Lot 119
  • 119

A Pair of Louis XIV White Marble Portrait Reliefs, circle of Antoine Coysevox late 17th century

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • heights including frames 38 in.; widths 27 1/2 in.
  • 96.5 cm; 69.8 cm
each of oval form, depicting a woman in profile, one turned to the right, her hair with a garland of stars possibly representing Aurora, the other turned to the left, her hair with a garland of fleur-de-lys possibly representing Diana, the giltwood frames carved with scallop shells and scrolls and surmounted by fleur-de lys.

Provenance

Collection of the Baronne S. De Lopez Tarragoya, sold, Christie's New York, May 21, 1997, lot 586

Catalogue Note

RELATED LITERATURE
F. Souchal, French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th Centuries . . ., Oxford, 1977, Vol. A-F.