Lot 251: A BRONZE GROUP OF ADONIS RESTING AFTER THE HUNT

A BRONZE GROUP OF ADONIS RESTING AFTER THE HUNT
AFTER A MODEL BY NICOLAS COUSTOU (1658-1733), FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Depicted seated on a tree stump and with a dog by his right side; on an integrally cast naturalistic base; medium brown patina with brassy high points; with a paper label to the underside inscribed 'Cat. No 45b Coll. Mr. D. Daniels, N.Y.'
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high; 17 in. (43 cm.) high, overall

New York, Knoedler & Co., The French Bronze 1500-1800, 6 - 27 Nov. 1968, no. 45A-B.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
F. Souchal, French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th centuries - The Reign of Louis XIV, Oxford, 1977, I. no. 52, pp. 168-169.
F. Souchal, Les Feres Coustou - Nicolas (1658-1733) - Guillaume (1677-1746), Paris, 1980.
J.-R. Gaborit, Sculpture Franaise II - Renaissance et Temps Modernes, Paris, 1998, I, p. 166.

David Daniels Collection, New York.

A BRONZE GROUP OF ADONIS RESTING AFTER THE HUNT
AFTER A MODEL BY NICOLAS COUSTOU (1658-1733), FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Depicted seated on a tree stump and with a dog by his right side; on an integrally cast naturalistic base; medium brown patina with brassy high points; with a paper label to the underside inscribed 'Cat. No 45b Coll. Mr. D. Daniels, N.Y.'
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high; 17 in. (43 cm.) high, overall