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A SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE OF CHARLES DE SECONDAT, BARON DE MONTESQUIEU
DATED 1809, INCISED AB MONOGRAM FOR BRACHARD JEUNE AND DATED 17 M. (180)9, AFTER A MODEL BY CLODION
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A SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE OF CHARLES DE SECONDAT, BARON DE MONTESQUIEU
DATED 1809, INCISED AB MONOGRAM FOR BRACHARD JEUNE AND DATED 17 M. (180)9, AFTER A MODEL BY CLODION
Modeled as the writer-philosopher Montesquieu seated, one arm holding an open book, the base impressed MONTESQUIEU/SEVRES
14 ¼ in. (36.2 cm.) high, 9 ½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide
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Lot Essay
Another of this model is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.