A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND MALACHITE FIGURAL GROUPS
THE FIGURES AFTER THE MODELS BY DENIERE & MATELIN, THE PLINTHS POSSIBLY RUSSIAN, CIRCA 1810
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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND MALACHITE FIGURAL GROUPS
THE FIGURES AFTER THE MODELS BY DENIERE & MATELIN, THE PLINTHS POSSIBLY RUSSIAN, CIRCA 1810
Two identical French sculptures in bronze on ormolu-mounted red marble plinths are in the collection of The Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia (see Exhibition catalogue, French Decorative Bronze of the 18th Century in the Collection of the Hermitage, Leningrad, 1988, nos. 60 and 61 (illustrated). These present models were popular in the early 19th century and were reproduced in bronze and ormolu as sculptures, as well as decoration for various clocks, lamps, and candelabra.
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Overall with some minor wear and rubbing to the ormolu, the lyre in "The Reconciliation" lacking one securing screw, the strings slightly loose, but secure, and the lyre itself slightly loose on the figures back, but also secure, the malachite with some minor nicks and tiny chips, some 'nibbling' to the edges, each on a modern wooden base also with some minor wear, nicks, and tiny scratches.
231⁄4 in. (59.1 cm.) high, 105⁄8 in. (27 cm. long, 63⁄4 in. (17.2 cm.) deep, the taller 227⁄8 in. (58.1 cm.) high, 105⁄8 in. (27 cm. long, 63⁄4 in. (17.2 cm.) deep, the shorter
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THE FIGURES AFTER THE MODELS BY DENIERE & MATELIN, THE PLINTHS POSSIBLY RUSSIAN, CIRCA 1810A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND MALACHITE FIGURAL GROUPSEstimate: USD 12,000 - 18,000
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