"young Woman With A Haircut" After Léonard Agathon

Statuette from the 1925 period (Art-Déco) after the work of Léonard Agathon, the bronze edition of which was entrusted to the Parisian art foundry LNJL: Les Neveux de Jules Lehmann, presence of the original stamps on the base, numbering and signature of the sculptor. The representation of this mythological deity had received different titles such as Dancer with a cup, Goddess of youth or Hebe. Golden satin patina and slight shiny highlights for the subject, nuanced olive-green on the base (probable retouching) Léonard Van Weydeveldt (known as Agathon) was born in Lille in 1841 of Belgian nationality naturalized French, his training began at the Beaux-arts de Lille before joining the Society of French Artists in 1923 and then the Society of Fine Arts in Paris, he exhibited at the Salon from 1868 to 1914. A sculptor who had acquired a good reputation in his time, numerous private and State commissions were his entrusted, gold medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, he was also named Knight of the Legion of Honor.