Milon de Crotone, France, vers 1780, d'après le modèle d'Etienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1791)

L. Réau, Etienne Maurice Falconnet, Paris 1922, pp. 63-64.
J.R. Gaborit, Sculpture Française II - Renaissance et Temps modernes, Paris, 1998, t. I, p. 366.

Good condition overall with some minor surface dirt in the crevices and a few minor chips at several places to the surface of the terracotta, consistent with age and handling. A fine fissure visible around the ankle of his proper right leg, indicating an old restoration which can be easily retouched. The photograph of the terracotta is too red and dark in the catalogue. A few hairline fissures, probably firing cracks, appear at several places to the terracotta, in particular to the top of the tree trunk. Very decorative piece.
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Etienne Maurice Falconet expose  le plâtre original du Milon de Crotone au Salon de 1745, sous le no 170. En 1754, il sera admis à l'Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture avec la version en marbre qu'il exposera au Salon de 1755, sous le no 155 (aujourd'hui au musée du Louvre, inv. no MR 1847). Le plâtre original de ce modèle est conservé à l'Hermitage de Saint Petersbourg (haut. 57 cm).