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32. Two bronze figures of a harvester and a peasant woman
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32. Two bronze figures of a harvester and a peasant woman
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
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Description
32. Two bronze figures of a harvester and a peasant woman
AfterBarthélemy Prieur (1536-1611)
France, late 17th century and late 18th-early 19th century
On a later square wood base, with a paper label with a number *273, 13cm high (5in high)
Once considered by Weihrauch (op. cit., p. 342, fig. 416) as Franco-Flemish bronzes attributed to the Master of Gender Figures, these bronzes are today generally recognized as works attributed to Barthélemy Prieur.
Comparative Literature
H. R. Weihrauch, Europäische Bronzestatuetten 15.-18. Jahrhundert, Brunswick, 1967.
J. Leeuwenberg & W. Halsema-Kubes, Beeldhouwkunst in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1973, no. 215. 216
R. Seelig-Teuwen 'Kavalier und Magd' Weltkunst, 15th December 1991, p. 16-20.
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