F. Barbedienne Important Tazza Nineteenth Bronze flag


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"F. Barbedienne Important Tazza Nineteenth Bronze"
Rare large Tazza in chased and gilded bronze, XIXth century signed by the famous bronzier Ferdinand Barbedienne presenting a neoclassical decor in bas relief in Antiquity produced in collaboration with the sculptor Ferdinand Levillain (1837-1905) signed and titled in the decor. Very elegant shaped piece in the manner of a Greek kylix depicting the Greek deities: Menalcas and Mopsus after the novel by Virgil, Menalque sits and listens with a pensive air Mopsus playing the flute on a background animated with vine branches and a column surmounted by a canthare. The handles are paired with Bachic masks in high relief and adorned on the reverse with stylized lotus leaves. The set rests on an elegant ringed pedestal. Good condition, dimensions: 48 cm wide X 16 cm high Ferdinand BARBEDIENNE moved to Paris in 1822, his meeting with Achille Collas (1795-1859) dates from those years. Collas and Barbedienne joined forces and opened a foundry in 1838. Barbedienne, very interested in the innovative techniques favored by the government of Louis-Philippe, actively participated in the romantic movement. The taste of history and that of Gallo-Roman archeology spread at the same time as that of ancient bronzes. Achille Collas had also invented a mechanical process which made it possible to reproduce mathematically, using a reducer, or pantograph, the sculptures in the round. This invention was considered from the start to be as important as that of the daguerreotype. The house of Collas et Barbedienne sold plaster reductions of the Venus de Milo for some time, then specialized in the production of bronzes after the antique. At the London international exhibition in 1851, then at that of Paris in 1855, the house, registered under the name of Barbedienne, won numerous medals. She then presented reductions according to the antique, the Renaissance, the 18th century and according to certain modern sculptors such as Bosio, David d'Angers, Clesinger and Frémiet, with whom Barbedienne signed exclusive contracts.

Ferdinand Levillain est un artiste ornemaniste, sculpteur et médailler qui s’inspire des scènes et modèles à l’antique. Il a conçu notamment de nombreuses coupes, coupelles, vases et luminaires.
Ferdinand Levillain suit l’enseignement du sculpteur Jouffroy (1806-1882), avant de faire ses débuts en 1861 au Salon des Artistes Français, où il expose jusqu’en 1903. A l’Exposition Universelle de 1867 à Paris, il se fait remarquer pour avoir réalisé une coupe en bronze de style néo-grec. Cependant, c’est à partir de 1871, que Levillain connaît la renommée, grâce à son association avec le célèbre bronzier Ferdinand Barbedienne. Il expose dès lors sur ses stands des lampes, coupes, amphores et autres candélabres créés dans le style grec.
Levillain fait un triomphe à l’Exposition Universelle de Paris en 1878, en remportant à l’unanimité une médaille d’Or pour ses œuvres de style antique. Après avoir reçu une médaille de 1ère classe au Salon de 1884 pour une coupe intitulée « Les Eléments, les Mois et les Saisons », il remporte une médaille d’Argent à l’Exposition Universelle de 1889. Plusieurs oeuvres de Ferdainand. Levillain figurent dans les collections du
Musée d'Orsay.
Price: 950 €
Artist: Barbedienne & Levillain
Period: 19th century
Style: Napoleon 3rd
Condition: Excellent condition

Material: Bronze

Reference: 588592
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