Pair Of Bronze Sculptures "young Faun With Akid" & "young Woman With A Dove" By Gumery
Artist: Charles-alfonse Gumery (1827-1871)
Charles-Alfonse GUMERY(1827-1871)
Pair of bronze statues with brown patina representing:
A young Faun playing with akid,
A young woman with a dove.
Circa:1860
Signed "Gumery, Rome", engraved of the founder A. Normant éditeur à paris.
Remarkable fine chasing, beautiful original shaded brown patina.
Slight deformation of the rounded base. A model of this work is kept at the Fabre Museum in Montpellier.
Height 52 cm.
Charles-AlphonseAchille Gumery was one of the most renowned French sculptors and engravers of the Second Empire. First Grand Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1850. Teacher at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-arts in Paris, Gumery was appointed Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur on June 29, 1867.
Bibliography
Kjellberg Pierre, Les bronzes du XIXe siècle, les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2005,page 401.
Bénézit, Dictionnaire univers des contemporains, contenant toutes les personnes notables de la France and foreign countries, 1999.
Conditions:Assemblies visible at arm level, the result of the sculpting techniquetechnique used: the various elements of a statue (arms, legs, torso, etc.) are cast separately and then assembled. Slight deformation of the rounded base.
Pair of bronze statues with brown patina representing:
A young Faun playing with akid,
A young woman with a dove.
Circa:1860
Signed "Gumery, Rome", engraved of the founder A. Normant éditeur à paris.
Remarkable fine chasing, beautiful original shaded brown patina.
Slight deformation of the rounded base. A model of this work is kept at the Fabre Museum in Montpellier.
Height 52 cm.
Charles-AlphonseAchille Gumery was one of the most renowned French sculptors and engravers of the Second Empire. First Grand Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1850. Teacher at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-arts in Paris, Gumery was appointed Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur on June 29, 1867.
Bibliography
Kjellberg Pierre, Les bronzes du XIXe siècle, les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2005,page 401.
Bénézit, Dictionnaire univers des contemporains, contenant toutes les personnes notables de la France and foreign countries, 1999.
Conditions:Assemblies visible at arm level, the result of the sculpting techniquetechnique used: the various elements of a statue (arms, legs, torso, etc.) are cast separately and then assembled. Slight deformation of the rounded base.
4 500 €
Period: 19th century
Style: Rome and Antic Greece
Condition: Excellent condition
Material: Bronze
Height: 52
Reference (ID): 1775280
Availability: In stock
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