Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 11

Emile-Andre Boisseau
Bronze Female Statue "Le Crépuscule" by Emile Andre Boisseau

About the Item

Emile-Andre Boisseau (French, 1842-1923) Le Crépuscule signed 'E. Boisseau' (on the base) Bronze height: 29 in. (74 cm.) Emile-André Boisseau was a regular exhibitor at the Salon from 1870, winning numerous prizes. The present work, Le Crépuscule (Twilight), was shown in marble at the Salon of 1883 where it was awarded the gold medal. In an illustrated article in the Gazette des Beaux-Arts in the same year, the critic H. Jouin described the group thus: "M. Boisseau a représenté le Crépuscule sous la forme d'un génie qui allume sa lampe nocturne pendant que les enfants sommeillent sous les ailes puissantes. L'artiste a donné un corps de femme au personnage qu'il voulait créer: le regard et l'attitude générale ont quelque chose de maternel. Le Crépuscule est une composition sobre et gracieuse." Boisseau himself was inspired to pen the following poem about his own work: "Le silence se fait. Dans l'ombre/Quand l'étoile du berger fuit/la nature sous le ciel sombre/Doucement s'endort. C'est la Nuit."
  • Creator:
    Emile-Andre Boisseau (1842 - 1923, French)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29 in (73.66 cm)Width: 22 in (55.88 cm)Depth: 17 in (43.18 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: SB093022-011stDibs: LU1282111102502
More From This SellerView All
  • Mathurin Moreau "La Source" Bronze and Breccia Pernice Marble Sculpture
    By Mathurin Moreau
    Located in New York, NY
    A gilt bronze Female figural sculpture depicting a young woman, slightly unveiled, sitting atop a variegated marble fountain, fitted atop a squared bronze base decorated with foliage...
    Category

    19th Century Nude Sculptures

    Materials

    Marble, Bronze

  • A Maiden Seated beside a Peacock by Auguste Moreau
    By Louis Auguste Moreau
    Located in New York, NY
    A Fine French Patinated Bronze Figure of Young Maiden sitting beside a Peacock surmounted atop a rouge marble plinth by Auguste Moreau. Perfect size for a desk or dresser, or mantle...
    Category

    19th Century Nude Sculptures

    Materials

    Marble, Bronze

  • "The Triumph of Flora" Monumental French Patinated Bronze Statue
    By Mathurin Moreau
    Located in New York, NY
    A french patinated bronze figural group of Flora in the sky with Putti and bountiful garlands of flowers. Cast from a model by Mathurin Moreau. Titled "The Triumph of Flora" a story from Ovid...
    Category

    19th Century Figurative Sculptures

    Materials

    Bronze

  • Raffaello e Fornarina white marble statue by Raffaello Romanelli (1856 - 1928 )
    Located in New York, NY
    Raffaello Romanelli 1856 - 1928 Raffaello e Fornarina signed Raffaello Romanelli Firenze and inscribed Raffaello et Fornarina marble height 38 in.; 96.5cm. diameter 16 in.; ...
    Category

    19th Century Nude Sculptures

    Materials

    Marble

  • Susanna al bagno Italian Marble Statue by Lombardi with relief sculpture Base
    By Giovan Domenico Lombardi Omino
    Located in New York, NY
    GIOVANNI BATTISTA LOMBARDI (ITALIAN, 1822-1880) A fine marble statue titled Susanna al Bagno sitting on a revolving pedestal carved in relief with...
    Category

    Mid-19th Century Baroque Nude Sculptures

    Materials

    Marble

  • Nature revealing herself before Science bronze nude figural statue
    Located in New York, NY
    La Nature se dévoilant devant la Science (Nature revealing herself before Science) Nature unsheathes herself from a golden cloak to reveal her chest with a beetle resting on her ribs. Artist : LOUIS-ERNEST BARRIAS (FRENCH, 1841-1905) inscribed 'E. Barrias' (to right side of base), Susse Frères foundry cachet (to reverse) and with inscription 'Susse Fres...
    Category

    19th Century Nude Sculptures

    Materials

    Bronze

You May Also Like
  • Music Making Dancing Putti – 19thC France - High Relief Bronze Plaque
    By Claude Michel Clodion
    Located in Meinisberg, CH
    Putti Making Music (French) • Bronze Plaque, ca. 25 x 28 cm • Weight ca. 2480 gramms A substantial relief, depicting a well shaped group of three putti, draped in swirling ribbons ...
    Category

