Lot Essay
Also entitled Stella Montis, the present bronze is a reduction of the marble now in the collection of the Musée de Grenoble. The model was edited by the Thiébaut Foundry in two sizes.
Details
'LA MUSE DE BERLIOZ', A BRONZE FIGURE OF A WOMAN PLAYING THE HARP
CAST FROM A MODEL BY HENRI MARIUS DING, FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY
Inscribed 'H DING' and impressed with the Fumière-Thiébaut foundry seal (one harp pedal missing)--18 1/8in. (46cm.) high, rich golden brown patina
CAST FROM A MODEL BY HENRI MARIUS DING, FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY
Inscribed 'H DING' and impressed with the Fumière-Thiébaut foundry seal (one harp pedal missing)--18 1/8in. (46cm.) high, rich golden brown patina
Literature
P. Kjellberg, Les Bronzes du XIXe Siècle: Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs, Paris, 1987, p. 288