Neapolitan dancers. Bronze sculptures, Francisque Duret (Delafontaine)

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Neapolitan dancers. Bronze sculptures, Francisque Duret (Delafontaine)

Name: Neapolitan dancers. Bronze sculptures, Francisque Duret (Delafontaine)
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: 6IAQ8DJPHD
Price: 3800 EUR
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By Gallery des Victoires

Period 19th century

Style Other style

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François-Joseph dit Francisque DURET (1804-1865).
Founder DELAFONTAINE.
19th century. Circa 1860.
Bronze proofs with brown patina:
"Le Jeune Pêcheur dansant la Tarentelle and Le Danseur au Tambourin".
Signed on the circular base with shells: "F. Duret" and "Delafontaine".
Average height: 44 cm

French sculptor Francisque Duret (Paris, 1804-1865) was inspired by classical antiquity as seen through the lens of the Florentine Renaissance. Son of sculptor François-Joseph Duret, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1818 and won the Prix de Rome in 1823. It was during a trip to Naples that he conceived one of his most famous bronzes, "Jeune pêcheur dansant la tarentelle", which was exhibited at the Salon of 1833 (Musée du Louvre).

Bibliography: "Les bronzes du XIXe" by Pierre Kjellberg, Éditions de L'amateur (model shown on page 305)
DELAFONTAINE: The foundry was created at the end of the 18th century by Jean-Baptiste-Maximilien Delafontaine (1750-1820), then run from 1818 to 1840 by Pierre-Maximilien Delafontaine and Auguste Maximilien until 1885.

Related work :
- Francisque Duret, Danseur napolitain, bronze, H. 43 cm, Montauban, musée Ingres Bourdelle, inv. MI.881.21.10 ;
- Francisque Duret, Danseur napolitain au tambourin, bronze, inscribed "DURET F" and "DELAFONTAINE", H. 43 cm, Nîmes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. 1520.

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Additional Information

Condition	Good
Style	Other style (Bronze sculptures of Other style Style)
Period	19th century (Bronze sculptures 19th century)
Country of origin	France
Artist	Francisque DURET (1804-1865)
Height (cm)	44
Materials	Patinated Bronze