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194 - Clémence-Sophie De Sermézy (1767–1850)
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Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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Clémence-Sophie De Sermézy (1767–1850) Marital Union Original terracotta. Signed ‘D Sermezy’ and dated ‘7bre 1827’ on the rear edge. Titled on the front edge of the terrace: “L’union conjugale”. H. 30 cm – L. 16 cm – W. 10 cm. Bibliography: Anne Tapissier, *Madame de Sermézy. Pupil of Chinard*, Lyon, Audin, 1936; this work is listed under no. 81, p. 67. Related work: Clémence-Sophie De Sermézy, *La Bouderie conjugale*, original terracotta signed and dated “D C S. Sermezy” – “7bre 1827”, titled “La Bouderie conjugale” on the front, dim. 23 x 24 cm, Boisseau Pomez auction in Troyes on 20 May 2021, lot 81. This original terracotta piece depicts a charming genre scene created by one of the first female sculptors of the 19th century. Clémence-Sophie de Sermézy, née Dandignac and wife of Marc-Antoine Noyel de Bereins, a knight known as the Count of Sermézy, enjoyed great renown in Lyon’s literary and artistic circles, where she hosted a famous salon. Having studied under the illustrious sculptor Joseph Chinard between 1794/95 and 1799, she excelled in the creation of portraits (notably of Lyon’s most eminent figures) and small genre or ‘troubadour’ scenes in plaster and terracotta. From the 1820s onwards, C.S. de Semerzy specialised in small, intimate terracotta scenes, for which she generally used her close friends and family as models. This charming little group depicting a couple in love with their arms linked, entitled ‘Marital Union’, was intended to serve as a humorous counterpart to another group depicting the same couple seated with their backs slightly turned to one another, entitled ‘Marital Sulking’. Both works were created in September 1827, the year in which her work was honoured with the only public exhibition of her lifetime at Lyon Town Hall.
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About the sale COLLECTION BELONGING TO AN ENTHUSIAST FROM LYON AND ELSEWHERE: Jewellery and Watches – Furniture and Works of Art
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Auction time 10/08/2026 at 2:30 PM
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