A fine Napoleon III bronze and marble centerpiece with the bust of the Talleyrand Zeus.
by Georges Emile Henri Servant, marked G S MEDAILLE D’OR 1867.
Dimensions:
H45 by 38 cm
H17.72 by 14.96 inch.
Literature and References:
-Bronzes: Sculptors and Founders 1800-1930, Vol. IV, Berman, p. 1059, f. 4186 - present figure noted as “Thetis - Olympian” at 14 1/2” H and cast by Georges Servant
-"E. Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Vol VI", Gründ, p. 1290
-"Bronzes of the Nineteenth Century, Dictionary of Artists", Kjellberg, p. 376
-“The Romantics to Rodin, French Nineteenth Century Sculpture”, Fusco & Janson, 1980, p. 294-95
-“Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs de l’Ecole Francaise”, Lami, 1914-21, p. 91-93