The Angel With Ram From The Sacrifice Of Isaac, By Léopold Renard (1868-1945)

Angel In Aries From The Sacrifice Of Isaac, workshop plaster by Léopold Renard (1868-1945)"
Superb modelo or workshop plaster by Léopold Renard (1868-1945) representing the angel accompanied by the ram during the sacrifice of Isaac.
a famous episode from the bible here recounted with our superb angel holding the ram and a garland of flowers by her side.
the angel is beautiful and gentle.
the famous sculptor was able to restore at the same time the intensity of the act and the sweetness of the angel.
our workshop plaster is a fine testimony to the work of this sculptor.
a very beautiful angel of large size, graceful and elegant.

dimensions:
69 cm high, 33 cm long by 23 cm at the base.

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Léopold Renard came to Lyon to practice the statues of La Tragedie and La Comédie commissioned in 1876 from Louis Auguste Roubaud for the Célestins[3] theatre. He participated in projects such as the pediment of the basilica of Fourvière, the Grand Théâtre and the town hall of Lyon. He worked on the Monuments of the Republic in Carnot and Lyon, as well as the Monument to the Girondins in Bordeaux in 1895.
From 1888, he exhibited at the Salon de Lyon. He became secretary of the Lyon Society of Fine Arts. The City of Lyon commissioned him for the marble busts of “Lyonnais worthy of memory” by the mayor of Lyon (1905) and the sculptor Jean Carriès (1907).
In 1905, he was appointed professor of the artistic schools of the City of Lyon, a position he held for sixteen years.
In 1907, he won the gold medal for his bust by the sculptor Carriès. He became vice-president of the Lyon Society of Fine Arts then honorary president of the jury of the Salon de Lyon.
He also participated in the decoration of the atrium of the Lyon Labor Exchange in 1934 with Meysson, as well as at the Grande Poste in Lyon with a bas-relief in 1938.
He lived from 1900 to 1945 at 6 bis, rue l'Isly in the Croix-Rousse district of Lyon.
Léopold Renard died in Lyon on November 1, 1945.