ca. 1880.

Size: ca. 23 cm. Weight: 1,972 kg. Signed by the sculptor. Nice bronze bust of Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903). He is well known for his intellectualism and his attempts to define the position of the Catholic Church with regard to modern thinking. Aristide Croisy was a French sculptor. He was born in Fagnon (Ardennes). He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1857. His teachers were Armand Toussaint and Charles Gumery. He also studied under Augustin-Alexandre Dumont. In 1865 the École des Beaux-Arts awarded him the grand medal for sculpture. His real debut was at the Salon of 1867. In 1877 Croisy worked on restoration of the chapel of the Palace of Versailles. He made various allegorical statues for monuments in Paris such as Architecture for the Paris Bourse. The entrance portico of the Bourse de commerce in Paris, built in 1888-89 is surmounted by a pediment supported by four fluted Corinthian columns on which three allegorical figures by Croisy represent the City of Paris flanked by Trade and Abundance. The sole of the brass foot is slightly wavy - otherwise in very good condition.

Bestell-Nr: 273693