DERNIER QUART DU XVIE SIECLE la Nativité et l’Annonce aux bergers. Panneau de terre cuite sculptée en fort relief et patinée H : 28,5 cm – L. : 47 cm La production de terres cuites dans les ateliers du Mans commence au milieu du XVIe siècle. Ces « belles du Maine » sont produites par des artistes…
AIME-JULES DALOU (Paris, 1838 – Paris, 1902) The Embroideress Large preliminary version in terra cotta Height: 42.8 cm; width at base: 30 cm; depth at base: 18 cm. 1870 “A charming and original thing is The Embroideress by M. Jules Dalou, a student of Carpeaux: this is a young woman in modern dress, seated in…
JACQUES-PHILIPPE LESUEUR (Paris 1757-1830) Model for the Tomb of Jean-Jacques Rousseau On the Île des Peupliers in Ermenonville Patinated terracotta plaster mold 27 x 37 x 16 cm Signed and dated : Le Sueur 1780. PROVENANCE: Probably Paris, Salon of 1791, no. 460 Modèle, en plâtre, du tombeau de JJ Rousseau, tel qu’il est exécuté…
Element from a funerary monument White marble 112,5 x 22 x 30 cm Our funerary monument represents a length of fabric draped across an entablature, framed by two skulls and surmounted in the center by two crossed bones and a jawbone; we situate its making to France and date it to the mid-17th century. On the…
(Paris, 1704-Paris, 1778) Presumed portrait of Madame Mazeline Bust in terra cotta Total height : 55 cm Base height : 10 cm Base in Breche marble 1743 Provenance : Private collection, Ile de France Born into a dynasty of artists including Simon Guillain, his paternal grandfather, his father, Jean-Louis, and his uncle Jean-Baptiste I, all…
(1840-1917) Assemblage of Two Hands Study for The Cathedral Bronze with brown patina 15 x 9 x 6,2 cm Signed : A. Rodin Bears the number : 4/12 and the museum stamp Conceived in 1900 and cast in January 1944 Sand cast Provenance : Musée Rodin, Paris; Minet collection (acquired from the above, 1944); Private collection; Drouot, Gros &…
