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After Francisque-Joseph Duret (French, 1804-1865) A pair of Terracotta Statuettes of Comedy and Tragedy
Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
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Description
- one 38cm. high; 1ft. 3in. the other 37cm. high; 1ft. 2½in.
Comedy signed: F. Duret; Tragedy signed twice: F. Duret, the base of one damaged
Catalogue Note
These models were exhibited in marble at the Salon of 1857. Duret had executed bronze statuette versions eight years earlier when he wrote to the ministre de beaux-arts in the hope that they might be commissioned in full size by the state. In the event, his letter proved successful, and he received orders in 1852 and 1855 respectively. They were subsequently installed in the Théatre-Francais.