A LARGE FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF PAINTING AND ARCHITECTURE, incorporating a blue enamelled clock with timepiece movement in the form of a starry globe, Cupid seated on bronze stylised clouds over the globe, a torch in each hand, to his right a muse representing Architecture seated on clouds, voluminously robed, holding a scroll in her left hand and a compass in her right, set squares, scrolls and books at her feet, to his left a muse representing Painting seated on clouds, voluminously robed, her head resting on her left hand, a paint brush in her right, further paint brushes, a design scroll and a book of perspective at her feet, a laurel wreath beside each muse, on a shaped wooden socle, circa 1860s | Christie's

Lot 188

188

A LARGE FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF PAINTING AND ARCHITECTURE, incorporating a blue enamelled clock with timepiece movement in the form of a starry globe, Cupid seated on bronze stylised clouds over the globe, a torch in each hand, to his right a muse representing Architecture seated on clouds, voluminously robed, holding a scroll in her left hand and a compass in her right, set squares, scrolls and books at her feet, to his left a muse representing Painting seated on clouds, voluminously robed, her head resting on her left hand, a paint brush in her right, further paint brushes, a design scroll and a book of perspective at her feet, a laurel wreath beside each muse, on a shaped wooden socle, circa 1860s

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A LARGE FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF PAINTING AND ARCHITECTURE, incorporating a blue enamelled clock with timepiece movement in the form of a starry globe, Cupid seated on bronze stylised clouds over the globe, a torch in each hand, to his right a muse representing Architecture seated on clouds, voluminously robed, holding a scroll in her left hand and a compass in her right, set squares, scrolls and books at her feet, to his left a muse representing Painting seated on clouds, voluminously robed, her head resting on her left hand, a paint brush in her right, further paint brushes, a design scroll and a book of perspective at her feet, a laurel wreath beside each muse, on a shaped wooden socle, circa 1860s
26¼ x 40in. (66.5 x 101.5cm.)

Lot Essay

The style of this bronze group and the fluid grace of the modelling are reminiscent of the work of Mathurin Moreau (1822-1912), who may have been the author of this grandiose composition.

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