Property from a Belgravia Residence (Lots 177-190)
Satyre couronnant une Bacchante (Satyr crowning a Bacchante)
No reserve
Auction Closed
May 22, 05:01 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
After Claude Michel, called Clodion (1738-1814)
French, 19th century
Satyre couronnant une Bacchante (Satyr crowning a Bacchante)
bearing the signature: Clodion
terracotta
40cm., 15¾in.
Please note that this lot will not be on public view in our New Bond Street galleries for the auction exhibition, but we would be more than happy to arrange a viewing by appointment at our warehouse in Greenford. To enquire, please contact cameron.dileo@sothebys.com.
With Christopher Butterworth, London
The present terracotta is modelled after Clodion's Satyre couronnant une Bacchante, which is in the musée du Louvre (inv. no. RF 2986).
RELATED LITERATURE
A. L. Poulet, G. Scherf, Clodion 1738-1814, exh. cat. musée du Louvre, Paris, 1992, p. 369 - 371, no. 80
You May Also Like