VASSÉ, Louis-Claude
(b. 1716, Paris, d. 1772, Paris)

Comedy

1765
Marble, height 59 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

The allegory of Comedy holds a mask in her hand. This work, exhibited at the Salon of 1767, belonged to the collection of Madame Du Barry, mistress of King Louis XV (reigned 1715–1774), at her château in Louveciennes (near Paris).




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