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Bronze sculpture signed Henri Plé * representing the goddess Fortuna ** standing on a wheel with wings and holding a cornucopia above his head, XIXth century.
This sculpture is in its own juice. The patina has been polished, dirt and stains visible in photos. It is mounted on a base.
A note: wear patina, soiling and wear of time, look at the photos.
sculptor (Ec fr). Pupil of Gerault and Mathurin Moreau. He started at the Salon of 1877. Associate of French Artists since 1887; honorable mention in 1879, medal of 3rd class in 1880, honorable mention in 1889 (Universal Exhibition), medal of 2nd class in 1898, bronze medal in 1900 (Universal Exhibition). (extract from Bénézit)
Well-known artist on Artprice.
or Fortune in French is an allegorical italian deity of luck. Its name derives from the Latin fors which means "fate". She is identified with the Greek Tyche. Hesiod gives birth to Ocean and Tethys. But according to Pindar, it is Jupiter and one of the Fates that would have given him birth.
The innumerable representations of Fortune have as their principal attributes the wheel, the sphere, the rudder, the bow of a ship, the cornucopia. The goddess is sometimes seated, sometimes standing; she sometimes wears wings.
