A FRENCH LIFE-SIZE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF CLEOPATRA, ENTITLED `CLEOPATRE DEVANT CESAR` (CLEOPATRA BEFORE CAESAR)

Lot 94
14.12.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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£ 100 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1105766
Lot 94 | A FRENCH LIFE-SIZE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF CLEOPATRA, ENTITLED 'CLEOPATRE DEVANT CESAR' (CLEOPATRA BEFORE CAESAR)
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 200 000
A FRENCH LIFE-SIZE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF CLEOPATRA, ENTITLED 'CLEOPATRE DEVANT CESAR' (CLEOPATRA BEFORE CAESAR)

CAST BY MAISON MARNYHAC, PARIS, FROM THE MODEL BY JEAN-BAPTISTE (CALLED AUGUSTE) CLESINGER (1814-1883), CIRCA 1873

Signed 'J CLESINGER,' and with foundry inscription 'MAISON MARNYHAC 1.Rue de la Paix' and with foundry seal 'BRONZE ARTISTIQUE DE PARIS.'

88 in. (223.5 cm.) high, overall





Provenance

Swiss Private Collection, recorded in 1958 and 1968 (documentation Musée d’Orsay, Paris).

with Galerie Michel Roche, Paris.

with Danny Katz, London.

Private Collection, London.
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