Estimate

500 - 600

Session 2

23 November 2022

Hammer Price

Description

France
After Étienne-Maurice FALCONNET.
Patinated plaster sculpture depicting the mythological figures of Leda and Zeus (or Jupiter), king of Gods, transformed into a swan for seducing Leda. 1764 model.
This sculpture by FALBONNET was inspired by the painting by François BOUCHER, "Le cygne s'approche de Léda et de sa suivante sortant du bain" (Museum Jean de la Fontaine, Chateau-Thierry). It was probably conceived as a model for a monumental sculpture or to be transferred into porcelain.
Marked to base with two interlaced Ls, and 90
18th or 19th century
(in good condition)

38x39 cm

Category

Objects

Additional Information

A copy of this sculpture, made in biscuit porcelain, can be seen at the Musée National de la Manufacture de Sèvres (inv. MNC15293), and another one, made in fine paste faience, at the Musée de la faïence et des techniques faïencières in Sarreguemines (Inv. 80.333)