Pair Of Neoclassical Terracotta Statues, Faun And Bacchante After Clodion

A pair of Neoclassical terracotta statues depicting a mythological couple: a Faun, mounted on goat's legs and horned, drinking from a wineskin, and a Bacchante with bunches of grapes. Louis XVI style, 19th-century work. Both statues are signed Clodion on the base. Clodion, pseudonym of Claude Michel, born December 20, 1738, in Nancy and died March 29, 1814, in Paris, was a sculptor from Lorraine who, from 1766, became a French citizen. Claude Michel, whose mother came from the Adam dynasty of sculptors, spent his early life and training in Nancy and then Lille. In 1755, he entered the Parisian workshop of his maternal uncle, the sculptor Lambert Sigisbert Adam, and later became a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. He received the Grand Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1759 and traveled to Rome from 1762 to 1771. In 1773, he was accepted by the Academy and received his first commission from the King in 1779 for a statue of Montesquieu. At the end of his career, he retired to Lorraine. A beautiful and substantial decorative ensemble, the sculpture is hand-carved and very fine. Ideal for a living room or on a console table in a vestibule. An elegant addition to 18th-century décor. Very good condition, with old restorations to the reattached leg of each figure. Beautiful antique patina. Height 36 and 34 cm