CARRIER-BELLEUSE, Albert-Ernest (1824 Anizy-le-Château – 1887 Sèvres)

Spring Nymph

Terracotta, reddish-orange. Signed “A. Carrier-Belleuse.” H 73 cm. 11.84 kg.

Depiction of a nude young woman walking through the reeds. Signs of age and wear, cracks, minor chips.

Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse: French sculptor and draftsman; studied under Pierre Jean David d’Angers at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris beginning in 1840; from the 1850s onward, he created works in marble, bronze sculptures, and terracotta busts; he was called the “Clodion of the Second Empire” (Claude Michel Clodion, 1738–1814), In 1864, he became friends with the young sculptor Auguste Rodin; from 1875 to 1887, he served as artistic director and head of the studio at the Manufacture royale de porcelaine de Sèvres in Sèvres.

Provenance: Peter Kaus Museum Estate.

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