AFTER BARTHÉLEMY PRIEUR | BATHING WOMAN
Lot Closed
May 27, 03:47 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
AFTER BARTHÉLEMY PRIEUR
Circa 1536-1611
BATHING WOMAN
bronze, on an ebonised wood base൩ with gilt me💙tal mounts
Executed in France, 18th century.
bronze: 21.5cm., 8½in.; base: 7.5cm., 3in.
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Probably acquired by Ro♕bert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim (1732ও-1804)
Thence by descent, Killadoon House, Ireland
Its sa꧅le, Sotheby's, L🐲ondon, 21 January 2020, lot 5
This beautiful bronze follows a model by the inf🐻luential French Mannerist sculptor, Barthélemy Prieur. Compare the cast from the collection of Yv♎es Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé sold at Christie's, Paris, on 23-25 February 2009 as lot 620.