Lot Essay
'Charity' was originally conceived as part of a set (Charity, Faith, Meditation and Military Courage) for one corner of the marble monument to General Juchault de Lamoriciére in Nantes Cathedral.
Details
'CHARITY', A GROUP OF MOTHER AND CHILDREN
CAST FROM A MODEL BY PAUL DUBOIS, FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY
inscribed 'P. Dubois'
27in. (68.6cm.) high
CAST FROM A MODEL BY PAUL DUBOIS, FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY
inscribed 'P. Dubois'
27in. (68.6cm.) high
Literature
P. Fusco and H.W. Janson, The Romantics to Rodin, Los Angeles County Museaum of Art, New York 1980, p.242-3
Musée d'Orsay, Catalogue Sommaire Illustré des Sculptures, Editions de la Réunion des Mesées Nationaux, Paris, 1986 p.145
Musée d'Orsay, Catalogue Sommaire Illustré des Sculptures, Editions de la Réunion des Mesées Nationaux, Paris, 1986 p.145