Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904) - Lot 66

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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904) - Lot 66
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904) Allegory of Goldsmiths Statuette in bronze with brown patina Signed "A BARTHOLDI H. 11.2 cm Minor wear to patina In 1860, Auguste Bartholdi was commissioned to create a monument to the memory of German painter Martin Schongauer to adorn the cloister courtyard of the former Unterlinden convent, then converted into a museum. The monument, sculpted in the style of Gothic fountains, is surmounted by a full-length figure of Schongauer surrounded by four allegorical figures embodying the stages of his training: Engraving, Study, Painting and Goldsmithing. Our bronze statuette is modelled on this last allegory, which is thought to be a self-portrait of the sculptor. The fountain was dismantled in 1958, and the four figures deposited in the Bartholdi Museum. Related works : -Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Monument à Schongauer, also known as Monument à la mémoire de Martin Shoen, 1860, pink sandstone, H. 205 cm, Colmar, Musée d'Unterlinden ; -Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Allégorie de l'Orfèvrerie, c. 1860 ?, marble, H. 62.5 cm, Colmar, Musée Bartholdi, inv. SB87 ; -Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, L'orfèvrerie ou la ciselure, circa 1861, bronze, signed "AB", H. 37 x W. 19.5 x D. 20.5 cm, Paris, Musée de la Vie romantique, inv. 92.3.1 Related literature : -Cécilie Champy-Vinas, Cécile Bertran, Meunier, Dalou, Rodin... : les sculpteurs au travail, cat. exp. Nogent-sur-Seine, Musée Camille Claudel, April 4-September 6, 2020, Ghent, Snoeck, 2020, marble model listed under n°Cat. 28, illustrated p. 14, p. 15 ; -Régis Hueber, Société des amis de Bartholdi : 10ème anniversaire, cat. exp., Colmar, Musée Bartholdi, June 21-December 22, 2013, Colmar, Ville de Colmar, 2013 ; -Régis hueber, "Les statuaires au couvent : Auguste Bartholdi et la Société Schongauer", in Sylvie Raymond (ed.), Histoire du musée d'Unterlinden et de ses collections, de la Révolution à la Première Guerre mondiale, Colmar, Musée d'Unterlinde, 2003, pp. 227-241.
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