Seated woman with two children, one suckling
Paul Dubois (Nogent-sur-Seine 1829 - Paris 1905)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze, Wood
Measurements
230 mm (Depth); 480 mm (H); 184 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338079
Summary
Sculpture, bronze, hollow, by Paul Dubois (Nogent-sur-Seine 1829 - Paris1905). Figure group - Bronze sculpture of a woman in peasant dress and wearing a headscarf, sitting on a tree stump, with two children. One is suckling, the other sleeping. Inscribed on the back 'P. Dubois'. Stamped in the base, a seal with a head and ‘Reduction mechanique A. Collas Brevell’. Inscribed in side of base ‘F. Barbedienne, Foneur, Paris’, inside ‘38’. On support bar in base, inked ‘219 304 IUP’. On a modern wooden base with four feet and three location blocks.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
On the back: P.DUBOIS On bronze base: Seal with head and ‘Reduction mechanique A. Collas Brevell’. Inscribed in side of base ‘F. Barbedienne, Foneur, Paris’.
Makers and roles
Paul Dubois (Nogent-sur-Seine 1829 - Paris 1905)