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Lot Essay
Emile Picault trained under Louis Royer, the Dutch sculptor, and exhibited a wide range of sculpture at the Salon between 1863 and 1909. His egyptian subjects are some of his most popular works and follow in the tradition of ethnographical decorative sculpture so popular in France during the latter part of the 19th Century.
The pair of bronzes was probably cast by G. Servant, a Parisian fondeur who specialized in Egyptian Revival pieces and who was a medalist at the major international exhibitions between 1867 and 1887. Two comparable pairs to the present work were sold at Christie's New York, one in the di Portanova Collection, 20 October 2000, lot 91 and another on 2 May 2001, lot 73.
The pair of bronzes was probably cast by G. Servant, a Parisian fondeur who specialized in Egyptian Revival pieces and who was a medalist at the major international exhibitions between 1867 and 1887. Two comparable pairs to the present work were sold at Christie's New York, one in the di Portanova Collection, 20 October 2000, lot 91 and another on 2 May 2001, lot 73.