Of all the great sculptors of the second half of the 18th century, Claude Michel said Clodion is probably one of the best known and his name evokes in the minds of many an bacchanal in clay, a bas relief or a bronze cast saw in an auctioneer, a gallery, or at Drouot or in a museum.

 

Claude Michel said Clodion born in Nancy in 1738 the then capital of the duchy of Lorraine and spent his entire youth. In 1755, he left for Paris to entering apprenticeship in the studio of his maternal uncle the Baroque sculptor Lambert Sigisbert Adam (1700-1759). In 1759, Clodion integrates the workshop of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714-1785) where he learned the new style into force the transition from Rococo and Neoclassical styles.

 

In 1759, our young sculptor wins the grand prize for sculpture from the Academie Royal and in 1761 the first silver medal for his studies after models. In 1762, Clodion left for Rome where he shared a studio with the sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon. Its activity will be significant between 1767 and 1771. Catherine II of Russia, a great art lover, tries to ensure his presence in St. Petersburg, but he prefers to return to Paris.

 

Among his many clients include the chapter of Rouen and the States of Languedoc. Clodion frequently exhibited at the Salon. In 1782, he married Catherine Flore, daughter of the sculptor Augustin Pajou, whom he later divorced.

 

Clodion, "L'offrande au Dieu", © Ader

 

There are two major periods in his work.

 

The first is influenced by Pigalle in which his sculptures often small and in clay are inspired by Greek mythology. He frequently represents fauns and satyrs sensuously hugging a Bacchante. This is the turning point between the Baroque and Neoclassicism. In these terracotta, the theme of Bacchus and the lasciviousness of the modeled bring us back to the Baroque, while the choice of subjects directly inspired by antiquity announces the emerging Neoclassicism.

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Of all the great sculptors of the second half of the 19th century, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux is probably one of the best known and his name evokes in the minds of many a sculpture in bronze, marble or terracotta seen at auction, in a gallery, at Drouot or in a museum.

 

His beginnings

 

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux was born in 1827 in Valenciennes in a working class family particularly poor. Son and grandson of a mason, he joined early on as an apprentice to a master plasterer, training applicant to know how to draw, is enrolled in the Academy de Peinture, Sculpture et Architecture in Valenciennes. In 1838 he moved to Paris and took courses at the Ecole Gratuite drawing, also called Petite Ecole, until 1843.

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Confiturier en argent à cannelures ajourées, cerclé d'un rinceau de laurier formant porte-cuillers, couvercle sommé d'un couple de colombes.

Poinçon R couronné, maître orfèvre JBN, XVIIIe siècle.

Le couvercle poinçonné d'une feuille.

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Suite de six fauteuils à dossier bandeau en acajou et placage d’acajou mouluré et sculpté, à décor de palmettes à jour, les consoles d’accotoirs en mufle de lion stylisé, reposant sur des pieds antérieurs fuselés, bagués et godronnés et des pieds postérieurs en sabre (légères différences au modèle, petits accidents).

Style Directoire.

Haut. : 95 cm - Larg. : 59 cm - Prof. : 47 cm

On y joint un fauteuil similaire.

D’après un modèle de Georges Jacob, dont un exemplaire est conservé au Musée Marmottan, Paris.

Estimate: 2,500 / 3,000 euros

Sold for 3,500 euros

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PENDULE 'AU NEGRE POUSSE TONNEAU'

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