Each marked 'F. BARBEDIENNE. FONDEUR.' and with the Achille Collas reduction stamps
10³⁄₄ in. (27.5 cm.) high

Acquired from Mary Wise Antiques, London, 1995.

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The original statues on which the present bronzes are based were made for the gardens at Marly and are now housed in the Louvre, Paris. The figure of Atalanta is after Pierre Lepautre's marble of 1704 and Hippomenes after Guillaume Coustou's marble of 1712.

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