter high points
18 in. (46 cm.) high

Bukovsky's, Sweden.

Specialist note

This bronze group is based on the original by Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) who conceived Le Baiser donné circa 1772 when he sent a plaster version to the Duke of Saxe-Gotha in Germany.