Joseph Chinard (1756-1825). L'Amour enchainé,... Lot 51

Joseph Chinard (1756-1825). L'Amour enchainé, circa 1788. Original terracotta relief. Signed "chinard. f." 31.5 x 23 cm Inscribed on the reverse "acheté au Manoir de Beauvernay Pouilly s/ Charlieu". Provenance : Private collection from Lyon. Related works : Joseph Chinard, L'Amour enchainé et pleurant, appuyé sur un autel, oval marble medallion, H. 35 cm, signed Chinard,1788 Joseph Chinard, L'Amour enchainé, oval marble medallion, H. 32 cm, in a Louis XVI period wooden frame, signed Chinard Related literature Paul Vitry, Exposition d'oeuvres du sculpteur Chinard, de Lyon, (1756-1813) au Pavillon de Marsan (Palais du Louvre, catalog de l'exposition tenue en novembre 1909 - janvier 1910, Union central des arts décoratifs, n°6 et 7 , p. 28. Although this terracotta relief is unpublished, two other marble versions were exhibited at the great Chinard Retrospective at the Louvre in 1909. On his return to Lyon from Rome in 1787, Chinard brought back numerous copies of antiques (some of the marbles in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Ariane ou Bacchante, marble bust, H.82 cm, inv. H808; Bacchus ou Bacchante, marble bust, H.85 cm, inv. H809; Laocoon, marble group, reduced copy after the antique, H.83 cm, inv. A2913). From then on, his career seemed to be launched, and the artist became the sought-after portraitist of Lyon's high society. Our rare and beautiful medallion in the pure neoclassical style in vogue in the Eternal City at the end of the 18th century is part of this early context in the artist's career.