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Click here to subscribePAUL-GABRIEL CAPELLARO (1862-AFTER 1909) BUST OF ARSENNE HOUSSAYE (1815-1896) on square socle, terracotta, 80c, h, inscribed ARSENE HOUSSAYE The novelist and poet Arsene Houssaye (or Housset) arrived in Paris in 1832. A prolific writer and man of letters, he achieved fame with his satirical Histoire du quarante et unième fauteuil de l`Académie Francaise in 1855.++Minor chipping particularly around the base
A Victorian Minton Parian figure "Miranda", modelled by John Bell, height 37cm (left wrist reglued), impressed marks, also a Parian bust of a female, possibly Queen Alexandra, height 15cm. The Minton figure of Miranda is pictured in the Dictionary of Minton by Paul Atterbury and Maureen Batkin, page 31 and was originally modelled by John Bell in 1851 and later selected as a prize by the Art Union (2).
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), A bronze bust `Suzon`, signed and inscribed `Cie des Bronzes a Bruxelles` on a fitted bronze socle and veined red marble base with title plate, 18ins In 1870, as the Franco-Prussian War raged in France, Auguste Rodin went to Belgium to work in the atelier of decorative sculptor Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse. He stayed for six years producing his first commercially successful piece in the style of his employer, the bust of a young girl called "Suzon". After a trip to Italy in 1876 exposed him to the work of Michelangelo, he abandoned this style, but at the time Suzon proved very popular and sold in multiple copies. Conceived in 1872, the bust Suzon was subsequently cast by La Companie des Bronzes de Bruxelles between 1872 and 1939. Examples exist in bronze, marble and porcelain.
A Russian HM silver ecclesiastical censer stamped with helmeted bust and 84 zolotnks (1908-1917), maker’s mark NM, pierced floral and foliate bowl with pierced scalloped rim, 3 pierced scroll supporting arms, triple bulbous terminal to base, suspended by 3 linked chains, 17½” long with ringed cap. GC Plate 2
Five plaster casts including three figures, a bust and cat/dog, by sculptor Charles Leonard Hartwell RA [1873-1951], plus supporting provenance including a photograph album, RA Illustrated magazines, newspaper cuttings, signed photograph and correspondence including a hand-written and signed letter from HM Queen Mary thanking him for his contribution to the Queen`s dolls` house
Boucher.Sculpture of Jacopo Sansovino 2 vol. New Haven & London 1991 § Schulz (A.M.) Giambattista and Lorenzo Bregno: Venetian Sculpture in the High Renaissance Cambridge 1991; Antonio Rizzo: Sculptor and Architect Princeton 1983 § Martin (T.) Alessandro Vittoria and the Portrait Bust in Renaissance Venice Oxford 1998. illustrations some colour original cloth dust-jackets; and 3 others on Venetian Renaissance sculpture 4to(8)
A French sculpted white marble bust of a maiden, late 19th century, her head to sinister with elaborately dressed hair, her décolletage with tied bow, inscribed Jacque to the reverse, 54cm high, (lacking socle) Condition Report:** Good general condition overall. Dirty in minor areas, and with a circa 1cm drop of varnish/glue to the drapery of her right shoulder. Lacking a socle
A Victorian sculpted white marble bust of a young girl, dated 1849, her head to dexter, her hair parted to the left side, one shoulder loosely draped, inscribed to the reverse BEHNES Sculpt 1849, on a waisted, circular socle, 53cm high. William Behnes was born in London though his early life was spent in Dublin where he studied art at the Dublin Academy. After the family returned to London, Behnes continued his artistic training, studying at the Royal Academy School of Art from 1813. As a painter, he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1815 and won several medals during the ensuing years. In 1819 he won a Society of Arts gold medal for inventing an instrument to assist sculpture work, having by this time begun to practice successfully as a sculptor. In 1837 Behnes was appointed ‘Sculptor in Ordinary’ to Queen Victoria. His pupils included noted sculptors George Frederic Watts, Thomas Woolner and Henry Weekes.
A white painted plaster bust of Diana, late 19th/early 20th century, with waisted, circular socle, 66cm high Condition Report: **Scuffs, knocks and chips overall consistent with age and use. Two or three more significant chips to the base. Later repainted. Cast lines and ridges in places to the surface. These are original to the piece.
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