Amphitrite by Auguste Moreau

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Art. 2477

A magnificent Art Nouveau bronze figure of a naked water nymph rising from the sea, loosely draped with a small scarf, holding aloft on her shoulder a flaming brazier, fitted as an elecrtic lamp, with a young lad at her feet holding a conch shell. The bronze with fabulous deep brown patination raised on a rouge marble plinth, signed A Moreau and with inscribed title plaque to the fore detailing this model was exhibited at the Salon des Beaux-Arts in 1897 SOLD

Pristine condition

Date: 1897

Height: 110 cm

Price: £14,500


Literature
Bronzes of the 19th Century by Pierre Kjellberg
Bronzes Sculptors and Founders - 1800 - 1930 by Harold Berman
Art Bronzes by Michael Forrest