a french polychrome-patinated bronze group of a nymphette and a sea shell

CAST FROM A MODEL BY AUGUST MOREAU, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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a french polychrome-patinated bronze group of a nymphette and a sea shell
Cast from a model by August Moreau, late 19th Century
On an intergrally-cast naturalistic base, signed Aug. Moreau, mounted on a shaped pink marble base
44.5cm. high

Lot Essay

Auguste Louis Mathurin Moreau (1834-1917), made his debut at the Salon in Paris in 1861, and participated regularly until 1913.

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