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Pair Of Bronze Busts: Voltaire And Rousseau, French 18th Century Circa 1770
Pair of Busts: Voltaire and Rousseau, French 18th Century circa 1770
Bronze, marble, gilt-bronze, height: 20 and 19.5 cm
Probably made in Paris around 1770.
They represent the two great writers and philosophers, Rousseau and Voltaire.
Votaire, whose real name is François Marie Arouet (1694-1778) is represented in antique style, according to the iconography of the bust made a few months before his death in 1788 by the sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828).
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) is dressed in a coat and a fur cap in the Armenian fashion, according to the iconography of a portrait made by the painter during his exile in London in 1766 by Allan Ramsay (1713-1784).
Very good condition, the base of the bust of Voltaire is a little bit loose.
Shipping in Europe: EUR 25
Bronze, marble, gilt-bronze, height: 20 and 19.5 cm
Probably made in Paris around 1770.
They represent the two great writers and philosophers, Rousseau and Voltaire.
Votaire, whose real name is François Marie Arouet (1694-1778) is represented in antique style, according to the iconography of the bust made a few months before his death in 1788 by the sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828).
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) is dressed in a coat and a fur cap in the Armenian fashion, according to the iconography of a portrait made by the painter during his exile in London in 1766 by Allan Ramsay (1713-1784).
Very good condition, the base of the bust of Voltaire is a little bit loose.
Shipping in Europe: EUR 25
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