LOT DETAILS

Materials:

terracotta, with Louis XVI style ormolu base

Size Notes:

base height: 8 cm

Markings:

signed and dated: CLODION.1800

Literature:

Description of the works of art forming the collection of Alfred de Rothschild, London, 1884, no. 129. Art Journal, 1885, pp. 240-242. A. L. Poulet and G. Scherf, Clodion 1738-1814, (exh. cat.), Musée du Louvre, 12 March - 29 June 1992, pp. 66-67, 327 and 485, fig. 39

Provenance:

Alfred Charles, Baron de Rothschild CVO, London, by 1884. Thence by descent to Major Edmund Leopold de Rothschild, London. With Wildenstein & Company, New York. American private collection. Property from a Private American Collection, Christie's New York, 13 June 1987, lot 259. Where acquired by the present owner