Auction 110 - Tag 3
Fine Art, Ceramics, Metalware & Sculptures
By Auktionshaus Mehlis
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May 27, 2023
Hammerstraße 30, 8523 Plauen, Germany
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LOT 3505:
Henry Étienne Dumaige, Hera and Hephaistos
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Sold for: €3,000
Start price:
€
240
Buyer's Premium: 27%
VAT: 19%
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Henry Étienne Dumaige, Hera and Hephaistos
2nd half 19th c., signed on the side, bronze dark patinated, depicting the goddess Hera, who is given a golden throne by her rejected son Hephaistos, this was later to bind her and was intended as a tricky retaliation as punishment for rejecting her son Hephaistos, loosely mounted on a marble base, a cast seam on the arm minimally visible, normal signs of age, h bronze 34 cm, h overall 37 cm. Artist info: French sculptor (1830 Paris to 1888 Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie), pupil of the sculptors Jean-Jacques Feuchère and Augustin Alexandre Dumont, known for classical statuettes, mythological works, groups and busts, he exhibited at the Paris Salons des Beaux Arts 1863-1886. Source: Thieme-Becker/Vollmer, Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler.
