“la Belle Gallinara” By Charles Cordier (1827-1905)

Large bronze sculpture by Charles Henri Joseph Cordier (1827-1905) entitled " La Belle Gallinara ". Executed around 1865, copy of edition in very small number or unique, very rare. This sculpture representing a young girl from the surroundings of Rome is a variant of La Belle Gallinara with a vase on her head like an orientalist water carrier. The model of the vase is really close (or the same?) as those on the Fellah Women drawing water from the Nile. Extremely rare bronze example of the Belle Gallinara not listed in the catalog raisonné. Signature of Cordier on the terrace.

Literature : Catalogue raisonné, Charles Cordier (1827-1905), l'autre et l'ailleurs, éditions de La Martinière
Note: sculpture visible on page 48, 150 and p. 81 Cordier's stand at the Universal Exhibition of 1867
Thanks to Mrs Laure de Margerie for the expertise of this sculpture.

Provenance : Private collection from the South of France

Period : 1865
Origin : France, Paris

Dimensions
Height : 35.43 in
Width : 11.81 in
Depth : 9.05 in