Ringel d'Illzach (J.-D.): F.-J.-E. GOT, doyen of the Comédie - Lot 162

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Ringel d'Illzach (J.-D.): F.-J.-E. GOT, doyen of the Comédie - Lot 162
Ringel d'Illzach (J.-D.): F.-J.-E. GOT, doyen of the Comédie française, 1885 A/FRENCH. IVLES. EDMOND. GOT Bust of François-Jules-Edmond Got on the right, below NE. A. LIGNEROLLES. ORNE. I. OCTOBER. MDCCCXXII, above LE. DOYEN. DE. LA. COMEDY. FRENCH. CHEVALIER. DE. LA. LEGION. D'HONNEVR; signature RINGEL D'ILLZACH/ MDCCCLXXXV; in front of a mask of the Comédie Uniface Condition : SUP - Rare : Material : Bronze Diameter: 170.0 mm - Weight: 481.00 g - Axis: 12 h By Jean-Désiré Ringel d'Illzach (Illzach, 1849 - Strasbourg, 1916), French sculptor, medallist and engraver, pupil of François Jouffroy and Alexandre Falguière. Known for his medallions in various materials (bronze, terracotta, stoneware, glass paste) depicting hundreds of personalities from the artistic, literary, political and scientific world of his time, (Sarah Bernhardt, Auguste Rodin, Arago, Louis Pasteur, Camille Flammarion, Victor Hugo, Ferdinand de Lesseps, or Léon Gambetta). Some of his works can be found in the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux. Small lacks of metal during the casting under the chin, otherwise almost superb with a hanging lug on the reverse side. An identical copy at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Strasbourg (Mona Lisa base).
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