a pair of french bronze figures of a fisherman and -woman entitled 'pecheur' and 'mareyeuse'

CAST FROM MODELS BY EMILE PICAULT, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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a pair of french bronze figures of a fisherman and -woman entitled 'pecheur' and 'mareyeuse'
Cast from models by Emile Picault, late 19th/early 20th Century
The woman holding a basket with fish and an anchor on a robe, the man wearing a lamp and holding fisherman's utensils, on circular naturalistic base inscribed E.Picault and on conforming shaped marble plinth with title and Par Picault (Sculpt.)
82cm. high (2)

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Émile Louis Picault (1833-1915), exhibited at the Salon from 1863. His oeuvre is very eclectic and concentrates on historical and mythological subjects and also on patriotic heros.

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