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LEMIRE CHARLES GABRIEL SAUVAGE SAID BRONZE SIGN BEGINNING 19th CENTURY CHILD in The BOW
LEMIRE Charles Gabriel Sauvage says ( 1741 / 1827 )
Sculptorchild with a bow.
Original bronze from the early 19th century with brown patina signed on the back resting on a red marble Sèvres base.
Model created by Lemire for the Salon of 1814
Height: 47 cm
LEMIRE Charles Gabriel Sauvage says ( 1741 / 1827 )
Sculptorchild with a bow.
Original bronze from the early 19th century with brown patina signed on the back resting on a red marble Sèvres base.
Model created by Lemire for the Salon of 1814
Height: 47 cm
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- Height
- 47 cm / 18.5 in
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BRONZE
At the beginning, there is clay that the hand kneads, that the tool furrows. Then, through the medium of the mold, the power of fire, the fragile sketch will solidify in the hardest and most resistant alloy there is: bronze. This manufacturing process - the alloy of copper and tin - dates back to the third millennium BC: the Bronze Age was an essential stage in the technological and social evolution of mankind. From the outset, this technique made it possible to reproduce weapons, jewelry, figurines and containers of all kinds, spread throughout the Mediterranean basin, in the Near East and even in China - During the Renaissance, the statue appeared, the work of art, unique piece, melted at the request of a great collector.
LEMIRE Charles Gabriel Sauvage said ( 1741 / 1827 )SculpteurEnfant to the cra .Bronze original of the early 19th century patinated brown signed on the back resting on a base Sevres marble red .Template created by Lemire for the exhibition of 1814
Height : 47 cm