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66 - AFTER FRANCOIS-MARIE SUZANNE (CIRCA 1750-AFTER 1802): BUST OF VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET, 1694-1778)
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AFTER FRANCOIS-MARIE SUZANNE (CIRCA 1750-AFTER 1802): BUST OF VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET, 1694-1778) a French patinated bronze bust, probably second quarter 19th century, finely detailed in full curled wig, frilled shirt and frogged coat, on slender socle and a fluted column resting on a gilt laurel wreath and square rouge griotte marble base, 26cm high overall Provenance: Collection of Jeremy Mason, removed from Hoyles House, Wandsworth The bust is taken from a full length plaster figure, executed with its companion, a figure of Rousseau, by the little known French sculptor François-Marie Suzanne, the pair presented in 1792 to the French revolutionary parliament. Bronze versions were cast as both figures and busts, which are commonly misattributed to Rosset or Caffieri: see a pair figures sold in this room, 24 May 2023, lot 69; a bust held by the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Inv.No.M.121-1961, and a pair figures held by the Louvre, Paris, Inv.No.OA 5297/8.
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