THEODORE JOSEPH NAPOLEON JACQUES (FRENCH 1804-1876)

Allegory of a River, cast late 19th century
bronze with varicolored patina
overall height: 63.5 cm (25 in.)
signed and marked with E. Quesnel Fils and F.L. Hausburg / Liverpool foundry marks along base

LOT NOTES
For a similar cast, showing an allegory of the river Niva, see: E.V. Karpova, "Unikalnyi proekt frantsuzskogo skulptora v sobranii Russkogo muzeia,” in Stranitsy istorii otechestvennogo iskusstva 18, (St. Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2011), pp. 168-175. Another variant of the above was sold by Sotheby’s, November 27, 2012, lot 404.

CONDITION
The sculpture is in overall good original condition. Beyond some darkening to the patina in places, as apparent in photographs, there are no significant issues apparent to the naked eye.

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