Lot 50: Antoine Laurent Dantan French, 1798-1878 , Jeune fille napolitaine jouant du tambourine (a Neapolitan tambourine player) bronze, dark brown patina, on black stone base with gilt appliques

signed: Dantan. aîné. bronze, dark brown patina, on black stone base with gilt appliques

measurements note overall: 53cm., 20 7/8 in.

Jeune fille napolitaine first appeared at the Salon in plaster in 1837. A bronze version was exhibited the following year and is now in the Musée de Bordeaux. Antoine-Laurent Dantan was the elder brother of the sculptor Jean-Pierre Dantan (see following lot) and for this reason is often called Dantan ainé.

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