Lot 190
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A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE ENTITLED 'DIANA VICTORIEUSE'
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A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE ENTITLED 'DIANA VICTORIEUSE'

CAST FROM THE MODEL BY ALBERT-ERNEST CARRIER-BELLEUSE, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE ENTITLED 'DIANA VICTORIEUSE'
CAST FROM THE MODEL BY ALBERT-ERNEST CARRIER-BELLEUSE, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Signed CARRIER-BELLEUSE and with EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE 1889 stamp, on a revolving rouge griotte marble socle with cartouche inscribed DIANA VICTORIEUSE, CARRIER BELLEUSE
31½ in. (80 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

As Carrier-Belleuse's last work, Diane Victorieuse embodies the culmination of his art. First exhibited in plaster at the 1885 Salon, a marble of the same subject was then included in the Salon of 1887, the year of the sculptor's death, and finally the bronze was exhibited in 1888.

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