Original bronze of the skull of the Marquis de SADE - Signed and numbered.

Donatien Alphonse François de Sade (1740.1814). Marquis de Sade.

Original bronze of the skull of the Marquis de Sade.

One of the unique 99 numbered copies (numbered 25/99).

Executed by the Master Art Founder Avangini, bearing the imprint of the signature of the Marquis de Sade and the founder's stamp.

Approximate dimensions: 20 x 13 x 15 cm. / Weight: 4 kg

We enclose the certificate of authenticity signed by the Countess de Sade – bearing the family wax stamp – confirming that this bronze was made from the authentic cast of the Marquis' skull preserved at the Musée de l'Homme.

The Marquis de Sade died on Friday December 2, 1814 at the Hospice de Charenton. In defiance of his testamentary provisions, the Marquis was buried religiously in the cemetery of the house of Charenton. A few years later, when the cemetery was moved, the body of the Marquis was exhumed. On this occasion, Dr LJ Ramon had his skull returned to him in order to study it. Dr. Spurzheim then borrowed the skull, made a cast of it – today kept in the anthropology laboratory of the Musée de l'Homme – and exhibited the original during his conferences in Europe before apparently misplacing it. -he in Germany or America.