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Brass Cast Statue to Convey Love

$3,369.37
$4,211.7120% Off
£2,494.52
£3,118.1520% Off
€2,800
€3,50020% Off
CA$4,665.13
CA$5,831.4120% Off
A$5,093.20
A$6,366.5120% Off
CHF 2,670.16
CHF 3,337.7020% Off
MX$61,858.94
MX$77,323.6720% Off
NOK 33,345.94
NOK 41,682.4220% Off
SEK 31,487.46
SEK 39,359.3220% Off
DKK 21,317
DKK 26,646.2520% Off

About the Item

This figure is made of bronze with brown patina and representing a couple embracing and kissing each other.This scene was immortalized by Jean-Antoine Houdon.French sculptor whose religious and mythological works are definitive expressions of the 18th-century Rococo style of sculpture. Elements of classicism and naturalism are also evident in his work, and the vividness with which he expressed both physiognomy and character places him among history’s greatest portrait sculptors.Houdon began sculpting at age nine and underwent the long training prescribed by the Académie Royale. In 1761 he won the Prix de Rome, and while in Rome (1764–68) he established his reputation with a large marble statue of St. Bruno (1767) and an anatomical study of a flayed man, L’Écorché (1767), which brought him immediate fame and served later as the basis for replicas widely used for instruction.Houdon modeled his sculptures in clay, although subsequent versions might be of marble, bronze, or plaster. A skilled technician in all of these mediums, Houdon either took full charge of repetitions or limited himself to finishing touches upon his assistants’ work. He preferred retaining the toolmarks in his sculptures rather than polishing them out, choosing to suggest a sense of freshness in execution that accorded with his concern for a characteristic pose and for the effect of a direct and vivid glance.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 18.9 in (48 cm)Width: 14.57 in (37 cm)Depth: 5.52 in (14 cm)
  • Style:
    Other (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Bronze,Patinated
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1950-1960
  • Condition:
    Rewired.
  • Seller Location:
    Warsaw, PL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU5826226956842

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