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Lot 361
after Adrien Etienne Gaudez (1845-1902), The Composer Lully as a Child
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
20th century cast bronze, depicting Jean-Baptiste Lully, a child prodigy musician and favorite of King Louis XIV, "Lully" inscribed to plinth plaque.

HOA 20 in.

Gaudez produced several monumental figures that were cast in bronze. He studied sculpture under the tutelage of Francois Jouffroy at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and in 1870 was a prisoner of war during the Franco-Prussian War.

Verdigris with signs of bronze sickness; wear to patina.