Sculpture - Phryne In Front Of Her Judges , Pierre-etienne Daniel Campagne (1851-1914) - Bronze

Bronze Bronze proof representing "Phryne In Front of Her Judges", famous Greek hetaera , originally from Thespies in Boeotia .
A hetaera (from ancient Greek ἑταῖρα / hétaíra) is in ancient Greece , an educated woman of high social standing who offers companionship , sexual services , often on a non-punctual basis .
Pierre-Etienne Daniel Campagne , achieves a subtle balance of volumes and lines , the tight folds of the drapery highlighting the fluid and ample forms of the female body . The suspended gesture , the tilt of the head lend Phryné a reserve and an internalized grace .
Bronze with nuanced brown patina medal .
Signature of the sculptor "Campagne" , hollow , on the side of the naturalist terrace , richly chiseled .
Sculpture titled on a cartel , "Phryne In Front of Her Judges" .
Old bronze , period second half of the 19th century .
Very good state of preservation and patina .

Height : 61 cm  Width : 34 cm  Depth : 17.5 cm

Phryne

Phryné With her real name "Mnésareté" , ("she who remembers virtue") , she was born in Thespies in Boeotia , from a father who was called Epicles .

Phryne , famous and rich hetaera , Athenian , renowned for her beauty , settles in Athens after the destruction of her city by the Thebans in 371 J-C . Soon , she has for lovers some of the most distinguished men of the moment .
Famous for her beauty , she would have served as a model for Praxiteles , her lover , for the "Aphrodite of Cnide" .

Accused of impiety , Hyperides , her lawyer , running out of argument when she was about to be condemned , by the judges of the Areopagus , removes the peplos which drapes Phryne and shows all the splendours of her beauty , thus winning the favor of the jury : the woman is acquitted and carried in triumph to the temple of Aphrodite .

In the second half of the 19th century , Phryne fed the imagination of French artists ; like Sappho and Aspasia , she perpetuates the classic tradition of illustrious and controversial women : she will be the subject of many paintings and sculptures .
Among the best known , "Phryne before the Areopagus" (1861) by Jean-Léon Gérôme , kept at the Hamburg Kunsthalle .

Pierre-Etienne Daniel Campagne (1851-1914)

Pierre-Etienne Daniel Campagne , born on July 10 , 1851 , in Saint-Pierre Nogaret and died on August 8 , 1914 , is a famous French sculptor .

Pierre-Etienne Daniel Campagne studied at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris , in the studio of the sculptor Alexandre Falguiere .
He married Élisabeth Beaune on May 27 , 1873 , in Lévignac-de-Guyenne.
They had two children : Jean François Marie Marcel , born October 1, 1874 , and Marie Therese Antoinette , born February 15 , 1876 .

In 1889 , Campagne made his debut at The French Artists' Salon , of which he became a member .
He obtained an "Honourable Mention" at the Salon of 1890 .