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Étienne-Henry Dumaige
Cleopatra before Caesar

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Étienne-Henry Dumaige 1830 - 1888 Cleopatra before Caesar, after Jean-Léon Gérôme signed H. DUMAIGE bronze on a rouge de France marble base height of bronze 58.4cm. base 33 by 22.2 by 7.6cm. Provenance Sotheby's New York, 3 November 2015, lot 51. Then a Distinguished American Collection. Literature P. Kjellberg, Bronzes of the 19th Century: Dictionary of Sculptors, London, 1994, p. 302. In the present sculpture, Dumaige depicts the pivotal moment from Jean-Leon Gérôme's 1866 painting Cléopatre et César, when Cléopatra is revealed to Caesar after her servant smuggled her into the palace wrapped in a carpet. Dumaige exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1863 to 1886, and he was a student of Augustin Alexandre Dumont and Jean-Jacques Feuchère. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1862, winning a second-class medal in 1880.
  • Creator:
    Étienne-Henry Dumaige (1830 - 1888, French)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 13 in (33 cm)Width: 8.75 in (22.2 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.6 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Tallinn, EE
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2243213538742
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