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Tue 14 May

Scultura - Sculpture Half-bust of a notable Marble Italy, 18th century h 51 cm A Sculpture Half-Bust of a Notable Marble Italy, 18th century h 51 cm

Tue 14 May

Scultura - Sculpture Bust of Venetian Moor Marble Venice, 20th century h 72 cm A Sculpture Bust of a Venetian Moor Marble Venice, 20th century h 72 cm

Wed 15 May

Bust of the young Octavian White Carrara marble. On original round base H 57 cm. Rome, 19th century. Provenance Formerly in the collection of Professor Dr. Carl Fraenkel (1861 - 1915). German private property, acquired by the descendants.

Wed 15 May

Fragment of a bust White marble with brown spots (ground find?). Flattened female torso with robe on the back, a round clasp on the right shoulder. Horizontal crack. H 36, w approx. 49, skirted H 50 cm. Provincial Roman, probably 2nd/3rd century AD. Provenance Spanish private collection, in family ownership for 150 years.

Wed 15 May

Venus Medici White Carrara marble. Thumb lost, tip of the index finger reattached. H 99 cm. Italy, 19th century. The statue is a replica of the Roman marble sculpture that was rediscovered in the 16th century, which in turn was probably based on a model by the Hellenistic sculptor Praxiteles. The life-size marble figure was owned by the Medici until it entered the collection of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence at the end of the 17th century. The statue quickly became a famous object of study for artists and sculptors and was copied many times. Beautiful to look at from all sides, the undressed woman presents herself shamefacedly, hiding her breasts and lap with both hands; her head is turned to the side, as if a viewer is surprising her from there. Provenance Acquired from Kunstsalon Franke in 2000. Literature Cf. Boschung, Die Rezeption antiker Statuen als Diskurs. The example of the Venus Medici, in: Schade/Rößler/Schäfer (eds.), Zentren und Wirkungsräume der Antikenrezeption, Paderborn 2007, p. 165 ff.

Wed 15 May

A Burmese carved limestone head of Buddha 17th/18th century Carved with serene expression and downcast eyes beneath a neat hairline,11.5cm high,on wood plinth. Provenance: Property from the estate of the late David Cornwell, best known as the author John le Carré.

Wed 15 May

Head of a man wearing a moustache and turban Limestone 20 cm 16th-17th centuries

Wed 15 May

GEOLOGY. - PAQUIER (V). Recherches géologiques dans le Diois et les baronnies orientales. Grenoble, Allier frères, 1900. In-4, green half-maroquin, ribbed spine, untrimmed, damaged covers (Ep. binding). Maps and plates. Spine faded. Also included: - DERYAUX (Antoine). Découverte de la vraie cause de la précession des équinoxes ainsi que de la rétrogradation des nœuds de la lune contre l'ordre des signes du Zodiaque. Vienne, Timon frère, September 15, 1850. In-8, blue half calf, ribbed spine, gilt head. "This important discovery, which has torn the veil in which astronomical science was shrouded, is destined to give the solution of many phenomena which, until now, had been only very imperfectly understood." Dark spine. - GUEYMARD (Émile). Sur la minéralogie, la géologie et la métallurgie du département de l'Isère. Grenoble, Baratier frères et fils, 1831. In-8, bradel, orange half-percaline, smooth spine decorated, brown title page (Rel. XIXe s.). First edition of this statistic published at the expense of the department. One folding map. Some foxing. - ROCHAS (Jacques François Joseph de). Nouveau pas sur les sentiers de la nature concernant les causes physiques des secousses réitérées des tremblements de terre. System on the materiality of the axis of the terrestrial globe. Gap, J.-B. Genou, May 15 and June 28 1808. In-12, fawn half-calf, ornate smooth spine, brown title page, gilt head (modern binding). Second, enlarged edition published on June 25, 1808 (the original edition appeared on May 15). Staining. - VICAT (L. J.). Résumé des connaissances positives actuelles sur les qualités, le choix et la convenance réciproque des matériaux propres à la fabrication des mortiers et des ciments calcaires. Paris, Firmin Didot, 1828. In-4, mustard half calf, smooth spine decorated, black title (modern binding). Mottling. Stamp. Expert : Ségolène Beauchamp

Wed 15 May

"Stylized female nude" in black veined white marble. Anonymous. Period: 20th century. H.:+/-57cm.

