"Large Bust Signed Philippe Poitevin"
Superb original terracotta bust of the sculptor Philippe POITEVIN, signed on the pedestal. Good condition, beautiful patina of time. Philippe Poitein is a sculptor from the region of Marseille, born in 1831. Pupil of Joseph Marius Ramus and Armand Toussaint, he started at the Salon of 1855. He is particularly known for having made busts. He regularly receives public commissions: groups of children for the Palais Longchamp in Marseille, bronze medallions for the Museum of Natural History, groups for the Museum of Fine Arts in Marseille. In 1854 he was hired to restore the friezes of the Palais des Tuilleries in Paris. In 1856, he was hired to make 85 stone sculptures for the Lesdiguières Pavilion at the Louvre Palace. 
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