Ref: 938
Two Models for a Silver Surtout
Ref: 938
Two Models for a Silver Surtout
Circa 1750 / 1760
18 cm (7¹/₈ inches)
18 cm (7¹/₈ inches)
Description: Adhesive label "594," probably an old collection number.
Pencil markings on the boys' bodies.
Patinated terracotta on a round, gilded wooden base.
Executed with exceptional fineness and attention to detail, these most likely served as models for an important silver work—presumably by Salière—during the Régence period.
Pencil markings on the boys' bodies.
Patinated terracotta on a round, gilded wooden base.
Executed with exceptional fineness and attention to detail, these most likely served as models for an important silver work—presumably by Salière—during the Régence period.
Provenance: before 1929 Collection Marius Paulme (1863-1928), Paris; Private Collection North Rhine-Westphalia
Literature: Auction catalog Collection Marius Paulme, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 15, 1929, p. 34, lot 307 - 308, ill. plate 204
(28,000 francs)
Auction catalog Sotheby’s auction, Paris, April 6, 2011, lot 133
(28,000 francs)
Auction catalog Sotheby’s auction, Paris, April 6, 2011, lot 133
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Two Models for a Silver Surtout