Wed 15 May

BESSI Giuseppe (1857 - 1922) - "Bust of Joan of Arc" in marble and sculpted alabaster. Signed G. Bessi. Resting on a serpentine torso column with octagonal base. Circa 1900 (** to a corner of the base of the bust). H.(bust):+/-54cm. H.(column):+/-107,5cm.

Thu 16 May

Guglielmo PUGI (c.1850-1915) after Joseph CHINARD. Alabaster bust of Madame Récamier. Signed behind the pedestal. Height: 46.5 cm

Thu 16 May

Christian Daniel Rauch - Christian Daniel Rauch Johann Wolfgang von Goethe White marble. Inscribed on the reverse of the bust "C. D. RAUCH" and "GEB. MICHELI BERLIN". Christian Daniel Rauch created the model for his bust of Goethe on August 20-21, 1820 in Weimar. Rauch's bust was presented at the Academy exhibition in Berlin in September 1820 and received both recognition and criticism for its vivid naturalism. This probably best-known portrait of Goethe still shapes posterity's image of the most important German poet. Since the middle of the 19th century, replicas in marble of this so-called A-tempo bust have been made by the "Gipsformerei Großberlin" of the Micheli brothers, whereby the original semicircular bust end was changed to a more angular herm end. Height 67.5 cm. Provenance Bethmann-Hollweg/Westphal art dealership. - 922nd Lempertz auction, Berlin, 28.5.2008, lot 341 - German private collection. Literature For the exemplary bust by Rauch and the marble replicas by the Micheli brothers, see Jutta von Simson: Christian Daniel Rauch - Œuvrekatalog, Berlin 1996, pp. 175-179, no. 100 with illus.

Thu 16 May

Two Chinese grey stoneware figures of attendants Western Xia dynasty Each standing with their hands clasped before their torso under the thickly-folded sleeves, the figures staring straight ahead with a stern expression, wood stands, 23cm high (2). Provenance : Archangel, 10 October & 22 June 2003. 西夏 石雕人像兩件 來源：Archangel，2003年6月22日及10月10日。（收據）

Fri 17 May

Affortunato GORY (1895-1925) Woman's face Carrara marble sculpture Direct cut Signed on the side H: 18; W: 19; D: 11.5 cm

Sat 18 May

Adolfo CIPRIANI, active between 1180 and 1930. Bust portrait of a young girl in black-veined alabaster, circa 1900. Height: 47 cm

Sat 18 May

BUST of a young woman in white marble, titled "Jeunesse". Height: 30 cm

Sat 18 May

PORTRAIT of a young woman in alabaster circa 1900 on a marble base. H on base: 29 cm (accident)

Sat 18 May

Louis Charles BEYLARD (ca 1850-1925). Bust of a little girl, 1912. White marble proof signed and dated. Onyx pedestal (pedestal missing). Height including pedestal: 36 cm

Sat 18 May

Georges FLAMAND (1895-1925). APPLIQUE SCULPTURE in alabaster depicting a woman's face emerging from a flower. Signed (accident). Diameter: 21 cm

Sat 18 May

Adolfo CIPRIANI, active between 1880 and 1930. Portrait of an Oriental woman in bust form, circa 1900, in alabaster. Signed. Green marble pedestal. H. excluding pedestal: 34 cm

Sat 18 May

Adolfo LUCHINI, 19th-20th century. Dancer saluting. Sculpture in alabaster and onyx, signed. H: 62.5 cm

Sat 18 May

Anonymous, early 20th century Young fisherwoman Alabaster sculpture, unsigned Size: 33 x 17 x 11.5 cm Expert : SASU Expertises Tellier, Paris / Marc-Henri TELLIER

Sat 18 May

BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURE IN MARMER - "Ours polaire" - Style POMPON - L: 36 cm

Sat 18 May

GERARD HOLMENS (1934 - 1995) - GERARD HOLMENS (1934 - 1995) - "Opus 6" - Large sculpture in polished marble - Signed - Dated 1978 - H: 91 cm

Sat 18 May

Marble sculpture Bathing of Venus. 19th-20th century. Marble sculpture Bathing of Venus. The textbook iconography dates back to the Roman example of the same name from the 2nd century BC. The goddess sits down and draws water from a sacred spring. Multidirectional movements of the hands and head focus attention on the gaze, as if containing a question about the nature of the divine. The gaze is turned to the water or reflection. Leaving a jug prolongs the time of contemplation. Figure dimensions: 89x50x49 cm. Weight: 120 kg. Width: 50cm, Height: 89cm, Depth: 49cm, Weight: 120kg, Condition: Good, Material: Marble, ID: ID-ANTQ-8556

