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Property from a Private Spanish Collection

Jules Franceschi

La Fortune (Fortune)

Lot Closed

December 9, 02:22 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

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Property from a Private Spanish Collection

Jules Franceschi

French

1825 - 1893

La Fortune (Fortune)


signed: IULES FRANCESCHI / V. F. CAVAROC EDITEUR

white marble, on a white marble base

101cm., 39 3/4 in. overall

Private collection, Spain
Jules Franceschi studied at the Ecole de Dessin in Besançon before moving to Paris in 1841. Following a prolific career exhibiting at the Paris Salon, the sculptor was later made Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur in 1874. Franceschi conceived numerous models depicting allegorical and mythological women, including Young Huntress, Andromeda, Danaide, Hebe, and Isis, all of which were exhibited at the Paris Salon between 1857 and 1894. The present model, Fortune, featured at the Salon of 1886.