{"id":8052990902500,"title":"Cast Bronze sculpture of a nude | La Baigneuse by Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain | French Foundry Marked","handle":"bronze-sculpture-of-a-nude-la-baigneuse-by-christophe-gabriel-allegrain-french-foundry-marked","description":"Cast Bronze sculpture of a Nude on Black Marble\u003cbr\u003e French Foundry Marked\u003cbr\u003eMarked BRONZE GARANTEE PARIS | PR Deposte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis bronze sculpture of a nude is after \"La Baigneuse,\" a famous 18th Century sculpture by French artist Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain (1710-1795) \u003cstrong\u003e- read more about the artist below. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis piece is well cast, beautifully patinated and would be 1950s era\u003cbr\u003eApprox 8kg in weight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApprox 32cms (12 1\/2\") tall\u003cbr\u003eApprox 25cms (9 3\/4\") long\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn excellent condition\u003cbr\u003eGUARANTEED free from damage and repair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Antique and Period Bronzes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthentic antique bronzes (\u0026gt;100 years of age) are considered to be those sculptures made from the original moulds or maquettes and cast by the licensed foundries in the lifetime and with the agreement of the artist or posthumously authorised by the artist's heirs. Many bronzes, like this one (\u0026gt;50 years), are taken from famous Art sculpture by quality foundries, generally French in origin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA bronze sculpture, often simply called ‘a bronze’, is a three-dimensional piece of art made by pouring molten bronze into a mould, before leaving it to solidify. Casting is a very different technique to the chiselling and carving associated with marble sculpture, or the modelling associated with ceramics, but is used to achieve the same effects as both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Christophe Allegrain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristophe-Gabriel Allegrain (11 October 1710, Paris – 17 April 1795, Paris) was a French sculptor who tempered a neoclassical style with Rococo charm and softness, under the influence of his much more famous brother-in-law, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAllegrain was born into a well-established family of landscape painters in Paris. \u003cstrong\u003eHis single most famous work, a marble Bather (La Baigneuse), was commissioned for the royal residences through the Bâtiments du Roi in 1755; a modelled sketch was shown at the Salon of 1757. When the finished marble was finally exhibited at the Salon of 1767 it received a sensational reception\u003c\/strong\u003e. In 1772 Louis XV presented it to Mme du Barry for her Château de Louveciennes, where she had recently completed the famed pavilion that introduced the new Neoclassicism, usually associated with the \"Louis Seize style\", into court circles.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter the King's death she was pleased enough with it to commission from Allegrain a pendant bather in 1776, which he delivered in 1778. presented in the landscape garden as Vénus and Diane they provided an allegory of her past sensual love and her present chaste condition. 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Many bronzes, like this one (\u0026gt;50 years), are taken from famous Art sculpture by quality foundries, generally French in origin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA bronze sculpture, often simply called ‘a bronze’, is a three-dimensional piece of art made by pouring molten bronze into a mould, before leaving it to solidify. Casting is a very different technique to the chiselling and carving associated with marble sculpture, or the modelling associated with ceramics, but is used to achieve the same effects as both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Christophe Allegrain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristophe-Gabriel Allegrain (11 October 1710, Paris – 17 April 1795, Paris) was a French sculptor who tempered a neoclassical style with Rococo charm and softness, under the influence of his much more famous brother-in-law, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAllegrain was born into a well-established family of landscape painters in Paris. \u003cstrong\u003eHis single most famous work, a marble Bather (La Baigneuse), was commissioned for the royal residences through the Bâtiments du Roi in 1755; a modelled sketch was shown at the Salon of 1757. 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