L`Amour Irrésistible Sculpture by Marie Cassavetti-Zambaco

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L`Amour Irrésistible Sculpture by Marie Cassavetti-Zambaco

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"L`Amour Irrésistible" fine 19th century sculpture by Marie Cassavetti-Zambaco. Spelter with original gilt bronze finish. Maria Zambaco (29 April 1843, London – 14 July 1914, Paris), born Marie Terpsithea Cassavetti (Greek: Μαρία Τερψιθέα Κασσαβέτη, sometimes spelled Maria Tepsithia Kassavetti or referred to as Mary), was an artist and model favoured by the Pre-Raphaelites. Maria dedicated herself to art, and studied at the Slade School under Alphonse Legros and under Auguste Rodin in Paris. She worked as a sculptor in the 1880s and The British Museum holds four of her medals that she donated, depicting the heads of young girls.[2] British Museum holdings: Museum numbers- Medal 1 1887,1207.1,[3] Medal 2 1887,0209.1[4] and Medals 3 and 4 1887,0209.2.[5] She exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1887 and the 1889 Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society in London.[6] She exhibited at the Paris Salon as well.[7] Familiar within the circles of the Pre-Raphaelites for her dark red hair and pale skin, her most notable modelling was for the British artist Edward Burne-Jones. She also sat as a model for the American Whistler and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Personal life: In 1860, she frightened off her first admirer, George du Maurier, who called her 'rude and unapproachable but of great talent and a really wonderful beauty'. Instead she married Dr Zambaco in 1860, initially living with him in France. She had a son and a daughter by him. The marriage was not a success and she moved back to live with her mother in London in 1866. Burne-Jones first met her in 1866, when her mother commissioned him to paint her as Cupid and Psyche, and they had an affair which lasted until at least January 1869 and they stayed in contact after. In Georgiana Burne-Jones's The Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones, the affair is not mentioned but the years 1868-71 are described as 'Heart, thou and I here, sad and alone'.[8] In 1869, Edward Burne-Jones attempted to leave his wife for her, which caused a great scandal. Maria entreated him to commit suicide with her by laudanum overdose by the canal in Little Venice and the police had to be called.[9] After they broke up, Maria continued to appear in Burne-Jones' paintings as a sorceress or a temptress, such as his last major work of her, The Beguiling of Merlin, and the controversial Phyllis and Demophoön, which was removed from display at the Royal Watercolour Society. Friends of the Burne-Jones family, such as Rosalind Howard cut Maria socially.[10]

Creator:
Marie Zambaco 1 (Sculptor)
Dimensions:
Height: 25 in (63.5 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)Depth: 15 in (38.1 cm)
Style:
Pre-Raphaelite (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Spelter
Place of Origin:
Europe
Period:
19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
19th Century
Condition:
Seller Location:
Rochester, NY
Reference Number:
Seller: nude male love cupid archangel french1stDibs: LU158523729072