Sun 19 May

Plaster, bronze, bust portrait of a Cossack. 1909 year. H-62 cm. A bust of highly artistic modeling, demonstrates a psychological portrait of a Cossack in a fur hat and gazyry. Buttoned tightly, ceremoniously facing the viewer in the front. The chin is proudly raised, but the look of tired and intelligent eyes is lowered and immersed in itself, as if in fate. Dramatic sculpting of a hat and a slight turn of the head create an amazing, piercing depth of the image; passions of doubt, obedience to purpose. The work has a high artistic value. Signed and dated 1909 on the back in the lower right corner. Width: 55cm, Height: 62cm, Depth: 35cm, Weight: 12kg, Condition: Signs of wear commensurate with age, Material: Bronzing, ID: ID-ANTQ-3050

Sun 19 May

Horse head on a pedestal. A heroic portrait of a horse, with a proudly arched neck, a developing mane and open nostrils. Like an antique Bucephalus, it is erected on a textured stone pedestal that sets off the polished surface of onyx. Width: 58cm, Height: 63cm, Depth: 17cm, Weight: 50kg, Condition: Good, Material: Marble, ID: ID-ANTQ-5545

Sun 19 May

A sculptural composition installed on a pedestal, capturing in stone the kiss of a young man and a girl in love, made of alabaster in the impressionist style in the 20th century. On the pedestal is a signature in stone by Giancarlo Biagi. Height with pedestal: 49 cm. Width: 30cm, Height: 49cm, Depth: 23cm, Weight: 20kg, Condition: Good, with traces of use, Material: Alabaster, ID: ID-ANTQ-7854

Sun 19 May

A bust of a bearded man in the characteristic style of Arabia Felix, a region that roughly fits the borders of modern Yemen. This bust appears to be made primarily of alabaster, with a slightly rounded but flattened face and slightly protruding lips. The long slender nose is of the same piece as the rest of the stone, but it is purple, showing the artist's careful selection of the stone and how to carve it to ensure that this unique section would become the striking nose. The eyeholes are deeply cut and may once have been inset with some other material to represent the eyes themselves. Above the eyes are think, angular eyebrows which give the face a stern look. The beard and moustache are made of many small drilled holes and appear to have been filled with some sort of dark material in the past which has mostly disappeared now, with the most obvious examples remaining being on the front of the face. The head appears to have once been attached to a large body. The rear of the head is left rough, implying that it was not expected to be seen. Arabia Felix - CA. 100 BC - 300 AD Dimensions: H: 7 3/4 in., (19.7 cm.) Good overall with only minor scuffs and scrapes in some places.

Sun 19 May

An interesting marble bust of a robed woman with a removeable head. The woman wears her hair parted in the middle and pulled back into a large bun tied at the back of her head, the head as a whole having somewhat worn features due to erosion. The base of the neck is shaped such that it fits into the top of the chest piece of the bust. Ancient Hellenistic World - CA. 100 BC - 100 AD Dimensions: H: 7 1/4 in., (18.4 cm.) Good overall. Some sediment buildup, primarily on the rear of the piece. Some surface erosion throughout.

Sun 19 May

A well-crafted marble bust of a young man from the Roman World. His hair is made up of many finely carved curls. The angle of the head and the shape of the separation at the base of the neck implies that this piece may once have been part of a larger statue. Ancient Rome - CA. 1st - 2nd Century AD Dimensions: H: 6 3/4 in., (17.1 cm.) Good overall with some minor wear across surface due to age. Sediment deposits throughout.

Tue 21 May

Lot including : - Late 19th century school. Child and rabbit. Alabaster subject. (restoration). Presented on its onyx base. - Late 19th century school. Bust of a woman. Alabaster subject. Signed at the tip. (restored).

Tue 21 May

MALE HEAD IN LIMESTONE Cypriot art, 5th century BC Votive head representing a young man with almond-shaped eyes, a slight smile and a plant crown. Misses and chips. Height Height : 12.5 cm Provenance: Former French private collection, acquired in the 1960s from an antique dealer in Nîmes. Then by descent to the current owner A Cypriot limestone head of a youth, 5th century B.C.

