Sculpture - Sarpedon Bending His Bow , Henri Peinte (1845-1912) - Bronze

Proof in bronze depicting "Sarpedon" , son of Zeus and Europa , by the sculptor Henri Peinte (1845-1912) .
Sarpedon , a Lycian hero who took part in the Trojan War against the Achaeans , is shown here bending his bow with a quiver and arrows at his feet .
Signature of the sculptor "H . PEINTE" on the naturalistic terrace , richly chiselled .
Stamp of the founder "SIOT- DECAUVILLE FONDEUR" .
Bronze titled "SARPEDON" on the front of the terrace .
Sculpture of old edition , second part of the XIXth century .
Very good condition and patina .

Height : 95 cm

Henri Emmanuel Peinte (1845-1912)

Henri Emmanuel Peinte born July 24 , 1845 in Cambrai , is a French sculptor , famous for his mythological subjects in the 19th century .

Son of François Emmanuel Joseph Peinte , architect in Cambrai , Henri Peinte turned towards artistic studies , he first studied at the Cambrai School of Drawing , then , having obtained a scholarship from the department , entered the School of Fine Arts in Paris where he was a student of Francisque Duret , Eugene Guillaume and Jules Cavelier .
He exhibited for the first time at the Salon in 1877 and won a third class medal with his statue of "Sarpedon" , which is his best-known work .
He won an award for a bronze reduction of his "Sarpedon" and the group of "Orpheus and Cerberus" at the Universal Exhibition of 1889 in Paris , the year in which he was decorated with the Legion of Honor .
The original plaster model of "Sarpedon" is currently kept at the Museum of Fine Arts of Coulommiers .

Henri Emmanuel Peinte died on December 26 , 1912 in Paris .