DuMouchelles
Live Auction

The March 2021 Auctions: Day 1

Thu, Mar 25, 2021 11:00AM EDT
Lot 31

JEAN LOUIS GREGOIRE, (1840-90) PARIS BRONZE SCULPTURE 19TH/20TH C. H 11' DIA 5" MOZART

Estimate: $400 - $800

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Impressed foundry mark of Fabricion Paris. Bronze, mid-brown patina, depicting a young Mozart tuning his violin as he stands on a scroll of sheet music, raised on what is likely the original marble plinth. Signed 'L.Gregoire' to base. Gregoire trained under Jean Jules Salmson at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Work was first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1867. Provenance: The estate of Gloria Anton, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI.