Antique Statuary

A 19th Century Bronze Statue Signed E. Aizelin

Item No. 4451

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A remarkable French late 19th century large scale bronze statue signed E. Aizelin. A young shepherd sitting on a tree stump with his dog alongside, as he carves the image of his dog's head onto a staff. All original patina throughout. Eugene-Antoine Aizelin (1821 – 1902 ) Born in Paris a French sculptor and a pupil of Etienne Jules Ramey and Augustin-Alexandre Dumont at the ‘Ecole des Beaux-Arts’, Paris, produced sculpture markedly classical in style he received numerous commissions from the state and from the city of Paris for the decoration of public buildings, working on the three great Parisian building projects of the second empire (1851–70), the new Louvre, the Opéra and the Hôtel de Ville, as well as on theatres, churches and other institutions. Apart from decorative sculpture, his output consists of classicizing statues on mythological, biblical and allegorical subjects, which were exhibited at the Salon and were sometimes reproduced in bronze editions. Among these works are Psyche (marble, 1863), Judith (bronze, 1890 ) and Hagar and Ishmael (marble, 1889). Also exhibited genre sculpture, in bronze editions including: Marguerite in church , Mignon and the youth of Raphael . a collection of his works was given to the musée Départemental de l’Oise, Beauvais, in 1975. Available CedricDupontAntiques.com

Length: 13"
Depth: 14"
Height: 27.5"