A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE GROUP OF HEBE AND JUPITER'S EAGLE

CAST BY SANSON FROM A MODEL BY JULES FRANCESCHI, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE GROUP OF HEBE AND JUPITER'S EAGLE
CAST BY SANSON FROM A MODEL BY JULES FRANCESCHI, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Signed Jules Franceschi with Sanson foundry cachet, on a circular rotating stand
27 in. (68.5 cm.) high

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The son of an ornamental sculptor from Besancon, Louis-Julien Franceschi, known as Jules (d. 1893), studied under François Rude and made his debut at the Salon in 1848. He continued to exhibit regularly until the end of the 1880s.

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