Lot 505

FRENCH TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF MOSES SAVED FROM THE WATERS
19TH CENTURY

Auction: Day Two | Thurs 13th Nov at 10am | Lots 339 to 600
Description
depicting Pharaoh's daughter lifting the infant Moses from the waters of the Nile in his basket, on an oval base, stamped ‘Levy'
Dimensions
40cm high, 36cm wide, 22cm deep
Footnote
This piece is stamped Levy, presumably for Charles Octave Levy (French 1820-1899). It is similar to a model by François Théodore Devaulx (French 1808-1870) and also to a model of ‘Moses Saved from the Waters’ by Jules Allasseur (1818-1903).
For an auction comparable see Coutau-Bégarie & Associés, Drouot, Paris, 28 March 2023, Mobilier & Objets D’art Tableaux Anciens Importants Dessins Anciens, lot 84, École Française du XIXème siècle, Moïse sauvé des eaux Sculpture en terre cuite, porte une signature Pradier, 42 cm H; for a model of very similar design, the arm raised to the infant Moses rather than lowered to the base of the basket, signed Pradier
