After James PRADIER (1790-1852). Night. Carved alabaster. Height. Height : 42 cm Note : Distributed in a variety of forms - marbles, studio plaster casts, published bronzes - La Nuit bears witness to the craze for these decorative allegorical figures, prized as much for their aesthetic value as for their symbolic significance. Today, it remains one of the most accomplished examples of Pradier's art, at the crossroads of the classical ideal and a more sensual approach to sculpture.