Terracotta Signed Jean Gossin

Satyr playing the flute, Patinated terracotta proof signed on the terrace. height: 125 cm reference works: -Italy, fluting satyr, 2nd half of the 1st century AD. J-Cmarbre, H.133cm, Paris, Musée du Louvre, inv.MR 187 Leaning on a tree trunk, his shoulder covered with a Panther skin, a young beast finishes his piece of flute. Inspired by an original bronze dating from the 4th century BC and following in the wake of the creations of Praxiteles and Lysippos the Ancient, its Roman copy preserved in the Borghese collection enjoyed great fame from the 17th century, a time when it is copied for King Louis XI. It was then purchased in 1807 by Napoleon I and exhibited at the central museum in 1815. The antique was widely admired and was reproduced throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Here to preserve the decency of the 19th century, took the liberty of using panther skin as a veil of modesty. our terracotta is in good general condition, a restoration at the level of the flute. Some small chips to the patina. Louis Gossin (1846-1928)