patinated bronze; height: 39, width: 50 cm;
Founder's signature on the base: F. BARBEDIENNE
France, 2nd half of the 19th century.
Popular in the 19th century, this Hellenistic composition known as the Sleeping Ariadne actually depicts a
Cleopatra resting. The prototype for countless copies made
in stone or, as was most common, in bronze, was a sculpture from the 2nd century BC.
held in the Vatican Museums in Rome. The bronze copy presented here stands at a good technical level.
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