Bust in bronze by Mathurin Moreau
Bust of an Emperor in bronze by Mathurin Moreau;born in Dijon, the 18th of November 1822 and died in Paris the 14th of February 1912. Son and student of Jean-Baptiste Moreau, in 1841 he entered in “l ecole des Beaux-Arts” and worked with Ramey and Dumont.He got the second price of Rome in 1842 and got many other decorations. He built many monuments such as a marble group in Beaune or the statue of President Carnot in Dijon.He was the mayor of the XXth district of Paris at the end of his life.The E. Benezit Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs lists Mathurin Moreau on volume 7, page 529.
From Paris - Circa 1850
Dimensions: 14cm wide X 12 deep X 30 high

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