Lot 60: A quantity of plaster caricatures, most after models by Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800-1869) second quarter 19th century

the subjects being mostly composers, musicians and actors including Berlioz, Batta, Vestris, Strauss, Caraffa, Wellington, Lord Brougham, Paganini and others, altogether circa 30; also combined with six plaster cups in Baroque style, bracket supports, some figures broken, most bearing the red wax seal of Jules Sohn Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800-1869) was a French sculptor, best remembered for his portraits of men of political, artistic and musical fame. His renderings en caricature found great appeal, parallel to those by his contemporary Honoré Daumier.

the figures: 43 to 20 cm.