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A PAIR OF RESTAURATION BRONZE FIGURES OF VOLTAIRE AND ROUSSEAU
Lot 237

A PAIR OF RESTAURATION BRONZE FIGURES OF VOLTAIRE AND ROUSSEAU

CIRCA 1825, AFTER MODELS BY JEAN-CLAUDE ROSSET, CALLED ROSSET PÉRE (1706-1786)

Closed13 March 2012

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A PAIR OF RESTAURATION BRONZE FIGURES OF VOLTAIRE AND ROUSSEAU
CIRCA 1825, AFTER MODELS BY JEAN-CLAUDE ROSSET, CALLED ROSSET PÉRE (1706-1786)
Each on a foliate cast bronze-mounted Siena marble plinth
19¾in. (50 cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

The figures of Rousseau and Voltaire are after the model by Jean-Claude Rosset, called Rosset pére (1706-86). Originally trained in the mediums of wood and ivory, he established himself in Paris in 1771, specialising in busts of Voltaire, Rousseau, de Montesquieu and d'Alembert.