Amazone blessé oder Amazone Mattéi                                                                 Bronze, nach Phidias und Luigi Valadier (1726 - 1785)

Berühmtes Vorbild für diese wunderbare Statuette ist eine antike römische Kopie einer griechischen Statue, die Amazone Mattéi, die  sich heute in den Kapitolinischen Museen befindet.

Forschungen zufolge stammt die originale Skulptur von der Hand des griechischen Bildhauers Phidias. Ein weiteres Exemplar befindet sich im Metropolitan Museum.

1780 fertigte der italienische Bildhauer Luigi Valadier eine Kopie aus Marmor, die rasch berühmt wurde. Die französische Manufaktur Ferdinand Barbedienne fertigte im 19. Jahrhundert dank technischer Innovationen ab 1845 erstmals verkleinerte Nachbildungen nach dem Model von Valadier. In ihrer Anfangszeit vertrieb Barbedienne die Arbeiten kleiner Pariser Gießereien, unter anderem von der Gießerei Frédéric Sauvage.

Sehr guter originaler Zustand, fein gearbeitete Ausführung in Bronze, lediglich minimale alters- und gebrauchsbedingte Abnutzung auf der Oberfläche und sichtbarer, minimal gelockerter (0,1 mm)  Armansatz auf der Rückseite.

Rechts an der Plinthe „'R.tion Sauvage“

Größe: 43 cm    Gewicht: 5,5 kg

Der französische Ingenieur Frédéric Sauvage (1786 - 1857) erfand ein Physionometer, einen Reduktor-Pantografen, einen hydraulischen Blasebalg und ist einer der Erfinder des Schiffschraubenantriebs.

Sein Physionometer ermöglichte die detaillierte Vermessung von Kopf- und Gesicht einer Person oder auch einer Büste bzw. anderer dreidimensionaler Objekte. Somit konnte die Herstellung einer Büste vorbereitet und in exakter Proportion wiedergegeben werden. Diese Technik wurde als „Reduktion Sauvage“ bekannt.

Sauvage betrieb um die Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts herum in Paris eine kleine Manufaktur und fertigte unter anderem Bronzereduktionen nach antiken Vorlagen für das Maison Barbedienne, bis diese sich, neben den klassischen Nachbildungen, auf die Werke zeitgenössischer Künstler konzentrierten.

Amazon blessé or Amazon Mattéi
Bronze, after Phidias and Luigi Valadier (1726 - 1785)

Famous model for this wonderful statuette is an ancient Roman copy of a Greek statue, the Amazone Mattéi, which is now in the Capitoline Museums.
According to research, the original sculpture was made by the hand of the Greek sculptor Phidias. Another copy is in the Metropolitan Museum.

In 1780, the Italian sculptor Luigi Valadier made a copy in marble, which quickly became famous. In the 19th century, thanks to technical innovations, the French manufacturer Ferdinand Barbedienne produced scaled-down replicas based on Valadier's model for the first time, starting in 1845. In its early days, Barbedienne distributed the work of small Parisian foundries, including the Frédéric Sauvage foundry.

Very good original condition, finely crafted execution in bronze, only minimal wear due to age and use on the surface and visible, minimally loosened (0.1 mm) arm attachment on the back.

On the right side at the plinth "'R.tion Sauvage".
Size: 43 cm Weight: 5,5 kg

The French engineer Frédéric Sauvage (1786 - 1857) invented a physionometer, a reducer pantograph, a hydraulic bellows and is one of the inventors of the ship's propeller drive.
His physionometer enabled the detailed measurement of the head and face of a person or even a bust or other three-dimensional objects. Thus, the production of a bust could be prepared and reproduced in exact proportion. This technique became known as "reduction sauvage." Sauvage ran a small manufactory in Paris around the middle of the 19th century and produced bronze reductions based on antique models for the Maison Barbedienne, among others, until they founded their own foundry and focused on the works of contemporary artists.

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