American Art Association, Anderson Galleries; Salomon, William [Oth.]: Important eighteenth century French art (New York: American Art Association, 1928)

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FOURTH SESSION, JANUARY 7, 1928

CHRISTOPHE ALLEGRAIN
French: 1710—1795
[Sculptured statuary marble group]
742. LEDA AND THE SWAN
The daughter of King Thestius, lightly robed, stands with her right
hand resting on a drapery, her head gracefully turned downward to
the swan at her right side. Her other hand is raised in a gentle warn-
ing gesture to the swan. Finely modeled, with rare feeling for flesh
texture. On molded rounded base.
Height, 25 inches
Allegrain, Christophe Gabriel: Born in Paris in 1710; died in 1795.
Brother-in-law of the sculptor Pigalle; was almost constantly employed by
Madame du Barry in her Chateau in Luciennes.
[See illustration on opposite page]

ADRIEN DE VRIES
Dutch: 1560—1603
743. BRONZE STATUETTE OF HEBE
Full-length, nude, standing and holding a cup in her upraised left
hand. Her right hand, grasping a drapery, holds a ewer, which she
presses against her right thigh. Her left leg, bent forward at the
knee, rests lightly on the back of a tortoise. On a square gray por-
phyry and mottled green marble base. Dark brown patina.
Height, 24 inches
Purchased from J. and S. Goldschmidt

[See illustration on page 214]