18th century FRENCH school after François GIRARDON (1628-171 - Lot 178

18th century FRENCH school after François GIRARDON (1628-1715) Profiles of the Virgin and Christ Pair of bas-reliefs in bronze with brown patina. H. 36 cm Related works: François Girardon, The Virgin and Christ in profile Christ in profile, 1691, gilded bronze medallions, Troyes, tabernacle of the high altar of the church of Saint-Jean-au- Marché Market; François Girardon, The Virgin and Christ in profile, 1692, bronze medallions, Troyes, Saint-Jean-au- Market, altar of the chapel of the Holyiborium; François Girardon, The Virgin and Christ in profile, bronze bas-relief bronze, cast by the Keller brothers, H. 35 cm, Versailles, Notre-Dame de Versailles parish church; after François Girardon, La Vierge de profil, 1707, medallion, terracotta molding, Troyes, Saint-Nicolas church. Related literature: François Souchal, French sculptors of the 17th and 18th centuries. The reign of Louis XIV, vol. II, Oxford, Cassirer ed. 1977, pp. 62-65, figs. 80a, 80b The original model of these two profiles of the Virgin and Christ dates from 1691. These works were created to adorn the marble high altar designed by the sculptor Girardon for the church of Saint-Jean-au-Marché in Troyes. In 1692, the sculptor created a second version of the two medallions with the profiles of the Virgin and her Son to decorate the altar of the Holy Ciborium of the same church. The works of the high altar are then molded in terra cotta in 1707 to decorate the church of Saint-Nicolas of Troyes. More than these three versions, it is the two profiles preserved in the sacristy of the parish church parish church of Versailles that offer the most analogies with the bronzes we present; these two works, cast by the Keller brothers, are These two works, cast by the Keller brothers, were offered to the Versailles church in the 19th century.