Tue 21 May

FRAGMENTARY STUCCOED AND PAINTED RELIEF Egyptian art, New Kingdom, late 18th-early 19th dynasty, circa 1300 B.C. Stucco-coated sandstone relief, engraved in light relief with a procession of four male figures during a funeral scene. At the head of the procession are two viziers from Upper and Lower Egypt, with shaven heads and wearing long vizieral robes worn high over the torso. They raise their right hands to their mouths in mourning. Following them, a richly dressed figure adopts the same posture and wears a black wig. Two other figures complete the procession. Missing and worn. Length : 27 cm Provenance : Count Henri de Murard de Saint-Romain (1842-1911), Mâcon, acquired in Thebes Donated to the Académie de Mâcon, 1910 Sotheby's, New York, June 4, 2009: no. 94 (ill.) Galerie Chenel, Paris Collection of an amateur from Marseilles, acquired in 2012 Bibliography: Armand Duréault, "Une peinture funéraire égyptienne sur stuc", Annales de l'Académie de Mâcon, Troisième série, T. XVI, 1911, pp. 303-304, pl. VI An Egyptian fragmentary sandstone relief, New Kingdom, late 18th-early 19th Dynasty, circa 1300 B.C. At the time of its publication in 1911 in the Annalesde l'Académie de Mâcon, the relief, then in a slightly better state of preservation, still offered the possibility of partially deciphering the title of one of the protagonists: "The true royal scribe who loves him."

Tue 21 May

FRAGMENTARY RELIEF IN LIMESTONE Egyptian art, post-New Kingdom period Relief of a head in profile. Missing parts. Length : 17 cm Provenance : Former G. collection, Paris, before 1940 Millon, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, October 29, 2013: no. 74 (ill.) Collection of an amateur from Marseilles An Egyptian fragmentary limestone relief, post-New Kingdom

Tue 21 May

FRAGMENTARY MALE HEAD IN LIMESTONE Egyptian art, Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Head fragment from a statue of a man wearing a smooth skullcap. A dorsal pillar remains on the reverse. Height Height : 9.3 cm Provenance : Bonhams, London, April 26, 2001: no. 449 (ill.) Cahn Auktionen AG, Basel, November 9, 2013: no. 26 (ill.) Collection of an amateur from Marseilles An Egyptian fragmentary limestone male head, Late Period, 664-332 B.C.

Tue 21 May

SCULPTOR'S MODEL IN LIMESTONE Egyptian art, Ptolemaic period, 332-30 B.C. Male head with flat skull, wearing a nemes headdress nemes, of which only the headband remains at forehead level and exposing the ears. Visible chips. Surface chips. Height 10.3 cm Provenance : Former German collection, circa 1970 Galerie Eberwein, Paris Collection of an amateur from Marseilles, acquired in 2017 An Egyptian limestone sculptor's model, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.

Tue 21 May

SCULPTOR'S MODEL IN LIMESTONE Egyptian art, Ptolemaic period, 332-30 B.C. Male head with flattened top of the skull and headdress the ears. Visible chips. Surface chips. Height Height : 10.4 cm Provenance : Galerie l'Étoile d'Ishtar,Paris Collection of an amateur from Marseilles, acquired in 2001 An Egyptian limestone sculptor's model, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.

Tue 21 May

MALE SCULPTURE IN STONEWARE Cambodia, Khmer art, Prasat-Andet style, 8th century Depicted standing, wearing a sampot sampot tied at the side and draped in front to form a pocket, belted with a fine chain holding the sampot. sampot; restoration to the front of the torso. Height Height : 50 cm Provenance : According to the certificate: Roland Do Hu Collection Galerie Présence des Arts, Paris, Evrard de Rouvre (1923-1979) Michel C. Collection Guillaume H. Collection La Reine Margot, Paris Collection of an amateur from Marseilles, acquired in 2016 Bibliography: Mythes et Légendes, catalog n°39, Le Vin -Nectar des dieux, 2006, n°8495, p. 47 A sandstone male figure, Cambodia, Khmer Art, Prasat-Andet style, 8th century A sculpture of a Harihara wearing the same costume is preserved at the National Museum in Phnom-Penh and illustrated in Madeleine Giteau, Les Khmers - Sculptures khmers Reflets de la civilisation d'Angkor, 1972, p. 56, Fig. 17.

