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Culvertons has dated these Bronze Farm Labourer Sculptures to the 1880s.
Looking at their construction and appealing patina, I feel that they were cast close to the date of their conception. These powerful studies particularly appeal to me because they fall squarely within French Realism, a movement that shunned the romantic and the classical, to focus on accurate and gritty depictions of everyday life and the working class. These attractive studies in bronze will sit comfortably in a period or contemporary setting.
Culvertons has dated these Bronze Farm Labourer Sculptures to the 1880s.
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Pair of Antique French Figural Bronzes of Farm Labourers After Jean Gautherin
