Houdonbronze Bust With Beautiful Patina: A 19th Century Head Of Diana, Reduction Signed Sauvage

Exceptional bust in patinated bronze medal with bright gold highlights representing a delicate head of Diana from the beginning of the 19th century and with a remarkable finish, retouched like the glaze of the incomparable patina. This piece in perfect condition with strong decorative power in a chic and neo-classical universe of good taste, this bust rests on a gold and dark patinated shower foot with a square section, the signature of this beautiful piece is engraved on the right side R tion Sauvage. In the dictionary of Sculptors by Pierre Kjellberg, Bénézit: "Bronzes in the 19th century .. Sauvage Charles Gabriel known as Lemire-Sauvage, French sculptor (born April 24, 1741 in Lunéville (Meurthe et Moselle), died in 1827 in Paris, son of a founder, Lemire worked very young in 1759, in the modeling workshops of the Niderviller factory. He was its director for about twenty years. He exhibited in Paris from 1808 to 1819 and won a medal in 1808. His works are cited as Innocense, marble for the Ministry of the Interior, now at the Museum of Tours, and Le Génie de la Poésie from the Museum of Marseille. The Louvre preserves his works: L'Amour mettre une corde à son arc.