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Sculpture in bronze patina brown signed F. Duret * representing a young Fisherman dancing Tarentelle (called Dancer Neapolitan castanets), signature of the founder Bulteau, XIX century.
This bronze is in good condition. It is mounted in several parts as was the bronzes of that time. Signatures on the terrace.
To note: light play in the rivet of the left thigh, the sculpture moves slightly on its base, some slight dirt and wear time, see photos.
Although it is a favorite of Classical Antiquities seen through the Florentine Renaissance, some of the most famous works, Dancing Young Fisherman and The Improviser, reveal a much more anecdotal and familiar tendency which is not Without evoking the style "troubadour" dear to the Romantics. A pupil of his father and Bosio, Duret won the first sculpture prize in 1823. He stayed in Italy from 1824. It was during a trip to Naples that Duret imagined the famous Young Fisherman dancing the Tarentelle which, cast in bronze by Gonon, will be presented at the Salon of 1833. It belongs today At the Louvre; Many cuts have been made. Other less known works include a Neapolitan Dancer, presented at the Salon of 1838 as during the young Fisherman. His notoriety has earned him numerous official commissions for monuments such as the Louvre, the Palais de Justice, the Bourse ... etc. Full of honors and decorations, Duret entered the Institute in 1843 and was appointed professor at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1852. (extracted The Bronzes of the XIXth century by P. Kjellberg)
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