ID 1172984
Lot 87 | ANACRÉON ET L’AMOUR
Estimate value
€ 4 000 – 6 000
BERNARD LANGE (1754-1839), VERS 1810-1820
terre cuite, sur une base postérieure en chêne
H. 24,5 cm (9 2⁄3 in.) ; L. 15,3 cm (6 in.) ; P. 14 cm (5 ½ in.) ; H. totale 27,5 cm (10 ¾ in.)
Provenance
Collection Patrice Bellanger (1944-2014).
Vente Me Daguerre et associés, Drouot, Paris, 13 novembre 2013, lot 151.
Galerie Perrin, Paris.
Collection privée.
Literature
Bibliographie comparative :
S. Lami, Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l'École française au dix-neuvième siècle, Paris, 1914-1921, t. 2, p. 27.
M.-L. Boquien, « Bernard Lange et la restauration des antiques au Louvre dans la première moitié du XIXe siècle », in Technè, 38, 2013, pp. 40-46.
Further details
A TERRACOTTA GROUP REPRESENTING ANACREON AND CUPID, BY BERNARD LANGE (1754-1839), CIRCA 1810-1820
Anacreon was a Greek lyric poet and author of the Anacreontic Odes, known for his love of wine and music. Dressed in a toga and grapevines, the poet holds Love on his lap, who is characterised by his wings and his bow and quiver. Stanislas Lami mentions a marble group of Anacreon and Love created in 1814 by Bernard Lange. The sculpture presented here could be a presentation model.
Bernard Lange (1754-1839) was born in Toulouse, where he studied at the Académie de peinture, sculpture et architecture under François Lucas (1736-1813). From 1777 to 1793 he lived in Rome, where he immersed himself in classical culture and ancient works. By 1793, he was living in Florence, in a precarious situation. He returned to France in 1797 and exhibited in Paris for the first time in 1799. The bulk of Lange’s activities centred on the restoration of Italian works – spoils of war from Napoleon’s campaigns in Italy – which were flooding in, badly damaged by transport. In 1810, he was appointed restorer of antique sculpture in the Musée Napoléon.
Applied technique: | Pottery |
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Medium: | Ceramic, Terracotta |
Genre: | Mythological painting |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures, Statuettes |
Applied technique: | Pottery |
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Medium: | Ceramic, Terracotta |
Genre: | Mythological painting |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures, Statuettes |
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