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Bronze, with dark patina, France, 1887; cast presumably a little later Raoul Charles Verlet (1857-1923) – French sculptor Execution: Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892) – French bronze founder and manufacturer Inscribed ‘Raoul Verlet’ as well as ‘Barbedienne, Fondeur. Paris‘ and numbered ‘714‘ With the stamp of ‘Reduction Mechanique A. Collas’ Dimensions: c. 82.5 x 32 x 31 cm Very good condition, constructed of several pieces Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 3,000 Euro La Douleur D’Orphée (Orpheus’ Sorrow) vividly displays the despair of singer and poet Orpheus, after having lost his lover Eurydice forever to the underworld. The sculpture depicts Orpheus - guarded by the hellhound Cerberus – stepping out of the gates of the underworld, throwing his arms up in the air plagued by great sorrow. Orpheus had come to the underworld to retrieve Eurydice, which had previously died of a snake bite. Under the condition that Orpheus precedes on the way back and does not turn around for Eurydice, Hades and Persephone granted him the request. However, when Orpheus could not hear the footsteps of his wife, he did turn around and Eurydice was forever gone. Raoul Charles Verlet has created an extraordinarily vivid and dramatic sculpture that he originally exhibited in a larger version at the Paris Salon in 1887. The bronze experienced the greatest admiration and Verlet was awarded with the Prix du Salon. The bronze foundry of Ferdinand Barbedienne made it possible to produce a variety of casts of this model in different sizes. Condition: The bronze is in a very good condition with minimal signs of age and wear. The dimensions measure c. 82.5 x 32 x 31 cm. Raoul Charles Verlet (1857-1923) From 1884-1886 Raoul Verlet studied sculpture in Bordeaux and eventually attended the Paris Ecole des Beaux Arts, where he was taught by Jules Cavelier and Louis-Ernest Barrias. In 1883 he was awarded the second Prix de Rome for the bas-reliefLa Mort de Diagoras (now in the Musée d'Angoulême), which enabled Verlet to travel through Italy for the following two years. In 1887 he received the Prix du Salon for theOrpheus’ Sorrow. In 1908 Verlet became Knight of the Legion of Honor, and in 1910 he joined the Académie des Beaux-Arts. It were particularly his early works that gained public appreciation and in Latin America, too, his sculptures were highly respected; there are several bronze statues of heroes of liberty, e.g. in Bogotá. In addition to monuments in public places, e.g. the monument to the poet Robert de la Villhervé at Le Havre, many museums own his sculptures, such as the Musée National Adrien Dubouché in Limoges or the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen. Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.