AN impressive late 19th Century bronze study of the seated Sappho resting next to her lyre with very fine hand finished surface detail and excellent rich patinated colour, signed Pradier & fwith foundry mark for Susse Freres and raised on a shaped black and green marble base
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 34 cm
Width: 23
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1890
Materials: Patinated Bronze and Marble
Foundry: Susse Freres
SKU: 8374
ABOUT
Pradier Bronze
James Pradier (born Jean-Jacques Pradier, 23 May 1790 – 4 June 1852) was a Genevan-born French sculptor best known for his work in the neoclassical style. Pradier was the son of a Protestant family from Toulouse. He left for Paris in 1807 to work with his elder brother, Charles-Simon Pradier, an engraver, and also attended the École des Beaux-Arts beginning in 1808. He won a Prix de Rome that enabled him to study in Rome from 1814 to 1818 at the Villa Médicts. Pradier made his debut at the Salon in 1819 and quickly acquired a reputation as a competent artist. He studied under Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres in Paris. In 1827 he became a member of the Académie des beaux-arts and a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts
