A Wonderful Late 19th Century Bronze Sculpture Entitled Les Armes D’Achille
Item # CC268
A Wonderful Late 19th Century Bronze Sculpture Entitled Les Armes D’Achille
Signed Math Moreau
A very important model in bronze patina, with an engraved plaque “Les Armes D’Achille, Par Math. Moreau (Medaille d’Honneur), Salon Des Beaux-Arts”. With matching pedestal.
Mathurin Moreau born 1822, died 1912
The eldest son of sculptor and painter Jean-Baptiste Moreau, and brother to Auguste and Hippolte. Math debuted at the Salon in 1848, He worked for a period of time at the foundry of Val d’Osne, and in his later years became one it’s administrators. Many of his works can be seen around Paris, as he worked for Saint-Augustin and Trinité churches, the Opera, the palais de Justice, city hall, the Tuileries and the pavillion of Marsan at the Louvre. His smaller sculptures were of staues, statuettes and groups in pleasant decorative themes.
Details:
Height – 42 inches / 107cm
Maker – Mathurin Moreau
Height – 37.5 inches / 95cm
Width – 14 inches / 36cm
Depth – 14 inches / 36cm
