Large French Bronze Spelter Figure of an Artist, After Mathurin Moreau

Description

A large French sculptural figure of an artist or painter from the Louis XV period, mounted to a circular moulded … more A large French sculptural figure of an artist or painter from the Louis XV period, mounted to a circular moulded base of faux marble painted wood.

One of a pair of bronzed and patinated spelter figures of a painter and a musician after Mathurin Moreau, c.1870.

Mathurin Moreau (18 November 1822 – 14 February 1912) was a French sculptor in the academic style - born in Dijon, first exhibited in the 1848 Salon, and finally received a medal of honor from the Salon in 1897. He was made mayor of the 19th arrondissement of Paris, and in 1912 had a street named in his honor. His father was the sculptor Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Joseph Moreau and his siblings included sculptors Hippolyte and Auguste Moreau.

Each figure has wonderful detail as shown.
Signed to the base of each "Moreau Math"

With individual brass labels for
"Peintre Louis XV " and " Musicien Louis XV"

Each approximately 22" high x 8 1/2" diameter base. less