19th Century Bronze, By Adrien Gaudez 1845/1902, "mignon" Heroine Of The Opéra Comique

Period: 19th century, Bronze in perfect condition and lost wax
Signed: A.Gaudez, referenced and listed artist, Bronze bears a plaque "MIGNON - A. Gaudez - Hors concours".
Bronze with medal patina
Subject: Bronze representing '' Mignon '' heroine of the eponymous comic opera by Ambroise Thomas '' created in Paris in 1866
Dimensions: Height: 44 cm, width: 16 cm, depth: 15 cm

Adrien Etienne GAUDEZ 1845 / 1902
Adrien Étienne Gaudez born in Lyon on February 9, 1845 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on January 23, 1902 is a French sculptor. Gaudez was a student of François Jouffroy at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1862. He made his debut at the Salon 2 years later. Prisoner of war in Magdeburg during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, he is notably responsible for the monument in memory of the French prisoners of this city. He is also the author of Florian d'Alès, the war memorial of Remiremont, etc.
At the Salon his bronzes are few in number
Source Bénézit and Dictionary of Sculptors - Bronze of the XIX° - Pierre Kjelberg - Editions de l'amateur Works Canada Quebec,

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec:
Le Faucheur, 1899, bronze. Le Smithon, 1899 (?), bronze. France Alès: Monument to Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, 1896. The summit statue and the bronze cartouche were sent to be melted down under the Vichy regime in 1942, as part of the mobilization of non-ferrous metals.
Clermont-Ferrand, Roger-Quilliot art museum: Actéon, circa 1898, bronze. Neuilly-sur-Seine: Hébé, statue; Monument to Parmentier, 1888, sent to be melted down under the Vichy regime in 1942, as part of the mobilization of non-ferrous metals.
The statue was replaced in 1982 by an identical replica by the sculptor Andre Lavaysse, made from a bronze reduction kept at the town hall; Monument to Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, 1897, the statue was sent to be melted down under the Vichy regime, as part of the mobilization of non-ferrous metals. In 1981, the municipality replaced it at another location (île de Puteaux) with an 18th-century stone statue of unknown origin.
Paris:
Lycée Condorcet, courtyard of the college: L'Enseignement, 1883, limestone group.
Musée d'Orsay: Winged Woman in the Middle of Reeds, marble statue, Alfred Chauchard legacy. Petit Palais: Lully as a child, 1885, plaster statue. Remiremont: War Memorial of 1870, 18928.

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