Victor Segoffin

DETAILS Signed and foundry mark on back. DIMENSIONS Height: 4-15/16 inches Width: 2-5/16 inches Depth: 2.25 inches ABOUT THE SCULPTURE This portrait bust is of Nelly Faner, famous burlesque dancer at the turn of the XX Century Paris. ABOUT THE SCULPTORE Emmanuel Villdnis (French, 1858 – 1914) was born to Italian parents in France, in 1858. He moved with the family to Piedmont, Italy, in March 1861; after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. Known in Italy as Villani, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Albertina in Turin from 1871 to 1880 alongside master-sculptor Odoardo Tabacchi. When Villanis graduated, he exhibited his first works in cities across Italy, notably his bust ‘Alda’ in Milan, in 1881. Villanis returned to France in 1885, living and working in the Montmartre district of Paris and didn’t leave Montmartre until his death on August 28th 1914. Villanis specialised in female bronze busts...

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