A French bronze group of Oedipus and the Sphinx Apollo

CAST FROM A MODEL BY FRANÇOIS LÉON SICARD, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A French bronze group of Oedipus and the Sphinx Apollo
Cast from a model by François Léon Sicard, Late 19th/Early 20th Century
The naked youth with drapery and shield over one arm, his foot forcing back the head of the Sphinx, on a naturalistic rocky base signed F. Sicard and with foundry inscription F. BARBEDIENNE Fondeur
8½in. (21.5cm.) wide; 27¼in. (69.2cm.) high; 6¾in. (17cm.) deep

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François Léon Sicard (d.1934) studied under Barrias and Félix Laurent. He won the Prix de Rome in 1891 and a gold medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1900. A cast of Oedipus and the Sphinx Apollo was exhibited at the Salon of 1903 and was subsequently acquired by the Musée du Luxembourg in the same year. Another cast is in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay.

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