Etienne d' Antoine, 1737 - 1809 Groupe représentant Hélène et Pâris

S. Lami, Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs de l'Ecole Française au XVIIIe siècle, tome I, Paris, 1910 (ré éd. 1970), pp. 27-28.

Very good condition overall with some minor surface dirt. A small chip to the feathers of Paris' helmet. A few fine hairline vertical fissures visible to the back of the terracotta. A few minor chips to edges around the base. Very decorative terracotta finely modelled
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Ce groupe pourrait correspondre au modèle en terre cuite réalisé pour le Marquis d'Arnisia, à Marseille.