A FRENCH WHITE MARBLE GROUP OF A NYMPH AND A PUTTO ON PEDESTAL

BY AUGUSTE MOREAU, CIRCA 1890

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A FRENCH WHITE MARBLE GROUP OF A NYMPH AND A PUTTO ON PEDESTAL
BY AUGUSTE MOREAU, CIRCA 1890
The nymph holding drapery whilst standing next to a tree-trunk, the putto to her right, seated on a cloud, on a circular base inscribed AUGUSTE MOREAU; on a parcel-gilt and grey painted fluted column with husk-draped swags and oak leaves, on a cushion-molded base
The marble group: 36 in. (92 cm.) high; The column: 43½ in. (110.5 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 11 July 2001, lot 210.

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Lot Essay

Born in Paris in 1855, Auguste Moreau (d. 1919) studied under his father, the sculptor Mathurin Moreau, Aimé Millet, A. Dumont and J. Thomas. He exhibited at the Salon where he won a third class medal in 1877. He was awarded a Bronze Medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. He specialized in allegorical and classical figures such as the present group.

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