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CHALON ENCHERES - Maître Virginie PILLON
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* James PRADIER (1790–1852) (after) – ‘Juliette Récamier as …
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265
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* James PRADIER (1790–1852) (after) – ‘Juliette Récamier as …
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Judicial lot
Description
* James PRADIER (1790–1852) (after) – ‘Juliette Récamier as a Vestal Virgin’. A bust portrait in medallion/tondo format, carved in bas-relief on alabaster, signed “J. PRADIER” beneath the model’s left shoulder. In a blackened wooden frame (shows signs of wear, restored).
Diameter: approx. 23.5 cm; 34.5 cm including the frame.
(Shows signs of wear, scuffs, stains).
Note: it is said that, at the request of Madame Récamier, the artist drew inspiration from the famous bust (this one in the round) sculpted by Antonio Canova (1819–1822, Lyon, MBA, no. A 2921).
Bibliography: Claude Lapaire, 2010, ‘James Pradier and French Sculpture of the Romantic Generation’, catalogue raisonné, published by SIK-ISEA/5 Continents, Milan, p. 169 and no. 303, p. 362.
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Ref. : J4826-709
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