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JEAN-BAPTISTE THÉODON (VENDREST, SEINE-ET-MARNE 1645 – 1713 PARIS), CIRCA 1677-1679

Starting price
£ 120 000
Auction dateClassic
06.07.2023 14:30UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 990522
Lot 29 | JEAN-BAPTISTE THÉODON (VENDREST, SEINE-ET-MARNE 1645 – 1713 PARIS), CIRCA 1677-1679
JEAN-BAPTISTE THÉODON (VENDREST, SEINE-ET-MARNE 1645 – 1713 PARIS), CIRCA 1677-1679

Flora or Spring

marble bust; on an associated square black marble socle; the reverse of the bust and socle each inscribed '3128'; the reverse of the bust with a carved fleur-de-lys to the lower left

18 in. (45.5 cm.) high; 24 5/8 in. (62.5 cm.) high, overall





Provenance

Private collection, Kent, Connecticut, their sale,

Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York, 21 April 2022, lot 185 (as a 'Continental carved marble bust emblematic of Spring, raised on a black marble socle, with a stylised fleur de lys mark on the reverse'),

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

F. de La Moureyre, ‘Jean-Baptiste Théodon, Buste de Flore, ou du Printemps: A newly rediscovered sculpture commissioned for King Louis XIV of France’, unpublished expertise, Paris, 5 December 2022.



COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

F. Souchal with F. de La Moureyre and H. Dumuis, French sculptors of the 17th and 18th centuries, The reign of Louis XIV, III M-Z, Oxford, 1987, pp. 287-304.

J-R. Gaborit ed., Musée du Louvre, Sculpture Française, II Renaissance et Temps Modernes, III, Paris, 1998 p. 457.

F. de La Moureyre, ‘Nouveaux regards sur quatre termes des saisons au Louvre’, L’objet d’art, DXXXIX, November 2017, pp. 52-57.



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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Medium:Marble, Stone
Genre:Allegory
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Sculptures
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