Two 18th-century mythological sculptures in bronze with a brown patina, forming a pair. One depicts Pan, the protector god of shepherds, in contrapposto on a tree trunk in the antique style, and the other, a Vestal Virgin draped in a stola and palla with an embroidered frieze on its lower portion. Each figure rests on a circular plinth of white Carrara marble enhanced with a frieze of gilded pearl thread. The figure of Pan holds a gilded flower stem with a still-closed bud. The Vestal Virgin holds a ewer from which springs a stem with a blossoming flower. A circular base of blue Turquin marble, encircled by a heart-shaped motif highly favored during the reign of Louis XVI, elevates each of the two statuettes.
The Louis XVI style is distinguished here by its taste for Greco-Roman antiquity and its mythological themes imbued with moral values dear to the kingdom. It precedes the Directoire style, which would pay more particular homage to Ancient Egypt.
Base dimensions: 9 cm x 9 cm (3.54 in x 3.54 in)
Circa: 1770
Dim: L: 9cm, D: 9cm, H: 34cm.
Dim: W: 3.5in, D: 3.5in, H: 13.4in.
Condition report : In very good condition.
- Reference :
- 3254
- Width :
- 9 (cm)
- Height :
- 34 (cm)
- Depth :
- 9 (cm)
- Era ::
- 18th century
- Style ::
- Louis XVI
- Materials :)
- Bronze, gilded bronze, marble
- Identify Exists:
- False
