Jean Racine - Louis-simon Boizot 1745 - 1809
Artist: Louis-simon Boizot 1745-1809
Dimensions
Height: approx. 44 cm
Terrace: 27 X 34.5 cm
Signature
Signed on the motif
Signature of the foundryman Lerolles Frères
Jean RACINE,a monument, if I may say so, to French literature! With thiswork, the sculptor pays tribute, a hundred years after the publication of hispenultimate tragedy, to its author.
In this rigorous and imposingimposing sculpture by Louis-Simon BOIZOT, let's remember the verse from Esther,whose libretto he holds in his left hand, the calamus in his rightright hand, as if he had to make some correction before the 26th January 1685, the sacred tragedy (whose theme is taken from SacredScripture, not Greek mythology) was performed for the first time
Ne cherchentons la félicité que dans la paix et l'innocence
Esther, 11,9
For further information
Louis-Simon Boizot (1743-1809). Sculpteur du roi et directeur de l'atelier de sculpture à la Manufacture de Sèvres.
Somegy, Paris-Versailles, Musée Lambinet 2001, 336 pages, ill.
Louis-Simon BOIZOTexhibited at the Salon from 1773. The following year, he was appointed head of thehead of the sculpture workshop at the Manufacture de Sèvres and continued his his career as a recognized artist, being elected to the Académie in 1778. sculptor to the king and talented portraitist, he adornedthe fountain on Place du Châtelet, modelled twenty-five fragments of theof the Vendôme column bas-relief, sculpted lovely busts (Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette(Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Racine, Bonaparte, etc.) and models for thefor the Sèvres manufactory.
The fall of the Ancien Régime was not detrimental to Louis-Simon BOIZOT, who continued his activity under the Consulate.
Foundry: Les frères Lerolle
They took part in the 1863 Exposition des Beaux-Arts appliqués à l'industrie, and were also known as manufacturers of art bronze, practicing gilding and silvering as early as 1850. They were also present at the 1878 Exposition Universelle (Hachet dictionary).
For further information: https://www.lestresorsdegamaliel.com/sculptures/527-jean-racine-louis-simon-boizot.html
Height: approx. 44 cm
Terrace: 27 X 34.5 cm
Signature
Signed on the motif
Signature of the foundryman Lerolles Frères
Jean RACINE,a monument, if I may say so, to French literature! With thiswork, the sculptor pays tribute, a hundred years after the publication of hispenultimate tragedy, to its author.
In this rigorous and imposingimposing sculpture by Louis-Simon BOIZOT, let's remember the verse from Esther,whose libretto he holds in his left hand, the calamus in his rightright hand, as if he had to make some correction before the 26th January 1685, the sacred tragedy (whose theme is taken from SacredScripture, not Greek mythology) was performed for the first time
Ne cherchentons la félicité que dans la paix et l'innocence
Esther, 11,9
For further information
Louis-Simon Boizot (1743-1809). Sculpteur du roi et directeur de l'atelier de sculpture à la Manufacture de Sèvres.
Somegy, Paris-Versailles, Musée Lambinet 2001, 336 pages, ill.
Louis-Simon BOIZOTexhibited at the Salon from 1773. The following year, he was appointed head of thehead of the sculpture workshop at the Manufacture de Sèvres and continued his his career as a recognized artist, being elected to the Académie in 1778. sculptor to the king and talented portraitist, he adornedthe fountain on Place du Châtelet, modelled twenty-five fragments of theof the Vendôme column bas-relief, sculpted lovely busts (Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette(Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Racine, Bonaparte, etc.) and models for thefor the Sèvres manufactory.
The fall of the Ancien Régime was not detrimental to Louis-Simon BOIZOT, who continued his activity under the Consulate.
Foundry: Les frères Lerolle
They took part in the 1863 Exposition des Beaux-Arts appliqués à l'industrie, and were also known as manufacturers of art bronze, practicing gilding and silvering as early as 1850. They were also present at the 1878 Exposition Universelle (Hachet dictionary).
For further information: https://www.lestresorsdegamaliel.com/sculptures/527-jean-racine-louis-simon-boizot.html
1 850 €
Period: 19th century
Style: Louis 14th, Regency
Condition: Good condition
Material: Bronze
Length: 34.50
Width: 27
Height: 44
Reference (ID): 1775413
Availability: In stock
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