Figurine - Silvered Bronze

A large sculpture made of silvered bronze by Adrien Étienne Gaudez. The statue is mounted on a stone base. Provenance: France, late 19th century. Very good condition, with only minor wear to the silvering.
Total height - 45 cm

Adrien Étienne Gaudez was born February 2, 1845, in Lyon, France, and died in 1902. He was a pupil of François Jouffroy at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1862. He made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1864. He worked almost exclusively in bronze and created many sculptures on a variety of subjects, from genre scenes to military and patriotic themes. His earlier works were mainly classical in character, but later in his career he produced works that can be classified as Art Nouveau.

He was a prisoner of war in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. With first-hand knowledge of war, he created a monument to the French prisoners held in Magdeburg by the Prussian forces. The monument was erected at the municipal cemetery. He participated in the Paris Salon in 1878 with a plaster sculpture Childhood of Jupiter.

Gaudez died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, on January 23, 1902.