SCULPTURE "TWO YOUNG CHILDREN" by Hippolyte MOREAU... Lot 323

SCULPTURE "TWO YOUNG CHILDREN" by Hippolyte MOREAU (1832-1927) Attractive, finely executed cookie group on a rocaille ormolu base Signed 19th century Height: 48 cm Restorations François, known as Hippolyte, was the second son of sculptor Jean-Baptiste Moreau, and trained in his father's studio. With his two brothers Mathurin and Auguste, he moved to Paris to study under François Jouffroy at the École des Beaux-Arts. From 1863 to 1914, he exhibited at the Salon des artistes français, where he sent decorative subjects mostly inspired by the 18th century. He won a medal at the 1878 Universal Exhibition and another in 1900. Most of his works are kept at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon.