Late 18th century French school - Lot 178

Late 18th century French school Vestale or Winter Patinated bronze proof on a cylindrical marble base Height: 33 cm Bears a collector's label / Sale / Inventory: numbered 49 and dated 1787 Provenance: Sale Beaussant 204, May 15, 2019 The same model, embellished with a brazier, was produced in terra cotta for the Manufacture de Sèvre under Boizot's direction in 1788. Related work :-Ss direction de Boizot pour la manufacture de Sèvres, L'Hiver ou Saison 1ère Grandeur, 1788, terracotta, dim. 39 x 14,5 x 14 cm, Sèvres, Manufacture de Sèvres, inv.MNC 7740 Related literature:- Ss dir. Tamara Préaud and Guilhem Scherf, La Manufacture des Lumières, La Sculpture à Sèvres de Louis XV à la Révolution, éd.Faton, 2015, p.316." Expert : Cabinet Sculptures et Collections a.lacroix@sculptureetcollection.com