AIME-JULES DALOU (1838-1902)

"Peace"
a cast bronze female torso, a study for "Abondance" for the "Triumph of the Republic" on a naturalistic base, first modelled circa 1879-1889,
with cast signature "Dalou" and foundry mark, 76cm high

Provenance: Private collection, Dorset.

Aime-Jules Dalou's celebrated monumental group, Triomphe de la Republique presides over the Place de la Nation in Paris.
The full-scale work is surmounted by a magisterial figure of La Republique bedecked in a Phrygian cap above a lion-pulled chariot