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French, 18th century, after the Antique

Diana of Versailles

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 EUR

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French, 18th century

After the Antique

Diana of Versailles


bronze, brown patina

48 by 21 by 18cm., 18⅞ by 8¼ by 7⅛ in.

Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé; 

Their sale, Christie's Paris, Collection Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé - Deuxième vente, 20 November 2009, lot 226.

After the Roman marble, probably dating to the second quarter of the 2nd century A.D., given by Pope Paul IV to Henri II, King of France, in 1556 (Louvre Museum, inv. MR 152).


RELATED LITERATURE

F. Haskell, N. Penny, Taste and the Antique. The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900, revised and expanded edition by A. Aymonino and E. Dodero, vol. 1, Turnhout, 2024, no. 30, pp. 274-276; A. Maral, N. Milovanovic (eds.), Versailles et l'Antique, exh. cat. château de Versailles, pp. 34-35.