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Lot 514: FIGURE REPRESENTANT PROSERPINE

Est: €8,000 EUR - €12,000 EURSold:
Christie'sParis, FranceFebruary 23, 2009

Item Overview

Description

FIGURE REPRESENTANT PROSERPINE
ENTOURAGE DE PIERRE LE GROS (1666-1719), FRANCE, XVIIIEME SIECLE
En bronze, représentée debout tenant un épi de maïs dans sa main gauche; reposant sur une base rectangulaire entièrement moulée, et sur un piédestal d'époque postérieure en marbre; traces de patine noire
Hauteur: 23.5 cm. (9¼ in.), Hauteur totale: 35 cm. (13¾ in.)

Artist or Maker

Notes

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT payable at 19.6% (5.5% for books) will be added to the buyer’s premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

A BRONZE FIGURE OF PROSERPINA
CIRCLE OF PIERRE LE GROS (1666-1719), FRENCH, 18TH CENTURY
Depicted standing and holding up a head of corn in her left hand; on an integral rectangular bronze plinth and later back marble pedestal; with traces of a dark black patina

Auction Details

Collection Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé

by
Christie's
February 23, 2009, 07:00 PM CET

9 Avenue Matignon, Paris, 75008, FR