Live Auction 5706The Opulent Eye - 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe
A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF LEDA AND THE SWAN
Lot 61 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF LEDA AND THE SWAN

CAST FROM THE MODEL BY ALBERT-ERNEST CARRIER-BELLEUSE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed20 September 2012

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GBP 5,000

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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF LEDA AND THE SWAN
CAST FROM THE MODEL BY ALBERT-ERNEST CARRIER-BELLEUSE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Signed 'A.CARRIER', on an black marble base
18 in. (46 cm.) high; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) wide; 7½ in. (19 cm.) deep

Specialist note

A terracotta version of Leda and the Swan by Carrier-Belleuse is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Accession Number: 1980.123).