Live Auction 8011The Gothick Pavilion - A Private Collection from Belgravia
A SET OF FOUR FRENCH BRONZE PLAQUES OF THE ELEMENTS
Lot 321

A SET OF FOUR FRENCH BRONZE PLAQUES OF THE ELEMENTS

CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, AFTER THE MODELS BY EUGENE DELAPLANCHE, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Closed26 January 2011

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A SET OF FOUR FRENCH BRONZE PLAQUES OF THE ELEMENTS
CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, AFTER THE MODELS BY EUGENE DELAPLANCHE, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Fire depicted as Zeus, Earth, Air and Water depicted as draped female figures, each engraved 'E. Delaplanche' and F.BARBEDIENNE, FONDEUR PARIS, with suspension ring, Earth inscribed '95' to reverse
12½ x 7 in. (31.5 x 18 cm.) (4)

Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 10 November 1980, lot 192.

Specialist note

Eugène Delaplanche (1836-1891) exhibited at the Salon from 1861, specialising in genre, allegorical and portrait sculpture. His statuettes were popular in England following his participation in the inauguration of the Grosvenor Gallery in 1877.