a french bronze figure entitled 'David devant Saul'

CAST FROM A MODEL BY JEAN BAPTISE GERMAIN AND/OR GUSTAVE GERMAIN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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a french bronze figure entitled 'David devant Saul'
Cast from a model by Jean Baptise Germain and/or Gustave Germain, late 19th Century
The youth playing on his lyre and standing on an integrally-cast circular naturalistic base signed Germain, mounted on a shaped circular plinth with title and Salon des Beaux Arts
68cm. high

Lot Essay

The brothers Jean Baptiste (1841-1910) and Gustave (1843-1909) Germain were both pupils of Augustin Dumont (1801-1884) and Charles Gumery (1827-1871). They worked together in producing classical and historical statuettes and groups. Jean Baptiste exhibited at the Salon between 1866 and 1909, for instance with Didon et Enée in 1876 and Excelsior in 1896 (P.Kjellberg, Les Bronzes du XIXe siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 357). Gustave exhibited at the Salon from 1881 onwards.

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