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René de Saint-Marceaux
Early 20th Century French Young Dancer Terracotta Sculpture

1900 ca.

$5,660.30
£4,195.61
€5,856VAT Included
CA$7,896.40
A$8,010.61
CHF 4,573.63
MX$96,996.01
NOK 53,842.86
SEK 53,664.16
DKK 36,610.81

About the Item

A 1910s beautiful and extremely rare terracotta sculpture, Our company has been present on this platform for many years, with numerous sales made and just as many excellent reviews received that you can under our Furniture account. Most likely, although unsigned, by the great French sculptor René de Saint-Marceaux, who lived at the turn of the century and spent many years of his artistic career in Italy The unrivalled elegance of this young ballerina immediately brings to mind the most successful works of Edgar Degas. Our protagonist is captured with extraordinary insight in a pose that makes us love her at first sight; her posture shows her fatigue after exhausting training sessions, but her face tells us all about her determination to see it through to the end. This sculpture, never before on the market, comes from an important French private collection. On the reverse side there is an unidentified inscription in Italian Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts. René de Saint-Marceaux He was born in Reims on 23 September 1845 to Alexandre Jean de Paul de Saint-Marceaux, a member of a noble family, and Emélie Isabelle Moriset. His grandfather, Augustin de Saint-Marceaux, served as mayor of Reims. At age eighteen went to Paris to study at the École des Beaux-Arts. A student of François Jouffroy, he became primarily a sculptor of portrait busts and animals. He exhibited at the Paris salon from 1868, when, passing up the competition for the Prix de Rome, he decided to spend time in Florence instead. He passed a second sojourn in Italy in 1873–74. On his return, his marble Génie gardant le secret de la tombe ("Spirit Guarding the Secret of the Tomb"), conserved in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, shows the marked influence of Michelangelo. Among his works were several statues created for Baron Rothschild for his Château de Ferrières and the tomb at Montmartre Cemetery in Paris for Alexandre Dumas, fils. In 1891 René de Saint-Marceaux joined the newly formed Société des artistes français. In 1892, he married Marguerite Jourdain Baugnies and adopted her three children from her prior marriage. Saint-Marceaux was also a medallist, and a collector of Ancient Greek coins. In 1907 he was commissioned to execute the plaquette for the Société française des Amis de la Médaille. His bronze and granite monument for the headquarters of the Universal Postal Union in Bern, Switzerland erected in 1909, represents the five continents as floating figures joined in transmitting messages around the globe. A postage stamp honoring the sculptor and the monument was issued jointly by Switzerland and France in 2009. René de Saint-Marceaux died in Paris in 1915. Under existing legislation, any artwork created over 70 years ago by an artist who has died can requires a license for export regardless of the work’s market price. The shipping may require additional handling days to require the license according to the destination of the artwork.
  • Creator:
    René de Saint-Marceaux (1845 - 1915, French)
  • Creation Year:
    1900 ca.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14.97 in (38 cm)Width: 12.41 in (31.5 cm)Depth: 1.58 in (4 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
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  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2883217202872

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