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French, Paris, circa 1700 | Apollo and the Python
Auction Closed
July 6, 02:09 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
French, Paris, circa 1700
Apollo and the Python
bronze, rich dark brown patina
on a gilt bronze ormolu base, attributed to Jean-Claude Duplessis (1695-1774), circa 1745
marked with the crowned 'C' control mark
Apollo: 68cm., 26¾in.
base: 6.5cm., 2½in.
According to family tradition, formerly in the collection of Jean-Baptiste de Machault (1701-1794), Château d’Arnouville;
Charles-Henri-Louis de Machault (1747- 1830), his son;
Eugène de Machault (1783-1867), his son;
Henriette de Machault (1808-1864), wife of Marquis de Vogüé in 1826;
Leonce Louis Melchior, Marquis de Vogüé (1805-1877), Paris;
Thence by descent;
Etude Beaussant Lefèvre, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25th April 2003, lot 76;
Highlights from an Important Private European Collection, Sotheby's, London, 5 July 2006, lot 9
Charles-Henri-Louis de Machault (1747- 1830), his son;
Eugène de Machault (1783-1867), his son;
Henriette de Machault (1808-1864), wife of Marquis de Vogüé in 1826;
Leonce Louis Melchior, Marquis de Vogüé (1805-1877), Paris;
Thence by descent;
Etude Beaussant Lefèvre, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25th April 2003, lot 76;
Highlights from an Important Private European Collection, Sotheby's, London, 5 July 2006, lot 9