CARRIER-BELLEUSE, Albert-Ernest (1824 Anizy-le-Château – 1887 Sèvres)

(1824 Anizy-le-Château – 1887 Sèvres)CARRIER-BELLEUSE,(1824 Anizy-le-Château – 1887 Sèvres)Albert-Ernest(1824 Anizy-le-Château – 1887 Sèvres)Terracotta group: Nymph with puttiTerracotta, wooden base. Signed "A. Carrier Belleuse." H 67.5 cm. 10 kg.Several cracks in the robe around the right hand of the reclining putto; a hole on the back (not a defect); wooden base with signs of age and wear.A young woman with a wreath of flowers in her hair attempts to cover her body with her robe, but three putti are pulling at it.Several cracks in the robe around the right hand of the reclining putto; a hole on the back (not a defect); wooden base with signs of age and wear.Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse: French sculptor and draftsman; studied under Pierre Jean David d’Angers at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris beginning in 1840; from the 1850s onward, he created works in marble, bronze sculptures, and terracotta busts; he was called the “Clodion of the Second Empire” (Claude Michel Clodion, 1738–1814), In 1864, he became friends with the young sculptor Auguste Rodin; from 1875 to 1887, he served as artistic director and head of the studio at the Manufacture royale de porcelaine de Sèvres in Sèvres.Provenance: Estate of Peter Kaus.For this lot, we recommend personal pickup, fine art transport, or shipping via ThePackengers.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

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