Auction 242
By Bertolami Fine Art
Dec 14, 2022
Bertolami Fine Arts srl Piazza Lovatelli, 1 00186 Roma Italia, Italy
30 Novembre 2022 ore 15:30 CET
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LOT 19:

FRENCH FOUNDRY XVIII-XIX CENTURY

Maenad with tambourine, or Allegory of Autumn

Sold for: €1,700
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700
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FRENCH FOUNDRY XVIII-XIX CENTURY

Maenad with tambourine, or Allegory of Autumn

Mercury gilded bronze. 24 x 19 x 15 cm

Exquisite figure of a maenad sitting on the ground, holding a tambourine and showing off grapes in her long hair.

No signatures are present, but closely resembles sculptures from French artists such as Joseph-Charles Marin (1759-1834) or Claude Michel Clodion (1738-1814).

Comparative bibliography:
Robert Wenley, French Bronzes in the Wallace Collection, The Trustees of the Wallace Collection, London 2002 pp. 90-91.