A French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze and ormolu statue titled: "Au Clair De La Lune" and signed BOURET

List: $8,800.00

A charming and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze and ormolu statue titled: "Au Clair De La Lune" and signed BOURET. The beautiful statue is named after the famous French song "Au Clair De La Lune"... — Read More

Item # 9645
H: 19.25 in D: 6 in
H: 49 cm D: 15 cm
France
19th Century
Bronze, Marble/Stone
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.

Eutrope Bouret Read More

Eutrope Bouret (1833-1906) Born is Paris, Bouret was a renowned French sculptor. Best known for his Neo-Classical bronze pieces, he focused on historic themes and mythology while incorporating external materials and devices such as marble, plaster and terracotta. He studied under the French decorative sculptor Louis-Charles-Hippolyte Buhot. Bouret was very successful and besides exhibiting regualry at the Paris Salon he was commissioned to sculpt the tombstone bust of the popular French novelist and fellow bronze sculptor, Alexis Bouvier.

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