Figurine - Silvered Bronze

Large bronze figure silver-plated by Adrien Étienne Gaudez. Statue mounted on a stone base. Origin: France, late 19th century. Excellent condition, slight silvering wear visible.
Total height - 45 cm

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

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

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