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Poujol, Biblis changée en source (Byblis Transformed into a Spring), 1898
$79,000
£59,857.48
€68,681.72
CA$111,165.75
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About the Item
Poujol, Biblis changée en source (Byblis Transformed into a Spring), 1898
Artist: Poujol
Nationality: French
Date: 1898
Medium: Oil on canvas
Signature: Signed and dated lower left, “Poujol 1898” (stylized “P” monogram followed by oujol)
Inscriptions: Presentation plaque to frame reading: “BIBLIS CHANGÉE EN SOURCE / MÉTAMORPHOSES d’OVIDE / LIVRE IX / SALON 1898.”
Translation:“Byblis transformed into a spring
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Book IX
Salon 1898”
Frame: Period Rococo-revival giltwood frame with acanthus and C-scroll ornament; likely original to the work.
Exhibition
• Paris, Salon, 1898
Literature
• Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book IX (subject source).
• Catalogue illustré du Salon (Société des Artistes Français or Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts), Paris, 1898.
Depicting the myth of Byblis (Biblis) from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book IX, this painting shows the heroine at the moment of abandonment and exhaustion, her endless tears about to transform her into a spring. The model’s porcelain tonality and the gentle sfumato transitions in flesh are hallmarks of late nineteenth-century French academic practice in the wake of Bouguereau and Jules Lefebvre. Set against a dark, vaporous ground with quietly modulated greens, the figure’s horizontal pose and drooping arm reinforce the subject’s pathos while creating a graceful arabesque within the rectangle.
Technically, the work displays smooth, layered handling in the flesh passages, feathered treatment of the hair, and restrained, nearly tonalist modulation in the background. The composition’s sobriety and mythological theme align with Paris Salon taste in the 1890s, and the period plaque explicitly records exhibition at the Salon of 1898. The signature—clearly reading “Poujol 1898”—employs a decorative initial P that is sometimes misread as R, hence occasional confusion with “Roujol.”
- Dimensions:Height: 47.5 in (120.65 cm)Width: 70 in (177.8 cm)Depth: 3.25 in (8.26 cm)
- Style:Romantic (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1898
- Condition:Additions or alterations made to the original: the painting has a professional relining. Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Los Angeles, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU986222831482
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