AFTER ANTOINE-DENIS CHAUDET, (1763-1810) 'CYPARISSUSS', A PAINTED PLASTER GROUP OF A YOUTH AND A FAWN,
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Cyparissus was a beautiful youth, the son of Telephus, who having accidentally killed the favourite stag of Apollo, of which he had the care, was seized with such excessive grief that he pined away, and was changed into a cypress tree. |
| Estimate: |
£3,000 - £6,000
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Hammer price:
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£15,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
in neo-classical style, portrayed standing and nude but for his woven pilos hat and drapery hanging from his right arm, a horn slung behind his left shoulder, the fawn held to his body in his left hand, a broken arrow lying on the rectangular base below, 149cm high x 50cm wide
