EUTROPE BOURET (Paris, 1833 - 1906).
"Allegory of History".
Bronze sculpture and onyx base.
Signed.
Size: 38 x 19 x 15 cm; 2 x 25 x 19 cm (base).
Ornamental sculpture made in a rounded mass raised on an onyx base. It is an evidently neoclassical work, contained in its expressiveness, full of grace, an allegory of history taking into account the inscription in the book that the woman is holding.
Eutrope Bouret was a French sculptor, a pupil of Louis Buhot. Throughout his career the artist worked with various techniques and materials, including marble, plaster, terracotta and bronze, and also produced a number of chryselephantine pieces. Among his most notable works is the bust of the writer Alexis Bouvier, which once adorned his tomb in the popular Parisian cemetery of Père-Lachaise, which has now disappeared. Bouret's sculpture often deals with classical themes, such as allegories of love, springtime or the arts, but he also shows a great interest in the Middle Ages in a novelistic and romantic sense.