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After Henri-Frederic Iselin. A cast iron group of a nymph and the infant Bacchus 19th century
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description
- 160cm. high
the nymph standing scantily draped and holding an upturned pitcher, the infant at her feet holding aloft a goblet
Literature
Related Literature
A. Trebor, A. Bulhôes, E. Junçueira, Fontes d'Art à Rio de Janeiro. Fontaines et statues françaises, Paris 2000, pp. 110, 111.
A. Trebor, A. Bulhôes, E. Junçueira, Fontes d'Art à Rio de Janeiro. Fontaines et statues françaises, Paris 2000, pp. 110, 111.
Catalogue Note
Henri-Frederic Iselin (1825-1905) studied sculpture in the atelier of Rude and thereafter for a short time at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. His oeuvre primarily consists of state commissions for marble busts and statues of prominent members of the political and arts fraternities. Allegorical and mythological groups such as the present work appear comparatively rarely, but subjects such as Le Genie du feu and L'Elegance are listed in his oeuvre.
A similar group can be found surmounting a fountain at the Santo Cristo Square, Rio de Janeiro.
A similar group can be found surmounting a fountain at the Santo Cristo Square, Rio de Janeiro.