FRENCH ECOLE OF THE 19th CENTURY AFTER CHRISTOPHE-GABRIEL ALLEGRAIN (1710-1795) Bather called Venus coming out of the bath Gilt bronze Bears a signature (sic) ALLEGRIN (for Allegrain) Bears the stamp of the publisher "EDR DELESALLE (Wear to the patina) A French school giltbronze bather, after Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain's work, 19th century 41 CM - 16,1 IN Related work : -Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain, Bather known as Venus emerging from the bath, 1767, H. 174 cm, Paris, Musée du Louvre, n°Inv. M.R. 1747 King Louis XV commissioned Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain to paint a marble Venus emerging from the bath to decorate the Château de Choisy, now in the Louvre. The sketch was presented at the Salon of 1757, the critics then welcomed the marble at the Salon of 1767, Diderot said about it "Beautiful, beautiful, sublime figure, they even say the most beautiful, the most perfect figure of a woman that moderns have made. The work was finally offered by the king to his favorite Madame du Barry in 1772 and placed in the park of the château de Louveciennes. The bronze editors of the 19th century took over the subject which was very popular in reduced dimensions to decorate bourgeois interiors. "400