拍品 48
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A FRENCH SILVERED BRONZE GROUP OF HEBE AND JUPITER'S EAGLE, cast from a model by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, Hebe shown seated on the eagle, pouring ambrosia from her ewer into the cup, the eagle drinking from the proffered cup, holding Jupiter's thunder-bolt in one claw, and flying over stylised clouds, signed CARRIER (on green striated marble socle), circa 1858

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A FRENCH SILVERED BRONZE GROUP OF HEBE AND JUPITER'S EAGLE, cast from a model by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, Hebe shown seated on the eagle, pouring ambrosia from her ewer into the cup, the eagle drinking from the proffered cup, holding Jupiter's thunder-bolt in one claw, and flying over stylised clouds, signed CARRIER (on green striated marble socle), circa 1858
19¾in. (50.2cm.) high
出版
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
J. E. Hargrove, The Life and Work of Albert Carrier-Belleuse, London, 1977, pp. 40-5
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Catalogue sommaire illustré des sculptures, 1986, p. 92
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Chefs d'Ooeuvre de la Sculpture du XIXe Siècle, 1986, p. 43

拍品專文

Hebe was the Greek goddess of Youth, and the cup-bearer to the gods. She is often represented with Jupiter's eagle, offering him nectar. Carrier-Belleuse first exhibited a group of Hebe and Jupiter at the 1859 Paris Salon. The group was very well received, particularly since the alluring figure of Hebe was in keeping with the Second Empire taste for voluptuous maidens. The graceful and detailed treatment of the hair and drapery, together with the 'precious' chasing and silvering are much in the style of the French Mannerist tradition, and reflect Carrier-Belleuse's training as a goldsmith and chiseller. A version of the silvered group is now in the Musée d'Orsay, and another was sold in these Rooms, lot 126, 15 February 1990.