拍品 131
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A bronze commemorative figure of a young woman inscribing a tablet

CAST AFTER THE MODEL BY E. PICAULT, FRENCH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A bronze commemorative figure of a young woman inscribing a tablet
Cast after the model by E. Picault, French, early 20th Century
The young woman leaning against a naturalistic support, inscribed LE COEUR/SE/SOUVIENT, the tablet inscribed Dr.S.Schippers/5 Fvrier/1866-1906, the plinth inscribed MEMORIA, signed E. PICAULT and stamped with Paris foundry mark
79cm. high

拍品專文

Emile Louis Picault (1833-1915) exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1863 onwards. His oeuvre concentrates on allegorical, mythological and patriotic subjects, often accompanied by Latin or French sentences. (Pierre Kjellberg, Les Bronzes du XIXe Sicle, Paris, 1989, pp.542-544)