Venus and the Sphinx, 1868, French, Paris, Tinted plaster, Overall (confirmed): 42 1/2 × 45 × 23 3/4 in. (108 × 114.3 × 60.3 cm), Sculpture, Auguste Préault (French, 1809–1879), Like much of the sculpture of the Romantic movement in French art, Préault's work was rejected from the Paris Salons throughout the 1830s and 1840s. Official recognition came after the Revolution of 1848
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Venus, Sphinx, 1868, French, Paris, Tinted plaster, Overall, confirmed, 42 1/2, 45, 23 3/4, 108, 114.3, 60.3 cm, Sculpture, Auguste Préault, 1809–1879, sculpture, Romantic movement, French art, Préault, work, rejected, Paris Salons, 1830s, 1840s, Official recognition came, Revolution, 1848
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