Claude DEJOUX (Vadans, 1732 - Paris, 1816) Nicolas de Catinat, Marshal of France (1637-1712) Terracotta Unreadable inscriptions on the base Height : 52 cm (Missing sword blade, restorations) Nicolas de Catinat, Marshal of France, terracotta, by C.Dejoux H. 20.47 in. Provenance: Anonymous sale; Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Baron Ribeyre et associés, 27 March 2009, no. 228 ; Acquired at this sale by the current owner Related works : Claude Dejoux, Nicolas de Catinat, maréchal de France, 1781, marble sculpture, H. 209 x W. 138 x D. 96 cm, Versailles, Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, inv. MV2857 ; Claude Dejoux, Nicolas Catinat, 1783, terracotta, H. 47 x W. 33,5 x D. 25,2 cm, Sèvres, Manufacture et musée nationaux, inv. MNC23447. Commissioned by the Director of the King's Buildings, the Comte d'Angiviller, the statue of Marshal de Catinat was part of the series of "Great Men of France" intended to adorn the Grande Galerie of the Louvre. It was executed by Claude Dejoux, a pupil of Guillaume Coustou, who was appointed an Academician in 1779. The artist presented the plaster cast at the Salon of 1781, followed by the final marble in 1783 (now in the Château de Versailles museum, inv. MV2857). He succeeded brilliantly in depicting Nicolas de Catinat, Marshal of France, in military costume. Victorious at Staffarde in 1690 and Marsaille in 1693, this brilliant man of war was nevertheless disgraced in 1701 following his defeat at the Battle of Carpi. He is shown here holding in his left hand the plan of the battle of Marsaille, the symbol of his strategy that led to victory for the French army against the troops of Victor Amédée II of Savoy during the War of the League of Augsburg and earned him the baton of Marshal in 1693. The absence of differences in the general composition and details with the final statue suggests that it could just as well be a presentation model as a reduction by the workshop. A second reduction in terracotta, now in the Musée de la Manufacture de Sèvres (inv. MNC23447), served as a model for the production of copies in biscuit from Sèvres in the early 19th century. Claude DEJOUX (Vadans, 1732 - Paris, 1816) Related works : Claude Dejoux, Nicolas de Catinat, maréchal de France, 1781, marble sculpture, H. 209 x W. 138 x D. 96 cm, Versailles, Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, inv. MV2857 ; Claude Dejoux, Nicolas Catinat, 1783, terracotta, H. 47 x W. 33,5 x D. 25,2 cm, Sèvres, Manufacture et musée nationaux, inv. MNC23447. Commissioned by the Director of the King's Buildings, the Count of Angiviller, the statue of Marshal de Catinat was part of the series of "Great Men of France" intended to adorn the Grande Galerie of the Louvre. It was executed by Claude Dejoux, a pupil of Guillaume Coustou, who was appointed an Academician in 1779. The artist presented the plaster cast at the Salon of 1781, followed by the final marble in 1783 (now in the Château de Versailles museum, inv. MV2857). He succeeded brilliantly in depicting Nicolas de Catinat, Marshal of France, in military costume. Victorious at Staffarde in 1690 and Marsaille in 1693, this brilliant man of war was nevertheless disgraced in 1701 following his defeat at the Battle of Carpi. He is shown here holding in his left hand the plan of the battle of Marsaille, a symbol of his strategy that led to victory for the French army against the troops of Victor Amédée II of Savoy during the War of the League of Augsburg and earned him the baton of Marshal in 1693. The absence of differences in the general composition and details with the final statue suggests that it could just as well be a presentation model as a reduction by the workshop. A second reduction in terracotta, now in the Musée de la Manufacture de Sèvres (inv. MNC23447), served as a model for the production of copies in biscuit from Sèvres in the early 19th century.