19th & 20th Century Sculpture

19th & 20th Century Sculpture

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Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse

Bust of Marie-Antoinette

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December 3, 12:20 PM GMT

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6,000 - 8,000 GBP

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Lot Details

Description

Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse

French

1824 - 1887

Bust of Marie-Antoinette


signed: A. CARRiER-BELLEUSE.

terracotta, on an ebonised wood socle

51cm., 20⅛in. overall

Marie-Antoinette must have proved a fitting subject for Carrier, a sculptor deeply inspired by the lively realism of the Rococo. A terracotta of his bust of Marie Antoinette (65cm.) was sold at auction in Paris by Carrier in 1887.