LOT DETAILS

Materials:

terracotta, on the original wooden revolving base

Size Notes:

terracotta; base: 90cm., 35½in.

Markings:

signed and dated: DALOU 1876

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1877, no. 1465 ( Une Boulonnaise allaitant son enfant; terra-cotta);; Westport, Westport House, 1877-2013 (on display in the Picture Gallery)

Literature:

A. Graves, The Royal Academy Exhibitors, London, 1905, vol. ii, p. 234;; A. Simier and M. Kisiel, Jules Dalou, le sculpteur de la République,; Catalogue des sculptures de Jules Dalou conserveés au Petit Palais,; exh. cat. Petit Palais, Paris, 2013, pp. 346 and 350

Provenance:

George John Browne, 3rd Marquess of Sligo (1820–1896), acquired directly from the artist in 1876 and installed at Westport House, Westport, Ireland, in 1877;; by family descent to the present owner