Eugène ARRONDELLE (1824-1907) Bacchante bust. White marble sculpture on a circular molded pedestal. Signed and dated on the back. H. 58.5 cm. Bust to be refixed on its pedestal. A few scratches and chips on the pedestal. Bust exhibited at the Salon des Champs Élysées in 1892. Provenance: According to the artist's invoice, this bust was sold for 800 francs to Docteur Émile Ossian-Bonnet on July 17, 1897. Émile BONNET, known as OSSIAN-BONNET (1843-1901), spent his life in Brazil, where he was professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Rio de Janeiro, director of the anatomo-pathological museum and of the museums of the new Society of Medicine and Surgery; he then settled in Tunisia, where he was attached to the person of the bey of Tunis as first physician. [Notice by F. Guyon on December 24, 1901, Bulletin de l'Académie de médecine, 1901, tome 46-n°43, p. 877. in CTHS, École nationale des chartes].
Estimate
€1,000 - €1,500
Result
€800
Buyer's premium
26%
Eugène ARRONDELLE (1824-1907)
Bacchante bust.
White marble sculpture on a circular molded pedestal.
Signed and dated on the back.
H. 58.5 cm.
Bust to be refixed on its pedestal.
A few scratches and chips on the pedestal.
Bust exhibited at the Salon des Champs Élysées in 1892.
Provenance:
According to the artist's invoice, this bust was sold for 800 francs to Docteur Émile Ossian-Bonnet on July 17, 1897.
Émile BONNET, known as OSSIAN-BONNET (1843-1901), spent his life in Brazil, where he was professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Rio de Janeiro, director of the anatomo-pathological museum and of the museums of the new Society of Medicine and Surgery; he then settled in Tunisia, where he was attached to the person of the bey of Tunis as first physician.
[Notice by F. Guyon on December 24, 1901, Bulletin de l'Académie de médecine, 1901, tome 46-n°43, p. 877. in CTHS, École nationale des chartes].