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After Christophe-Gabriel ALLEGRAIN (1710-1795). Venus in the bath. Carved white marble on a circular base. Height 86 cm (small chip on the back of the base) La Vénus sortant du bain, also known as La Baigneuse, was commissioned in 1755 by the Marquis de Marigny, Director General of Bâtiments du roi, for his Château de Choisy-le-Roi. It was noticed at the Salon in 1767, notably by Denis Diderot: "Belle, belle, sublime figure, they even say the most beautiful, the most perfect figure of a woman that moderns have made." Louis XV bought it in 1772 for the Countess du Barry, who installed it in the grounds of the Château de Louveciennes. Entered the Louvre Museum under the July Monarchy, the original still hangs under the glass roofs of the Cour Puget.
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After Christophe-Gabriel ALLEGRAIN (1710-1795). Venus in the bath. Carved white marble on a circular base. Height 86 cm (small chip on the back of the base) La Vénus sortant du bain, also known as La Baigneuse, was commissioned in 1755 by the Marquis de Marigny, Director General of Bâtiments du roi, for his Château de Choisy-le-Roi. It was noticed at the Salon in 1767, notably by Denis Diderot: "Belle, belle, sublime figure, they even say the most beautiful, the most perfect figure of a woman that moderns have made." Louis XV bought it in 1772 for the Countess du Barry, who installed it in the grounds of the Château de Louveciennes. Entered the Louvre Museum under the July Monarchy, the original still hangs under the glass roofs of the Cour Puget.
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