Original Sculpture: Portrait Of Eugène Pelletan, Writer; By Adolphe Berteault; Hugo; 1869; Municipality
Eugène Pelletan, writer, journalist, philosopher, and Republican politician, one of the leading intellectual figures of the liberal opposition during the Second Empire. Created in 1869 by the sculptor Pierre Adolphe Berteault, it is a contemporary portrait executed during the model’s lifetime, at a decisive moment in French political history, a few months before the fall of Napoleon III.
The work possesses dual value—artistic and historical. It immortalizes not only a statesman but also a major 19th-century writer—one who is less well-known today than Victor Hugo or Lamartine but who played an essential role in the Republican movement of the 1850s–1870s.
Eugène Pelletan, writer and intellectual companion of Victor HugoAn original sculpture by Adolphe Berteault
The signature engraved on the shoulder:
A. Berteault 1869
Period: 19th century
Style: Louis Philippe, Charles 10th
Condition: Excellent condition
Material: Terracotta
Height: 24
Reference (ID): 1788513
Availability: In stock
