CAST FROM A MODEL BY L. CHALON

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Tannhauser, a patinated bronze figural group
Cast from a model by L. Chalon
Tannhauser standing up in medieval clothes, the naked Venus next to him trying to seduce him, on oval marble base
57cm. high
Signed in the bronze L. Chalon
See illustration

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Lot Essay

The sculpture shows the moment where Tannhauser tries to escape from the Venusberg in vain while Venus uses all her charms to keep him under her spell. He finally manages to get away by means of an image of the Virgin Mary. The legend is widely known by the opera Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner.

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