Antique Bronze "Hebe and the Eagle of Jupiter" by Jules P. Roulleau

A ‘Hebe and the eagle of Jupiter’ statue by the artist Jules Pierre Roulleau. Statue depicting the Greek goddess of youth, Hebe, the cupbearer to the gods. Hebe raises a vessel of t...

An antique bronze sculpture depicting Hebe and Jupiter's eagle, after Laurent-Honore Marqueste. Dating to circa 1890, the statue depicts a female figure standing nude on a rocky out...

A stunning French 19th century patinated bronze statue of Hebe and the Eagle of Jupiter, signed by Louis Charles Hippolyte Buhot. The statue is raised by a circular black Belium marb...

French bronze of Hebe and Jupiter Disguised as an Eagle, by Louis Charles Hippolyte Buhot. Louis-Charles-Hippolyte Buhot (1815-1865) was a pupil of David d'Angers. Buhot entered t...

In classical mythology, Hebe, the personification of youth, is also cupbearer to the gods. She is the daughter of Juno and Jupiter (represented here by his eagle). Seated between his wings, she is holding the oinochoe (wine pitcher) in one arm while with her free hand she gracefully offers him divine nectar known as ambrosia, a drink which reinforced the Olympians' immortality. The three-piece clock garniture centred around the large silvered bronze figural group after the original by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, supported on a gilt-bronze mounted onyx clock base, denoting the hours in Roman numerals, the central clock flanked by a pair of silvered and gilt bronze female figures in neoclassical garb, their amphoras issuing five scrolling candleholders...

PIERRE-JULES MÊNE French, 1810-1879 "Plaque Lièvre et Faisan" (1850) Sand-cast patinated bronze engraved signature "P.J. MÊNE 1850" probably posthumously cast circa 1880 Item # 311...

PIERRE-JULES MÊNE French, 1810-1879 "Chien Limier" (1869) Patinated bronze signed in cast "P.J. MÊNE" almost certainly cast in Mêne's personal atelier circa 1875 Item # 309MWP02...

PIERRE JULES MÊNE French, 1810-1879 "Chien Braque Assis Gardant un Lapin" (1850) Sand-cast patinated bronze signature captured in cast "P.J. MÊNE" cast ...

ISIDORE JULES BONHEUR French, 1827-1901 "Standing Ram" Patinated bronze sand-cast ca. 1870 signed to base "I. BONHEUR" no foundry mark but almost certainly cast by Peyrol under...

PIERRE-JULES MÊNE French, 1810-1879 "Chien braque à la feuille" Medium-brown patinated sand-cast bronze raised edge signature cast into base "P.J. MÊNE" ...