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Paul Dubois (1827-1905) Florentine singer
Model created in 1…
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Paul Dubois (1827-1905) Florentine singer
Model created in 1…
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Lot no. 39
Description
Paul Dubois (1827-1905)
Florentine singer
Model created in 1865; published by Barbedienne from 1865 onwards
Bronze with light brown patina
Signed "P. DUBOIS 1865"; bears the founder's mark "F. BARBEDIENNE. FONDEUR" and the stamp "REDUCTION MECANIQUE A. COLLAS"; dedicated "A JULES RENARD / SES CAMARADES DE LA VIEILLE-MONTAGNE / SOUVENIR D'AMITIE" on the front; bears the incised numbers "XX" "27" and a number in ink on the inside.
H. 61 cm
Inspired by the Italian Renaissance paintings he had admired during his stay in Rome, Paul Dubois had great success with his plaster model of the Florentine Singer at the Salon of 1865 and was awarded the Medal of Honour. In response to the craze for neo-Florentine subjects and the model's considerable popularity, Barbedienne began producing a four-dimensional bronze edition of the Florentine Singer the same year. The bronze was dedicated to Jules Renard (1833-1926), a Belgian cartoonist and caricaturist based in Paris who worked for a number of newspapers including Le Charivari, L'Illustration and Le Monde Illustré.
Related literature:
-Florence Rionnet, Les Bronzes Barbedienne, l'œuvre d'une dynastie de fondeurs (1834-1954), Paris, Arthena, 2016, model listed under Cat. no. 691, p. 314.
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