"Diana, the Huntress" | Eugène Marioton

EUGÈNE MARIOTON
French, 1857-1933

Diana, the Huntress

Patinated and burnished bronze | signed to base "Eug. Marioton" and cold-stamped by foundry "E. Colin et Cie Paris"

Item # 305EBC12Q  An incredibly beautiful representation of Diana the Huntress, this rather rare cast by Eugéne Marioton captures the goddess as a young woman with her bow resting gingerly against her upraised hand while she leans against the stump of a felled tree. Her other arm rests on the upper limits of the tree, cast outwards in an almost carefree manner that leaves her body in a dance-like posture. She looks only to her bow, her eyes turned downwards and her features incredibly peaceful.

This is a model that very infrequently becomes available on the open-market. It was cast by the foundry of E. Colin et Cie in Paris during the first quarter of the 20th century. EUGÈNE MARIOTON
Eugéne Marioton was born in Paris on April 7th of 1857, brother to the likewise famous sculptor Claudius Marioton. They enjoyed strong reputations and careers, Eugéne’s stretching over a fifty year period with his debut at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris in 1882 where he continued to exhibit regularly through 1922. Both he and his brother studied under Augustin Alexandre Dumont, and he further was pupil to Thomas and Bonnassieux. He won bronze medals at the 1889 and 1900 Exposition Universelle and a traveling scholarship in 1888. He specialized in small bronze works, mostly figural studies that were academic and executed in the Romantic taste. Of these, a majority were cast by the E. Colin and Siot-Decauville foundries, both prolific and highly skilled firms. Artist Listings & Bibliography: Bronzes of the Nineteenth Century: Dictionary of Sculptors, Pierre Kjellberg, 1994, p. 458-460 Art Bronzes, Michael Forrest,1988, p. 479 The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze, James Mackay, 1977, p. 250 E. Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Vol. IX, Gründ, 2006, p. 295
Measurements: 29" H (total height, including base); 28" H (bronze only); approximately 17 1/2" W from arm to arm; 8" base diameter; 9" marble base diameter
Condition Report: Surface repatinated; new marble base crafted for the sculpture including a rotating pin to allow the sculpture to spin freely; cleaned, polished and sealed in conservator's grade wax; a fine presentation.