AFTER CLAUDE-AUGUSTIN CAYOT (1667-1772), FRENCH, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

Lot 89
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£ 80 000
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Lot 89 | AFTER CLAUDE-AUGUSTIN CAYOT (1667-1772), FRENCH, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
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£ 80 000 – 120 000
AFTER CLAUDE-AUGUSTIN CAYOT (1667-1772), FRENCH, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

The Death of Dido

bronze; on a naturalistic base; cast in several sections; the tree stump beneath the cushion next to Dido's proper left knee stamped with the 'C' couronné poincon

22 1/2 in. (57 cm.) high





Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's Monaco, 16-17 June 2001, lot 703 where acquired by Dr. Alexandre Benchoufi, until sold,

The Collection of Dr. Alexandre Benchoufi; Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 2006, lot 65.



Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

F. Souchal, French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th Centuries, A-F, London, 1977, p. 85, no 6.

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