A French white marble group emblematic of Spring

BY HIPPOLYTE MOREAU, CIRCA 1885

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A French white marble group emblematic of Spring
By Hippolyte Moreau, Circa 1885
Spring as a scantily clad young beauty holding a rose garland in her right arm, a cherub to her left, holding a bird in his hand, seated on a cloud with roses, signed to the left Hip. Moreau, on a circular stepped spreading yellow base
The figure: 31½ in. (80 cm.) high

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Hippolyte François Moreau (1832-1927) was the second son of Jean-Baptiste Moreau. A pupil of Jouffroy, he exhibited his first work at the 1859 Paris Salon. Most of his subjects represent children and women treated as allegorical figures, often sharing the same themes with his brother Auguste.

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