Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clesinger, French Bronze Bust of Jesus Christ, Barbedienne

An exceptional French patinated realistic bronze bust of Jesus Christ, circa 1858 Signed: J CLESINGER. & F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR, with the Reduction Me...

An exceptional French patinated realistic miniature bronze bust of Jesus Christ, 1858 Signed: J CLESINGER. 1858 and F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR, wi...

A Monumental Stoneware Sculpture of the The Holy Family consists of the Child Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph by Georges Wasterlain (1889-1963) Georges WASTERLAIN (1889-1963...

An exquisite French patinated bronze Herm Bust of Emperor Napoleon I, circa 1820 After Canova (1757–1822). Mounted on a solid square bronze and green marble base. Extremely fine ...

An Exquisite French multi-patinated orientalist bronze bust of a Turkish Beauty, by Zacharie Rimbez, late 19th century. Signed 'Z. Rimbez' (on the left shoulder) Measures : 22"...

An exquisite French multi-patinated orientalist bronze bust of Saida, by Zacharie Rimbez, late 19th century. Signed 'Z. Rimbez' (on the left shoulder) Measures: 22" high x 13" ...

Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clesinger, French Bronze Bust of Jesus Christ, Barbedienne 1858 An exceptional French patinated realistic miniature bronze b...

A large bronze bust showing a beautiful young woman depicted as a Bacchante, the Greek Goddess of Wine, her head festooned with grape branches. The bust is supported by an integral bronze plinth that at the back is inscribed with the name of the sculptor, J. Clesinger Rome 1857 dating the bronze to the time when the sculptor was 33 years old. The sculptor whose full name was Jean Auguste Baptiste Clesinger was born in 1813 in Besancon in Southern France. His father, Georges-Philippe, was a sculptor and trained Auguste in art. Auguste first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1843 with a bust of Vicomte Jules de Vaidahon. At the 1847 Salon, he created a sensation with his Woman bitten by a serpent, produced from life-casts from his model Apollonie Sabartier who was a notorious Parisian and the mistress of many perhaps even of Clesinger himself. Later he also produced this bust of her as Bacchante. In private life, the sculptor was awarded one of France’s highest honour, the knight’s cross...

JEAN-BAPSITSE AUGUSTE CLÉSINGER (FRENCH, 1814-1883) Femme piquée par un serpent Inscribed J. CLESINGER and F. BARBEDIENNE. FONDEUR Bronze, dark brown patina 8 in. (20.3 cm.) high, 22 ½ in. (57.1 cm.) wide Condition: Excellent Circa 1876 Literature: A Pingeot, Musee d'Orsay, Catalogue sommaire illustré des sculpture, Paris, 1986, p. 100-101, see also p. 19 Woman Bitten by a Serpent is an 1847 sculpture by Auguste Clésinger (1814–1883), now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. (Marble) It was commissioned by the industrialist Alfred Mosselman and first exhibited in the Paris Salon in 1847, where it and Thomas Couture's The Romans in their Decadence were the most commented-upon works. Clésinger had modelled his work on a life-cast of Mossellman's mistress, the demi-mondaine Apollonie Sabatier (1822–1890), later Charles Baudelaire's muse. The direct use of a life cast as the basis for a sculpture was highly controversial in the 19th century, particularly in its realism, such as the reproduction of the model's cellulite. Clésinger's friend Théophile Gautier orchestrated a response to the art critics...

Inscribed F. Barbedienne with the Collas reduction.

Inscribed ‘J. CLESINGER.; F. BARBEDIENNE .FONDEUR; REDUCTION MECANIQUE, A. COLLAS’ Maker: Jean-Baptiste Clésinger (French, 1814-1883) Date: 19...

A magnificent late 19th century French bronze study of a large bull in a proud stance, the bronze exhibiting excellent hand chased surface detail and fine rich brown patina. Raised o...