French school of the end of the 18th century - Lot 346

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French school of the end of the 18th century - Lot 346
French school of the end of the 18th century Children playing around a dog Carved ivory plaque Bears the date " 1781 " and an illegible signature in its lower part H. 12,5 x W. 6 cm, in a frame on a red background H. 17,5 x W. 24 cm AL-EJ Small traces of glue Related literature : Anne Poulet, Guilhem Scherf, Clodion 1738-1814, cat. exp. Paris, Musée du Louvre, 17 March-29 June 1992, Paris, RMN ed. 1992, terracotta model illustrated under fig. 89, p. 162 François Duquesnoy's famous bacchanals were a great inspiration to 18th-century French artists, especially Clodion. In the 1770s, Clodion reinterpreted this iconography with children playing around a dog. The success of this theme led, at the turn of the 18th century, to the production of numerous plates in bronze, terracotta or ivory.
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