FRENCH FOUNDRY XVIII-XIX CENTURY, Maenad with tambourine, or Allegory of Autumn

Mercury gilded bronze. 24 x 19 x 15 cm

Exquisite figure of a maenad sitting on the ground, holding a tambourine and showing off grapes in her long hair.
No signatures are present, but closely resembles sculptures from French artists such as Joseph-Charles Marin (1759-1834) or Claude Michel Clodion (1738-1814).

Comparative bibliography:

Robert Wenley, French Bronzes in the Wallace Collection,The Trustees of the Wallace Collection, London 2002 pp. 90-91.