Bronze 19th Century, By Adrien Gaudez 1845/1902, "mignon" Comic Opera Heroine

Period: 19th century, Bronze in perfect condition and lost wax
Signed: A.Gaudez, referenced artist and side, Bronze bears a plaque “CUTE – A. Gaudez – Hors concours”.
Bronze with medal patina
Subject: Bronze representing ''Mignon'' heroine of the eponymous comic opera by Ambroise Thomas '' created in Paris in 1866
Dimensions: Height: 44 cm, width: 16 cm, depth: 15 cm

Adrien Etienne GAUDEZ 1845 / 1902
Adrien Étienne Gaudez born in Lyon on February 9, 1845 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on January 23, 1902 is a French sculptor. Gaudez was a student of François Jouffroy at the École des beaux-arts in Paris in 1862.
He began at the Salon 2 years later. Prisoner of war in Magdeburg during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, he was notably responsible for the monument to the memory of the French prisoners of this city. He is also the author of Florian d'Alès, the Remiremont war memorial, etc. At the Salon his bronzes are few in number
Source Bénézit and Dictionary of Sculptors – 19th century bronze - Pierre Kjelberg – Editions de l'amateur
Works:
Canada: Quebec, National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec: The Reaper, 1899, bronze. The Blacksmith, 1899 (?), bronze.

France: Alès: Monument to Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, 1896. The summit statue and the bronze cartouche were sent to cast iron under the Vichy regime in 1942, as part of the mobilization of non-ferrous metals.
Clermont-Ferrand, Roger-Quilliot art museum: Actéon, circa 1898, bronze.
Neuilly-sur-Seine: Hébé, statue; Monument to Parmentier, 1888, sent to be cast iron under the Vichy regime in 1942, as part of the mobilization of non-ferrous metals.
The statue was replaced in 1982 by an identical replica by the sculptor Andre Lavaysse, made from a bronze reduction kept at the town hall;
Monument to Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, 1897, the statue was sent to cast iron under the Vichy regime, as part of the mobilization of non-ferrous metals. In 1981, the municipality replaced it at another location (Île de Puteaux) with a stone statue from the 18th century, of unknown origin. Paris: Condorcet high school, college courtyard: L'Enseignement, 1883, limestone group.
Musée d'Orsay: Winged woman among the reeds, marble statue, Alfred Chauchard legacy.
 Petit Palais: Lully child, 1885, plaster statue. Remiremont: Monument to the dead of 1870, 18928.

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Bronze visible at our gallery in L'Isle sur la Sorgue (France), on weekends.
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