ATTRIBUTED TO JACQUE-EDME DUMONT (FRENCH, 1761-1844): A TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A NUDE BACCHANTE the female figure reclining on her front, with long flowing hair and resting on an upturned urn, with an upturned cup and grapes beside her, on a naturalistic integral base, 23.5cm long THIS LOT WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT OUR SOUTH KENSINGTON GALLERY UNTIL 14TH MARCH AND AT OUR CHISWICK SALEROOM FROM 16TH - 21ST MARCH. This wonderfully modelled terracotta can be attributed to Dumont based on the delicate and precise modelling apparent in the details such as her lips, nose, eyes and the vines at her side, as well as its similarity to other known works by the sculptor such as the 'Standing Woman coming out of the Bath', sold Calmels, Paris, 19 May 1995, lot 60.Both feature the distinctive elongated physique and relatively small head. Dumont trained under the important sculptor Augustin Pajou, and his influence is apparent in many of his fine terracotta studies. He won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1788 and was therefore working in Italy from 1788 until 1793, when he returned to France. He was hoping to secure public commissions from the Revolutionary Convention but instead began producing small scale statuettes, reliefs and medals, of which the present Bacchante is typical. Later in his career he achieved public recognition winning numerous official commissions including works for the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel. His terracotta statue of Paris is now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.  Related literature: S. Lami, 'Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l’école française au dix-huitième siècle', I, 1910, Kraus Reprint, Nendeln, 1970, pp. 301-6