Lot n° 371
                        
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                            Molière standing declamant in brown patina bronze, porphyry  - Lot 371
                        
                        Molière standing declamant in brown patina bronze, porphyry base 
Height 38 and base 8 cm
This could be Molière declaiming his manuscript of Tartuffe. 
The statue may have been inspired by an engraving by Jean-Louis Anselin (the Comédie Française has a copy) depicting Molière reading his manuscript in Ninon de Lenclos' salon, surrounded by writers and artists: La Fontaine, Racine, Boileau, Le Nôtre
                        
                        
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