René Fache, Portrait Of Georges Izambard (1853)
Artist: René Fache
René FACHE (Douai, 1816 - Ribécourt, 1891)
Portrait Bust of Georges Izambard
1853
Bronze
H. 11 cm
Signed and dated on the back: R. Fache / 1853
Portrait of Georges Izambard (1848-1931), aged 4 or 5. Izambard, having lost his mother to typhoid fever in 1849, was adopted and raised in Douai by two of Fache's sisters-in-law and he went on to marry the sculptor's daughter. In Douai, and later in Charleville, Izambard was a teacher of rhetoric, where he met his student, and later, friend, Arthur Rimbaud.
Portrait Bust of Georges Izambard
1853
Bronze
H. 11 cm
Signed and dated on the back: R. Fache / 1853
Portrait of Georges Izambard (1848-1931), aged 4 or 5. Izambard, having lost his mother to typhoid fever in 1849, was adopted and raised in Douai by two of Fache's sisters-in-law and he went on to marry the sculptor's daughter. In Douai, and later in Charleville, Izambard was a teacher of rhetoric, where he met his student, and later, friend, Arthur Rimbaud.
800 €
Period: 19th century
Style: Other Style
Condition: Good condition
Material: Bronze
Height: 11 cm
Reference (ID): 1710023
Availability: In stock
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