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Ginette et Alain Lesieutre, Collection Privée
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Jules Dalou
BUSTE D'ENFANT
bronze, brown patina ; on a mottled green marble base
Signed DALOU and with the foundry mark CIRE PERDUE A.-A. HEBRARD
bronze
Haut. (totale) 41 cm, haut. (base) 10.5 cm; height (overall) 16 in., height (base) 4 1/8 in.
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Signed DALOU and with the foundry mark CIRE PERDUE A.-A. HEBRARD
bronze
Haut. (totale) 41 cm, haut. (base) 10.5 cm; height (overall) 16 in., height (base) 4 1/8 in.
Literature
Amélie Simier, Jules Dalou, le sculpteur de la République, exh. cat. Petit-Palais, Paris, 2013, p. 363, n. 293.
Catalogue Note
The model for this bronze is related to the Monument to the Memory of the Queen Victoria's Children (1877-1879) in a private chapel in Windsor (see also Lots 95 and 99 of the sale).
Monument to the memory of Queen Victoria's grandchildren (1877-1879)
Exiled from France to escape his condemnation to forced labor in perpetuity, Dalou found in London a favorable welcome and the support of a clientele of financiers and landowners. In his genre and maternal scenes, he depicts a simple and intimate world, where maternal feelings are exalted and lauded far from social cleavages.
In 1877 Dalou wins a commission for a funeral monument dedicated to the memory of five of Queen Victoria's grandchildren, for the private royal chapel in Windsor. A standing angel carries three children in his arms while the last two grasp its legs. This first monument is in place in June 1878 and Dalou is entrusted with a second commission by Queen Victoria in memory of Princess Mary Hesse, who had just died of typhoid fever.
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