Yellow-pink wax bas-relief depicting the Sacrifrice à l'Amou - Lot 259

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Yellow-pink wax bas-relief depicting the Sacrifrice à l'Amou - Lot 259
Yellow-pink wax bas-relief depicting the Sacrifrice à l'Amour (Love Sacrifice) France, late 18th/early 19th century Set in a blackened wooden frame, under glass with brass fillet; bearing a paper label on the reverse Souvenir de Mr ******/***22 *** 1878 Diameter: 14 cm Height with frame: 25.5 cm Comparative bibliographies: R.J. Campbell, 'The sculptor as draftsman' in Minneapolis Bulletin, LXV, 1981-82, pp. 102-103. Paris, Musée du Louvre, L. Poulet, G. Scherf, Clodion, 1738-1814, March 17 - June 29, 1992, cat. exhibition, p. 386, no. 85-86. A wax bas-relief of the same composition, Sacrifice à l'Amour, of similar dimensions, is in the Musée Fabre, Montpelier (inv. 825.1.352). It is described as Italy, 18th century, wedding medal of the Countess of Albany. The present lot can also be compared with the wax bas-reliefs created by Jean Guillaume Moitte's (1746-1810) pupil, the sculptor Antoine-François Gérard (1760-1843), who worked in wax on the subjects of jeux bachiques à l'antique and the theme of Love. A yellow-pink wax low-relief depicting the Sacrifice of love, French, late 18th century/ early 19th century Isabelle d'Amécourt Art Advisory Expert - Member of the Syndicat Français des Experts Professionnels en Œuvres d'Art et Objets de Collection (SFEP) + 33 (0)6 83 22 16 04 isabelle@idamecourt.com
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