GUILLAUME (WILLEM) GEEFS, 'DER VERLIEBTE LÖWE' (THE LION IN LOVE) - photo 1
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GUILLAUME (WILLEM) GEEFS, 'DER VERLIEBTE LÖWE' (THE LION IN LOVE)

Lot 2286
11.09.2021 10:00UTC +02:00
Classic
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€ 50 000
AuctioneerHargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf
Event locationGermany, Düsseldorf
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Lot 2286 | GUILLAUME (WILLEM) GEEFS, 'DER VERLIEBTE LÖWE' (THE LION IN LOVE)
Estimate value
€ 50 000
GUILLAUME (WILLEM) GEEFS 1805 Antwerpen - 1883 Schaerbeek (Brüssel) 'Der verliebte Löwe' (The Lion in Love) Weißer Marmor, vollplastisch gearbeitet. H. 63 cm, B. 65 cm. Schauseitig auf dem Sockel mit einer Inschrift: 'AMOUR, AMOUR, QUANT TU NOUS TIENS, ON PEUT BIEN DIRE: ADIEU, PRUDENCE!'. Über einem ovalen profilierten Sockel korrespondierende naturalistische Plinthe mit vollplastisch ausgeführten Aktdarstellung einer jungen Frau, einem Löwen die Krallen stutzend. Part. min. beschädigt, Witterungsspuren. Das monumentale Original, das sich im Besitz der Königlichen Museen der Schönen Künste in Brüssel befindet, wurde zum ersten Mal im Crystal Palace im Rahmen der Weltausstellung 1851 gezeigt. Danach wurde die Skulptur, von der auch kleinere Versionen bekannt sind, 1855 in Paris und 1857 in Brüssel ausgestellt. Eine dieser Ausführungen wurde erfolgreich in London versteigert (Sotheby's, 20.05.2015, Los 60, Zuschlag: 131.000 GBP inkl. buyer's premium). Die vorliegende Figurengruppe hat beinah identische Maße und steht auf dem Originalsockel mit dem französischen Spruch.
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