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Lot n° 201

18th century FRENCH SCHOOL in the Renaissance...

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18th century FRENCH SCHOOL in the Renaissance style. "Leda and the swan" after a work by Michelangelo and "Diana with the stag" after a work by Jean Goujon. Rare pair of oval marble bas-reliefs in beautiful carved and gilded wood frames from the 18th century. (Some wear and stains). H.30,5 L.40. With the frames H.47 W.55 D.10. Literature : These 2 bas reliefs, conceived as a pair, take up 2 mythological themes, for one from an Italian Renaissance model and for the other from the French Renaissance. They show the great interest of the amateurs of the XVIIIth for the Antique subjects, such as this pair of low reliefs represents it to us.