LOT DETAILS

Materials:

terracotta

Measurements:

10.24 in. (26.00 cm.) (height) by 9.65 in. (24.50 cm.) (width) by 3.74 in. (9.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated Regis Sculptor. 1779.' verso

Condition:

accidents, restorations, small gaps

Exhibited:

Probablement Salon de 1779, Paris, n° 198 : "Le pouvoir de l'Amour" (parmi les esquisses en terre cuite)

Literature:

Henri Stein, 'Augustin Pajou', Paris, 1912, p. 220, repr. p. 241 ; James David Draper et Guilhem Scherf James David Draper et Guilhem Scherf, 'Pajou. Sculpteur du Roi 1730-1809', cat. exp. Paris-New York, 1997, mentionné dans la chronologie p. 388