Tue 21 May

STATUE OF A FEMALE DIVINITY IN SANDSTONE Cambodia, Khmer art, Pre-Rup period, 10th century Depicted standing, slightly swaying, bare-chested, wearing a pleated pleated sampot held at the waist. Height: 37 cm Provenance : French private collection, acquired in the 1950s Galerie Jacques Barrère, Paris Collection of an amateur from Marseilles, acquired in 2018 A sandstone figure of a female deity, Cambodia, Khmer Art, Pre-Rup period, 10th century

Wed 22 May

19th century French or Italian school, after Antiquity Sleeping Hermaphrodite White marble group. On a rectangular molded base in turquoise-blue marble. Dim. without base: 12 x 51 x 25 cm Size with base: 23 x 55 x 28 cm (Base damaged and a few chips, chips and missing pieces). Copy of the Borghese Hermaphrodite in the Louvre since its acquisition in 1807. A Roman work, copied from a Greek original dating from the 2nd century BC, discovered in Rome in 1618 in the Baths of Diocletian. Numerous copies were made.

Wed 22 May

Banteay Srei style Shiva head; Cambodia, second half of the 10th century. Limestone. Work exhibited at Feriarte 2007. It has very slight damage. Measurements: 32,5 x 16,5 x 20 cm; 44 x 18 x 17 cm (with base). Shiva is one of the gods of the Trimurti or main trinity of Hinduism. He is the destroyer god, together with Brahma, creator god, and Vishnu, conservative god, although he does not incarnate the destruction without sense, but that one that also allows the regeneration, the change, the rebirth. Together with his consort Parvati (goddess with double aspect: maternal and demon slayer) he is the father of Ganesha (god of wisdom) and Kartikeia (god of war). In this particular case of the face of this carving it transmits a great dignity based on the symmetry of the features and the delicacy of the carving that is summarized in subtle details of soft carving. The lower part of the neck indicates that this piece was probably originally part of a larger sculpture. Banteay Srei is a 10th century A.D. Cambodian temple dedicated to the Hindu gods Shiva and Parvati, located in Angkor. The temple is known for the beauty of its sandstone lintels, sculptures and pediments.The building and sculptures are mostly constructed of hard red sandstone. The sandstone used for such elaborate carvings had to be of extraordinary quality. In fact, red sandstone is a hallmark of the Banteay Srei style, never used in other Angkor styles. Its hardness is also the reason why, even after a millennium, the Banteay Srei carvings are the best preserved examples of Angkorian relief art, almost unchanged, as there is hardly anything eroded. Work exhibited at Feriarte 2007. It has very slight damage.

Wed 22 May

Anonymous 20th century Portrait of Antonello Falqui Marble sculpture From family documentation it appears that the sculpture should have been created by Antonello Falqui's uncle. cm h 45x18x18 (with base) - Anonymous 20th century Portrait of Antonello Falqui Marble sculpture From family documentation it appears that the sculpture should have been created by Antonello Falqui's uncle. cm h 45x18x18 (with base)

Thu 23 May

White marble bust of a woman. 19th century (chips).

Fri 24 May

Bust of a Saint Woman or Virgin in sculpted limestone with traces of polychromy. With her head slightly bowed, she rests her left hand on her chest; a beautiful face (damaged) with lowered eyelids framed by long locks of hair resting on her shoulders; she is dressed in a dress with a neckline trimmed with pearls and a mantle held by a double cord, one side of which returns to her left arm. Eastern France, late 15th century Height: 57 cm - Width: 43 cm - Depth: 25 cm (Damage and missing parts) Expert : Cabinet Laurence Fligny

Fri 24 May

20th century school, Hippopotamus, modernist marble sculpture - Length: 33 cm Height: 15.5 cm

Fri 24 May

19th century school "Bust of a Woman"" Marble proof signed on the back (A LEGAINY?) H.: 85 cm (Accidents)

Fri 24 May

Etienne LENHOIR (1880-1910) Bust-length portrait of a young woman Marble high-relief proof signed Height: 25 cm

Fri 24 May

R. PARENT (XIX-XXth) "Bust of a woman Alabaster proof signed on a marble base Total height: 41 cm

Fri 24 May

Alphonse Henri NELSON (1854-1919) "Bust of a young woman Marble proof signed Height: 48 cm (Accident)

Sat 25 May

After Jean-Antoine HOUDON (1741-1828). "Little girl, Mademoiselle Brongniart". Bust on pedestal in Carrara marble. 48 x 24 x 13 cm. Small chips.

