“Diana, the Huntress” by Eugene Marioton, French Antique Bronze Sculpture

Description

An incredibly beautif representation of Diana the Huntress, this rather rare cast by Eugéne Marioton captures the goddess as a … more An incredibly beautif representation of Diana the Huntress, this rather rare cast by Eugéne Marioton captures the goddess as a young woman with her bow resting gingerly against her upraised hand while she leans against the stump of a felled tree. Her other arm rests on the upper limits of the tree, cast outwards in an almost carefree manner that leaves her body in a dance-like posture. She looks only to her bow, her eyes turned downwards and her features incredibly peacef.This is a model that very infrequently becomes available on the open-market. It was cast by the foundry of E. Cin et Cie in Paris during the first quarter of the 20th century.
EUGÈNE MARIOTONEugéne Marioton was born in Paris on April 7th of 1857, brother to the likewise famous scptor Claudius Marioton. They enjoyed strong reputations and careers, Eugéne’s stretching over a fifty year period with his debut at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris in 1882 where he continued to exhibit regarly through 1922. Both he and his brother studied under Augustin Alexandre Dumont, and he further was pupil to Thomas and Bonnassieux. He won bronze medals at the 1889 and 1900 Exposition Universelle and a traveling scharship in 1888. He specialized in small bronze works, mostly figural studies that were academic and executed in the Romantic taste. Of these, a majority were cast by the E. Cin and Siot-Decauville foundries, both prific and highly skilled firms.
Artist Listings & Bibliography:
* Bronzes of the Nineteenth Century: Dictionary of Scptors, Pierre Kjellberg, 1994, p. 458-460
* Art Bronzes, Michael Forrest,1988, p. 479
* The Dictionary of Western Scptors in Bronze, James Mackay, 1977, p. 250
* E. Benezit Dictionary of Artists, V. IX, Gründ, 2006, p. 295
Measurements: 29" H (total height, including base); 28" H (bronze only); approximately 17 1/2" W from arm to arm; 8" base diameter; 9" marble base diameter less