    19th Century Rococo Figurative Sculptures

    Materials

    Bronze

  • Louvre, Bronze after P. Julien Executed from a Marble Ordered by Marie-Antoinette
    Located in Paris, FR
    This splendid sculpture represents Young Girl with a Goat (Amalthea and Jupiter's Goat), after the original by Pierre Julien commissioned by Louis XVI in 1785 and completed in 1787 for the cot of Queen Marie-Antoinette in Rambouillet. The work of the sculptor Pierre Julien decorated the interior of a grotto in a pavilion decorated with bas-reliefs by the same sculptor (acquired by the State by dation in 2003). The work was the main element of a rock basin, which was destroyed during the renovation of the gardens of the small castle. The same sculpture was seized during the Revolution and exhibited in the Louvre from 1829. The terracotta sketch, which belonged to the collector Ernst May, must have adorned his château de la Couharde (Yvelines) before entering the Louvre's collections in 1920. The bronze set with a beautiful gilded patina presented here is a work after the original by Pierre Julien (1731-1804) and dates from the 19th century (around 1850). The superbly preserved sculpture, which has belonged to the same family since its acquisition, is presented on its original base in grey serpentine marble. The quality of this work is doubly certified: - on the one hand it is stamped with a round stamp at the top "A. This stamp is a sign of high quality. Achille Collas (1794 - 1859) was the French engineer, engraver and illustrator, inventor among other things of the patented mathematical reduction process of the 19th century to reproduce sculpted objects in reduction, which was very successful. He was awarded a prize at the 1855 exhibition: his "Procédé mécanique", the name under which he prints all his productions, is easily recognisable by the finesse of its execution and by the famous stamp which appears on the base (terrace) of this sculpture. - On the other hand, an important signature is found on the terrace of the sculpture "F. Barbedienne Fondeur", founder. In 1844, Achille Collas, in order to protect his invention, formed the Société Collas et Barbedienne (Paris) with the art founder Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892), which began to produce and sell famous but smaller sculptures in plaster, wood, bronze or ivory. The first object to be marketed was the Venus de Milo after the original in the Louvre Museum. Other sculptures such as the sculpture of George Washington, of which a bronze bust was made by the Barbedienne & Process Collas foundry, are currently in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. HEIGHT OF THE SCULPTURE without base 69CM + BASE = 84CM WIDTH OF THE SCULPTURE without base 28 CM + BASE = 30,5 CM LENGTH OF THE SCULPTURE without base 46 CM + BASE 51 CM The Collas and Barbedienne company was highlighted at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851, the objects of the Barbedienne foundry received a medal and sales soared. At the 1889 Universal Exhibition in Paris, the Barbedienne company again presented a large number of its compositions, including the large neo-Renaissance clock of 1878. This clock, which was part of the Leblanc-Barbedienne estate, was donated by his heirs to the city of Paris, and is kept in the city hall. Pierre Julien (20 June 1731 - 17 December 1804) was a French neo-classical sculptor who worked in the full range of rococo and neoclassical styles. He had an early apprenticeship in Le Puy-en-Velay, near his native village of Saint-Paulien, and then at the École de Dessin in Lyon, before entering the Paris workshop of Guillaume Coustou le Jeune. In 1765, he won the Prix de Rome for sculpture with a bas-relief panel depicting a subject from Antiquity and entered the Royal School for Protected Pupils, which offered a special curriculum under the direction of the painter Louis-Michel van Loo. He was a boarder at the Académie de France in Rome from 1768 to 1773, where he was influenced by the wave of neoclassicism affecting his fellow students. As boarders were required to do, he sent back to France a slightly reduced marble copy of the so-called Cleopatra, the Sleeping Ariadne from the Vatican, which survives in Versailles. Back in France and with his former master, he worked on the sculpture of the mausoleum of Louis, the Grand Dauphin, in the cathedral of Sens. After a failed attempt in 1776, with his Ganymede, he was accepted by the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1778, with a Dying Gladiator. He was appointed one of the first members of the Institut de France in 1795, and knight of the Legion of Honour in 1804. He was commissioned by the Count of Angiviller, director of the King's Buildings, on behalf of Louis XVI, to paint the figures for a series of life-size portraits of the great men of France: he produced a Jean de La Fontaine and a Nicolas Poussin, whom he chose to depict in a nightgown, similar to the draperies of a Roman toga. While fulfilling commissions in Paris, for the church of Sainte-Geneviève (now the Panthéon, Paris), or for the Pavillon de Flore in the Louvre, he sculpted in 1785 a virtuoso marble set representing the nymph Amalthée and Jupiter's nurse goat for the Queen's Dairy at the Château de Rambouillet; for his model, he adapted the pose of the famous Venus of the Capitoline. The bas-reliefs of the Dairy, considered his masterpieces, were sold at auction in 1819, but were recovered by the State in 2005, thanks to a gift from the son of the great dealer-collector Daniel Wildenstein. 19th century French school, after Pierre Julien (1731-1804)Amalthea and Jupiter's Goat Bronze with a light brown patina and gilding, reduction made after the marble by Pierre-Julien 1785 executed for Marie-Antoinette at the Laiterie du parc du château de Rambouillet in the Louvre Museum. Among his major works: - Dying Gladiator, marble, 1779, Musée du Louvre. - Ganymede pouring nectar to Jupiter changed into an eagle, [4] marble group, 1776-1778, Paris, Musée du Louvre. - Jean de La Fontaine, marble, 1783-85. Musée du Louvre - Nicolas Poussin, marble, 1789 - 1804. Musée du Louvre - Sketch of a model in terracotta by Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1787 - 1788. Musée du Louvre - Amalthea and Jupiter's goat, marble group, 1787 for the Rambouillet Dairy. The Queen's Dairy at Rambouillet - The girl with the goat, terracotta statuette, 1786. Louvre Museum - Sainte Geneviève restoring her mother's sight, terracotta bas-relief, 1776. Musée du Louvre The works of the famous sculptor Pierre Julien have been referenced in several books and catalogues, including The exhibition catalogue. Gilles Grandjean and Guilhem Scherf. "Pierre Julien 1731-1804". Le Puy-en-Velay, France: Musée Crozatier, 2004. The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900 (Yale University Press, 1981), cat. no. 24, pp 184-87). Michael Preston Worley, 2003. Pierre Julien: Sculptor to Queen Marie Antoinette. The first modern monograph. Europe in the age of enlightenment and revolution, a catalogue from the libraries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online in PDF format), which contains information on Julien. Excerpts from the Grove Dictionary of Art online Pierre Julien in American Public Collections, on the French Sculpture Census website STATUE BARE (BODY) NANNY GOAT (ANIMAL) AMALTHAEA SITTING WOMAN ABOUT US: AYN GALLERY is located in the heart of old Paris on the Ile Saint-Louis surrounded by the Seine, in the most prestigious district of Paris. Just a few steps away from Notre Dame, like a village, this place preserved from urbanists offers a setting as it existed centuries ago with its numerous private mansions which earned the island the nickname "island of palaces" and its illustrious occupants: Charles Baudelaire, Marie Curie, Georges Pompidou or Camille Claudel Our gallery is located just opposite one of the oldest churches in Paris. As the eponymous name of the place indicates, Yasmine Azzi, the owner and artistic director of the place, has a keen eye. Born from the desire to bring together, in a unique space, vintage pieces of 20th century design, contemporary creations, original works of art and interior design know-how, AYN GALLERY was created in 2017. Our gallery presents an eclectic and daring mix, driven by a total freedom of styles and periods. We offer a collection that combines aesthetics and authenticity, in a word what we like and what our customers like. We offer an inspiring selection of furniture from the last century with rare antiques, but also precious objects and lighting with a special emphasis on vintage Italian...
    Category

