Jules Félix COUTAN (1848-1939)
Armed Peace
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Jules Félix COUTAN (1848-1939)
Armed Peace
Allegory of Peace in the form of a winged female figure, standing on a cornucopia and holding an unsheathed sword. Illustration of the Roman adage "Si vis pacem, para bellum".
Bronze with brown patina, signed on the terrace, inscriptions: "UNION", "TRAVAIL", "PAIX", and stamped "THIEBAUT FRERES / FONDEURS / PARIS".
Base in griotte red marble adorned with a frieze of bronze pearls.
H. 68.5 - W. 40 : - D. 18 cm
Weight : 15,80 kg
(Marble chips).
Offered as a professional gift, commemorative plaque on the front, dated July 31, 1896.
Original bronze model created in 1887 from a design by architect Paul SEDILLE (1836-1900), and still adorning a column in Parc Montsouris, Paris.
Bibliography: Model reproduced on page 228 in Pierre KJELLBERG's Dictionnaire des bronzes.
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