A PAIR OF RECTANGULAR TERRACOTTA PREPARATORY RELIEFS FOR THE SALLE DE BAINS OF THE HÔTEL DE BESENVAL: ONE DEPICTING CUPID AND VENUS, SALMACIS AND HERMAPHRODITE AND LEDA AND THE SWAN AND THE OTHER DEPICTING THE BATH OF VENUS
20.10.2022 18:00UTC -04:00
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Starting price
300000USD $ 300 000
| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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ID 819748
Lot 35 | A PAIR OF RECTANGULAR TERRACOTTA PREPARATORY RELIEFS FOR THE SALLE DE BAINS OF THE HÔTEL DE BESENVAL: ONE DEPICTING CUPID AND VENUS, SALMACIS AND HERMAPHRODITE AND LEDA AND THE SWAN AND THE OTHER DEPICTING THE BATH OF VENUS
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000
CLAUDE MICHEL, CALLED CLODION (FRENCH, 1738-1814), CIRCA 1780-82
Both signed 'CLODION'
13 x 37 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (33 x 98.4 x 5.7 cm.) Leda and the Swan
13 1/4 x 38 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (33.7 x 97.1 x 6.4 cm.) Bath of Venus
Provenance
Peter-Josef-Victor, baron de Besenval et de Brünstatt (1721-1791), hôtel de Besenval, 142 rue de Grenelle, Paris.
Anonymous sale or possibly d'Espagnac or Tricot, Le Brun, Paris, 22 May 1793, no. 187.
with Dalva Brothers, New York, 1986.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above in 1986.
Literature
G. Scherf, 'Auteur de Clodion, variations, imitations, répétitions,' Revue de l'Art, no. 91, 1991, p. 58, no. 23 and 24, note 17.
A. Poulet and G. Scherf, Clodion: 1738-1814, Musée du Louvre, 17 March-29 June 1992, exh. cat., p. 230.
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| Artist: | Claude Michel (Clodion, 1738 - 1814) |
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| Applied technique: | Pottery |
| Medium: | Ceramic, Terracotta |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Claude Michel (Clodion, 1738 - 1814) |
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| Applied technique: | Pottery |
| Medium: | Ceramic, Terracotta |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
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