Live Auction 4215Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A FRENCH PAINTED CAST-IRON FIGURE OF HIPPOMENES
Lot 285

A FRENCH PAINTED CAST-IRON FIGURE OF HIPPOMENES

LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER GUILLAUME COUSTOU (1677-1746)

Closed7 February 2012

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GBP 2,250

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A FRENCH PAINTED CAST-IRON FIGURE OF HIPPOMENES
LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER GUILLAUME COUSTOU (1677-1746)
SHOWN WITH AN ARM RAISED ABOUT TO THROW DOWN A GOLDEN APPLE IN THE PATH OF THE PURSUING ATLANTA
48 IN. (122 CM.) HIGH

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THE ORIGINAL MARBLE STATUE EXECUTED IN 1712 ON WHICH THE PRESENT BRONZE IS BASED WAS MADE FOR THE GARDENS AT MARLY AND IS NOW HOUSED IN THE MUSéE DE LOUVRE, PARIS.