Stunning Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Bust of a woman, terra cotta sculpture Italian 75" Width 33

75" Width 33

Length 9'4" Width 6'10"

polychrome painted with a floral sprigged dress

stretcher base

Stunning Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Bust of a woman, terra cotta sculpture Italian 75" Width 33Stunning neoclassical bust of an aristocratic woman, Albert Ernest Carrier Belleuse (French 1824 1887), Signed A. CARRIER to the reverse, mounted on an ebonized wooden base, an exquisite example of Albert Ernest Carrier Belleuses ability create highly textured and often sinuous fabrics out of firm materials. The intricate and delicate tracery of her crown is reminiscent of an example depicting the Comtesse de Castiglione, in the collection of Lucile