Lot n° 456
Estimation :
100 - 150
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 240EUR
QUARRYMAN OF BELLEUSE ALBERT-ERNEST, - Lot 456
QUARRYMAN OF BELLEUSE ALBERT-ERNEST,
KNOWN AS THE QUARRYMAN-BELLEUSE (1824-1887).
Empress Eugenie as Marie Antoinette.
Cookie bust signed on the back "A. Carrier", resting on a circular base. Good condition.
French work from the end of the 19th century.
H.: 45 cm - W.: 25, 5 cm.
Reference: Carrier-Belleuse seems to have been inspired for this bust by a mixture of Eugenie's and Marie-Antoinette's faces, in reference to the famous painting painted in 1854 by Winterhalter representing the Empress "à la Marie-Antoinette", which is kept in the Metropolitan Museum of New York.