Offered by Mora Antiques
Le Chef Abyssin by (Marcello), Adele d'Affry (Swiss/Italian, 1836-1879). The sculpture is signed Marcello, Musée du Luxembourg.
Bronze with gilt and rich mid brown patination
Dimensions: 72 x 54 x 30 cm, 33 kg
Conceived in 1869 this bronze cast circa 1870.
Another version of this work in marble is in the collection of the Musee d'Orsay.
A further bronze cast in the Foundation Marcello, Fribourg
A second bronze sold to the Dahesh Museum, New York by the Robert Bowman Gallery.
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