Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse

Overall good condition; the marble has been lightly cleaned; slight dirt, and rubbing to the top of the heads of the female figure and the putto; two small red marks to female figure's back; some dirt marks to the edges of the drapery folds to back; front corners of the molded base with shallow chips at bottom edges.
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Carrier-Belleuse's marble Entre deux amour was exhibited at the Salon of 1867 no. 2168 to great acclaim. Du Camp wrote of the sculpture, "Le ciseau a été partout d'une habileté extraordinaire; M.Carrier-Belleuse est incontestablement un praticien de premier ordre; il ne néglige aucun détail et se plaît à rendre dans toute leur gracieuse minutie les mille inflexions de la chair; il interprète la vie aussi près que possibile et donne au marbre des frissonnements d'epiderme".

The model of the present sculpture in terracotta sold, Sotheby's, London, November 13, 2007, lot 19.