AN OVER-LIFE SIZE PLASTER RELIEF OF A NYMPH, AFTER JEAN GOUJON (FRENCH, CIRCA 1510-1565) THE ORIGINAL CIRCA 1550, THE CAST PROBABLY LATER 19TH CENTURY Portrayed standing and draped, carrying a jugApproximately 235cm high, 65cm wide This figural panel is derived from a section of Jean Goujon's 'Fountain of the Innocents', located in Paris' first arrondissement. Casts of this monument are known to have been manufactured by a 'Monsieur Desachy'. A similar panel by Desachy is in the collection of the V&A (REPRO.1882-8) Please note, a stamp for the Aterlier du Moulage of the Louvre has been discovered since the catalogue was published, placing the cast likely in the 20th century
AN OVER-LIFE SIZE PLASTER RELIEF OF A NYMPH, AFTER JEAN GOUJON (FRENCH, CIRCA 1510-1565) THE ORIGINAL CIRCA 1550, THE CAST PROBABLY LATER 19TH CENTURY Portrayed standing and draped, carrying a jugApproximately 235cm high, 65cm wide This figural panel is derived from a section of Jean Goujon's 'Fountain of the Innocents', located in Paris' first arrondissement. Casts of this monument are known to have been manufactured by a 'Monsieur Desachy'. A similar panel by Desachy is in the collection of the V&A (REPRO.1882-8) Please note, a stamp for the Aterlier du Moulage of the Louvre has been discovered since the catalogue was published, placing the cast likely in the 20th century
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