Relief, L'éducation de la vierge - 57 cm - Bronze, Wood

Elegant bronze bas-relief with a brown patina depicting a religious scene inspired by Italian Renaissance models.

The composition depicts a young woman seated, holding an open book, surrounded by two elderly figures and two cherubs. The overall scene evokes the iconographic theme of "the Education of the Virgin," a subject highly valued in the 19th century among aristocratic circles.

The modeling is fine and of high quality.

The bronze plaque is mounted in an original, moulded wooden frame.

Around 1860