A French bronze model of a winged maiden, late 19th century
A French bronze model of a winged maiden, late 19th century

CAST AFTER MATHURIN MOREAU

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A French bronze model of a winged maiden, late 19th century
Cast after Mathurin Moreau
The base stamped 15 7 and signed Math. Moreau
32 7/8in. (83.5cm.) high

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Born in 1822, Mathurin Moreau (d.1912) studied under his father Jean Baptiste Moreau. He exhibited at the Salon, wining a medal in 1877 and another at the 1900 Paris Great Exhibition. He specialised in allegorical and classical groups, statuettes of historic personalities and busts of his centemporaries.

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