Lot 333
333
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF SAPPHO, cast from a model by Alexandre Schoenewerk, the poetess shown seated on a stool, wearing classical robes, with her hair tied in a chignon and decorated with a floral garland, wearing armlets and holding a sprig of flowers in her left hand, a lyre with 'shell' decorated sound-box resting against the stool, on a chamfered rectangular liver-red marble base (some wear to gilding), third quarter 19th Century

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A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF SAPPHO, cast from a model by Alexandre Schoenewerk, the poetess shown seated on a stool, wearing classical robes, with her hair tied in a chignon and decorated with a floral garland, wearing armlets and holding a sprig of flowers in her left hand, a lyre with 'shell' decorated sound-box resting against the stool, on a chamfered rectangular liver-red marble base (some wear to gilding), third quarter 19th Century

12in. (30.5cm) wide; 11½in. (29.2cm.) high; 8¾in. (22.3cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Alexandre Schoenewerk (d.1885) studied under David d'Angers, Jolliet and Triqueti and exhibited at the Salon annually between 1842 and 1885. He was a highly accomplished sculptor, winning first class medals in 1861, 1863 and 1878. He was commissioned to carry out large municipal works in stone, as well as executing many small genre pieces in bronze, of which this is a charming example.

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