小塑像 - 银镀青铜

大幅 Bronze sculpture in silvered bronze by Adrien Étienne Gaudez. The statue is mounted on a stone base. Origin: France, late 19th century. Condition: very good, visible minor wear to the silvering.
Overall height - 45 cm

Adrien Étienne Gaudez was born on February 2, 1845 in Lyon, France, and died in 1902. He studied under 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 early works were predominantly 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 of 1870. With first‑hand insight into war, he created a monument in honor of French prisoners held in Magdeburg by Prussian forces. The monument was erected in the municipal cemetery. He participated in the Paris Salon of 1878 with a plaster sculpture titled Childhood of Jupiter.

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