A BRONZE FIGURE OF PSYCHE BY EUGENE-ANTOINE AIZELIN (FRENCH 1821-1902) cast by F. Barbedienne

A BRONZE FIGURE OF PSYCHE

BY EUGENE-ANTOINE AIZELIN (FRENCH 1821-1902)

cast by F. Barbedienne, the sorrowful maiden seated on a stool, holding an oil lamp in her left hand, the base signed 'Aizelin', with fondeur's signature and pastille, inscribed 'Reduction Mecanique A. Collas Brevete'

31cm high, 12.2cm wide

Catalogue Note

Aizelin was a pupil of Dumont and exhibited at the Salon between 1852 and 1897. He won a gold medal at the Paris 1889 Exposition Universelle and was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1867.