A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT BROZNE BUST OF CLEOPATRA
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A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT BROZNE BUST OF CLEOPATRA

BY JEAN-BAPTISTE CLESINGER, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT BROZNE BUST OF CLEOPATRA
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE CLESINGER, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Signed J. CLESINGER, with foundry inscription MARNYHAC 1 RUE DE LA PAIX and roundel stamped BRONZE ARTISTIQUE DE PARIS
27 in. (68.5 cm.) high
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Born in Besançon in 1814, Jean-Baptiste Clésinger, known as Auguste (d.1883), began exhibiting at the Salon in 1863, making his début with a marble bust of the Vicomte de Valadhon. He specialised in portrait sculpture and is best known for the colossal bust of Liberty on the Champs de Mars in Paris. He won numerous medals and was created Officier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1864. He married the daughter of Georges Sand and moved in fashionable circles during the Second Empire, bringing him many commissions for portrait busts from the celebrities of that period. Portrait commissions aside, the artist favoured the heroines of the ancient civilisations of Greece, Egypt and Rome as subjects for many of his works.

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