19th century FRENCH school after Jean-Baptiste II LEMOYNE (1 - Lot 179

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19th century FRENCH school after Jean-Baptiste II LEMOYNE (1 - Lot 179
19th century FRENCH school after Jean-Baptiste II LEMOYNE (1704-1778) Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757), writer Bust in patinated terra cotta. Accident to the pedestal. H. 62 cm RELATED WORKS: Jean-Baptiste II Lemoyne, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, 1748, marble, H. 66 cm, Château de Versailles, inv. MV 850; Jean-Baptiste II Lemoyne, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, 1748, terracotta, H. 59 cm, Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. 1974-4. RELATED LITERATURE: Claire Barbillon, Catherine Chevillot, Sculptures du XVIIe au XXe siècle : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Paris, Somogy, 2017, terracotta model listed under no. 18, pp. 90-91; Simone Hoog, Musée national du Château de Versailles. Les sculptures, Paris, RMN, 1993, marble model listed under n°630, p. 150. Jean-Baptiste II Lemoyne, sculptor-portraitist to Louis XV, made the marble bust of Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle in 1745, which was preserved until the artist's workshop was dispersed at the time of his death. In 1839, the marble was acquired by Louis-Philippe to complete the collection of the Historical Galleries of Versailles. He also executed this terracotta bust between March and August 1748 as a token of appreciation for his appointment as an associate member of the Institution of Rouen. The work was presented at the Salon of the same year and met with great success, leading to the production of several terracotta copies by Lemoyne. Later on, Jean Pouzadoux (1829-1893) produced plaster casts with a patina, one of which is kept at the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (entered in 1885, inv. MOU.00593).
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