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A French gilt-bronze, ivory and onyx Orientalist group entitled 'Méthariste'
A French gilt-bronze, ivory and onyx Orientalist group entitled 'Méthariste'

CAST FROM A MODEL BY AGATHON LÉONARD, CIRCA 1890

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A French gilt-bronze, ivory and onyx Orientalist group entitled 'Méthariste'
Cast from a model by Agathon Léonard, Circa 1890
Shown seated holding a staff, on an oval naturalistic base, signed A. LÉONARD and numbered 7192 to the back edge, on an oval onyx base
10½ in. (17 cm.) high; 9½ in. (24 cm.) wide; 5½ in. (14 cm.) deep

拍品專文

Born in Lille in 1841, Léonard Van Weydeveld, called Agathon Léonard (d.1923) first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1868. He mainly worked in the Art Nouveau style. He is celebrated for his Jeu de l'écharpe, manufactured in biscuit by Sèvres as well as cast in bronze by Susse.

This model entitled Méthariste is illustrated in Pierre Kjellberg, Les bronzes du XIXe siècle, Les éditions de l'amateur, Paris, 1987, p.434.