European Sculpture & Works of Art: The Nineteenth Century

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Lot 77
  • 77

Jean-Baptiste, called Auguste Clésinger French, 1814-1883

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Description

  • Jean-Baptiste, called Auguste Clésinger
  • La Zingara
  • signed and dated: J. CLESINGER / ROME / 1858, inscribed: F. BARBEDIENNE. FONDEUR., and with the RÉDUCTION  MÉCANIQUE A. COLLAS BREVETÉ pastille
  • bronze, dark brown patina with gilding

Catalogue Note

Clésinger executed the original marble Zingara in Rome in 1858, where he was a frequent visitor to Thorvaldsen's studio. Barbedienne edited Zingara in four sizes of which the present model is the third largest. The 1886 Barbedienne catalogue identifies the model as Zingara (Danseuse Napolitaine) au tambour de basque. Clésinger also made a pendant figure of a dancer with cymbals, the two were sold as a pair by the Maison Marnyhac in Paris.