A FRENCH PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP OF VENUS AND PUTTI, ENTITLED 'JEUNE FEMME ET DEUX ENFANTS AILES'
A FRENCH PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP OF VENUS AND PUTTI, ENTITLED 'JEUNE FEMME ET DEUX ENFANTS AILES'

CAST FROM A MODEL BY MATHURIN MOREAU (1822-1912), LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP OF VENUS AND PUTTI, ENTITLED 'JEUNE FEMME ET DEUX ENFANTS AILES'
CAST FROM A MODEL BY MATHURIN MOREAU (1822-1912), LATE 19TH CENTURY
The base signed 'Math Moreau / Hors.concurs', stamped '190' and with 'MEDAILLE D'HONNEUR' roundel
29 ¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) wide; 13 ¼ in. (33.5 cm.) deep

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The son and student of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Moreau, Mathurin entered the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, when he was nineteen years old, training under the direction of Étienne-Jules Ramey and Augustin-Alexandre Dumont. After placing second in the 1842 Prix de Rome, he made his debut in the Salon of 1848, where he subsequently won various State commissions, medals and prizes. Around 1850 he began providing models for reproduction in bronze for the Val d'Osne foundry, where he later became an administrator of the Société du Val d'Osne. Another cast of this model sold Christie's, London, 20 September 2012, lot 41 (£20,000).

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