Lot n° 74
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Antonin Mercié (1845-1916) after Jean-Léon... - Lot 74 - Crait + Müller
Antonin Mercié (1845-1916) after Jean-Léon Gérome (1824-1904)
L'Almée or the Belly Dance
Silver-plated bronze
Signed "A. Mercié / D'après Gérôme" Bears the mark "GOUPIL & CIE Editeurs".
H. 41 cm
Around 1875, Antonin Mercié created the statuettes Danse du ventre and Danse du sabre after Jean-Léon Gérôme's painting L'Almée presented at the 1864 Salon (now at the Dayton Art Insti- tute). The bronze execution of these sta- tuettes is entrusted to the Goupil firm.
Related work :
Jean-Léon Gérôme, L'Almée, 1863, panel, 50 x 81.3 cm, Dayton, Dayton Art Institute
Related literature :
Gérald M. Ackerman, Jean-Léon Gérôme, monographie et catalog raisonné, Paris, ACCR edition, 1986, model listed under no. S3, p. 308.
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