Lot 48: A PAIR OF MARBLE FIGURES REPRESENTING THE TRAGIC AND COMIC MUSES

A PAIR OF MARBLE FIGURES REPRESENTING THE TRAGIC AND COMIC MUSES
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN HICKEY (1751-1795), LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each figure standing, classically dressed, and on an integrally carved octagonal base; the tragic muse represented by the actress Sarah Siddons as Cassandra, holding one hand to her temple, the comic actress clasping a mask to her forehead
25½ and 24½ in. (64.8 and 62.2 cm.) high (2)

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Another example of the figure of Cassandra, with identifying inscription, was sold from the Cyril Humphris Collection, Sotheby's New York, 11 January 1995, lot 163.