Child Triton In Bronze From The Eighteenth Century

Adorable newt child or young boy "mermaid", in bronze from the middle of the 18th century.
the bronze sculpture is charming and the face of this very moving child the carving of this old bronze is of high quality, the face, the hair, the scales of the fish tails etc ...
everything is finely chiseled and superb quality. there is a double patina on this bronze with the hair and the base of the fish tails slightly browned while the rest, the body and the face of this child which are treated in golden bronze color.
the child's face is full of sensitivity and radiates a certain melancholy.
a rather rare subject, it is not common to meet a newt child of this time.
it rests on a pedestal in bronze from the 19th century.
probably a decorative element or an ornamental bronze from the 18th century.
Look at the vertical slit on the back of the putto. a very decorative bronze.
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