"Bronze Bust Of Jean-baptiste Dumas By Eugène Guillaume Dated 1883"
important bronze bust representing Jean-Baptiste DUMAS by Eugène GUILLAUME dated 1883.jean-Baptiste DUMAS born in Alès in 1800 died in Cannes in 1884 was a French chemist, pharmacist and politician.
Eugène GUILLAUME born in 1822 and died in 1905 is a French sculptor, teacher and art critic.
This copy was offered to Mr Louis JOUSSAN for the agricultural show competition of the district of Béziers in 1884 by the review "Le Génie Civil".
This bronze has certainly spent some time outdoors, which gives it an interesting patina between dark parts and others tending to green (scratches, oxidation).
this 76 cm high bronze is very heavy.
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