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A PAIR OF CARVED MARBLE FEMALE HERM BUSTS
Lot 48 THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN

A PAIR OF CARVED MARBLE FEMALE HERM BUSTS

FRENCH, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

Fermé6 December 2012

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A PAIR OF CARVED MARBLE FEMALE HERM BUSTS
FRENCH, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Each on an integral canted square marble socle; very minor chips and losses
13 in. (33.1 cm.) high, each ; 17½ in. (44.3 cm.) high, overall (2)

Note du spécialiste

The present herms have some stylistic similarity to the work of Jean-Melchior Raon (c. 1669-1719). Although more neoclassical in the solemnity of their gaze, the delicately knotted coiffure and intricate designs on the chests of the current lot are reminscient of many of Raon's herms (Souchal, op. cit, pp. 184-5).