"WOMAN SITTING WITH A SICKLE" BY EUGENE LAURENT (1832-1898)

A bronze sculpture with a brown patina depicting a seated young woman, crowned and draped in classical style, holding a sickle. This is probably the mythological figure of Ceres, goddess of agriculture, harvests, and fertility, to whom the sickle is sometimes attributed. Eugène Laurent (1832-1898), who created a bronze statue of Jacques Callot for the city of Nancy, exhibited several plaster busts and medallions at the Salon between 1861 and 1893, as well as a bronze statue of Psyche in 1886, and two statuettes: one in marble of Joan of Arc in 1890, and the other in terracotta of Jacques Callot in 1893. Several of his works were cast in bronze, including the Joan of Arc. Also mentioned are a statuette of a "Young Reaper" bearing Thiébaut's stamp and a statuette of a "Fisherwoman" that was reportedly cast in several sizes. Bibliography: Pierre Kjellberg, Les bronzes du XIXe siècle. Dictionnaire des sculpteurs, Paris, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, 1989, p. 416. 19th century, Circa: 1870. Dimensions: L: 20cm, W: 12cm, H: 28cm.