ATELIER DES TADOLINI - SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY - ACC - Lot 43

ATELIER DES TADOLINI - SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY - ACCORDING TO A MODEL BY JEAN-JACQUES DIT JAMES PRADIER (1790-1852) TADOLINI WORKSHOP - SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY - BASED ON A MODEL BY JEAN-JACQUES DIT JAMES PRADIER (1790-1852) Bather seated on a rock, a drapery over her shoulder. Statuette in white marble Signed 'TADOLINI.ROMA' on the lower part of the statuette Accident and restoration to the small flower held in the hand, chip to the base. Bathers seated on a rock, draped over the shoulder. Statuette in white marble Carries a signature 'TADOLINI.ROMA' on the lower part of the statuette Accident and restoration to the small flower held in the hand, chip to the base. H 43 cm - H 16 7/8 in. Related work : -James Pradier, Baigneuse assise sur un rocher, un pan de draperie sur l'épaule, bronze statuette, H. 43 cm, inscription in cursive letters on the terrace 'Pradier Scpt', H.43 cm, sale Cleveland, Wolf's October 12, 2000, n°261, "Atalanta", Related literature: Claude Lapaire, James Pradier et la sculpture française de la génération romantique. Catalog raisonné, notice 415 p.409. The model for this small marble bather, executed in the influential and highly regarded Tadolini workshop in Rome, is by James Pradier. The influence of this Genevan artist, considered one of the most famous sculptors under the July Monarchy and until the fall of the Second Empire, was considerable. His work was widely disseminated through the publication of his models in bronze and plaster, with or without his consent, and even outside France.