Auction introduction: We are delighted to announce our first major Master Sculpture auction in Paris on 15 November, which will be dedicated to European Sculpture and Works of Art. Featuring a wide variety of materials and techniques in three dimensions, the auction will present an exceptional selection of works ranging from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. This auction presents an opportunity to discover fresh-to-the-market works in bronze, terracotta and marble. A pair of French Baroque bronzes of Actéon and Latona, exquisite casts from the former collection of Count Alexandre Stroganoff (1733-1811) are among the flagship lots. A terracotta by Augustin Pajou from 1789 of Un voyageur auquel un homme tire une épine du pied from the collection of Marie-Angélique Diderot (1753-1824), daughter of the famous philosopher, as well as an exceptional portrait of man by Jean Baptiste II Lemoyne, are remarkable for the quality of their modeling and execution. Finally, an important terracotta relief illustrating Genius taming Peace by Joseph Chinard from 1791, as well as a life-size allegorical figure of the muse Erato in sandstone, signed and dated by Gilles-Lambert Godecharle in 1810, perfectly illustrate Neoclassical elegance.