Paris, 8 May 1831 – Paris, 16 January 1893 Jewelry Box Paris, 1855 Elephant ivory, brass, steel, silk velvet (modern inner lining) MARKS: A. Moreau Fecit 1855 (on the plinth, at the base base) A. Moreau 1855 (inside, at the bottom of the box) total height: 60 cm; base: 32 x 19.5; box: 45 x…
(1750 Einsielden – 1834 Paris) Portrait of Comte Lancelot Turpin de Crissé (1716-1793) Multicolored wax on cardboard-wood, presented in its original frame and protective case 30.5 x 24.5 cm Framed : 47 x 39 cm Signed lower left A. Couriguer Fecit Circa 1785 In its original Louis XVI period frame Inscribed on the back of…
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 &…
