"Important Group In Bronze Putti Playing With Flowers By Raphaël Charles Peyre"
Titled in documentation "flower battles" or "three putti playing with flowers", this important bronze group presents three naked children playing happily with a basket full of flowers. Patinated bronze Napoleon III style XIXth / XXth century Good condition, one hand moves, key to tighten, small indentation on the base and tiny hole above a n ° 4621 see descriptive photos. Height: 45 cm - width 36 cm - depth 26 cm Raphaël Charles PEYRE (1872-1949) “This sculptor, a student of Falguière and Mercié, is fond of symbolic or allegorical subjects which he exhibited at the salon from 1893. To mention some statuettes in gilded bronze such as: flower battle in 1909 "Pierre Kjellberg" The bronzes of the XIXth century, the amateur's editions page 541) The museum of Compiègne (castle) keeps one of his works.