French school of the 19th century Child reading and Child drawing, based on models created before 1800, by Christophe Dihl (1753-1830) or by Charles-Gabriel Sauvage dit Lemire (1741 -1827)

French school of the 19th century Child reading and Child drawing, based on models created before 1800, by Christophe Dihl (1753-1830) or by Charles-Gabriel Sauvage dit Lemire (1741 -1827)
Pair of bronzes with brown patina
Some wear to the patina
H. 43 and 45 cm (17 and 17 ¾ in.)
A pair of patinated bronze groups depicting a child reading and a child drawing, French school, 19th century
The popular theme of the neoclassical period, the Study, is represented here by a pair of children reading and writing, whose models can be given to Christophe Dihl, director of the Dihl and Guérhard manufactory, founded in 1781, or to the sculptor Charles-Gabriel Sauvage dit Lemire (active in the same manufactory from 1802). While the subject was diffused in biscuit, Dilh's death in 1830 led to the dispersal at two sales of their works and models from the manufactory and the occasion of a wider diffusion of our subject in the form of edition bronzes. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.