19th & 20th Century Sculpture
19th & 20th Century Sculpture
Madame Récamier after Jacques-Louis David
Lot Closed
December 13, 01:09 PM GMT
Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Giuseppe Gambogi
Italian
1862 - 1938
Madame Récamier after Jacques-Louis David
signed: G. Gambogi
alabaster and onyx, gilt wood
marble: 51.5 by 74cm., 20¼ by 29in.
chaise: 45.5 by 87cm., 18 by 34¼ in.
This gloriously exuberant alabaster and gilt wood group follows Jacques-Louis David's celebrated 1800 portrait of the Parisian socialite Juliette Récamier in the musée du Louvre, Paris. The use of gilt wood for the daybed perfectly evokes David's celebrated composition, whilst the use of alabaster for the exposed skin recalls the sitter's famous beauty. The present group represents a perfect fusion of neoclassicism with belle époque flair.
RELATED LITERATURE
A. Panzetta, Nuovo Dizionario Degli Scultori Italiani Dell'Ottocento e Del Primo Novecento, A-L, Turin, 2003, p. 425
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