Gerard Gautier

signé Gautier inv 1781
groupe en terre cuite

acquis vente Sotheby's Londres, 7 déc. 1989.

S. Lami, Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs de l'Ecole Française, t. I, Paris 1910, p. 365.

Good condition overall with some minor surface dirt in the crevices, consistent with age and handling, and a few stains at several places which can be easily removed. The kneeling figure's proper left arm and hand appears to have been slightly restored. The edge of the deep fold of her coat to the proper left may have been slightly retouched and the nose tip of the standing figure and her proper left index as well. There are a few minor chips along the lower edges of the base, consistent with age and handling. The lower right angle of the terracotta appears to have been restored. Very attractive terracotta, finely modeled.
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Elève de Falconet, Gérard Gautier sculpta plusieurs portraits de Louis XV. Il réalisa également un monument en plomb pour le Roi, érigé sur la place centrale à Château-Porcien, détruit à la Révolution. Gautier fut aussi l'auteur des décorations pour célébrer le sacre de Louis XVI à Reims.