CARRIER-BELLEUSE, A, CARRIER-BELLEUSE, A, CARRIER-BELLEUSE, A, Terracotta

CARRIER-BELLEUSE,ATerracotta group: Bacchante with a faun boyTerracotta. Signed "A. Carrier Belleuse." 32.5 x 34.5 x 18 cm. 4.85 kg.Slight signs of age and wear.A reclining, nude woman on an oval pedestal. She is propped up on a fruit basket with her right arm and holds a chalice in her hand, while joyfully reaching with her other hand toward a faun boy who has made himself comfortable on her thigh.Slight signs of age and wear.If this is by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, then: French sculptor and draftsman (1824, Anizy-le-Château–1887, Sèvres), studied under Pierre Jean David d’Angers at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris beginning in 1840, beginning in the 1850s, he created marble works, bronze sculptures, and terracotta busts; he was known as the “Clodion of the Second Empire” (Claude Michel Clodion, 1738–1814), In 1864, he befriended the young sculptor Auguste Rodin; from 1875 to 1887, he served as artistic director and head of the studio at the Manufacture royale de porcelaine de Sèvres in Sèvres.Provenance: Peter Kaus Museum Estate.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Estimate:£238.62

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