VERY BEAUTIFUL BRONZE SCULPTURE "ENEE CARRYING HER FATHER AN - Lot 156

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VERY BEAUTIFUL BRONZE SCULPTURE "ENEE CARRYING HER FATHER AN - Lot 156
VERY BEAUTIFUL BRONZE SCULPTURE "ENEE CARRYING HER FATHER ANCHISE, FOLLOWED BY ASCAGNE". Gilt bronze and patinated bronze subject marked on the back "F.BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR" and patented mechanical reduction stamp A.COLLAS. It rests on a red marble base with a step and a cavet decorated with four small feet and laurel in gilt bronze. Period XIXth century H bronze : 66 cm H with base : 79cm Condition of use and maintenance The original work is made from a wax sketch entrusted by Girardon to Lepautre in April 1696, during the latter's visit to Paris. Wax model by Lepautre, finished at the French Academy in Rome, in November 1696. Large plaster model completed in July 1697. Terracotta finished in December 1697. Marble block delivered on September 17, 1697. Marble started in October 1697. Third model in clay, December 1697. Return to France of the sculptor, February 1701. Sent from Rome in April 1715 and placed unfinished in the park of Marly in August 1715. Finished with the help of Jacques Bousseau, in 1716. Placed in the Tuileries garden, west of the circular basin in 1717, and retouched on site until 1718. Moved in 1858 and replaced in 1862 in the reserved garden, north side. Entered the Louvre in 1989 (passage Richelieu, 1989-1993)
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