Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié (1845-1916) after Jean-Léon Gérôm - Lot 52

Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié (1845-1916) after Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) L'Almée or the Belly Dance Bronze with light-brown patina Inscribed "A. Mercié / d'après Gérôme Bears the founder's mark "GOUPIL & CIE EDITEURS". H. 43 cm, on a red marble base H. 4 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 Institute). The bronze edition of these statuettes is entrusted to Goupil. 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, édition ACR, 1986, model listed under no. S3, p. 308.