Late 18th-century French school, entourage of Étienne Mauric - Lot 317

Late 18th-century French school, entourage of Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1791) Nymph with doves White marble statuette H: 50 cm on a circular marble base H. 13 cm (Total height: 63 cm) Damage and restoration (head, right arm and right thumb and forefinger restored) Provenance: Former collection of Horace Farquhar, 1st Earl Farquhar, former collection of Lord Michelham, sale November 23, 1926, London, lot 88; by descent Related works: -Etienne-Maurice Falconet, Baigneuse, 1757 , white marble, H.80,5 cm, Paris, Musée du Louvre, n°inv. MR 1846 -Etienne-Maurice Falconet, Pygmalion et la Galathée, 1763, white marble group, dim.59.5 × 40 × 29 cm, Walters Art Museum, n°inv. 27.387 -Probably Joseph Broche ( (c. 1740 - after 1801), Jean-Baptiste-Ignache Broche (1741 - 1794), followers of Étienne Maurice Falconet, Venus suckling Cupid, marble statuette, c. 1760 - 1800, 33.7 cm, London , Wallace Collection, , n°inv. S29 Expert : Cabinet Lacroix-Jeannest