A 19th Century French Bronze Bust Of Racine, After The Model By Louis-simon Boizot (1743-1809)

A 19th century French bronze bust of Racine, after
the model by Louis-Simon Boizot (1743-1809).
Wearing a long curly wig, slightly turned to the left, he wears a half-open shirt with a gathered plastron and a coat covering his shoulders. On a base in beige onyx and dark gray marble. Signed "Boizot".
 
Very good condition (small chips on the marbles).
Total height: 31 cm
Base base width: 12 cm X Base base depth: 12 cm.

Boizot exhibited the marble portrait of Racine at the Salon of 1779, described under no. 225 "M. Racine, marble bust intended to decorate the foyer of the Comédie Française". Following Caffieri's example, Boizot undertook to make a bust of the writer in order to offer it to French actors in exchange for lifetime tickets to the theatre.
Bibliographic reference: Cat. exp. Louis-Simon Boizot (1743-1809). Sculptor to the King and director of the sculpture workshop of the Sèvres factory, Paris, 2001, p. 124-125, no. 28.