A late 19th/early 20th century Italian carved marble figure of 'Venus au bain'after a model by the 18th century French sculptor Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain (1710-1795)
A late 19th/early 20th century Italian carved marble figure of 'Venus au bain'
after a model by the 18th century French sculptor Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain (1710-1795)the nude goddess with downcast head, her hair dressed in an elaborate plaited chignon with Apollo knot, clutching drapery around herself, her foot resting on a rustic outcrop, on bow fronted shallow plinth base, 116.5cm high