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PAIRE DE BAS-RELIEFS REPRÉSENTANT HERCULE ENCHAÎNANT CERBÈRE ET ORPHÉE

Lot 1
14.12.2022 11:30UTC +01:00
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€ 34 020
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 880741
Lot 1 | PAIRE DE BAS-RELIEFS REPRÉSENTANT HERCULE ENCHAÎNANT CERBÈRE ET ORPHÉE
Estimate value
€ 15 000 – 25 000
PAIRE DE BAS-RELIEFS REPRÉSENTANT HERCULE ENCHAÎNANT CERBÈRE ET ORPHÉE

D'APRÈS UN MODÈLE ATTRIBUÉ À AUGUSTIN PAJOU (1730-1809), XIXe SIÈCLE

En bronze patiné, les médaillons dans des cadres modernes en bois sculpté, doré et partiellement peint à l'imitation du porphyre

H.: 59 cm. (23 1/4 in.) ; L.: 37,5 et 36,5 cm. (14 3/4 et 14 1/2 in.) ; Les cadres : 82,5 x 62 cm. (32 1/2 et 24 1/2 in.)





Literature

Bibliographie comparative :

J. Draper, G. Scherf, Pajou sculpteur du Roi 1730-1809, cat. exp., Paris/New York, 1998, pp. 164-165, fig. 100.

J. Harris, 'Sir Williams Chambers and his Parisian Album', in Architectural History. The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, t. 6, 1963, pp. 54-90, et p. 60, fig. 7.

E. Pénicaut et A. Manas (dir.), La Chancellerie d'Orléans. Renaissance d'un chef-d'oeuvre, Paris/Dijon, 2021, pp. 82, 84.



Post lot text

A PAIR OF BRONZE MEDALLIONS DEPICTING HERCULES WITH CERBERUS AND ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD, AFTER A MODEL ATTRIBUTED TO AUGUSTIN PAJOU, FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Genre:Mythological painting
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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