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Gilded bronze bas-relief plaque depicting the fantastical profile portrait of the famous actress Sarah Bernhardt * wearing a helmet and armor decorated with chimeras, perhaps a stage suit, bronzier's punch EJ, late Art Nouveau era 19th-early 20th century.
This plate is in good condition. EJ punch on the front, bronzer stamp erased on the back (at the time of setting in the frame?).
A note: slight wear of time, see photos.
Henriette-Marie-Sarah Bernhardt, known as Sarah Bernhardt, born in Paris (1844-1923), is one of the most important French actresses of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century. Called by Victor Hugo "the Golden Voice", but also by others "the Divine" or the "Empress of the theater", she is considered by many as one of the greatest French tragedies of the nineteenth century. First international star, she is the first actress to have made triumphant tours on five continents, Jean Cocteau inventing for her the expression of "sacred monster".
