CHRISTOPHE FRATIN (FRENCH, 1801-1864) Two works: Diane à l'arc aux...

CHRISTOPHE FRATIN (FRENCH, 1801-1864)
Two works: Diane à l'arc aux deux chiens (Diana with bow and two hounds); Neilos ou le Nil ('Nielos' or The Nile)
Diane à l'arc aux deux chiens: impressed 'DIANE' (to side of base) and stamped 'FRATIN' (to top of base), in later domed glass case and velvet plinth
Neilos ou le Nil: stamped 'FRATIN' (to top of base) and impressed 'O NEIΛOΣ'
terracotta
Diane à l'arc aux deux chiens: 93⁄4 in. (24.8 cm.) high, 8 in. (20.3 cm.) wide, 43⁄4 in. (12.1 cm.) deep
Neilos ou le Nil: 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high, 111⁄4 in. (28.6 cm.) wide, 63⁄4 in. (17.1 cm.) deep
Both executed circa 1858.

Provenance
Diane à l'arc aux deux chiens:
Fratin Atelier sale, Paris, 2 March 1858, lot 74.
Acquired at the above sale by Susse Frères.
Acquired by present owner from Univers du Bronze, Paris.

Neilos ou le Nil:
Fratin Atelier sale, Paris, 2 March 1858, lot 77.
Acquired by present owner from Univers du Bronze, Paris.

Literature
Univers du Bronze, Fratin: Objets décoratifs & Sculptures romantiques, exh. cat. 2000, p. 17, cat. 6 (Diane à l'arc aux deux chiens).