Léopold Eugène Kampf, Bronze Study of a Young Man, C. 1880.

Name: Léopold Eugène Kampf, Bronze Study of a Young Man, C. 1880.
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA682832
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Philip Carrol Antiques

Description

Léopold Eugène Kampf, (1822 - 1893). An interesting and amusing bronze figure of a dishevelled young man. He stands with a large smile on his face, wearing somewhat ill fitting clothes, and peaked cap. Set upon a chamfered square base.

Signed Kampf to the base.

Height - 43.3 cm, 17”.

Width - 11.7 cm, 4 1/2”

Depth - 10.9 cm, 4 1/4”.

Condition - Excellent. No repair.

Léopold Eugène Kampf was born in 1822. He attended military school at Saint Cyr and joined the army as an officer in the early 1840’s, where he held the ranks of Lieutenant and Colonel, seeing action in a number of campaigns. He used his experience of military life to create detailed sculptures of military figures. Kampf exhibited at the Paris Salon and many of his works were made at the Alfred Daubrée foundry. He produced a bronze bust for the tomb of Affry de la Monnaye, at the Père-Lachaise Cemetery.

The Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris, holds a further example of his work.

Physical Dimensions

Height

43.3cm (17.05")

Width

11.5cm (4.53")

Depth

10.9cm (4.29")

Declaration

Philip Carrol Antiques has dated this piece to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA682832

Description

fig 1. Léopold Eugène Kampf, bronze study of a young man, c. 1880. — fig 1. Léopold Eugène Kampf, Bronze Study of a Young Man, C. 1880.

Signed Kampf to the base.

Height - 43.3 cm, 17”.

Width - 11.7 cm, 4 1/2”

Depth - 10.9 cm, 4 1/4”.

Condition - Excellent. No repair.

Léopold Eugène Kampf was born in 1822.

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He attended military school at Saint Cyr and joined the army as an officer in the early 1840’s, where he held the ranks of Lieutenant and Colonel, seeing action in a number of campaigns.

Philip Carrol Antiques

He used his experience of military life to create detailed sculptures of military figures. Kampf exhibited at the Paris Salon and many of his works were made at the Alfred Daubrée foundry. He produced a bronze bust for the tomb of Affry de la Monnaye, at the Père-Lachaise Cemetery.

The Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris, holds a further example of his work.