    19th Century Rococo Figurative Sculptures

    Materials

    Marble, Bronze

  • Woman's Chest - Bronze Sculpture by Aurelio Mistruzzi
    Located in Roma, IT
    Edition of 100 copies numbered and signed by the artist. Excellent conditions. Aurelio Mistruzzi was an Italian sculptor and medalist. He attended the Udine ...
    Category

    1930s Figurative Sculptures

    Materials

    Bronze

  • Cold Cast Bronze Bust Sculpture of Vincent Van Gogh by British Sculptor Artist
    By Anthony D Padgett
    Located in Preston, GB
    Cold Cast Bronze Bust Sculpture of Vincent Van Gogh by British Artist & Sculptor Anthony D Padgett BA MA PGDip, Born in 1969. Everyone has an idea o...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

    Materials

    Cast Stone, Metal, Bronze

  • Figurative Bronze Sculpture -- Victory
    Located in Troy, NY
    This bronze sculpture is a wonderful example of figurative work. On top of a marble base is a bronze nude figure . His body is muscular and athletic. He holds the right hand up in a ...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

    Materials

    Marble, Bronze

  • Contemporary Solid Bronze Nude Figurative Sculpture 'Sprite' by Benson Landes
    By Benson Landes
    Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
    'Sprite' by Benson Landes is a Contemporary Solid Bronze Nude Figurative Sculpture. The remarkable elegance conveyed is breath-taking and so representative of the ballet form. This ...
    Category

    20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

    Materials

    Bronze

Recently Viewed

View All