A pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated Bronze and Alabaster statues

List: $3,700.00

A charming pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated Bronze and Alabaster statues. Each wonderful statue is raised on a circular Alabaster base with a fine mottled band. The statues above depict a young boy and girl seated... — Read More

Item # 13595
H: 7.25 in L: 4.5 in D: 4.5 in
H: 18 cm L: 11 cm D: 11 cm
France
19th Century
Marble/Stone, Patinated Bronze
Louis XVI st. Read More

(Louis XVI st.) - Also known as Louis Seize, Louis XVI's style is a style of architecture, furniture, decoration, and art created during Louis XVI’s 19-year reign in France, just before the French Revolution. Thought to be a reaction and juxtaposition to the prior more elaborate styles, Louis XVI style developed at the end of the Baroque Period and continued until the birth of French Neoclassicism. King Louis XVI showed little enthusiasm for the old world styles of the Baroque Period and he sought out a create a new “beau ideal” that focused on the purity and grandeur of Ancient Romans and Greeks. Inspired by Ancient Roman architecture and art, distinct features of the Louis XVI style are linear lines, small repeated motifs, floral medallions hanging from ribbons, acanthus leaves, urns, dolphins, ram, and lion heads, and griffins. Greco-Roman elements, often used in earlier and later French styles, were also quick common and included fluted and twisted columns, Caryathids, and corbels.

Alfred Sisley Read More

Alfred Sisley was born 30 October, 1839 in Paris, France, to an affluent English family. Sisley was one of four children. In 1862, began a course of study at the École des Beaux-Arts under the tutelage of Swiss artist Charles Gleyre. Sisley’s fellow classmates included Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Frédéric Bazille and Claude Monet. Sisley remained focused on refining and perfecting his Impressionist-style landscapes.

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