J. F. J Saly. Plaster bust, depicting a young girl with braids in her hair

Automatic translation from Danish.

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly (1717-1776). Plaster bust, depicting a young girl with braids in her hair, presumably a daughter of the French court painter Jean-Francois de Troy. Previously believed to be Alexandrine d'Etiolles, Mme de Pompadour's daughter. H. 46 cm.
Appears with light surface dirt; small scratches and marks.

The present bust is cast from Saly's original from the early 1740s. Together with a sculpture group, depicting a young faun with a kid, the bust gave Saly both honor and fame and - ultimately - the position of Danish court sculptor under King Frederik V.