Jean-Baptiste CLESINGER (1814-1883) known as Auguste - Lot 101

Jean-Baptiste CLESINGER (1814-1883) known as Auguste The bust of Ariadne Sculpture in bronze with brown patina, standing on a square molded base. Signed: CLESINGER on the side of the left shoulder. Inscription on reverse: "Maison Marnyhac, 1 rue de la Paix". Paris. 19th century. Circa 1870. H_81 cm W_47 D_30 cm . - A 79 cm bust of Ariane in terracotta with gold highlights signed CLESINGER sold in Paris on October 02, 2003. DIDIER KAHN SRIBER COLLECTION. Sotheby's Paris sale. October 02, 2003. Lot 104. Reproduced on page 77 of the catalog. - A bronze bust of Ariane signed CLESINGER, 80 cm high, sold in Paris on February 26, 1924. Sale "Sculptures provenant de l'atelier de Jean-Baptiste CLESINGER" Hôtel Drouot, salle 18. Monday, February 26, 1923. Lot 3, page 13. - Stanislas LAMI, Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l'école française au XIXe siècle, Paris, 1914-1921. Page 402, inventory of works by Jean-Baptiste Clésinger, "Ariane", bust (year 1869). - Clésinger, born in Besançon in 1814, began his training in Rome in the workshop of the Danish neoclassical sculptor Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), and continued with David d'Angers (1788-1856). He scored his first major success at the 1847 Salon, with Femme piquée par un serpent, for which Madame Sabatier, Théophile Gautier's "president" and Baudelaire's muse, had posed. Alexandre Dumas described him as "one of the first sculptors of our time who knew how to soften marble and give it life". The Maison Marnyhac foundry, 1 rue de la Paix, was renowned for its top-quality production, and was awarded a gold medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1878. Expert: Stéphane Pépe