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A TERRACOTTA BUST OF VOLTAIRE
Lot 94 PROPERTY FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTION

A TERRACOTTA BUST OF VOLTAIRE

ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-JACQUES CAFFIERI (1725-1792), FRENCH, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Closed8 December 2015

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A TERRACOTTA BUST OF VOLTAIRE
ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-JACQUES CAFFIERI (1725-1792), FRENCH, LATE 18TH CENTURY
On a circular fleur de pêche marble socle
7 in. (18 cm.) high; 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) high, overall

Specialist note

This bust of Voltaire is a reduced copy of a marble by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1704-1778), exhibited at the Salon in 1748. The philosopher is depicted young, with delicate features and an intense look which conveys a great liveliness. A very similar example is conserved at the Victoria and Albert Museum, signed Caffieri and dated 1783 (A. 1-1956).