Polychrome Plaster Bust of a Renaissance Lady C.1930.

Name: Polychrome Plaster Bust of a Renaissance Lady C.1930.
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA626852
Availability: SoldOut

1920 - 1940

Sold by Collinge Antiques

Description

Good quality polychrome painted plaster bust of a renaissance lady by Ateltiers de Moulage des Musees Nationaux c.1930. Half length bust of a young woman with a rather melancholy expression and downcast eyes in a tunic dress with draped sleeves and her hair bound and braided with ribbons. Attractive and original paintwork and maker’s badge to the inside. Some minor damage to the face and a few chips from the costume.

Begun in the basements of The Louvre itself in the late 18th.c. the Ateliers de Moulage (or moulding workshops) supplied fine quality reproductions of the museum’s greatest sculptural treasures to museums, art schools and private collections across the world. They continue to this day, using traditional techniques and still based in Paris

Dimensions: Dimensions: width 16", depth 7", height 20".

Physical Dimensions

Height

51cm (20.08")

Width

41cm (16.14")

Depth

18cm (7.09")

Declaration

Collinge Antiques has dated this piece to the 1930s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA626852

Dealers Internal Reference

33014

Dealers Notes

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Description

Good quality polychrome painted plaster bust of a renaissance lady by Ateltiers de Moulage des Musees Nationaux c.1930.

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Half length bust of a young woman with a rather melancholy expression and downcast eyes in a tunic dress with draped sleeves and her hair bound and braided with ribbons.

Collinge Antiques

Attractive and original paintwork and maker’s badge to the inside. Some minor damage to the face and a few chips from the costume.

fig 1. Polychrome Plaster Bust of a Renaissance Lady c.1930. — fig 1. Polychrome Plaster Bust of a Renaissance Lady C.1930.

Begun in the basements of The Louvre itself in the late 18th.c. the Ateliers de Moulage (or moulding workshops) supplied fine quality reproductions of the museum’s greatest sculptural treasures to museums, art schools and private collections across the world. They continue to this day, using traditional techniques and still based in Paris

Dimensions: Dimensions: width 16", depth 7", height 20".