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HOUDON, Jean-Antoine (1741-1828) - LOVING EMBRACE «BECAUX» BRONZE OF THE BEGINNING OF THE 19th CENTURY - 26 cm IN HEIGHT HOUDON, Jean-Antoine (1741-1828)
titled «Bécaux» Pedestal in truncated column shape, made of white marble, and of bronze, with chiselled and gilded ornaments Period between late 18th century to beginning of the 19th Total height with pedestal: 10,25 inches (26 cm) - - Bronze : 4 inches by 5 - (10 cm by 13) Diameter at the bottom : 4,25 inches - (10,7 cm) - Better known by the name ' Le baiser donné ' or ' Le baiser rendu. See the catalog ' Houdon, sculpteur des Lumières ', RMN, 2003, n° 43 p. 249. Weight: 2.3 kg
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