Lot 53: Seraphin Denécheau , French 1831-1912 Diane sur un Croissant de Lune bronze, light brown patina , raised on molded marble bases

signed Denechau . bronze, light brown patina , raised on molded marble bases

measurements height 39 1/2 in. alternate measurements 100.5 cm

Seraphin Denécheau studied under Rude and Jean-Pierre David (David D'Angers). He exhibited on a regular basis at the Salon from 1859, and his Femme carréssant une chimère was noted at the Paris 1867 Exposition Universelle. An artist of portraits, mythological and allegorical groups, he had numerous commissions from the French State, the Musée du Louvre, the Opéra de Paris, the Gare du Nord, and a number of Parisian churches.