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Jean-Antoine Houdon

Versailles 1741 – 1828 Paris

Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, actually Giuseppe Balsamo (1743–1795). Circa 1786

Bronze cast, chased, green patina; marble base (Bleu Tuquin); bronze mountings, chased, gilt. 15 cm (base: 13,5 cm) (5 ⅞ in. (base: 5 ⅜ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Jean-Antoine Houdon. Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, actually Giuseppe Balsamo (1743–1795). Circa 1786.

Estimate:

EUR 6,000

 

- 8,000

USD 6,720

 

- 8,960

Sold for:

7,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2016

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 01.12.2016

Information

Bronze cast, chased, green patina; marble base (Bleu Tuquin); bronze mountings, chased, gilt. 15 cm (base: 13,5 cm) (5 ⅞ in. (base: 5 ⅜ in.)).

Related literature: Anne L. Poulet: Jean-Antoine Houdon. Sculptor of Enlightenment, Chicago 2003, no. 14, p. 123-126 (regarding the marble version of 1786).

Presumably 1917 collection of the Russian General Counsel A. Zarine, Paris / private collection, Germany

Presumably identical to: auction catalogue: Zarine Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 5. December 1917, lot 45 („Petit buste de Cagliostro. Bronze patiné d’après Houdon. Socle formé par un fut de colonne en marbe bleu turquin“)