Henry de TRIQUETI (1803-1874) Philosopher reading a book Marble plaque carved in relief Bears Latin inscription "BONIS/ET MORS/ET VITA/DVLCIS". 13.4 x 30 x 0.8 cm Provenance: Château du Perthuis. Bibliography: A. T. De Girardot, "Supplément au catalog de l'œuvre du Baron de Triqueti" offprint reprinting the text of the article published in Mémoires de la Société d'agriculture, sciences, belles-lettres et arts d'Orléans, seconde série des mémoires, t. XVIII, n°3, 1876, 3e trimestre (séances du 16 juin 1876), p.270. Related literature: Jan L. de Jong, "Monuments of meditation and Propaganda, the tombs of Popes Pius III and Pius V", in Incontri, Anno 32, 2017 / Fascicolo 2 / p. 8-25, online. This Latin aphorism is taken from the inscription on the funeral monument of Giuliano Maffei da Volterra, philosopher and theologian and friend of Pope Julius II, in the church of San Pietro in Montorio in Rome, whose authorship is attributed to Andrea Bregno (1418-1506). The work adorned the lintel of one of the fireplaces in sculptor Henry de Triqueti's home in Conflans, Château du Perthuis. In the private sphere, as in his public commissions, the sculptor demonstrated a boundless passion for the philosophical and literary references of Antiquity and the Renaissance.