AUTHENTIC ANTIQUE 19TH CENTURY BRONZE SCULPTURE BY RENOWN ITALIAN BORN FRENCH SCULPTOR LUCA MADRASSI 1848-1919, EXECUTED DURING HIS LIFETIME.
EXTEMELY WELL MODELLED AND SUPERBLY EXECUTED WITH STUNNING DETAILS DEPICTING A FAMOUS FRENCH 1ST EMPIRE GRENADIER OF EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S IMPERIAL OLD GUARD (GRENADIER DE LA VIELLE GARDE) STRIKING AN ELEGANT POSE WEARING THE DISTINCTIVE TALL BEARSKIN CAP WITH A PLATE STAMPLED WITH IMPERIAL EAGLE, WITH CORDS AND PLUME AND THE GRENADIER FULL UNIFORM WITH FIELD PACK, SABER AND THE MUSKET WITH THE BAYONET STANDING ON A NATURALISTIC BASE.SIGNED ON THE BACK "L.MADRASSI" AND FOUNDRY MARK "VRAI BRONZE GARANTI PARIS". THE SCUPTURE IS MOUNTED ON ITS ORIGINAL MARBLE BASEIN THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY THE SCUPTURE WAS CONVERTED TO A LAMP WITH AN ATTACHMENT FOR A LIGHT DISCREETLY SCREWED TO THE BACK OF THE BASE.COA WILL BE SHIPPED WITH THE SCULPTURE.
18.5” JUST THE FIGURE ON STAND, 22” TO THE END OF THE SOCKET.
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