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Lot 2171
Sale 5804 - Fine Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Oct 7, 2010
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$4,000 -
6,000
Price Realized
$4,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
After Francois Rude (French, 1784-1855) the education of achilles by the centaur chiron
Bronze, dark brown patina, depicting Chiron teached the young Achilles how to use his bow, on a rectangular base.
Note: The painter Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754-1829) presented his monumental work of this same subject in the Salon of 1783. It was later produced in bronze, traditionally attributed to François Rude (1784-1855).