Sat 25 May

Carved Carrara marble bust of Diana, head turned to the left, her hair up, topped with roses. First half of the 19th century. 63 x 38 x 21 cm. Slight chips.

Sat 25 May

BUST in white Carrara marble carved in the round with a man's head, standing on a pedestal. Early 20th century. H. 50 cm.

Sat 25 May

20th century French school "Female bust Alabaster proof Height: 23 cm

Sat 25 May

Adolfo CIPRIANI (act.1880-1930) "Bust of a woman in a toga". Alabaster proof signed H.: 24.5 cm (Accidents)

Sun 26 May

Catalonia ?, 14th/15th century Man's head in limestone carved in the round. Portrait of a virile man with beardless face, clear forehead, deep-set eyes bordered by hemmed eyelids, strong nose, deep nasolabial folds, mouth with fleshy lower lip, prominent chin; short hair in rows of parallel curls, with curved ends. Height 24 Width 30.5 Depth 22.5 cm. (slight accidents) Pedestal. Total height 40.5 cm. Catalonia? 15th-16th C. A limestone head of a beardless man. On a base.

Sun 26 May

16th century work Emperor's bust in sculpted marble. Beardless head with short, curly hair, antique-style cuirass with pectoral adorned with a Gorgon mask, cloak fixed on the left shoulder by a fibula. Height 91 Width 78 Depth 32 cm. (erosions, particularly on the face, accidents) 16th C. A marble bust of an Emperor.

Sun 26 May

Attributed to Simon Guillain (Paris, 1581-1658) Head of Louis XIII as a child, c. 1610 in Tonnerre limestone carved in the round. The head is crowned with a high, fleur-de-lys crown and a laurel wreath worn over the hair; the face has full cheeks, prominent eyeballs, eyes with hemmed and hollowed lacrimal wattles, and a small mouth with loose lips; the medium-length hair forms a series of wavy, curly locks around the face, with the center drilled with a drill bit. Height 43.5 Width 27.5 Depth 28 cm (some accidents and missing parts) Pedestal. Total height 60.5 cm. Provenance: former collection of Jacques Pouillon (1935-2011), sculptor and antique dealer, Versailles. Attributed to Simon Guillain, ca. 1610. A large sculpted limestone head of King Louis XIII as a child. LA TÊTE DE LOUIS XIII ENFANT, by Laurence Fligny The fate of Louis the Thirteenth Following the assassination of his father Henri IV, young Louis was crowned king in Reims on October 17, 1610, at the age of nine, and took the name of Louis the Thirteenth. We still have a few engravings and drawings of this event, including one by François Quesnel at the Bnf, as well as tokens and medals. Other depictions of the young king at the same age show a child with rounded cheeks, as in Léonard Gaultier's engraving or the painting by Pourbus in the Pitti Palace. In addition to the "puffed cheeks" characteristic of the young monarch, this imposing stone head features protruding eyeballs with thick eyelids, another physical trait shown in portraits of the adult sovereign, such as the bronze bust produced around 1643, long attributed to Jean Varin and now given to Bordoni. A portrait of the king's glory None of these portraits, however, depicts him wearing both crowns, the royal and the laurel. We are therefore in the presence of an image glorifying the young Louis XIII at the age of his coronation. It's hard to imagine what type of commemorative monument this imposing head, over forty centimetres high, might have belonged to. The desire to create such a statue could only have emanated from a high authority, close to power, such as the regency of Marie de Médicis or the council of a large provincial town. However, the archives make no mention of such a commission. The limestone, analyzed by geologist Annie Blanc, is a "white mitritic limestone of the Tonnerre type". Although widely used in Burgundy and as far afield as Champagne, this stone was also used in Paris and the Paris region, as well as at Versailles, in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Simon Guillain, an outstanding sculptor For such an important effigy of the young king, the commissioner had to turn to an artist of some renown or with serious training. A few names come to mind of sculptors who might have responded to this type of commission in 1610: Barthélémy Tremblay (Louves-en-Parisis, circa 1568 - Paris, 1636), Guillaume Bertelot (Le Havre, circa 1583 - Paris, 1648) or Simon Guillain (Paris, 1589 - Paris, 1658). The latter, however, seems the most likely to be the author of this astonishing sculpture. Born in Paris in 1589, he was the son and pupil of sculptor Nicolas Guillain, known as Cambrai, who died in the capital in 1639. Founder, among other artists, of the Académie in 1648, Simon Guillain is best known as the author of the Pont au Change royal monument erected to the glory of the young Louis XIV, between 1639 and 1647, which depicted bronze statues of the sovereign - at the age of 9 - between Louis XIII and Anne of Austria, a monument considered to be the pinnacle of his career. All these sculptures are now in the Louvre. This was not his first depiction of the king, having previously created a full-length statue of Louis XIII to adorn the porte cochère of the consular judges' building on rue du Cloître Saint-Merri, demolished shortly after the Revolution. This stone sculpture depicted him "with submissive lions at his feet, alluding to his advantages over Spain". He is also known to have depicted Saint Louis as Louis XIII in the altarpiece at Saint-Eustache. His reputation as a great portraitist was also well established, as numerous commissioners entrusted him with the creation of praying statues for several tombs between 1620 and 1630, including those in marble of Chrétienne Leclerc († 1628) and Charlotte-Catherine de la Tremoille († 1629), both in the Louvre (inv. LP 414 and 400, fig. f and g). The locks all around the face of the latter, with the toupee raised above the fro

