21st May, 2025 11:00
European Works of Art, Objects & Silver
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PIERRE JEAN DAVID D'ANGERS (1788-1856): LIBERTE
a French brown patinated bronze figure, Bardedienne Foundry, Paris, circa 1849, the personnification of Liberty (or Marianne) holding a rifle to her left and clutching in her other hand laurel branches and a scroll inscribed '1830 / 1848' commemorating the July Monarchy, square base inscribed to front 'LIBERTÉ LIBERTÉ CHERIE / COMBATS AVEC TES DÉFENSEURS', signed and dated to one side 'P.J. DAVID / 1849', to the other 'F. BARBEDIENNE. FONDEUR.', mounted on a black slate square plinth, bronze 14cm high, overall 24.5cm
a French brown patinated bronze figure, Bardedienne Foundry, Paris, circa 1849, the personnification of Liberty (or Marianne) holding a rifle to her left and clutching in her other hand laurel branches and a scroll inscribed '1830 / 1848' commemorating the July Monarchy, square base inscribed to front 'LIBERTÉ LIBERTÉ CHERIE / COMBATS AVEC TES DÉFENSEURS', signed and dated to one side 'P.J. DAVID / 1849', to the other 'F. BARBEDIENNE. FONDEUR.', mounted on a black slate square plinth, bronze 14cm high, overall 24.5cm
Auction: European Works of Art, Objects & Silver, 21st May, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The auction ‘European Works of Art, Objects and Silver’ is one of our biannual live sales offering a range of ceramics, sculpture, works of art and silver from around the world, as well as objects of vertu.
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