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
Description
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.