Brown patina bronze sculpture by Charles-Alphonse Gumery, depicting a smiling young woman holding two doves. She is shown naked, wearing a drapery supported by a shoulder strap. This bronze statuette is signed "Gumery ROME".
Charles Gumery most probably created this bronze during his stay at the Villa Medici in Rome.
Circa: 1860
Dim: W:19cm, D:14cm, H:42cm
Condition report: the bronze is in very good condition, with a beautiful patina with golden highlights. Traces of assembly on the right arm, the result of the sculpting technique used: lost-wax casting. With this process, the various elements of a statue (arms, legs, torso, etc.) are cast separately and then assembled.
- Reference :
- 2619
- Availability :
- Object available
- Width :
- 19 (cm)
- Height :
- 42 (cm)
- Depth :
- 14 (cm)
- Period::
- 19th century
- Materials::
- Bronze
- Identifier Exists:
- False