Tue 28 May

A Carrara marble sculpture of the bathing Venus, ca. 1900, H 98 cm - A Carrara marble sculpture of the bathing Venus, ca. 1900, H 98 cm Signed 'Verso' to the back of the base.

Tue 28 May

A Carrara marble sculpture of the bathing Venus, on a Breche d'Alep marble column, H 170 cm (total) - A Carrara marble sculpture of the bathing Venus, on a Breche d'Alep marble column, H 170 cm (total)

Tue 28 May

An alabaster bust of a female beauty in the Louis XVI era (Marie-Antoinette?), H 56 cm - An alabaster bust of a female beauty in the Louis XVI era (Marie-Antoinette?), H 56 cm No visible signature.

Tue 28 May

A Carrara marble bust of the Madonna, detail after the famous 'Madonna of Bruges' by Michelangelo, H 40 cm - A Carrara marble bust of the Madonna, detail after the famous 'Madonna of Bruges' by Michelangelo, H 40 cm No visible signature.

Tue 28 May

The head of an apostle in French limestone, in the 14thC manner but possibly later, H 28 cm - The head of an apostle in French limestone, in the 14thC manner but possibly later, H 28 cm Presented on a modern base, H 40 cm (total)

Tue 28 May

A serpentine marble sculpture of Hercules and Lychas, after Antonio Canova, H 77 cm - A serpentine marble sculpture of Hercules and Lychas, after Antonio Canova, H 77 cm The original by Antonio Canova currently in the collection of La Galleria Nazionale, Roma, Italy.

Tue 28 May

Hilde Van Summere (1932-2013), untitled Carrara marble sculpture, H 76 cm - Hilde Van Summere (1932-2013), untitled Carrara marble sculpture, H 76 cm Presented on a wooden stand, total height 166 cm. Is possibly subject to the Artist's Resale Right / consult 'Conditions of Sale'

Tue 28 May

Hilde Van Sumere (1932-2013), set of three Carrara marble sculptures, H 35 - 36 cm - Hilde Van Sumere (1932-2013), set of three Carrara marble sculptures, H 35 - 36 cm Two of three pieces signed. Is possibly subject to the Artist's Resale Right / consult 'Conditions of Sale'

Tue 28 May

Militaria, scultura in marmo Carro Armato - Italian tank of the Celere Army Corps, beautiful sculpture in white marble, with engraved dedication "AL CAP.GRASSI - IL TENTENDE LAMANNA" on a contemporary wooden base. Late 1930s period, homage to the commander of the department. Measurements approximately 27cm long, 18cm wide, 16cm high. Weight approximately 10kg, in perfect condition

François Agathe (1950) & Liliane Balthazar: Sculpture circa 1990, openwork marble, titled "Danse", black marble base, Height without base: H: 43.5, W: 17, D: 17 cm

Sculpture circa 1970: calacatta white Carrara marble, featuring 2 children with basket, Ht: 79, Wg: 54, D: 48 cm

Sculpture circa 1990: Black mazzi marble, depicting a lady's nude, H: 102, W; 40, D: 28 cm