Albert Ernest Carrier Belleuse (French, 1824-1887)

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Albert Ernest Carrier Belleuse (French, 1824-1887)

'Virgil', A Bronze Figure

inscribed 'A. Carrier.'
15¾in. (40cm.) high, rich greenish brown patina

出版

J.B. Speed Art Museum, Nineteenth Century French Sculpture: Monuments to the Middle Class, (exhibition catalogue), November 1971, pp. 88, 90, cat. no. 28
J.E. Hargrove, The Life and Work of Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, New York, 1977, p. 203
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Sculpture from the David Daniels Collection, (exhibition catalogue) October 26, 1979-January 13, 1980, cat. no. 43, pp. 106-107

拍品專文

One of the most successful and prolific French sculptors of the mid-19th century, Carrier-Belleuse exhibited regularly in the Paris Salons. Among his apprentices were Rodin, Dalou and Falguière.

The present model, in the classical Beaux-Arts tradition, is reminiscent of Pradier's influential Sapho of 1848. The signature 'A. Carrier' indicates that the work was conceived prior to 1868 when the artist began to sign his works 'A. Carrier-Belleuse'.