A FRENCH MARBLE GROUP OF THE MADONNA AND CHILDLATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURYThe Madonna with a sceptre in her proper right hand the reverse unfinished, on a gold painted composite stone basethe figure 73 cm high, 78.8 cm high overall It has previously been suggested that this piece may be the work of the French sculptor Thomas Veyrier (1658 - after 1723), see K. Herding, Pierre Puget: das bildernerische Werk, Berlin, 1970.