European Sculpture & Works of Art: The Nineteenth Century

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Lot 55
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Charles Vital-Cornu French, 1851-1927

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Description

  • Charles Vital-Cornu
  • Victoire Triomphante (Victory Triumphant)
  • signed: VitalCornu, with SOCIETE DES BRONZES DE PARIS pastille and stamped: A P 1609
  • bronze, dark to mid-brown patina with gilt wreath

Catalogue Note

Vital Cornu specialised in allegorical figures, genre scenes and portraits and exhibited at the Salon from 1876. The Susse foundry cast many of his bronzes but the Victoire Triomphante appears to have been edited exclusively by the Société des Bronzes de Paris.