Collection: The Estate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
After a design by Louis-Simon Boizot, late 19th Century
Modelled as a young boy and girl allegorical of L'Etude and La Philosophie, each seated on an Egyptian oil-lamp with a spout to one end and gadrooned body, on spreading socle and square base.
The plinths pierced for electrity.
Height 13 inches (33 cm), width 14 1/2 inches (37 cm).
Collection: The Estate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
After a design by Louis-Simon Boizot, late 19th Century
Modelled as a young boy and girl allegorical of L'Etude and La Philosophie, each seated on an Egyptian oil-lamp with a spout to one end and gadrooned body, on spreading socle and square base.
The plinths pierced for electrity.
Height 13 inches (33 cm), width 14 1/2 inches (37 cm).
Notes:Related literature: H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Die Bronzen des Spätbarock und Klassizismus, Munich, 1986, Vol. I, p. 294, fig. 4.17.1.
The Estate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
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The Estate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
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