menu
Menu
closeclose
view_module Categories
search Rechercher
folder_special My selection (1)
more And also...
mail Contact
About
  |  
account_box
Categories
chevron_left Back
Contact
chevron_left Back
email Send us a message

Contact

phone By phone

+33 (0)1 42 25 12 79
Tue.-Sat., from 10am to 6pm
+33 (0)6 60 62 61 90
Everyday from 9am to 7pm.

email by Email

Adress: contact@marcmaison.com

share Let's get social

Languages
chevron_left Back
  |  
And also...
chevron_left Back
Blog
Monthly column
Documentation
My selection
(1 Objects)
chevron_left Back

My selection (1 Objects)

file_download Download PDF
print Print
add Ask for price
Pair of Sculpted Carrara Marble Sphinxes, 19th Century

Ref.15600
Pair of Sculpted Carrara Marble Sphinxes, 19th Century

This pair of Carrara marble sphinxes was created based on a model by Jacques Houzeau and Louis Lerambert for the grounds of the Palace of Versailles between 1667 and 1670 (inv. 1850.8975 and 1850.8976). The imposing front legs of the chimeras extend beyond the rectangular base, and their powerful musculature contrasts with the nobility of the female face wearing a pharaonic nemes headdress. The hair is pulled back at the nape of the neck and tied with a ribbon, while hemmed strands frame the faces. The forehead is encircled by a diadem. The chimeras also wear a breastplate decorated with foliage falling over the chest and between the front legs. The tail is folded over the rump. This monumental pair of sphinxes recalls the splendor of Versailles and the craze for the scholarly taste for archaeological references at the court of the Sun King. The Versailles sphinxes can still be seen today in the palace gardens on the south lawn. They are straddled by bronze cupids.

Dimensions:
Width: 149 cm
Height: 82 cm
Depth: 48 cm

favorite_borderremove

Share:

file_download Download PDF
print Print
add Ask for price
Recommended for you :
Paul Berthier, Rebecca and Ruth, early 20th century favorite_border New
Paul Berthier, Rebecca and Ruth, early 20th century (ref.12083)

View

Dimensions:
Width: 53
Height: 149
Depth: 52

Price: 68000
Claude MICHEL, known as CLODION (after), Bacchante, late 19th Century favorite_border New
Claude MICHEL, known as CLODION (after), Bacchante, late 19th Century (ref.15160)

View

Dimensions:
Width: 66
Height: 159
Depth: 64

Price: 25000
La Sortie du bain – Young woman, monumental Art Deco sculpture in the style of Félix-Pascal Févola favorite_border New
La Sortie du bain – Young woman, monumental Art Deco sculpture in the style of Félix-Pascal Févola (ref.15841)

View

Dimensions:
Width: 86
Height: 194
Depth: 44
Diameter: 44

Price: 35000
Statue favorite_border New
Statue "Crouching Aphrodite" in composite stone, beginning of the 20th century (ref.12718)

View

Dimensions:
Width: 26
Height: 77
Depth: 38

Price: 1750
Achille FIDI, favorite_border New
Achille FIDI, "The Source", an important garden statue in white marble (ref.10900)

View

Dimensions:
Width: 110
Height: 137
Depth: 82

Price: 65000
Jules CANTINI, Large Urn in Numidia Red Breccia Marble,second half of the 19th century favorite_border New
Jules CANTINI, Large Urn in Numidia Red Breccia Marble,second half of the 19th century (ref.15300)

View

Dimensions:
Height: 117
Diameter: 135

Price: 145000
Sculpture of a putto with a flowering basket in Firenze stone favorite_border New
Sculpture of a putto with a flowering basket in Firenze stone (ref.14652)

View

Dimensions:
Width: 36
Height: 56
Depth: 36

Price: 1450
Pair of large marble vases decorated with theatre masks favorite_border New
Pair of large marble vases decorated with theatre masks (ref.14644)

View

Dimensions:
Width: 70
Height: 126
Depth: 46

Price: 95000
Medieval capital with demon's head, 12th century favorite_border New
Medieval capital with demon's head, 12th century (ref.13940)

View

Dimensions:
Width: 32
Height: 31
Depth: 31

Price: 3900
Medieval Stone Capital with Pinecone Decor, 12th Century favorite_border New
Medieval Stone Capital with Pinecone Decor, 12th Century (ref.13939)

View

Dimensions:
Width: 48
Height: 27
Depth: 49

Price: 4000
Statue of a young musician faun in composite stone, 20th century favorite_border New
Statue of a young musician faun in composite stone, 20th century (ref.12719)

View

Dimensions:
Width: 61
Height: 193
Depth: 61

Price: 4400
Rare pair of winged lions, cast iron, 19th century favorite_border New
Rare pair of winged lions, cast iron, 19th century (ref.12723)

View

Dimensions:
Width: 49
Height: 89
Depth: 88

Price: 36000